Vectorbeam was an arcade game manufacturer active in the late 1970s who specialized in vector graphics-based

arcade game An arcade game or coin-op game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are presented as primarily games of skill and include arcade v ...

s. It was formed after splitting off from its primary competitor,

Cinematronics Cinematronics Incorporated was an arcade game developer that primarily released vector graphics games in the late 1970s and early 1980s. While other companies released games based on raster displays, early in their history, Cinematronics and A ...

, and disappeared after re-merging with them soon after. Vectorbeam was founded by Larry Rosenthal based on his graduate work from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and which he patented for a custom arcade vector display. Vectorbeam was in direct competition with other arcade game manufacturers. The company ceased operations soon after poor sales of its '' Barrier'' arcade game, and sold its assets to Cinematronics.

List of Vectorbeam games

* ''Space War'' (arcade game) (1977) * '' Barrier'' (1979) * ''Speed Freak'' (arcade game) (1979) * '' Tail Gunner'' (1979) * ''Warrior'' (arcade game) (1979)KLOV's Vectorbeam entry
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