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All Good Things

All Good Things

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 1996

All Good Things was the fourth release from Classic Game Creations. It is a compilation cartridge, comprised of clones of four earlier games and a bonus hidden fifth game. Contains: Space Invaders Part 2 Rockaroids Spike's Water Balloons Vectris (aka Vectrex Blocks) 23 Matches At the time of its release, All Good Things was the very first 16K cartridge for the Vectrex.

Birds of Prey

Birds of Prey

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 1999

Birds of Prey is a Vectrex game similar to the Galaxian series, some might call it a homebrew port of Phoenix. The gameplay is similar to Galaga and consists of five waves that simply loop with increasing difficulty. Instead of using the analog stick you press buttons 1-2 to move left and right, while button 4 fires. It takes a few minutes to adjust but once you do you'll find the control scheme works fine. By pressing button 3 you can activate a shield once per wave (or re-use it if you lose a life) and this protects you from incoming fire and enemies. It's very handy and you'll want to use it when you're surrounded. The first wave sees you trying to blast down small birds but you can only fire one bullet at a time. The birds can spray multiple bullets at once and they often swoop in on you. The difficulty is high so don't expect to be eased in! The second wave is more of the same but this time you can fire two shots simultaneously which makes things more manageable. The third and fourth waves are the weakest as they feature large, flapping birds that take forever to shoot as their hit box is small (you need to hit them dead-centre). While they occasionally fly towards your ship they tend to only move from side-to-side making these waves easier than the preceding ones. The last wave is interesting as it features a boss battle, seldom seen on the system. You face a giant mother ship with a gaping hole in the centre; you instinctively know where to shoot but it's protected by swarms of birds that try to attack you. If you manage to beat the boss it explodes in a satisfying manner! As this is a high score game it's tempting to continually fire your weapon at will. However, I found it's better to be strategic and follow attack patterns as enemies will frequently line themselves up for a perfect shot.

Gravitrex Plus

Gravitrex Plus

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 2002

Based off the classic Atari arcade game Gravitar - but with many enhancements. This outstanding 64K game has all the excitement of a true arcade game. Gravitrex Plus is a game any Vectrex fan will enjoy! Gravitrex Plus has the following features: - 3 levels with 6 worlds. - Many worlds contain extra sections for more frantic button pressing. - 2 Game Modes: Standard and Arcade (the later which is faster and more intense for the expert gamers)! Your main mission is to travel to these six worlds, rescue the human captives, eliminate enemy bunkers, and finally destroy the enemy planets themselves!

Kill the Attacking Aliens

Kill the Attacking Aliens

Philips Videopac+ - Homebrew - 2004

You have been selected to defend planet Earth and its moon colony against alien invaders. Your ship is equipped with a powerful quantum cannon and a strong defensive shield. Your mission is to destroy all of the aliens and prevent the objects on earth from being bombed.

Nebula Commander

Nebula Commander

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 2005

Craig Aker created a unique RTS (real time strategy) game for the Vectrex in 2005 with Nebula Commander, which is like no other Vectrex game to date. Play against the computer enemy or better yet, crush a friend’s dreams of dominating the nebula. In Nebula Commander, you control the nebula by conquering all who oppose you! One or two players must gather up resources and create and launch weapons to destroy the other’s space station while defending their own in turn. Race to mine space crystals for energy necessary to build destroyers and missiles, construct your armada and launch your attack. All this is done while defending you space station against attacking aliens.

Patriots

Patriots

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - April 21, 1996

Patriots is a clone of a popular arcade game from the 80's. Patriots is faster and more challenging than other missile games. It is visually exciting, with many special effects, including fades, scaling and rotation. Game control is solid with additional options for those who need them. Patriots code is optimized to make the game run very, very smooth. Vectrex "flicker" is almost nonexistent, except for higher levels with tons of missiles, patriots and explosions all happening at once." Supports trackball input.

Patriots III

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 2002

Patriots III: Ballistics Busters is a completely rewritten version of the original game with three cannons and unlimited ammo. In this version, the player's cannons will require time to reload but never run out of missiles like in the previous versions. In addition, this version also has an option to control the player sites or cross hairs through analog controls, rather that with only digital controls. These controls more closely resemble the controls used in the arcade version which were that of a trackball.

