Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Peer Johannsen

Weird Science - Tales from the Vectrex Academy Lab

Vectrex Academy Lab Projects

  • Various Vectrex-related projects, activities, experiments and unfinished stuff
  • Presented in non-chronological order and updated at irregular intervals
  • Click on the screens for further details

Games Projects

  • Finished Vectrex game projects of my own, as well as work in progress

VEC-MAN
 

Release Version 2.5

ROTOR
 

Release Version 1.2

GYROSTRONOMY
 

Release Version 1.6

GYROSTROLOGY
 

Release Version 1.6

COUNT VECULA
 

Physical Cartridge Release

KINGSLAYER CHESS
 

A Performance Experiment

CAVE RACER
 

Unfinished Project

NUMBER CRUNCHER
 

Work in Progress...

Programming Experiments

  • Experimental projects and explorations of the Vectrex BIOS routines

RAM CHECKER
 

Hardware Debugging Tool

DRAW GRID VL
 

BIOS Investigations

MC 6309
 

6309 Processor Upgrade

BIOS VERSIONS
 

BIOS Investigations

TEST REV.4
 

Digital Archeology

WAIT_RECAL
 

BIOS Investigations

SCOPETREX EXPERIMENTS
 

Vectrex on an Oscilloscope

VECTREX PROJECT
 

not yet available

Digital Archeology

  • Analyses of Vectrex games and cartridges

BEDLAM
 

Digital Archeology

HYPERCHASE
 

Digital Archeology

HEADS UP
 

Digital Archeology

WEB WARP
 

Trophy Room 2

STAR SHIP
 

Easter Egg

SPINBALL
 

Easter Egg

POLAR RESCUE
 

Easter Egg

3D MINE STORM
 

Easter Egg

POLE POSITION
 

Easter Egg

VECTREX PROJECT
 

not yet available

VECTREX PROJECT
 

not yet available

VECTREX PROJECT
 

not yet available

Retro Hardware

  • Miscellaneous stuff and pictures of some Lab equipment

MINT CONDITION
 

A "brand new" Vectrex

LAB TOUR
 

Picture Gallery of the Lab

BROWN BOX
 

Original Cardboard Box

VECTREX PROJECT
 

not yet available

Contact

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Latest modifications

  • Project "SCOPETREX Experiments" added on 01/17/2024 at 11:30
  • Project "Pole Position" added on 01/16/2024 at 20:15
  • Project "Count Vecula" added on 10/21/2023 at 11:15
  • Project "3D Mine Storm" added on 05/03/2023 at 08:00
  • Project "Polar Rescue" added on 04/30/2023 at 10:30
  • Project "Spinball" added on 04/29/2023 at 15:00
  • Project "Star Ship" added on 04/26/2023 at 12:30
  • Project "Web Warp" added on 04/24/2023 at 15:00
  • Project "Heads Up" added on 04/06/2023 at 10:45
  • Project "Hyperchase" added on 02/11/2023 at 17:45
  • Project "Bedlam" added on 01/31/2023 at 08:30
  • Project "Wait_Recal" added on 01/12/2023 at 09:30
  • Project "Test Rev.4" added on 01/07/2023 at 16:30
  • Project "BIOS Versions" added on 01/07/2023 at 11:30
  • Project "MC 6309" added on 08/29/2022 at 19:45
  • Cabinet artwork of project "The Count" added on 08/17/2022 at 14:35
  • Beta RC Version 1.0 of project "The Count" uploaded on 07/30/2022 at 18:00
  • Project "Gyrostronomy" added on 07/18/2022 at 13:30
  • Project "Gyrostrology" added on 07/18/2022 at 13:30
  • Experimental project "Kingslayer Chess" added on 05/31/2021 at 10:00
  • Release version 1.2 of project "Rotor" uploaded on 05/26/2021 at 11:00
  • Status of "Project X" updated on 12/23/2020 at 19:00
  • Web page of "Project X" revised and updated on 12/18/2020 at 23:00
  • Work on "Project X" continued on 12/04/2020 at 20:30
  • Work on "Project X" continued on 11/02/2020 at 19:30
  • Unfinished game project "Cave Racer" added on 10/02/2020 at 19:35
  • Game project "Number Cruncher" added on 09/27/2020 at 11:00
  • Game project "The Count" added on 09/24/2020 at 13:00
  • Picture gallery "Brown Box" added on 09/24/2020 at 12:30
  • Picture gallery "Lab Tour" added on 09/24/2020 at 12:00
  • Picture gallery "Mint Condition" restored on 09/23/2020 at 21:10
  • Project "X" added on 09/23/2020 at 20:50
  • Page redesigned on 09/23/2020 at 20:40
  • Game project "Vec-Man" added on 09/23/2020 at 20:30
  • Game project "Rotor" added on 09/16/2020 at 19:40
  • Programming experiment "Draw_Grid_VL" added on 05/02/2020 at 19:00
  • Project "RAM Checker" added on 05/01/2020 at 16:10
  • Page created on 05/01/2020 at 16:05