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=== Vector Graphics ===
[[File:Bradley Trainer screenshot.png|thumb|The trainer software for the [[Yanks With Tanks|Bradley Fighting Vehicle]] used simple vector graphics.]]
Vector graphics on the other hand is usually a "mathematical" approach. Everything is rendered on the fly using points and lines that connect them. The first games to use vector graphics were [[Atari]]'s ''Asteroids'' and ''Battlezone''. The Vectrex was also a console based on vector graphics. Early vector graphics were simply "wireframes" of the model or image being rendered, hence there was a lack of color other than the outline. Eventually this model faded out of popularity until the advent of Macromedia (now Adobe's) Flash, which allowed the spaces between vector lines to be filled with color (although professional graphics tools could also do this).
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