A look at The new Super Vectrex multi cart

[@CallousCoder]

9:47 I love that you show the drag soldering or a dip! I showed that in my Velleman kit assembly too. This shows that you too have a lot of experience soldering large ICs and or connectors.

[@blastbeatproductions7832]

That reset circuit is really smart!

[@MatthJenks]

Jason, you are a golden god. Thanks for all you do for the V community.

[@bubbythebear6891]

Your family is doing a great service to the people! Thank you! I don't have a Vectrex yet, but these really make me want one. They are pretty expensive.

[@Topesio66]

Thanks Jason I got your cart and that’s AWESOME. Just played hours with many games. A masterpiece of multi cart. Mine is number 713 that must have been a lot of work for you👌. I got also all the official carts but having all in one plus all the other is crazy cooooool. Thanks!

[@arcadesunday4592]

Such an amazing work around to resolve the limitations of the system!

[@80s_Gamr]

You amaze me... far beyond just this. Only reason I haven't bought this is because I already have a multicart but I've still considered it any way lol.

[@VectrexRoli]

Very cool project, so there is a whole team producing and sending out your carts like in a factory! :-)

[@ArcadeJason]

just me and my wife and kids in the basement

[@King_Henry]

This IS AMAZING Jason 😉. Makes me want to get another Vectrex. You are Brilliant my good Sir! -King Henry.

[@martinsamuelsson2322]

I did 600 of those 27c322 a while back, used a soldering tip made for dragsoldering dip component, JBC C245-667

[@jjdigitalvideosolutionsllc5343]

Instead of a hair dryer, take the exhaust from your computer fans and pipe them through the PCB drying box. In a cold office space, I used a dryer hose to redirect computer exhaust under the desk to warm things up a bit.

[@PhillipEaton]

Great video, thanks also for taking us through the circuit design 👍

[@garogercade7850]

I love your instructional videos. You are a great teacher!

[@MadMatty72]

Awesome. Great menu, good design decisions (hardware and software).

[@electronash]

Nice to see some decent drag soldering going on. Saves a LOT of time, doesn't it. lol

[@electronash]

Have you tried using a "Hoof" tip yet, for finer pitched stuff? I was putting off buying one for years, as they are a tad pricey, but it'll change your life.

[@ArcadeJason]

@@electronash not yet

[@jimsarcade3]

Your close up shots a great !

[@djmips]

hairdryer sounds good for drying the PCB but I feel like a bit of compressed air over the board before you put it in the box is also a good tip.

[@theannoyedmrfloyd3998]

Need to post a link to buying it.

[@CallousCoder]

Hi there awesome product! A question, do you also sell them as kits?! That would be a nice Saturday project for my nephew and I! Cheers and thanks for this retro love.

[@sinistermoon]

Looking forward to buying one!

[@160rpm]

What a lovely big EPROM

[@theboy181]

How can I get one of these carts, and am I able to use this cart to put my games on it?

[@Arnie_Liv]

Looking forward to getting mine

[@BeatlesForeverFab4]

Hey Jason, I want to buy one of these! Please send me a link or tell me how I can purchase a Vectrex Super Multicart! Thank You, BeatleBruce

[@SHUPIRATE1991]

I would like to buy one but I do not use Facebook , is there a way I can still purchase one?

[@meowwoem6372]

i'd happily buy one. only i don't have and never had a vectrex. i always wanted one. only my old man wouldn't buy me one. maybe i'll pick one up online.

[@martinsamuelsson2322]

You could add two 257s to flip between lower and higher byte of the eprom, D0-D7 to one 257 D8-D15 to the other and then use A0 to select between them, you would then end up with the full 32mbit with 8bit data

[@ArcadeJason]

yes i showed that in the schematic

[@Beef424]

Hi Jason, I just got a vectrex and ran across this video about your multi cart. Are you still actively selling these? Im not on facebook but would like to purchase one.

[@BluePlanetMedia]

Did you consider FRAM or nvram instead of the eeprom? I'm doing the same with a synthesier cartridge emulator and am looking down that path. Also 8 bit parallel data that I'm going to put into a shift register/port expander i2c protocol to a microcontroller.

[@BluePlanetMedia]

never mind, $1.50 in total parts is pretty darn good!

[@KJW648]

Look Great,love the rundown , how it works and the manufacturing, should sell as kits, Selling on Face Book, will never ever buy then. My 2 vetrex will have 3D printed shell and printed labels will remain empty 🤣

[@Liberty309]

Where can I get one?

[@ThatMartinezGuy]

Will these ever be available again? Can these run Mame vector games like Tempest or Star Wars?

[@stephenwhite506]

You can still use a 16bit ROM. To convert from a 16bit bus to an 8bit bus you can use two 74257 then on one connect D0-Q3 on the A inputs, D8-Q11 on the B inputs A0 selects on pin 1. On the other you connect D4-Q7 to A and D12-Q15 to B inputs. Again A0 selects what byte the 257s output. Then on the ROM you connect the address lines starting from A1 (as you are indexing into a 16bit ROM).

[@ArcadeJason]

yes i explained this in the video

[@Cybernutter]

Great video, I'm looking forward to getting my cart it looks like it will be better to use than my old multicart that I have to turn off to swap games. Does your multicart save high scores for each game?

[@ArcadeJason]

no it does not save high scores.