Patriots Remix

Patriots Remix

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 1999

PATRIOTS THE SPECIAL EDITION–I’ve only played the original Patriots in emulation a few times, and this seems like it has only minor changes (the bonus hidden game is even the same as on the original Patriots as well), just a slightly different pace and better sound. Here you must protect several cities from missiles raining down on them; maybe the missiles are in regards to the invaders wising up from V. Vaders TDC and realizing they should stop wasting manpower on you, and use machines and missiles instead to wreck havoc? Aircraft and smart missiles also add to this fun “remix” clone of Missile Command. Released as part of the Vecmania game pak.

Repulse

Repulse

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 1999

REPULSE–clone of the rare Eliminator vector game. I don’t know how it compares, since I never played the original (saw it, but never played it), but it’s addicting and can take a while, due to starting with five ships and then earning a new one with every successful elimination (sorry!) of the mother ship. Unfortunately firing a shot up the mother ship’s slim shaft is difficult, especially with sentry ships thrown in the mix, which a hit from them can send you careening across the screen. A fun, differently-paced challenge than the other games on here, but you need some pretty decent nerves to make it through this one though. Released as part of the VecMania game pak.

Revector

Revector

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 2004

Your goal is to out score your opponent in a 7 minute timed match. You can score points by shooting your opponent or by picking up power-up items. Power-up items (available in game one) appear randomly on the playfield to be picked up by players, having various effects and lasting either a certain time or with a set amount of uses. If neither player picks up an item after several seconds they will disappear. Once a game’s seven minutes have run out, the game will end once one or both players have destroyed the others’ vehicle (or they destroy each other at the same time). Revector allows you to take-on another player head-to-head, or a challenging CPU opponent. The game features a rather unique vehicle control system with the joystick controling both rotation and thrust.

Rockaroids Remix

Rockaroids Remix

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 1999

Let's blow-up some stuff! This is the second of John Dondzila's three versions of Rockaroids. Rockaroids Remix features more intense game play than the original Rockaroids and does not have the game slowing rotating rocks of Rockaroids: 3'rd Rock.

Rockaroids Remix: Third Rock

Rockaroids Remix: Third Rock

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 1999

Rockaroids Remix: 3rd Rock: In this third version of the game, Rockaroids is back, with with enhanced rocks and rotation, more speed and a faster, challenging game! Released as part of the Vecmania game pak. The title screen still shows the original 1996 release date, but the 3rd rock version was released in 1999.

Space Frenzy

Space Frenzy

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 2006

John Dondzila's last game for the Vectrex, in all its 64K glory! Intense Arcade Style Gameplay, as you fight off wave after wave of ship fragments, that will form into cruisers to attack and destroy your ship. Doc with other ships after each wave to increase your firepower. - Features Vectors Plus Digitized Sound * - Combined Joystick Plus LRTF Button Support - VecVox (AtariVox+) Support - In-game Instructions Contains a playable demo of the never completed SUPER SPIKE WORLD! * Digitized speech and vectors may not work on all Vectrex systems due to the age of the system. An option to play without this feature is available.

Spike Hoppin’

Spike Hoppin’

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 1996

Spike Hoppin' is a game where you make Spike hop on blocks, and change all their "colors". Spud returns and will try to stop Spike, as well as other enemies and a few friends too. Spike Hoppin' includes digitized speech (Spike talks again!), as well as a bonus hidden game and a few other surprises !

Spike's Water Balloons

Spike's Water Balloons

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 2001

Help out hero, Spike, win Molly's affections by winning a wet and wild game of water balloon catch. Play with a standard Vectrex controller or a modified Atari 2600 Paddle controller.

Star Fire

Star Fire

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 1999

Star Fire Spirits: Incredible 3D space fighter were you have to destroy waves of enemy fighters, skim the surface of an alien planet, and navigate narrow chasms to destroy the planet´s core! Released as part of the Vecmania game pak.

