TheCurlyBard Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Let's hear them! Our original idea was to rotate between official games and free homebrews, with occasional paid for homebrews, but the most important thing is we play games we enjoy, so open to suggestions please! I'll create a poll for the next game, and try and get in front with the game list so that people that want a physical version have time to get one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCurlyBard Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 I'm falling behind on the poll, or any official announcement, but the next game will be Galaxy Wars SL We'll def get some sort of schedule published soon though. Feel free to suggest games in here though 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 That's a fun one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcmffm Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 (edited) Playing Mine Storm was a challenging and I'm nosey how Galaxy Wars SL plays. Some Vectrex games that come to my mind and that I'd like to play: Rocks 'n' Saucers (free binary available) Sea Pub (free binary available) Vyrzon Vector Pilot Vectrexians Count Vecula Vectrexagon Hera Primera (once it is widely available) Protector Vectorblade Most of them are commercial homebrew games but I guess many of the players here possess these games. Edited March 1 by hcmffm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcmffm Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 (edited) For the April round I'd suggest a GCE/MB original. What about Scramble? Edited March 6 by hcmffm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey50 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 any original game from the system would be good but some good homebrews are what you mentioned above also vector patrol vectraxians space frenzy gravitrex plus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey85 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 I suggest Vectrexagon mainly because I dominate at it :-). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcmffm Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 1 hour ago, Carey85 said: I suggest Vectrexagon mainly because I dominate at it :-). Thanks for your suggestion, Carey85. Vectrexagon will definitely be played one day in the Vectrex HSC, then you can show your skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCurlyBard Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 It's a tough thing to pick, as we don't want ro race through the best official games too quickly, nor force people into buying homebrews. I do love Scramble, I'm intrigued how many loops can be completed before it gets inhumany fast. I've a feeling @playvectrex will show us how many that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 A friendly back and forth between me and Tony L. You can go a lot further though... there are some good videos on Twin Galaxies making it look easy as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 I'm really terrible at Protector/Defender, so I'd love to be forced to learn it. I'm also very terrible at Vyrzon, so don't expect any high scores from me there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCurlyBard Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 I've seen a couple of Scramble videos, seems like a death in the fireball section is a run killer. It's a great shmup, hard but short and learnable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madwindoman Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 If it’s possible maybe you can come up with a game list for the whole season. That would give people a chance to acquire a game they don’t have. For example I don’t have this months game and didn’t have enough time to try and get it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCurlyBard Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 8 hours ago, Madwindoman said: If it’s possible maybe you can come up with a game list for the whole season. That would give people a chance to acquire a game they don’t have. For example I don’t have this months game and didn’t have enough time to try and get it Absolutely, this could have been better planned by us and will be in the future, especially for newer games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCurlyBard Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 (edited) As promised, some sort of schedule that we can talk about I've picked out some of the homebrews suggested here for the end of the year, as there is least myself that will need to order those and I hear the lead times can be long. I've also suggested Berzerk, although it comes with complications of which versions we should play Edited March 13 by TheCurlyBard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 One thing to be aware of is that Packrat is on hiatus with no word of when he will return. Space Frenzy and Vectrexagon are both available for download so that shouldn't be a problem. I'd like to nominate KnightEx by phob0z. It's a fun Joust clone that does a lot right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 I'd also like to at some point go back to the origins of Vectrex homebrew: John Dondzila's Vector Vaders, Malban's VFrogger/Karl Quappe, and Clay Cowgill's Moon Lander. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCurlyBard Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 7 hours ago, jgkspsx said: One thing to be aware of is that Packrat is on hiatus with no word of when he will return. Space Frenzy and Vectrexagon are both available for download so that shouldn't be a problem. I'd like to nominate KnightEx by phob0z. It's a fun Joust clone that does a lot right. Oh.. Well that's good to know, I hope Packrat does come back, they have loads of games I would like! Loving all the homebrew suggestions, as a new owner it's hard to know where to start and most of the toutube round ups concentrate on the official games 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey85 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Hyperchase might be a good one just to infuriate everyone equally :-D. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey50 Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 how about cosmic chasm and/or vector patrol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCurlyBard Posted April 22 Author Share Posted April 22 Hey guys, sorry for the relative absence, been a bit busy and also had issues with not being able to look at the flickering crt for very long with my old eyes. Anyway, I've filled in the last slots in the schedule with some common games as we've got quite a few homebrews and things coming up. @hcmffm kindly checked for us and there is a good supply of Vector Pilot carts available. I think everything else is freely available, but please consider buying a cart if they are available 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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