Reproduction Lightpen for Vectrex
The original lightpen is a rare accessory for the Vectrex, officially compatible with just three games:
- Art Master - With the use of the lightpen, Art Master allows you to draw directly on your Vectrex screen.
- Melody Master - Play and sequence music on your Vectrex.
- Animaction - Similar to Art Master, but you can animate your drawings.
These games are as rare as the lightpen itself, but demand and prices for the pens have gone up due to increased availability of the lightpen games on several multicarts. As a result of this demand, RecycledGamer began manufacturing reproduction light pens in 2009.
CONSTRUCTION
We build each lightpen by hand using a custom-designed board and all through-hole components. The pen casing itself is a recycled dry erase marker and the cord is a re-purposed Sega Genesis controller cable - we are called RecycledGamer after all!
Each pen is thoroughly tested before being packed in a custom package. Please note: lightpen cap color may vary.
USING THE LIGHTPEN
The reproduction works identically to the original lightpen. It requires a lightpen-compatible Vectrex game cartridge: Art
Master, Melody Master or AnimAction. These game cartridges are NOT included with the lightpen.The lightpen should be plugged into port two and a standard controller
into port one.
You can see the lightpen in action as well as the process I went through to make them in this YouTube video.
You can see the lightpen in action as well as the process I went through to make them in this YouTube video.
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