Vectrex 'Mail Plane' on EBay

[Richard H.]

http://http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vectrex-Mail-Plane-Prototype-Produced-by-Milton-Bradley-in-1983-EXTREMELY-RARE-/321242332114?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item4acb88fbd2#ht_258wt_919

[ComputerSpaceFan]

Silly.

I'll wait for the (possible) public ROM release

[Tempest]

Interesting. I didn't know the current version of Mail Plane wasn't working. I never tried it honestly.

[Vectrexer]

No, the ROM dump I made earlier is not a fully playable version.

 

This time around will be different.

[ilovethevectrex]

i think mail plane is on the 72 in 1 multicart if i am not mistaking. also, pitchers duel and dark tower were also posted! wow!

[VectrexMad!]

i think mail plane is on the 72 in 1 multicart if i am not mistaking. also, pitchers duel and dark tower were also posted! wow!

No, Mail Plain is not on the 72:1 multicart. The only light pens "games" on the cart are Art Master and Melody Master.

 

Pitchers Duel and Dark Tower are on the cart.

[ilovethevectrex]

No, Mail Plain is not on the 72:1 multicart. The only light pens "games" on the cart are Art Master and Melody Master.

 

Pitchers Duel and Dark Tower are on the cart.

ah ok. but on their website (http://vectrex.playntradeonline.com/) it says under prototypes that it includes engine analyzer, isn't that a light pen game?

[Mayhem]

If you can call it a "game" heh...

[VectrexMad!]

If you can call it a "game" heh...

yes, I would call it more a curiosity. At least with Art Master and Melody Master you can actually "play" with them. Even in the 72:1 multicart menus agrees with this. Art Master and Melody Master are listed under lightpen games, whereas Engine Analyser is listed under prototypes in the mesu selection.

[+Psionic]

Interesting. I didn't know the current version of Mail Plane wasn't working. I never tried it honestly.

No, the ROM dump I made earlier is not a fully playable version.

 

This time around will be different.

According to the Digital Press Guide, Mail Plane was released at CGE 2000. But apparently that's not the case?

[Tempest]

According to the Digital Press Guide, Mail Plane was released at CGE 2000. But apparently that's not the case?

Not that I remember.

[Vectrexer]

Not that I remember either. But then I missed a couple of things at the Digital Press - CGE Services booth that year.

Edited November 18, 2013 by Vectrexer

[+iesposta]

The YouTube video seems to play (and sound) a lot like Polar Rescue.

They were probably developed side by side, since they were at the end of development.

I LOVE Polar Rescue - it appears to be pushing the limits of what they knew how to do at that time.

[Mayhem]

Completely unaware of any Mail Plane repro being made as well.

[50TBRD]

I do wonder where these pictures came from. Though they could just be photoshopped. http://www.geekvintage.com/gce-vectrex-cartridge-mail-plane.php

 

Now the Belgian Mail Plane Proto is on ebay too.