Star Trek Debugged

Star Trek Debugged

GCE Vectrex - ROM Hack

Welcome, Captain Kirk, to your command of the starship Enterprise. Your mission is to seek out and destroy the enemy Klingon Mothership. Travel through nine sectors of space, each more difficult, or take a shortcut through the Black Hole. Be careful...the Klingons and Romulans are hiding in space, waiting to destroy you at every turn! This ROM hack features a pause button, different looking Klingon ships and minor bug fixes.

Thrust

Thrust

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 2004

Thrust is an unofficial homebrewed clone of the classic 8-bit microcomputer game of the same name. Thrust brings realistic physics and inertia-based movement into arcade games, directly influencing titles like Oids, as well as Exile from Audiogenic by the same author. The action is viewed from the side, with the graphics drawn in vectors, in keeping with the mathematical nature of everything that unfolds. As a Resistance fighter, the player must fly into enemy lines in order to steal Klystron Pods to power more advanced starships, using your tractor beam to take them. A network of mounted guns are aiming to shoot the player down – these can be disabled by shooting their power source, but eventually this will explode, forcing the player to flee. Some of the later levels feature reverse gravity, which increases the difficulty of the gameplay. The Vectrex conversion was made by Ville Krumlinde and published by Packrat Video Games in 2004.

Vecmania

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 1999

Vecmania has the largest amount of games for a homebrew compilation for the Vectrex, with a full seven games (one hidden) and two unfinished demos, being clones of the arcade games of Tempest, Star Wars, Missile Command, Space Invaders, Eliminator, Breakout, Discs Of Tron, Asteroids and Phoenix. The games can be scrolled through at the main menu by moving the joystick or D-pad left and right and then chosen by pressing up on the joystick or D-pad. The main menu can be returned to by pressing three on the controller when the player is on an individual game's title screen (except for the demos). The games are: Birds of Prey Breakout Patriots Remix Repulse Rockaroids Remix: Third Rock Star Fire Spirits Vector Vaders The Director's Cut

Vectopia

Vectopia

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 2001

Vectopia is John Dondzila´s 2nd 64K Vectrex game cartridge, featuring a compilation of 2 new games, a playable game demo, an updated game, controller test, and 4 early draft games. Vectopia includes: • Wormhole: Move your ship in a circular pattern to destroy aliens emerging from the Wormhole ahead of you. Watch out for scout ships, while picking up Power-Ups. The game gets progressively harder as each level passes. • Trakkers: Fly through the grids while destroying enemy Trakkers. Eliminate enemy Trakkers to complete each level. The Trakkers becomes smarter as you progress through each level. Watch out for the Hunter Killer Trakker! • VECTROPOLIS 500 (demo): Functional but minimal game with no AI at all. Up to four players sharing two controller can play this rough but playable game. • Spike's Water Balloons (Analog Controller version): Designed specifically for the Vectrex analog controller. • 2 Port Vectrex Controller Tester: No-Frills program that will let you test all of your controller functions for controller ports 1 and 2. And more!

Vector Vaders

Vector Vaders

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - March 8, 1996

March 8, 1996 marked a day of the rebirth of Vectrex games, as programmer John Dondzila unveiled Vector Vaders, which was not only the very first homebrew game for the machine, but it also started the plethora of new games for the Vectrex as well. Aside from having vector graphics and running a bit slow (although the game does speed up as more and more invaders are shot), this is a pretty standard Space Invaders-type game for the most part.

Vector Vaders Remix

Vector Vaders Remix

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 1999

Vector Vaders Remix: This is Vector Vaders as it was meant to be, with simpler graphics for faster and flicker free action, along with some bug fixes and multi-channel sound effects! Released as part of the Vecmania game pak.

Verzerk

Verzerk

GCE Vectrex - ROM Hack - 2002

Verzerk is a modified version of Berzerk, which adds speech to the game. Has that robotic voice during the 'attract mode', and various phrases from the original arcade game. One player only (no two player option as the original Berzerk on the vectrex has).

V-Frogger

V-Frogger

GCE Vectrex - Homebrew - 1998

Guide frogs across a busy street and then through dangerous water to get to their home, in this enhanced version of this arcade game clone by Christopher Salomon. The variety of objects and enemies will kill a players´ frog on contact, plus there is a timer for each level too, of which there are 16 total. The game is enhanced with a pause mode, so you can take a break if you need too! So what are you waiting for, hop on over and play this game!

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