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==Legacy== Since late 1995, there has been a [[Usenet]] community of hobbyists writing games for ParaJVE, a Vectrex emulator.<ref name="hardware"/> Its emulation is also a compound of [[Multi Emulator Super System|MESS]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://atariage.com/7800/emulation/mess_tutorial/|title=MESS Emulator Tutorial|access-date=2023-08-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atarihq.com/vectrex/mess.htm|title=Spike's Big Page MESS|website=www.atarihq.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grospixels.com/site/vectrex.php|title=MB Vectrex - Grospixels|website=www.grospixels.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.videospielgeschichten.de/vectrex-vorhang-auf/|title=Die Vectrex Konsole β Power durch Vektoren!|date=9 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://baudejogos.net/emuladores.php?id=88|title=MESS - Multiple Emulator Super System|website=baudejogos.net}}</ref> (included in [[MAME]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mamedev.org/|title=MAMEdev.org | Home of The MAME Project|website=www.mamedev.org}}</ref> so [[RetroArch]] too via libretro<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/libretro/mame|title = Libretro notice|website = [[GitHub]]|date = 15 October 2021}}</ref>), DVE,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atarihq.com/vectrex/emu.htm|title = Spike's Big Page Emulation}}</ref> lr-vex,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Vectrex/|title = Vectrex - RetroPie Docs}}</ref> Vecx, with a [[Wii]] version called VectrexWii.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiibrew.org/wiki/VectrexWii|title = VectrexWii - WiiBrew}}</ref> Schematics for a "Vectrex Multicart" cartridge is available, allowing several games to be packed on one cartridge.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How to construct a Vectrex Multicart (Very simple) |url=http://www.harmlesslion.com/text/vectrex_multicart.htm |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=www.harmlesslion.com}}</ref> There are also several people<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jubbernaut.com/?page_id=645|title = Player 2|date = 17 August 2018}}</ref> manufacturing and selling newly made games, some complete as cartridges with packing and overlays in the style of the original commercially released games, others with varying degrees of packaging. New hardware has also been developed for the Vectrex in recent years, including a light pen that addressed the limitation of the original version by including buttons that replace the second controller required on the original version, and a daughterboard that addresses the well-known buzz in the system's audio (bypassing the original audio circuitry on the power board in favor of a module installed elsewhere within the cabinet).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tbone1892001.wixsite.com/vectrex-guide/buzz-off-kit|title=Buzz Off Kit|website=vectrex-guide}}</ref>
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