The Bandai Vectrex (also known as the Kousokusen) was released in July of 1983 by Bandai. The system was sold for at the price of 54,800 Yen. Today, the Bandai Vectrex is very hard to find, in fact there are only a small number systems to date that people know about that have made it to the west.

Below you will find a complete overview of the Bandai vectrex and all its games and accessories.




The games:
Here is a complete list of all games known to exist for the Bandai Vectrex.
Its nice to see that, like the Videopac, the japanese games are numbered on the cart-label. I think other games were planned, as well as a Japanese release of accessories like the 3D Imager and the lightpen, but were never actually released.

There are 12 games in total:

Game number:	Title:	Cart:	Boxart:	Manual:	Overlay:
00	Minestorm	[n/a]	[n/a]	[view]	[view]
01	Harmagedon	[view]	[front] [back]	[view]	[view]
02	Scramble wars	[view]	[front] [back]	[view]	[n/a]
03	Armor Attack	[view]	[front] [back]	[view]	[view]
04	Berzerk	[view]	[front] [back]	[view]	[view]
05	Clean Sweep	[view]	[front] [back]	[view]	[view]
06	Cosmic Chasm	[view]	[front] [back]	[view]	[view]
07	Hyperchase	[view]	[n/a]	[n/a]	[n/a]
08	Rip Off	[n/a]	[n/a]	[n/a]	[view]
09	Solar Quest	[n/a]	[n/a]	[n/a]	[view]
10	Space Wars	[view]	[front] [back]	[view]	[view]
11	Star Hawk	[n/a]	[n/a]	[n/a]	[view]

Accessories:
At the moment, the only known accessories for the Japanese vectrex are a Japanese carrying bag, and a controller cover.


Japanese carrying bag.


Japanese controller cover. This came with a complete Bandai Vectrex console.


Full Japanese game manuals:
Exclusively for vectrexnews.com, i've scanned all the japanese game manuals i currently have. Enjoy!

Bandai vectrex system manual (NEW!!!)
00 - Minestorm
03 - Armor Attack
06 - Cosmic Chasm


Special item Scans (NEW!):
Bandai poster (high-res 3500x5000, 17MB)
Bandai Kousokusen member's card (front)
Bandai Kousokusen member's card (back)
Bandai waranty card (front)
Bandai waranty card (back)
Club Bandai cart (front)
Club Bandai cart (back)


Japanese press kit:
A litte while ago this presskit was discovered. It was handed out to shopowners in Japan during the release of the Bandai Vectrex.






Other Media:
Zooming Kousokusen logo, done by: ShaddamVI (MOV, 1MB)
More about the Japanese booklet (John Dondzila)
Japanese booklet


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