TheCurlyBard

Lol no I'm not hoarding huge scores, I guess I'm trying to get to my previous pb

I know, i'm finding I'm a bit busy but I have had a few practice runs

Well done dude!

The hit box doesn't seem consistent to me either. Not sure if that's on purpose, a bug, or a result of the finicky screen

It does seem to highlight controller issues this game. Great scores though guys, well done

Well that's it guys, some amazing scores here, best recorded on the internet, and really great to see so many people joining in. Good luck with Scramble everyone

Round 3 - April 2024 - Scramble Status: This is the current round being played in the Vectrex High Score Club. Join in and submit your scores! Current scores & ranking: 1st playvectrex 94,930 2nd Madwindoman 91,720 3rd cheeko 87,300 4th Carey85 70,750 5th Lord Innit 65,330 6th hcmffm 58,910 7th VF 2084/Vorkosigan 55,880 8th Mickey50 37,370 9th Darrin9999 37,120 Welcome! Scramble! Often credited as the first recognisable shmup (although from long before that word needed to exist) and the Vectrex got a solid port. The game is very tough, but also very short so which makes it easy to learn. Availability As this was an official release, Scramble is freely available to download from many places, it's included in all multicarts, and the original release sold well so there are plenty of original cartrigdes out there too. Scramble is of course available on Dr Snuggles emulator too: https://drsnuggles.github.io/jsvecx?rom=Commercial/Scramble_1982 Manual http://vectrex.de/_static/2017/Scramble_Manual.pdf Settings Game mode 1 (default)

@Madwindoman @scalpel @Mikey50 @MattPilz still some time to get a score in for Galaxy Wars SL, but not long until we move to Aprils game Scramble which I'm sure everyone is able to play

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

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

This is the current provisional list for the games that will be played. As you can see there are still some gaps while we get organised and get a feel for which games people have access to. Please bring any suggestions to the discussion thread Feb - Minestorm Mar - Galaxy Wars SL Apr - Scramble May - June - July - Vector Pilot - http://www.kristofsvectrexgames.be/vectorpilot.htm Aug - Berzerk Sep - Space Frenzy - https://www.packratvg.com/vsfrenzy.html Oct - Vectrexagon - https://www.packratvg.com/vvgon.html Nov - Reserved to coincide with this years Vector Wars

Absolutely, this could have been better planned by us and will be in the future, especially for newer games.

Flipping heck, well done! Was just trying a few different approaches myself, so I'll take a look

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.

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

Improved my pb to 35678 I am finding Space Launcher a bit luck based, or at least frustrating as I can't predict or react to being shot in close range. I'm assuming the bonuses rotate in a predicable pattern, and I'm def going for time bonus rather than risking killing loads of ufos

@Mikey50 see above, sorry I failed the tag

I'd say you are right to be honest, it does seem to be worth getting a least a few bonus hits. It might seem obvious to most, but in the Galaxy Wars levels it's far safer to put your ship to the side of the UFO and let it fly into you rather than risk approaching from the bottom as those shots are viscous. As far as Space Launcher is concerned, but I'm sure there will be a predictable pattern to the scores for the docking stations. You can't get there before they cycle at least once, and hanging around just underneath the UFO's for them to cycle again is too dangerous and wastes time bonus

@Mikey50 which multicart do you have? I know some have a selection of homebrews on, and maybe we could use some of those from time to time? Same question to everyone else really? How many of use can load any rom, or own a shelf load of carts?

Hmm OK, we'll keep that in mind. It was a bit of a test really to see how many people have a writable cart or an emulator setup with a reasonable controller. Next month will be an official release, and we'll generally favour those. Feel free to suggest one in game request thread. Also, early score from me 11258 on og hardware and controller via pitrex

Hey everyone, I just wanted to point out that @hcmffm is a co-organiser of the Vectrex High Score club. He's already contributed a lot in the form of all the artwork, the spreadsheet the scores are tracked on and a wealth of experience with organising competitions. I really should have made this clearer sooner, I wouldn't want to take credit for all of his work here! He has moderator access in this subforum the same as I, and any rules queries etc can be directed to @hcmffm or myself. Give him a big thanks for making this awesome club happen!

Hello, yes that's fine as I didn't really state which midnight the submissions will close. We'll update the rules with a timezone for future months though! Nice score!

That's awesome, I'm assuming I can use a local file url as well? It's currently my primary debugging tool so would be good to skip a step in my "pipeline"

Round 2 - March 2024 - Galaxy Wars / Space Launcher Status: This second round is now over. Thank you to everyone who took part, and congrats on all the great scrores! Final scores & ranking: 1st playvectrex 103,002 2nd cheeko 93,454 3rd jbrodack 74,164 4th Darrin9999 71,780 5th Vorkosigan 68,104 6th hcmffm 52,956 7th TheCurlyBard 35,678 8th Lord Innit 35,188 9th jgkspsx 30,566 10th Doctor Snuggles 10,844 Welcome! Galaxy Wars / Space Launcher (or just Galaxy Wars SL) is an interesting take on the shooter genre where you take control of the projectile directly, well two actually as Galaxy Wars / Space Launcher is a mash up of two games, alternating between boards. It's possible to choose to play just one of the games or the other, but for these scores we will be alternating. Purchase You can buy a copy from the creator on ebay, currently on sale just for us! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204698465728 Download This game is available for free - thank you, Chris Malcolm (Binarystar)! http://www.binarystarsoftware.com/?p=691 The most straightforward way to play would be DrSnuggles online emulator: https://drsnuggles.github.io/jsvecx/?rom=http://binarystarsoftware.com/bin/GWSL_v102_FREE.BIN Manual/Tips https://vectrex.fandom.com/wiki/Galaxy_Wars_:_Space_Launcher Galaxy Wars rewards maximum points for a UFO if you destroy the slightly brighter one next, if you hit another by mistake though the bonus is gone for the rest of this level. As noted by @Lord Innit this does seem worth going for. Space Launcher also rewards different points for landing in different docking stations, it still seems like the time bonus is the best reward so far. Settings Default settings, i.e. Galaxy Wars SL with 3 lives

I have, a couple of time and got a few likes but not much of a noticeable response to be honest, perhaps if some of you guy's would comment on it it would prompt the algorithm? I'm not entirely sure if I'm on soft ban for some reason, so be interested if people can see what's on the end of that link for them https://www.facebook.com/groups/Vectrex.Fans.Unite/permalink/1489324781798868/ @Vorkosigan I've not found it the most enjoyable game either if I'm honest, I just picked it because we've all played it at least once. I got better than I ever would have, and learnt a lot from playvectrex's video! Perhaps you'll enjoy Galaxy Wars SL better?