Display Name Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 2/21/2024 at 2:10 PM, playvectrex said: Would you please post your update here? I sent an email and received this response. ********* Hello, The overlays are in production and will be delivered in the second half of February. So shipping can start at the end of February. Best regards Sebastian 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Ahh, ok thanks.... I thought they might have elaborated a bit. Seeing that it's the end of February now... and no updates from anyone... I wonder what happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF31 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 So.... shipping has started? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 On 3/4/2024 at 9:11 PM, JEFF31 said: So.... shipping has started? Of course, they said end of February... right? When they do start shipping though, I'll buy one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Just received an official email! Dear pre-orderers of »Hera Primera«, The delivery date for the overlays has finally been set. They will arrive on 4 April. Delivery of the »Hera Primera« can therefore begin on 8 April 2024. Please find attached a photo of the last overlay prototype and pictures of the module production. Thank you for your patience. Sounds like they experienced another delay, but it's nice to have a date. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamchevy Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Yeah, my order from October 29, 2023 of Hair-a Primaira is now being shipped!! It will be a fun birthday present for my 43rd birthday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 20 hours ago, Display Name said: Just received an official email! Dear pre-orderers of »Hera Primera«, The delivery date for the overlays has finally been set. They will arrive on 4 April. Delivery of the »Hera Primera« can therefore begin on 8 April 2024. Please find attached a photo of the last overlay prototype and pictures of the module production. Thank you for your patience. Sounds like they experienced another delay, but it's nice to have a date. I received the same email. Looking forward to receiving the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunder-rabbit Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I got the message that the game shouldn't be delivered to me until July😱 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 3 hours ago, thunder-rabbit said: I got the message that the game shouldn't be delivered to me until July😱 Interesting. I received a shipping notification, written in German, but it looks like shipping is impending for my order. The month and date digits seem to follow European format in all the communications I've received...I'm hoping your July date is just a mix-up along those lines. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 30 minutes ago, Display Name said: Interesting. I received a shipping notification, written in German, but it looks like shipping is impending for my order. The month and date digits seem to follow European format in all the communications I've received...I'm hoping your July date is just a mix-up along those lines. Good luck! Same for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 The July date has a 2023 year on it so... it's the old info from your original order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 It’s time to check your emails everyone. I received my shipment confirmation earlier today. 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF31 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I received mine (shipping notice...?) shortly after 3/4/2024... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Still waiting for mine (shipping notice) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF31 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Anyone received it yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 8 hours ago, JEFF31 said: Anyone received it yet? Not yet, but the tracking shows that my package reached NYC (JFK Airport), yesterday. Waiting for the next update.🙃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 15 hours ago, JEFF31 said: Anyone received it yet? One person on the facebook vectrex group received it. They are shrink wrapped, and thankfully they busted it out of its shrink wrap deathtrap! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcmffm Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Yesterday I've received my copy of Hera Primera. I assume that in the next days many people will receive their copy, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 9 hours ago, hcmffm said: Yesterday I've received my copy of Hera Primera. I assume that in the next days many people will receive their copy, too. Have you played it? Someone experienced issues with their cart ("...Cartdridge shows up the Vetrex Start-Screen an then IT DISSAPEARS."). I'm wonder if that's a one-off, or if all of the carts may be affected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 I'm not a Facebook user, but a friend mentioned that the author confirmed that there is an issue, and that shipping has been temporarily suspended. Though the grapevine, I heard the issue is related to no-buzz Vectrexes, but I haven't confirmed that. Still haven't received my official shipping notification, so it looks like I've got a while longer before I'll be playing any Hera Primera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcmffm Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 (edited) On 4/18/2024 at 3:58 PM, sramirez2008 said: Have you played it? Someone experienced issues with their cart ("...Cartdridge shows up the Vetrex Start-Screen an then IT DISSAPEARS."). I'm wonder if that's a one-off, or if all of the carts may be affected. I haven't played Hera Primera but I tried to run it. Result is that Hera Primara runs on buzz-Vectrex consoles but does not run on non-buzz Vectrex consoles (Serial numbers 31xxxxx and 4xxxxxx). Poly.play is currently ellaborating this and is looking for a solution. Edited April 19 by hcmffm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 3 hours ago, hcmffm said: I haven't played Hera Primera but I tried to run it. Result is that Hera Primara runs on buzz-Vectrex consoles but does not run on non-buzz Vectrex consoles (Serial numbers 31xxxxx and 4xxxxxx). Poly.play is currently ellaborating this and is looking for a solution. Appreciate the update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 (edited) 7 hours ago, hcmffm said: I haven't played Hera Primera but I tried to run it. Result is that Hera Primara runs on buzz-Vectrex consoles but does not run on non-buzz Vectrex consoles (Serial numbers 31xxxxx and 4xxxxxx). Poly.play is currently ellaborating this and is looking for a solution. I believe the issue is the /CARTS line is used to drive /CE on the PROM, but no-buzz veccy's don't have that line connected, so it floats around. This causes the data lines to output garbage while the system is booting, which interferes with read/writes to the VIA, RAM and MCU. If you want to try this mod, it should work. Cut the trace highlighted in pink, wherever you can... and then add a wire where the blue one is shown. Keep the solder on the PCB finger near the top to avoid getting it down by where the cart edge connector in the vectrex touches the PCB fingers. UPDATE: One person has confirmed this mod works on their 31xxxxx vectrex I Edited April 19 by playvectrex 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Mine just arrived and it works as expected on my unmodded console. Btw, it doesn’t include a manual? Just want to confirm with those that have received theirs, as mine didn’t include a manual. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjay75 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 I received mine with a manual. The game runs but unfortunately, I have another problem I've never experienced before on any other vectrex game: while the ship and orb with the human are displayed correctly, the enemies flying down in formation have an extremely low brightness level making them nearly invisible even without the overlay. With the overlay, it's unplayable. I don't think it's my vectrex because Minefield, Berzerk and Kristof's Vector Patrol are being displayed correctly, with and without overlays. My vectrex is an unmodded 3000-GI-Euro. Does anyone have any idea what's happening here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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