Vectrex (vecx)

Background

vecx is an emulator for the vector-display based Vectrex video game console.

The vecx core has been authored by

• Valavan Manohararajah
• John Hawthorn
• Nikita Zimin
• Demeth

The vecx core is licensed under

• GPLv3

A summary of the licenses behind RetroArch and its cores can be found here.

Extensions

Content that can be loaded by the vecx core have the following file extensions:

• bin
• vec

BIOS

vecx doesn't require BIOS (bootrom) files to work.

Features

Feature	Supported
Saves	✔
States	✔
Rewind	✔
Netplay	✕
RetroAchievements	✔
RetroArch Cheats	✕
Native Cheats	✕
Controllers	✔
Multi-Mouse	✕
Rumble	✕
Sensors	✕
Camera	✕
Location	✕
Subsystem	✕

Geometry and timing

• The vecx core's core provided FPS is 59.72.
• The vecx core's core provided sample rate is 44100 Hz.
• The vecx core's base width is 869.
• The vecx core's base height is 1080.
• The vecx core's max width is 1648.
• The vecx core's max height is 2048.

Core Options

The vecx core has the following options that can be tweaked from the core options menu. The default setting is bolded.

• Use Hardware Rendering [vecx_render] (Hardware|Software)
• Hardware Rendering Resolution [vecx_renderresolution] (824x1024|434x540|515x640|580x720|618x768|845x1050|869x1080|966x1200|1159x1440|1648x2048)
• Line brightness [vecx_linebrightness] (4|1|2|3|5|6|7|8|9)
• Line width [vecx_linewidth] (4|0|1|2|3|5|6|7|8|9)
• Bloom brightness [vecx_bloombrightness] (4|1|2|3|5|6|7|8|9)

• Bloom width [vecx_bloomwidth] (8x|2x|3x|4x|6x|10x|12x|14x|16x)

• Res Multiplier (1-4)

Res Multiplier - 1

Res Multiplier - 4

Controllers

The vecx core supports one controller setting:

• RetroPad

vecx	RetroPad
2
4
D-pad
1
3

External Links

• Libretro Repository
• Report Core Issues Here
• Official GitHub Repository of the SDL port
• Gameplay Videos
• Steam

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Last update: 2024-04-25