ClockworkRobot

April 17, 2021

I've built a simple conversion kit that lets you turn arcade sticks into analogue vectrex controllers.
What do you think?
https://youtu.be/NAQJgIMtfjU

November 12, 2020

Vectrex Roli is now chorona virus survivalist Roli. With a vaccine in sight maybe he'll come back to us

November 12, 2020

Yeh i can do you a frame.

If you'd like to order, simple select the model and postage option you require
from the list below and PayPal the appropriate amount to:

clockworkrobot@gmail.com

and please include a note of your address and order.

12V UVFrame with UK postage and packing £34 + £4

12V UVFrame with European postage for £34 + £9

12V UVFrame with US / Worldwide postage for £34 + £11

5V UVFrame with UK postage and packing £38 + £4

5V UVFrame with European postage for £38 + £9

5V UVFrame with US / Worldwide postage for £38 + £11

Add Chimney Hunt for £20
Add a pin for £6 (Chimney Hunt, Nox, Deathchase and Stramash Zone available).

I will endeavor to get these ready as quick as possible but please keep in mind
I'm making these by hand as a sideline so sometimes the service can be slow.
I do always get there in the end though.
Thanks.

http://www.clockworkrobot.com/shop/#UVFrame

November 12, 2020

£20 for the game on novelty pcb.
+£6 if you'd also like the Chimney Hunt enamel pin.
+£6 for any additional pin you'd like to add (Stramash Zone, Death Chase, Nox)
+£3 UK postage and packing.
+£9 European postage.
+£10 US and International postage.

Paypal to:

clockworkrobot@gmail.com

August 17, 2020

More Vectrex Collector Pins available.
6 UK Pounds each and
2 UK Pounds post and (better) packing to the UK.
4 UK Pounds post and packing internationally.

August 17, 2020

9 minutes ago, 128Kgames said:

yikes, thought the padding would do the trick but yeh, i'll chuck in some card in future. It's just a generic clutch clasp. I don't have any spares but sure you could grab one locally. Send me an email if it's a problem.

August 16, 2020

All of the first wave of orders should have arrived by now.

July 3, 2020

June 27, 2020

10 hours ago, TrekMD said:

Looks very nice! I see you have more pins for Nox and Death Race.

Well I have designs for them. Not manufactured yet but in the works.
I need to sell a bunch of SZ pins to pay for 'em though

June 26, 2020

Also ... if anyone has any of these Quantum, Liberator or Crystal Castles pins, I will trade HEAVILY for them.. may even pay real money.

June 26, 2020

I'm working on a series of Vectrex collector pins. Have a test run of 100 Stramash Zone pins ready and available for sale if you fancy one.
More pictures here:
colector pins

Hard Enamel badge with clutch grip.
30x30mm
I have 90 from a test run of 100 left.

If you'd like one:
8 UK Pounds with postage to the UK.
10 UK Pounds with international postage.
PayPal to:
clockworkrobot@gmail.com
and please be sure to include your address and a note saying it's for "SZ pin".

Tanks a lot.

June 26, 2020

On 6/22/2020 at 3:53 PM, Rob Mitchell said:

Work great .. there are some label errors on the PCB. verify circuit via continuity meter ..

Q: ask me ..I have built four ..

Yes, up is down and left is right. Noted in the instruction manual.

December 7, 2019

Here's some video of the device interfacing an Atari joystick with the Vectrex.
https://youtu.be/8wddVsTe-F0

December 5, 2019

Hi, I've created a little interface PCB for the vectrex. It offers an alternative to the digital joystick hack. Unlike the old hack that requires you to attach some switches to +5 and some to -5, this one uses a common ground, it makes it much simpler to wire. Iw has originally designed so i could attach an asteroids control panel to my vectrex without having to hack up the original wiring.

Anyway if you're building digital joysticks for the vectrex or hooking a vectrex to an arcade cabinet, this may be of interest to you. Check it out.

http://www.clockworkrobot.com/joystick-interface-board/

And if you'd like to buy one, check out the shop then drop me an email: clockworkrobot(at)gmail.com

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December 5, 2019

Some video may be helpful? SZ does bank switching but only at the beginning and end of "Stramash Zone". Does "Rammy Zone" exhibit the same issues? No bank switching going on there and it's drawing a few less vectors.

October 15, 2019

3 minutes ago, darknior said:

❤️
I'm sure he sell many other rom copy of his game And like physical copies are all sold out, it's only a bonus for him
I don't understand no one on Vectrex do the same ...

I don't like the idea of selling roms on the vectrex for a number of reasons.

First off, we make these games for the fun of it, for the love of it. It's not a commercial concern. For me, making the package is as much part of the creative process as making the game. It's about creating something new that could have sat on the shelf with the official games when they were released in the early 80s. You may consider it a bit control freaky but if i create a game i want to control how it is presented and played.

Vectrex games in particular, it's so much about the vector screen and the overlay. If you're playing the game without an overlay or on an emulation, you're not really getting the full experience. I don't want an inferior presentation of my games out there. Take that nox bootleg for example. No overlay. The overlay has the track and start / finish line printed on it. Without it a chunk of the game is missing. If someone's playing that, they don't know that, they just think this game is missing vital elements. That reflects badly on me.

Also we tried selling roms as an experiment, very few were sold. I think you guys are vastly over estimating the size of the vectrex rom market.

Lastly it just invites people to share the roms rather than buying them.

October 15, 2019

41 minutes ago, uczmeg said:

I think we have a lost in translation issue here.

As far as I can tell darknior wants to buy the games but wants the image so he can play it on an emulator.

It is a shame a lot of games aren't sold as images as there are many you can't get hold of as they are only sold as limited cart runs and unless you know about it early you're then stuck with nothing or massive eBay markups that don't actually help the creator.

I'd love to play Starmash Zone from ClockworkRobot on my Vectrex, but that is impossible. I'd happily pay the author for the image if he isn't going to produce any more carts.

I will be producing more eventually. I just have to wait until i think the demand is great enough to justify doing another run. It's a lot of money to tie up in stock if they don't sell.

October 13, 2019

We are exploring the possibility of doing another run of nox/deathchase but please don't encourage people to go looking for illegal roms. These games are our ip, we spent a lot of time and love on them and seeing them pirated is very disheartening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxI5vk8b8xg&t=110s