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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Had an amazing weekend at Play Expo Blackpool showing Vectrex stuff… even got to show Eugene Jarvis a Defender clone on the Vectrex! #vectrex #retrogaming #playexpoblackpool

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Oh go on then… impossible really to only have 9 and missing Combat at least from the Atari 2600 which is where it all started

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Many hours of folding, sticking, constructing, etc. but all worth it… lots of Vectrex games now in stock 🤠 🐉 🦈 #vectrex #retrogaming #homebrew

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

T-shirts arrived for me to wear at Play Expo Blackpool… I’m part of the large Vectrex area that we’re going to set up… come and say hi!

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In my top five arcade games, played it loads back in the day in my friend’s dad’s arcade and on my Amiga… I have my own themed up cab now and PCBs of original, revenge, and Tournament.

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I have a multi game on my Space Fever so I can also play Hi-Splitter and the amazing Space Launcher 😎

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

That one! That’s me on the right 😎

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Dylan demonstrating said superiority just yesterday

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Got this ace new pinball game for the @play.date by @amanogames.bsky.social today and absolutely love it 😎

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Started checking over some of the cabs now it’s a bit warmer and I have a little arcade meet on the horizon, which one you playing? #arcade #retrogaming #sega

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

My friend who did the music for Frontier and Quartz’s Quest sent over a tune for Vequarium today so I plumbed it in 🐠🐡🐟

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

All the fish now have turning animations 😎 Also a little variation in speed, turning points, and some random slight up and down movements too #vectrex

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Some guys had the game nearly complete on the Vectrex and released two demo levels; unfortunately delays on the physical side and personal issues meant it was never released… maybe one day…

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

The Butterfly fish now has some simple turning animation and the chest opens and releases air bubbles randomly 🐠

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

And with a random colourful overlay…

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Vectrex aquarium is basically in place now… plenty of tweaks and additions in mind but happy for now 😎

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Moved and animated one fish and bunged a load of other stuff up on screen to test as I animate each fish.

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Starting this thread as I have finally set up the dev environment on my new Mac and am getting back to coding by making a little aquarium programme for the Vectrex

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

#Vectrex and #C64 related gifts, two of my favourite things 🤓 Hope everyone got some retro gaming related goodies!

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Some guys had the game nearly complete and released two demo levels; unfortunately delays on the physical side and personal issues meant it was never released… maybe one day…

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Had a great time yesterday at Play Expo Blackpool catching up with old Vectrex friends and meeting new ones #vectrex #vectrexmini @jamesgwatt.bsky.social @tenpencearcade.bsky.social

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Yeah, they are sometimes tiny and expensive!

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Such a great little high score chasing Vectrex game for all the family! #vectrex

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

I’m looking to get back to 6809 coding for the first time in ages… this is where I got to with the latest game I was developing #vectrex #retrogames #homebrew

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

I managed 9 after a few goes… never was any good at Flappy Bird though… this YASI overlay works pretty well 😎

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Friday fun… you can only take three items… what you grabbing? And, yes, I do need to sort the shelves out and dust 😁 #vectrex #retrogaming

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Pretty cool Gameboy inspired beer tap 😎

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

At 14yo I was obviously protective over my C64 disks!

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Just found this video of some early proof of concept I did for Vectrex Big Blue converted to the Spectrum Next #homebrew #spectrumnext

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Definitely better than actually being there … I did do fourteen Glastonburys in a row before so guess I can’t be too sad 😁 #glasto #glastonbury #glasto2026 #pulp #pyramidstage

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Loving playing the new season of @play.date games in the sunshine… the screen really comes to life in bright light! Dig Dig Dino! by @dom2d.bsky.social is a great little game #playdate #digdigdino

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Woah, we passed 700 copies of Big Blue over all iterations and I didn’t notice… 706 copies to date 🦈🐟🐠🐡🪼 #vectrex www.vectorrepublic.co.uk

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Bank holiday so time to make some stock… nearing the end of my production run of 300 clamshell Vyrzons, in case you were planning to buy one some time 😎 #vectrex #homebrew #retrogaming #quartzsquest #bigblue #frontier #vyrzon

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Just Dylan and Waffles on a Nintendo arcade machine #caturday

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

I played the first one and loved it… didn’t click at the time that it must be the same programmer as this GBA game i bought years ago 😎

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Vector Republic @vector-republic.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The first cat went in about 20 seconds after I took the boxes out 🙄

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