rknucklez
Active member
Quite possibly the most expensive project I have ever embarked upon. Not
necessarily the cost of the ZVG, but the snowball it created.
I bought a Zektor Vector Generator from a fellow member on these boards
a while back. I paid a little more than I wanted to, but the guy was cool as
hell and I was happy to donate some cash his way.
I bought a non working Sega Star Trek convertacab from Copious and sacrificed her
to the Zektor Gods.
Being a huge fan of Space Fury I coughed up the loot for a Space Fury Marquee from one guy, an average condition cardboard Space Fury Bezel from another, and got bent over and ridden from another chap on a complete control panel that the art was not too bad on.
I couldn't even use it for a scan to repro. (i'll get ya back biotch)
Well after playing Space Fury, Major Havoc, Star Trek, Star Castle, Space Duel, etc.. I have gone vector nuts...
In the last 3 months I have spent more money on top dollar games than I ever thought I would.
Don't get me wrong the ZVG and the mame emulation is cool, and good for what it is, but once again it does not hold a candle to playing on the original hardware.
Sine I got my ZVG project up and running I have added to my collection these dedicated vector games;
1)A minty Star Wars with an original Ampliphone... After seeing how bad a 6100 looks in comparison my old machine was an embarrassment
2)A dedicated Star Trek. The sounds and feel are just not right in emulation.
3) A dedicated Space Fury. One of my holy grails (ok I said it!)
4) An Omega Race Cockpit. probably one of the most popular games in my arcade right now.
5) Space Duel picked one up but it needs a working pcb
6) my KLOV brethren Brian Wickedbass and Scotty Doyle picked up a Major Havoc for me last weekend. Ever since I started playing it I just had to have the real thing..
If the screennames were not already taken I would probably be switching to Vectorjunkie or Vectorman or Vectordude ....
guys.. seriously, I need help... someone setup an intervention on my behalf.....................
necessarily the cost of the ZVG, but the snowball it created.
I bought a Zektor Vector Generator from a fellow member on these boards
a while back. I paid a little more than I wanted to, but the guy was cool as
hell and I was happy to donate some cash his way.
I bought a non working Sega Star Trek convertacab from Copious and sacrificed her
to the Zektor Gods.
Being a huge fan of Space Fury I coughed up the loot for a Space Fury Marquee from one guy, an average condition cardboard Space Fury Bezel from another, and got bent over and ridden from another chap on a complete control panel that the art was not too bad on.
I couldn't even use it for a scan to repro. (i'll get ya back biotch)
Well after playing Space Fury, Major Havoc, Star Trek, Star Castle, Space Duel, etc.. I have gone vector nuts...
In the last 3 months I have spent more money on top dollar games than I ever thought I would.
Don't get me wrong the ZVG and the mame emulation is cool, and good for what it is, but once again it does not hold a candle to playing on the original hardware.
Sine I got my ZVG project up and running I have added to my collection these dedicated vector games;
1)A minty Star Wars with an original Ampliphone... After seeing how bad a 6100 looks in comparison my old machine was an embarrassment
2)A dedicated Star Trek. The sounds and feel are just not right in emulation.
3) A dedicated Space Fury. One of my holy grails (ok I said it!)
4) An Omega Race Cockpit. probably one of the most popular games in my arcade right now.
5) Space Duel picked one up but it needs a working pcb
6) my KLOV brethren Brian Wickedbass and Scotty Doyle picked up a Major Havoc for me last weekend. Ever since I started playing it I just had to have the real thing..
If the screennames were not already taken I would probably be switching to Vectorjunkie or Vectorman or Vectordude ....
guys.. seriously, I need help... someone setup an intervention on my behalf.....................


