minwah Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 On 4/22/2024 at 9:34 PM, sramirez2008 said: 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. I haven't received mine yet, but email from Polyplay last September showed photos of manuals in both GCE & MB style, so I would think you should have had one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 21 hours ago, minwah said: I haven't received mine yet, but email from Polyplay last September showed photos of manuals in both GCE & MB style, so I would think you should have had one. I tried contacting them via their website. Haven’t heard back yet. Note: I recived an email...the manual is in the mail.🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madwindoman Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 On 4/22/2024 at 1:34 PM, sramirez2008 said: 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. Just cracked mine. We do have a manual. I saw that yours is on the way. This guy at poly play is pretty straight up 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjay75 Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 (edited) On 4/23/2024 at 10:45 AM, Anjay75 said: 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? OK, so in case anybody makes the same stupid mistake, though unlikely;-) - compared to other games this one needs the brightness level turned up high it seems...Btw, the nice chap at poly.play is already hard at work replacing the cartridge for owners of 31XXXX and 4XXXXX models. Awesome game, really enjoying it:-) Edited April 28 by Anjay75 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF31 Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 "Shipped 3/19/24" - Still waiting... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 My son stopped by today and we played quite a bit of Hera Primera with a couple UV Overlays (Death Star and Sphere). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Still Waiting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Vince Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 (edited) Beware! I received the game 1 month ago but it never worked. The above solution did not work for me (Vectrex with buzz). The worst: I contacted PolyPlay several times but they NEVER replied. It is not professional. Edited May 18 by J.Vince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulinha Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Received this email just today. I guess all people that finished orders will also receive it soon: Hallo, unfortunately, after the completion of Hera Primera, it turned out that the modules do not work on all revisions of the Vectrex. The game only runs on older models with serial numbers 3XXXXXX. Unfortunately, the game does not work on models with serial numbers 31XXXXXXX or 4XXXXXX. I have therefore stopped sending the games. I am currently working on a solution. I have to open all the sealed game boxes again, take the modules apart and fix the circuit boards. As I am doing this on my own, it will unfortunately take some time. As soon as I have finished reworking all the modules, shipping will continue. I think it will continue at the beginning of June. All those who have already received their Hera Primera will receive a replacement board for exchange. Best regrads Sebastian Bach I received my copy some weeks ago so please be patience, probably Sebastian is overloaded with this situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Vince Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Yes! Me too. It seems he works alone: I understand better now… In this case no problem to wait the necessary time, especially since the news is reassuring 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 (edited) On 5/18/2024 at 1:32 PM, J.Vince said: Beware! I received the game 1 month ago but it never worked. The above solution did not work for me (Vectrex with buzz). The worst: I contacted PolyPlay several times but they NEVER replied. It is not professional. Hi J. Vince! By the above solution, do you mean the PCB modification I posted? Poly.play verified it was working for them. If you did try it, can you post some pictures of the repair? Also to note, they made the circuit board kind of upside down from how you normally make them. On the Hera Primera cart, EPROM should face down towards the bottom shell, and the yellow cap should face up towards the top shell (with label). Or if you want to try to plug it in PCB only, the EPROM should dangle down on the bottom side. Edited May 23 by playvectrex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Vince Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 (edited) Hi Playvectrex, Many thanks for your help and yes, I respected the way to solder the wire as explained in your diagram. It was very clear. Not sure that it was the same problem for me. Following your advices, I checked that I correctly inserted the board into the shell (indeed there is a risk to position it in the wrong way). Sorry for a photo of the repair, I’m not at home these days. Nevertheless to complete this message I have to precise that my buzz Vectrex is an european MB serial 30XXXXX. And as I said in my previous message, I didn't imagine that there was only one person to do everything behind the PolyPlay shop. Now I totally understand how complicated it can be: all my respect for so much effort accomplished after repeated difficulties, especially about the overlays… Edited May 24 by J.Vince 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 On 5/24/2024 at 12:16 AM, J.Vince said: Hi Playvectrex, Many thanks for your help and yes, I respected the way to solder the wire as explained in your diagram. It was very clear. Not sure that it was the same problem for me. Following your advices, I checked that I correctly inserted the board into the shell (indeed there is a risk to position it in the wrong way). Sorry for a photo of the repair, I’m not at home these days. Nevertheless to complete this message I have to precise that my buzz Vectrex is an european MB serial 30XXXXX. And as I said in my previous message, I didn't imagine that there was only one person to do everything behind the PolyPlay shop. Now I totally understand how complicated it can be: all my respect for so much effort accomplished after repeated difficulties, especially about the overlays… Hmm, well if you made that mod I would guess it should work. This is what Poly.play will be doing, so I'm not sure why it wouldn't work for you but hopefully theirs works when it arrives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Cream Jonsey Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Got an email saying that mine shipped today. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisengrim Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 On 7/12/2024 at 6:01 PM, Ice Cream Jonsey said: Got an email saying that mine shipped today. I got a shipment notice today July 17. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 On 7/17/2024 at 2:55 PM, Eisengrim said: I got a shipment notice today July 17. Just curious, when did you place your order? That might help others know where they are in the queue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisengrim Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 5 hours ago, playvectrex said: Just curious, when did you place your order? That might help others know where they are in the queue Good point. I ordered it Sept 11 2023. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 (edited) 1 hour ago, Eisengrim said: Good point. I ordered it Sept 11 2023. Thanks! Looks like they are making their way though the orders I ordered in April of 2024, no shipping notice yet. Edited July 19 by playvectrex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Oh hey! Today July 22, 2024 I received an email from Poly.play that they shipped my copy. I ordered in March 2024 actually, not April, so they seem to be moving along nicely! Also heard that someone else in the UK got a shipping notification, and they ordered in June of 2024, so they must be almost caught up with shipping open orders... or maybe they are jumping around a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCurlyBard Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 Yeah I got mine today and ordered in March. Cool game, gonna have to put it on the HSC soon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 On 4/24/2024 at 10:27 AM, sramirez2008 said: Note: I recived an email...the manual is in the mail.🙂 I never did receive the manual and I’ve sent other emails. ☹️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minwah Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 Mine arrived two days ago, having pre-ordered in March 2023. It all looks good, not had chance to play yet though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 Mine arrived yesterday, order placed in September 2023. Looking forward to giving it a try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Mine arrived today, ordered late March 2024. First play, level 15 - 21,456 points. Nice bosses! Great package, and great game! Overlay looks cool, but not super functional. I got a modded original cart with jumper wire, but it works fine in my GCE buzz Vectrex, and also my MB no-buzz Vectrex. Scanned the manual so I can tuck away the original, hope it's ok to share: https://www.playvectrex.com/manuals/hera-primera-manual.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisengrim Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 I got mine today and it's impressive. Very smooth motion and animation, great sounds and music. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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