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I have one in a box and several carts for it. I remember the commercials for it back in 84, it looked better on TV. Overall I'm glad we never got one back then.

An underrated game for sure.

Only the rich grandmothers owned one. Our TV was on a rolling cart.

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Did you just say Tits?

I love the classic arcade sounds pumping out of those early sound chips, takes me back to a magical youth spent in arcades during the dawn of the personal computer age,

11:16 i found the cat!

My mom had this exactly console TV. We just talked about her old TV a little while ago. Wasn't but a couple years ago she had to replace her TV. I had one of the first RCA flat screen CRT.

It was one of my favorite games. I even recreated it in Little Big Planet. Rather challenging to do, but does look like a pixelized arcade game. I it doesn't have everything the arcade has, because I was making it from like 30 years of memory. Unfortunately now, no one can play it as the servers were taken down. But I did make a video of it way back when it's on my rather eclectic youtube channel.

I would really want to see a video on the RCA VCR. Speaking of which, What model is it? I have a Panasonic PV1210 which looks exactly like it, yet I can’t find info on that specific model of rebranded RCA that you have.

*For you Vector graphic and Vectrex noobie:* The staircase jaggies you see in this video DO NOT EXIST when you observe it right in front of you. Vector graphics have NO JAGGIES.

The AI video description keeps saying "they" when there is only one person. Steve.

Wir haben uns vor einem Monat eine Atmos gekauft. Diese Uhr ist wunderschön und wir erfreuen uns jeden Tag an diesem Kunstwerk.

I bought a Matsui crt tv from ebay, and it came destroyed. I've given up on crts and gone with a retrotink 5x lol.

Love your presentation! Subbed. What is the video game cab that is encased in acrylic in the arcade?

I went to Funspot last spring and specifically sought out and played the Star Castle machine. I’m not sure how old the footage was that you used but the machine was in horrible shape. The sound didn’t work, the overlay had slid down, the display was dim and faded and the game did not play correctly and was basically inoperable. Anyway, I picked up a Vectrex last month and getting my Star Castle wooo hooo! I’m gonna get the multi cart and a reproduction overlay for Star Castle…my favorite vector game! Thanks for making the video.

I mastered this game on MAME. Eventually, the cannon doesn’t turn. It just blips to position when you cross the screen borders. The sprites also launch instantly and pursue super aggressively.

Fake unit it's not authetic.

Brilliant video. I love the Vectrex system. There are very few pieces of hardware from that era that have aged quite as well. The arcade machine footage at the end of the video hit all my nostalgia nerves, it was like Geek ASMR for me. Thank you TH-cam algorithm for bringing me here. Peace, love and happy holidays from the UK.

Wherher you played Starcastle or not, you knew the arcade had one because the deep sounds echoed throughout the crowded arcades.

I had one of these tv's at home when I was a kid we used it till about 2019, when we donated it to a family we knew

The accuracy that you described calculates to 0.56 seconds per day, which is very impressive. I am now trying to beat that. I recently acquired my Atmos clock, in a state of gaining 19 seconds per day.

1:07 Cat seems unimpressed. As for myself, it reminds me of the first time I played Super Mario Bros :)

I just got one out of a clean out what’s it worth?

It was my favorite arcade game as well. There's a strategy that, if you know it, makes it a pretty easy game to show off on. I happened upon a kid who showed me the secret, and I basically owned the machine at my local arcade, called Galaxy World, just outside Chicago. This was early to mid 80s.

My actual grandmother had this exact TV!

I never liked space shooters (still don't) but I love Star Castle. Spent hours at my local Pizza Hut playing it.

It’s basically radial yars revenge rather than linear

I remember playing this at the general store on the edge of Carlton township Michigan. It was a rare game even when video games were in. Thanks for the memories.

Not gonna lie I really wish TVs still look like this especially the ones in the background I was born in the year 2000 so I had the tvs in the background a long with VHS tapes star wars Batman and a N64 and original Xbox seeing videos like these are really nice to watch cause it reminds me of the good days but it also makes me sad cause things aren't what they use to be houses don't have carpet or box TVs the shows aren't fun and enjoyable anymore and I honestly wish tv shows and commercials were in low quality again my great aunt had a tv just like the one in this video anyways I'm looking forward to seeing more retro technology videos from you keep it up

Was the picture really that bad and fuzzy back in the day? it's tough to remember. Or does it look that fuzzy because it's a recored image that we're watching on a computer? meaning that it would look clearing if we were actually in the room. Just wondering.

I love the styling of the 300 and 310. But I also love audio. My main tower speakers are 48" tall, with a midrange-tweeter-midrange over two 10" woofers, and weigh in at 110lbs ea. Then I have two 12" subs. The first thing I do with ANY T.V., whether my low hours KV-27, or my Plasma, is hit Mute in favor of the HiFi...

I wish i had a dollar for every RCA tv that i delivered

Perkele from Finland. I have played a similar game before on PC decades ago, but I don't remember the name of it. As I remember it, at the center is the base surrounded by a ring or a few of them. Shoot the rings to get on to the base to destroy it, then repeat with more rings. Eventually the base moves to the right side of the screen. Anyone here know this?

Wrong! I had an old 80's Motorola Quasar TV. Top and sides look like solid wood, but they are particle board covered with wood grain veneer. The front is molded plastic. Even your grandma could have told you that! I know cause I repurposed one, trashed the guts, removed the top, cut the base with a hand saw just above the bottom "molding" and attached the top to the trimmed base to make a LCD TV base/platform/stand. Looks great and it is unique, strong and solid.

I remember the time of arcade machines and the places (mostly bars) that had them. I even remember the smells there... The increasing speed and sound of the star castle sounded so menacing lol

oh so this is what inspired Facepunch's Chippy

I have the 1989 model. It was my daily driver from 2017 til now. I still use it sometimes.

My parents had a zenith console 1988 until 2002. It had "stereo" sound, lol....great TV. Wood. Mom had doiley under the vcr

6:50 favorite movie of all time - was glad to see it on the CRT just like I remember

Thanks for the video Steve .. Im picking up a Vectrex on Saturday .. So im a VecVirgin lol .. Back in the day i had no interest as i had and still have the C64 :) ... Regards Steve ;)

Just as I was thinking you needed more vector monitors to counter balance the rasters dominance. th-cam.com/video/w1b-ORhW7Hg/w-d-xo.html TriVector.

Great video!

Bravo, nice dive in :)

Living the dream! I know these sorts of tvs are looked down upon by CRT purists, but I for one always preferred these old consumer sets. Been looking to get one of these for my living room for a while now, just haven't been able to find one yet...