close
Jump to content

List of Vectrex games

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Vectrex is a vector graphics-based video game console first released in October 1982[1] and discontinued in early 1984.[2] There were 28 games officially released for the console in the US, including one game built into the system.[3]

Official releases (1982–1984)

[edit]

Games were released in the US by General Consumers Electronics (GCE), in Europe and Canada by Milton Bradley (MB) and in Japan by Bandai.[4]

TitleDeveloperPublisherRelease DateNotes
3D Crazy Coaster GCE GCE February 1984[5] Requires 3D Imager headset.
3D MineStorm GCE GCE December 1983[6] Requires 3D Imager headset. Included as a pack-in cartridge with the 3D Imager headset.
3D Narrow Escape Richard Moszkowski GCE February 1984[5] Requires 3D Imager headset.
AnimAction GCE GCE February 1984[5] Requires light pen.
Armor Attack GCE GCE, MB, Bandai October 1982[1]
Art Master GCE GCE October 1983[7] Requires light pen. Included as a pack-in cartridge with the Vectrex Light Pen.
Bedlam Lenny Carlson & William Hawkins GCE, MB July 1983[8]
Berzerk GCE GCE, MB, Bandai October 1982[1]
Blitz! GCE GCE, MB October 1982[1] GCE's subtitle: "Action Football"; MB's subtitle: "American Football".
Clean Sweep GCE GCE, MB, Bandai October 1982[1]
Cosmic Chasm GCE GCE, MB, Bandai October 1982[1]
Fortress of Narzod GCE GCE, MB July 1983[8]
Heads Up GCE GCE, MB September 1983[9] MB's title: "Soccer/Football"
Hyperchase Jeff Corsiglia & Chris King GCE, MB, Bandai October 1982[1] Subtitle: "Auto Race"
Melody Master GCE GCE February 1984[5] Requires light pen.
Mine Storm GCE October 1982[1] Built-in console game. A bug-fix version on physical cartridge was released by mail-order only in 1983, titled "Mine Storm II".
Polar Rescue GCE GCE November 1983[10]
Pole Position GCE GCE November 1983[10]
Rip Off GCE GCE, MB, Bandai October 1982[1]
Scramble GCE GCE, MB, Bandai October 1982[1] Bandai's title: "Scramble Wars".
Solar Quest GCE GCE, MB, Bandai October 1982[1]
Space Wars GCE GCE, MB, Bandai October 1982[1]
Spike GCE GCE, MB October 1983[7] Includes speech synthesis
Spinball GCE GCE, MB July 1983[8] MB's title: "Flipper Pinball"
Star Castle GCE GCE October 1983[7]
Starhawk GCE GCE, MB, Bandai October 1982[1]
Star Trek: The Motion Picture GCE GCE, MB, Bandai October 1982[1] MB's title: "Star Ship"; Bandai's title: "Harmagedon".
Web Wars GCE GCE, MB September 1983[9] MB's title: "Web Warp".

Unreleased

[edit]

Unreleased titles by official publishers (General Consumer Electronics (GCE), Milton Bradley (MB) and Bandai.

  • Mail Plane (1983) (requires light pen). Prototype game. Introduced GCE/MB marketing literature in USA, Canada, Europe, and Japan. The prototype for the USA area map version appears to be a complete game. Also pictured in MB Finnish language marketing literature for Nordic and European areas indicated MB intended to provide a release with maps specific to Europe.[11] In 2013 Mail Plane was recovered from a prototype cartridge by Chris Romero (a.k.a. "Vectrexer"). The recovered software was released on December 1, 2013[12] as binary image via made available for public download.
  • Test Cart (a.k.a. Test REV. 4) (1982) The Test Cart is a test and diagnostic cartridge for the Vectrex. Various functions are supported based mainly around testing display alignment and intensity, controller functionality, and sound generation. A function to check the installed BIOS checksum is also included. The Test Cart is meant to be used along with the Vectrex Service Manual when repairing and testing the Vectrex game system. Also found later in 2000 was a single Overlay for use with the Test Cart. The Test Cart Overlay was acquired in a private sale from a former GCE employee. The Test Cart Overlay was scanned by Chris Romero (a.k.a. "Vectrexer") and made available in 2001 for public usage,[13] and later on Spike's Big Page.[14]
  • Cube Quest (1983)
  • Dark Tower
  • Pitchers Duel
  • Tour de France

Homebrew titles (1996 to present)