[@liquidj2956]

Hey Jason!! Awesome Multi-cart!! How can I buy one?

[@ArcadeJason]

email me [e-mail]

[@stefanobaron]

Awesome work!!!!!! Thank you very much!

[@newtronix]

Vectrex Elite?

[@PeppertopComics]

Is there any way to order one of these other than via the FB group? I don't use Facebook, and don't plan to start, but I'd still love to buy a cart.

[@ArcadeJason]

at some point i may sell through a distributer of some sort

[@thitherton]

Hi Jason I have one of your amazing carts and I am about to play it for the first time. What button are you pressing in the video to take you backwards through the menu? To me this is one of the greatest features of the cart. It will definitely prolong the life of my on/off switch! 🕹

[@ArcadeJason]

Reset button on the console. Short press restarts the game you are in. Long press resets back to the on the cart menu.

[@insanedruid3143]

One not so related question regarding the Vectrex' reset: On your Vectrex, the line flies out of the screen during the reset. On mine, the screen most often collapses into a fading dot in or near the the center of the screen, and I fear that this might lead to a burned spot in there over time. What do you mean, is this fear unsubstantiated? PS: The Multi Card project is nice! And i learned a lot from the video, thanks!

[@ArcadeJason]

no need to worry if you had full intensity for a minute at a time then id start to worry

[@sideburn]

A scrolling “by list” view would also be nice. A-Z

[@ArcadeJason]

it does that too

[@AmaroqStarwind]

In 1984, the Motorola 68020 was released. In 1986, the Motorola 56000 family of DSPs was launched. In 1987, the Motorola 68030 was released. In 1990, the Motorola 68040 was made. I want to design a “Vectrex 2”, but I don’t know if I want to make its hardware period-correct, or if I instead just want to go all-out. Thoughts?

[@AmaroqStarwind]

My currently planned specs, by era… 8-bit era specs! (1984) 1. Color monitor, obviously. 2. Motorola 68020 @ 12 MHz (1984) - 68551 Paged Memory Management Unit 3. Hitachi 6309 @ 12 MHz - sound coprocessor - becomes 6 MHz for backwards compatibility 4. Sound chip with 8 channels - four square waves - one triangle wave - one sawtooth wave - one noise channel - one vox channel (speech synthesizer) Early 16-bit era specs! (1987) 1. Motorola 68030 @ 24 MHz - Has the PMMU built-in - Now backed by 68882 floating point unit 2. Sound chip now also has four PCM channels (like the Amiga) and six FM channels (like the Genesis) 3. The DAC has been replaced with a DAC that doesn’t suck the big one 4. Motorola DSP56000 As a display controller (no more analog drift) and additional sound processor… Late 16-bit era specs! (1994) - Motorola 68040 (which has the FPU built-in), a more powerful DSP, higher clock speeds, more RAM, etc

[@bensonrad]

A true legend

[@tonymontana9916]

Hey Jason just got the recommendation for one of these badboys!!?? Please tell me you're still selling???🙏

[@ArcadeJason]

Send me an email [e-mail]

[@kcase601]

Arcade Jason What kind of flux do you use?

[@ArcadeJason]

in this video MG chemicals

[@steinbecktheman]

What's the best way to contact Jason? Best way to purchase products?

[@ArcadeJason]

[e-mail]

[@fatbelly2438]

highest level i got on minestorm back in the day was level 76

[@80sHeavyMetalNerd]

did you get the chance to add games from Fury/Pelonis?

[@ArcadeJason]

yes and at the time they were excusive to this cart and the ones he sells directly

[@SudaNIm103]

The Engineering Triad: Elite, Efficient, Economical; But you can only pick two. So an Efficient, Economical version 1 and an Elite, Efficient version 2 seems like a good compromise to me.

[@ArcadeJason]

i like that. i will definitely quote this

[@R3TR0R4V3]

I'd love to buy one, but I keep missing out. I sent ya a message via FB. I'd gladly pay ahead of time. ;)

[@SHUPIRATE1991]

Me to

[@palleh7742]

where does the games come from?

[@ArcadeJason]

several different home brew programmers and the original releases

[@Pitbull0669]

Badass

[@tambias]

Was hoping you could respond to my request via email.just never understood the fascination with facebook but i understand the fascination with retro gaming.would really like to be able to buy one of these or your new micro sd variation. please give me a message back and keep up the good work

[@Rob_W]

There's a spelling mistake in one of the menu options; "devloper" instead of "developer".

[@ArcadeJason]

thank you it has now been fixed

[@keptboy]

Hi How can I buy one of these I am United Kingdom based

[@ArcadeJason]

I will be starting another preorder very soon will contact you on fb

[@keptboy]

@@ArcadeJason thank you Jason I have joined your Facebook page

[@operationrestore3308]

Nice man.

[@neophytealpha]

I see two "Vetrex Fans Unite". Which one?

[@ArcadeJason]

the one the most people

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Can you play arcade games like tempest and space fury?

[@ArcadeJason]

no emulation but there are some ports

[@urdnal]

Oooh I could use one. Game list?

[@ArcadeJason]

i will post it on vectrex fans unite at some point soon

[@christianwilson6480]

Loaded with latent defect caused by ESD damage due improper handling

[@ArcadeJason]

your comment shows a lack of knowledge. experience is a great tool for sniffing out incorrect information.. build 10k pcbs a year and you may also be able to sniff out the BS .