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List Of Vectrex Games
This is a list of video games produced for the Vectrex, a vector graphics-based video game console. There were 28 games officially released for the console (includes built-in game) in the US.Classic Videogame Hardware Genius Guide Imagine Publishing. Chapter 9. This list also includes official unreleased games from GCE, as well as homebrew titles released from 1996 to the present (games, music, demos, utility and diagnostic cartridges). Official releases (1982–1984) Games were released in the US by General Consumers Electronics (GCE), in Europe and Canada by (MB) and in Japan by |
Video Game
Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This feedback mostly commonly is shown on a video display device, such as a TV set, monitor, touchscreen, or virtual reality headset. Some computer games do not always depend on a graphics display, for example text adventure games and computer chess can be played through teletype printers. Video games are often augmented with audio feedback delivered through speakers or headphones, and sometimes with other types of feedback, including haptic technology. Video games are defined based on their platform, which include arcade video games, console games, and personal computer (PC) games. More recently, the industry has expanded onto mobile gaming through smartphones and tablet computers, virtual and augmented reality systems, and remote c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Language
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Web Wars
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Starhawk (1977 Video Game)
''Starhawk'' is a 1979 vector arcade game designed and programmed by Tim Skelly and manufactured by Cinematronics. ''Starhawk'' is a shoot 'em up unofficially based on the '' Star Wars: Episode IV'' trench run, one of the first arcade games to blatantly use concepts from ''Star Wars''. The game was unique at the time for its pseudo-3D graphics. It was distributed in Japan by Sega, and was later ported for the Vectrex home system in 1982. The arcade cabinet had a cinder block placed inside of it, to prevent it from tipping onto the player. Plot According to the Vectrex manual, the story involves "protecting your comrades from alien ships trying to infiltrate your culture" and "defending the sovereignty of your planet." Gameplay Various ships, reminiscent of TIE fighters, appear on the horizon of the trench and the player has to shoot them before they destroy the player's ship. The player is given initially sixty seconds, but additional twenty seconds is awarded for every 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Castle
''Star Castle'' is a vector graphics Vector graphics is a form of computer graphics in which visual images are created directly from geometric shapes defined on a Cartesian plane, such as points, lines, curves and polygons. The associated mechanisms may include vector display a ... multidirectional shooter released in arcades by Cinematronics in 1980. The game involves obliterating a series of defenses orbiting a stationary turret in the center of the screen. The display is black and white with the colors of the rings and screen provided by a transparent plastic screen overlay. ''Star Castle'' was designed by Tim Skelly and programmed by Scott Boden. Skelly created a number of other Cinematronics vector games, including ''Starhawk (arcade game), Starhawk'', ''Armor Attack'', and ''Rip-Off''. A Vectrex port of ''Star Castle'' for was released in 1983. Gameplay The object of ''Star Castle'' is to destroy an enemy cannon which sits in the center of three concentric, rot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spinball (video Game) , a spinning roller coaster located in the Adventure Land area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England
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Spinball may refer to: * " Death Game 1999" (later rebranded as "Spinball"), a British comic science fiction/sport story published in ''Action'' and ''Battle Action'' * '' Sonic Spinball'', a 1993 pinball video game developed by Sega Technical Institute and published by Sega * ''Spinball'', an officially released video game for the Vectrex console * Spinball Whizzer Spinball Whizzer is a spinning roller coaster located in the Alton Towers#Adventure Land, Adventure Land area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England. Built by Maurer Söhne, it was previously sponsored by Sega, the company that created the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike (video Game)
Spike is a 1983 platform game for the Vectrex video game system. The character of Spike is considered a mascot of the Vectrex, being among the first video game mascots, and ''Spike'' is one of the earliest examples of voice synthesis in video games. ''Spike'' is included in the iOS iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for its hardware. It is the operating system that powers many of the company's mobile devices, including the iPhone; the term also includes ... Vectrex Regeneration app. Gameplay The player must navigate a tiny creature named Spike through chasms and ladders while avoiding enemies and endless pits. The player must collect Molly's bows to unlock doors and reach the final level to save Molly from the boss named Spud and bring her home. References 1983 video games Platform games Vectrex games Video games developed in the United States Single-player video games {{Platform-videogame-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Wars
''Space Wars'' is a shooter video game released in arcades by Cinematronics in 1977. Like the PDP-1 program ''Spacewar!'' (1962) it is based on, it uses black and white vector graphics for the visuals. The hardware developed for ''Space Wars'' became the platform for most of the vector-based arcade games from Cinematronics. It was distributed in Japan by Taito in 1978, and a Vectrex port was published in 1982. Gameplay Two players controlled different ships. One button rotated ship left, another rotated the ship right, one engaged thrust, one fired a shell, and one entered hyperspace (which causes the ship to disappear and reappear elsewhere on the playfield at random). The game offered a number of gameplay options, including the presence or absence of a star in the middle of the playfield (which exerted a positive or negative gravitational pull), whether the edges of the playfield wrapped around to their opposite sides, and whether shells bounced. The game had three part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solar Quest (arcade Game)
''Solar Quest'' is a monochrome vector arcade game created by Cinematronics in 1981. It was designed and programmed by Scott Boden, who previously worked on ''Star Castle''. It had a home release for the Vectrex system in 1982. Gameplay The player controls a ship that can rotate to the left and right and thrust forward, similar to the better known ''Asteroids'', and like that game the player also has a "hail mary" device, hyperspace. In the center of the screen is the sun, which pulls objects into it, in a fashion similar to ''Spacewar!''. The screen wraps at the edges. Waves of enemy spaceships appear in groups of up to eight. There are seven different types of ships, growing smaller to make them harder to hit. Each "phase" of the gameplay completes when each of the seven waves is destroyed. The spaceships are a collision hazard and normally fly around the screen randomly. As the game progresses, they become more likely to attempt to ram the player directly. At higher levels, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scramble (arcade Game)
is a side-scrolling shooter game released for arcades in 1981. It was developed by Konami, and manufactured and distributed by Leijac in Japan and Stern in North America. It was the first side-scrolling shooter with forced scrolling and multiple distinct levels,Game Genres: Shmups Professor Jim Whitehead, January 29, 2007, Accessed June 17, 2008 serving as a foundation for later side-scrolling shooters. It was Konami's first major worldwide hit. In the United States, it sold 15,136 arcade cabinets within five months and became Stern's second best-selling game. ''Scramble'' was not ported to any major contemporary consoles or computers, but there were releases for the |
Rip-Off
''Rip Off'' is a multidirectional shooter with black and white vector graphics written by Tim Skelly and released in arcades by Cinematronics in 1980. It was the first shooter with cooperative gameplay and an early game to exhibit flocking behavior. ''Rip Off'' was ported to the Vectrex home system in 1982. The objective of ''Rip Off'' is to prevent computer-controlled enemies from stealing eight canisters set in the center of the screen. One or two players control tank-like vehicles while game-controlled "pirate" tanks rush onto the field and attempt to drag the canisters off the edge of the screen. Enemies can be defeated by shooting or colliding with them. The game speed and difficulty increase with each successive wave until all the canisters have been taken ("ripped off"). Gameplay One or two players attempt to protect fuel canisters from groups of invading pirate tanks that appear from the edges of the screen. There are six styles of pirate tanks in the game worth 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
