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Veccy awesomeness under me nose!

  • 21-07-2019 11:11pm
    #1
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,526 CMod ✭✭✭✭


    So, I got a new Veccy flash cart earlier this year and have, to my shame, played very little of it.
    But I was mooching about online and found an article/review of Protector/YASI for the system.
    https://vectrex.fandom.com/wiki/Protector/Y*A*S*I

    Realising I probably have them on said cart I just had a look...

    Yup, it's there and, my gods, but it's amazing!

    Protector is a ridiculously good Defender clone, though it uses the Minestorm ship as your craft, which is weird.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC8r5e_cI_I


    But the other game, YASI, shouldn't exist at all.
    Yet Another Space Invaders it's a clone of, well, Space Invaders.
    But the programmer has coaxed the Veccy to do raster graphics instead of vectors, and the results are astounding!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZHtmqOEvaQ

    Not sure the clip does it justice.
    It feels arcade perfect, using the buttons only.


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    o1s1n
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    Protector reason alone to own a Veccy, it's brilliant!


  • #3
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,526 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Yeah, I thought that Rockaroids was the best the system could provide, but these two games are just brilliant.
    I'm eagerly awaiting Wireout any day now, which will not only be a cool new game for the Vectrex but also give me my first overlay!

    I must watch out for a YASI specific overlay as well, I think they are out there.

    Stramash Zone is the other game that I must own, it's never been dumped, afaik, and it came with an overlay providing a near perfect Battlezone clone.
    Only problem there is I only own one controller for the Vectrex!

    Must buy one of the adaptors, let me use one of the myriad of other controllers lying around these parts!


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