Vectrex HSC - Rules

[TheCurlyBard]

Welcome to the new Vectrex High Score Club rules thread. The point of this club is encourage us all to play with our toys more, explore the games we might have put much time into, and to push each other to do better and have fun.

 

The rules will be quite relaxed here, but if you also want to submit your score to another score board, say either Twin Galaxies or http://vectrex.co.uk/hiscore.htm, please read their rules and make sure that you observe any further requirements.

 

Format

Each game will run for a calendar month to give everyone a chance to at least play a little. The games will be selected from a variety of sources, but a larger portion will be the games that are easily available, eg the official library or the Vectrex Academy  games

 

Games will be announced ahead of time

 

A thread will be created for each game for participants to post their scores. Feel free to post running updates on personal bests

 

Rank and Points

At the end of the months points for a game will be awarded for your final rank. Points per rank depend on the number of participants in that month:

• 1st rank: <number of participants> -  0 points
• 2nd rank: <number of participants> - 1 points
• 3rd rank: <number of  participants> - 2 points
• etc.
• Last rank: 1 point

Points per month are tallied into a league table for the year.

 

Rules

#01 Play on what you have! These machines aren't particularly cheap and the point here is to be as inclusive as possible, and as such emulators will be allowed, as are the use of alternative controllers, autofire boxes, flash carts and Pitrex's etc - but you must state what you used when reporting your score.

 

Emulation is well developed, and easy to access. Have a look at some of these resources:

     1. Browser based emulator here: https://drsnuggles.github.io/jsvecx/?

     2. ParaJVE is a good choice for MS Windows if you don't mind running Java https://www.dosgamers.com/vectrex/vectrex-emulator-parajve

     3. Many other options such as MAME, Retropie, PSP etc https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Vectrex_emulators

 

#02 Proof will be required in the form of photograph or screenshot of the score. Please try and include enough detail in the photo to make the game identifiable, this is difficult with some games.

 

#03 Scores must be obtained within the timeframe of the competition, the idea is to get us all to play more so don't just post old personal bests.

 

#03 Unless otherwise stated, any official version of the game will be allowed. 

 

#03 No ROM hacks unless otherwise stated.

 

#04 No other forms cheating, eg Armor Attack's bug

 

#05 The score must be performed without the use of save states. Using them to practice difficult sections is allowed, but you cannot submit scores achieved with the a save state

 

The moderator team

We currently have two moderators, myself - @TheCurlyBard and @hcmffm. if you have any rules queries or help with anything related to the club, please reach out to either of us

 

 

Edited March 3 by TheCurlyBard