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    Vectorblade order

    in Vectrex

    Posted

    This game seem crazzy !!!
    I've only found an old version Alpha 5 around the web ... now i've seen the last one on Git is the 1.13
    I don't know how to compile this game in ROM format for emulators.
    Is some one here can help me and share the ROM file already compiled ? Like the game is opensource it can help all guys like me that want to try it and don't have any real Vectrex :(
    Thanks a lot

    NOX / Death Chase

    in Vectrex

    Posted

    43 minutes ago, BinaryStar said:

    Yeah, ROMs don't sell on Vectrex. I tried doing so recently as an experiment and ~10 people bought them (at $5 a pop). Vectrex is a collectors market, most people want the full box and overlay, it's unlikely I'll offer ROMs for purchase again. 

    Can i buy you some games rom ? For private use only !

    I don't have Vectrex i can only play on emulator. I don't have so many euros to buy the real hardware and i prefer to play on my big TV.

    NOX / Death Chase

    in Vectrex

    Posted

    47 minutes ago, ClockworkRobot said:

    Also we tried selling roms as an experiment, very few were sold. I think you guys are vastly over estimating the size of the vectrex rom market.

    Lastly it just invites people to share the roms rather than buying them.

    I understand what you mean, but there are some guy like me that want to buy these games.
    Maybe we are not many more but we exist ... and it's not because i buy you a game i will share it over the net.
    Some buy you the real cartridge, copy it, make bootleg and sell it over eBay, that is the reality.
     

    40 minutes ago, uczmeg said:

    If it's not a commercial concern then it's better to have the ROM out there so others aren't making off it illegally and those that really care will still by the boxed/overly version...

    Yes sharing rom, always reduce pracy !
    The real gamer, that play on real device, and want to have all the Vectrex games will buy you the real game for sure, and they hate copy !!! I watch most of them on Youtube ;)
     

    50 minutes ago, ClockworkRobot said:

    Vectrex games in particular, it's so much about the vector screen and the overlay. If you're playing the game without an overlay or on an emulation, you're not really getting the full experience. I don't want an inferior presentation of my games out there. Take that nox bootleg for example. No overlay. The overlay has the track and start / finish line printed on it. Without it a chunk of the game is missing. If someone's playing that, they don't know that, they just think this game is missing vital elements. That reflects badly on me.  

    I know you are right and i always play with Overlay for sure. I also myself design and invent many overlay for many games that don't have an official one. All my games avec an overlay made by me, i take many hours to draw them ?
    And in emulation, with Overlay and with Shader the games are perfect like on a real Vectrex. It's why i love use emulation :)
    I share you some of my work ;)
     

    Vectrexagon (World) (Unl).png

    Tour De France (USA) (Proto).png

    Vectrexagon (World) (Unl).jpg

    Protector and YASI (World) (Unl).jpg

    Tour De France (USA) (Proto).jpg

    NOX / Death Chase

    in Vectrex

    Posted

    34 minutes ago, uczmeg said:

    I think we have a lost in translation issue here.

     

    As far as I can tell darknior wants to buy the games but wants the image so he can play it on an emulator.

     

    It is a shame a lot of games aren't sold as images as there are many you can't get hold of as they are only sold as limited cart runs and unless you know about it early you're then stuck with nothing or massive eBay markups that don't actually help the creator.

     

    I'd love to play Starmash Zone from ClockworkRobot on my Vectrex, but that is impossible. I'd happily pay the author for the image if he isn't going to produce any more carts.

     

    Thanks, you understand me fine :)
    It is a problem to only selling physical games and in limited editions, This favors the ceation of copy pirates as you say ...

    For exemple at the first time the author of Twin Dragons on NES only release a physical version ...
    https://broke-studio.itch.io/twin-dragons
    I can't found and play it :( I write him by mail and he respond me. A very cool guy, and he give me for free a linux proto version of his game, to help me, but i don't use it. I speak with him and he decide to release ROM version when all cartridge are sold out. He do it and i buy him the game ❤️
    I'm sure he sell many other rom copy of his game :) And like physical copies are all sold out, it's only a bonus for him :D
    I don't understand no one on Vectrex do the same ...

    For the moment i have buy an other future cool game that come on Genesis for 15€ in 2020 ... so impatient LOL


     

    NOX / Death Chase

    in Vectrex

    Posted

    Ok sorry, i'm not in hacking, i don't understand and watch the video, i've never think about these pirate copy ... yes make a pirate card to sell it on internet is bad, It's stealing money from its creator.
    And if every one do it, creators will stop to create new games :(

    There so many free games over the web, creators don't ask money on itch.io for exemple, and some time i'm happy to give some money for help projects. If every one give 1 2 € ... x 10 000 users you win 20 000€ :D

    NOX / Death Chase

    in Vectrex

    Posted

    1 hour ago, ClockworkRobot said:

    We are exploring the possibility of doing another run of nox/deathchase but please don't encourage people to go looking for illegal roms. These games are our ip, we spent a lot of time and love on them and seeing them pirated is very disheartening.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxI5vk8b8xg&t=110s

     

    1 hour ago, lazzeri said:

     

       Some people deserve to be hang upside down by its testicles.

     

    35 minutes ago, 128Kgames said:

    Damn, sorry to see that, I try to report bootlegs whenever I spot them on places like eBay.  

     

    BUT ????? Who is talking about illegal roms ???
    Do you know read ????
    I buy my games, always !!!! But in rom format !!!!
    I don't have any real console and i don't want them, never !!!
    I prefer to have all my games in the same machine, all together, and it's a very good thing !!

    I already buy for exemple, and you can ask the author :

    https://morphcatgames.itch.io/micromages 10€
    https://orionsoft.itch.io/escape2042 8€
    https://bonusjz.itch.io/ghostsn-demons 8€
    https://broke-studio.itch.io/twin-dragons 8€
    https://protovision.itch.io/sams-journey 23€
    And many many other ...

    I really don't understand why you don't want to sell games in rom format. You only work people that have an old hardware some like me don't want to use and to buy :(
    It is so expensive, controlers are not Bluetooth, i can't play it on my video projector .... i want to be free to play games like i love, not like you decide for me ;)

    Thanks for your cool answer.
     

    NOX / Death Chase

    in Vectrex

    Posted

    Too bad ... two more games on Vectrex impossible to found in ROM format to play on emulators ...
    The problem is not to pay for them, but to found them, and on Vectrex it 's a problem for almost all the commercial games :(

    On C64, AMIGE, NES, SNES i've buy many games without any problem, and it's really cool to play them on my pi :)
    Why is it impossible on Vectrex ?
    Who can help me please. Thanks

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