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It seems to me that Vector graphics in the arcades (Atari Invention?) was only a USA phenomenon.
Did any Japanese Arcade manufacturers utilize this graphic style?
c2000
06-02-2007, 04:55 PM
SEGA even had special vector board. Check this;
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=686
Sweater Fish Deluxe
06-02-2007, 05:04 PM
As far as I know only three companies really ever made Vector-based arcade games: Atari, Cinematronics and Sega.
I guess Cinematronics would get the credit for introducing vector displays to arcade games, since their Space Wars was the first. It actually used relied discrete logic chips like Pong and the like rather than computer program code.
Sega, of course, is a Japanese company, so vector games weren't specifically an American thing. Sega's vector games include Space Fury, Zektor, Tac/Scan and Star Trek. Those games all run on the same arcade hardware and according to System16, two other games called Eliminator and Battle Star were also released for it, but I've never played them.
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ah, I forgot about Sega. Maybe they did Vectors because they were more American than Japanese (or at least of US origin).
diskoboy
06-02-2007, 08:12 PM
SEGA even had special vector board. Check this;
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=686
Sega was still pretty much considered an American company, back in those days. The were still partnered with Gremlin.
Leo_A
06-03-2007, 12:51 AM
Centuri and Exidy did as well.
diskoboy
06-03-2007, 01:39 PM
Rock-ola had 2 vector games - But I think they were both prototypes, and never made it into production.
QB-3 and Demon.
http://andysarcade.de/vec_otherorgmfr.html
Knoxximus
06-03-2007, 01:45 PM
I love Star Castle. I still play it on my Vetrex....just wish I had the overlay.:shameful:
Sweater Fish Deluxe
06-03-2007, 03:50 PM
Sega was still pretty much considered an American company, back in those days. The were still partnered with Gremlin.
Sega was pretty much considered an American company by Americans maybe, but that's because most gamers back then had no idea where the games they played were originally developed. I think some of Sega's big games from back then were developed in the U.S. (as they continued to be at least through the 16-bit era even), but the majority were developed in Japan. I don't know about the vector games, though. It would be interesting to know who actually developed them, but I don't know where to find that information if it's even known.
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