[edit]
  • 3D Lord of the Robots
  • 3D Sector-X
  • 3D Sector-X Hell's Fury
  • 3D Scape
  • 3D Scape First Edition
  • Alien Hunter
  • All Good Things
  • Asteroid Cowboy
  • Beluga Dreams
  • Berzerk Debugged
  • Big Blue
  • BRECHER
  • Chimney Hunt
  • Circus Vectrex
  • City Bomber
  • Colorclash
  • Colorclash Limited Edition
  • Colorclash Slim
  • Continuum
  • Continuum The Infernal Tetramorph
  • Continuum The 7 Pillars of Purgatory
  • Continuum Time Warp
  • Cronotics
  • Crush of Lucifer
  • Cube Quest
  • Dead of Knight
  • Debris Exclusive Edition
  • Debris Limited Edition
  • Debris Revisited
  • Debris Revisited VIP
  • Everyday is Halloween
  • FRESSSAKK – Highscore Edition
  • Frontier
  • Galaxy Wars/Space Launcher
  • Gravitrex Plus
  • Hell Hole
  • Hex
  • Hexed!
  • I, Cyborg
  • I, Cyborg: Edition X
  • I, Cyborg: OMEGA
  • Irrelevant
  • Karl Quappe
  • KnightEx
  • Logo
  • Mail Plane
  • MENSCHENJAGD
  • MineX
  • Moon Lander
  • N. E. L. S.
  • Nebula Commander
  • NOX/Death Chase
  • Obsolet
  • Omega Chase Deluxe
  • Omega Chase Deluxe – Collector's Edition
  • Patriots
  • Patriots Limited Edition
  • Performance VX
  • Pitcher's Duel
  • Player 2
  • Protector LE
  • Protector/Y*A*S*I
  • Quartz's Quest
  • Revector
  • Release
  • Robot Arena
  • Rockaroids (limited edition)
  • Rockaroids Remix
  • Rotor
  • Royal 21
  • Royal 21 Boston
  • Royal 21 Christmas
  • Royal 21 Vegas
  • RushHour
  • Sectis
  • Sectis Limited Edition
  • Sectis Master Edition
  • Shifted
  • Snowball
  • Space Frenzy
  • SpideX
  • Spike and the Angry Vortex Bird
  • Spike Hoppin'
  • Spike's Circus
  • Spike's Water Balloons Analog
  • Spin-Cart
  • Spinnerama
  • Spudster's Revenge
  • Star Sling LE
  • Star Sling Premium Limited Edition
  • Star Sling Turbo Edition
  • Star Trek Debugged
  • STERNENKRIEGER
  • Stramash Zone
  • Sundance
  • Sundance: Dark of the Sun
  • Thrust
  • Tour de France
  • Trapped
  • Tsunami/VIX
  • Tsunami/VIX – Collectors Edition
  • V-Frogger
  • V-Hockey
  • Vaboom!/Vectrace
  • VeCaves/Spike's Spree
  • VecMan
  • Vecmania
BERJAYA
Vec Sports Boxing at the Finnish Museum of Games.
  • Vec Sports Boxing
  • Vec Sports Boxing Limited Edition
  • Veccy Bird
  • Vec Wars: Retro Devolved
  • Vectoblox
  • Vectopia
  • Vector 21
  • Vector 21: A Fistful of Wildcards!
  • Vector 21: OMEGA
  • Vector Patrol
  • Vector Pilot
  • Vector Vaders
  • Vectorblade
  • Vectrexagon
  • Vectrexians
  • Vectrexians Deluxe
  • Verzerk
  • War of the Robots
  • War of the Robots: CGE2K3
  • War of the Robots: OMEGA
  • War of the Worlds
  • War of the Worlds Time Rift
  • Warrior
  • Wireout
  • Wireout RE
  • Xmas Cart 2014
  • Xmas Cart 2014 + 2015 Double Pack
  • Xmas Cart 2015
  • Zantis
  • Zantis: 99 Ways to Die
  • Zombie Apocalypse: USA

References

[edit]
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "GCE News". Computer Entertainer. Vol. 1, no. 7. October 1982. p. 1.
  2. ↑ "Vectrex Closes Its Doors". Computer Entertainer. Vol. 2, no. 11. February 1984. p. 3.
  3. ↑ Classic Videogame Hardware Genius Guide Imagine Publishing. Chapter 9.
  4. ↑ Vectrex Collector site
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Some Vectrex Games Available". Computer Entertainer. Vol. 2, no. 12. March 1984. p. 7.
  6. ↑ "Availability Update". Computer Entertainer. Vol. 2, no. 10. January 1984. p. 16.
  7. 1 2 3 "Availability Update". Computer Entertainer. Vol. 2, no. 8. November 1983. p. 16.
  8. 1 2 3 "Availability Update". Computer Entertainer. Vol. 2, no. 5. August 1983. p. 16.
  9. 1 2 "Availability Update". Computer Entertainer. Vol. 2, no. 6. September 1983. p. 16.
  10. 1 2 "Availability Update". Computer Entertainer. Vol. 2, no. 9. December 1983. p. 16.
  11. ↑ Romero, Chris (1983). "Swedish MB Vectrex Marketing Literature Poster". MB. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  12. ↑ Romero, Chris. "Vectrex Mail Plane Release Notice on Vector Forums Release". vectorgaming.proboards.com. Chris Romero. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  13. ↑ Romero, Chris (1 August 2001). "Test Cart Overlays are here!". Newsgroup: rec.games.vectrex. d798d1f3.0108271821.66571675@posting.google.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  14. ↑ Romero, Chris. "Vectrex Test Cart Overlay from Chris Romero on Spike's Big Page". Spike's Big Page. Corey c. (a.k.a. "BaronVR"). p. http://www.atarihq.com/vectrex/Test_Cart_150DPI.jpg. Archived from the original on 9 November 2001. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Vectrex_games&oldid=1352861785"