50TBRD Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 You're very lucky. A lot of people were disappointed they did not get the USB version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumerNivek Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 When Chris at Binary Star announced that I had won, I considered myself the luckiest jerk in the world! I know, its just the cart with the USB port and Xmas tree, but, like I said, I never win anything, and I know quite a few of the more "involved" Vectrex people were upset they didn't get one (like you said). Out of all the systems I have, it is probably my most prized possession (besides the Vectrex itself...and my Neo Geo AES). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiv Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 (edited) Spike Goes down was only available on the 100 Protector LE carts and is not available for download. Ok, in order to unlock Spike Goes Down, you need to score 20k on Protector. Problem is, that game is too hard for me... ;-( I never got close.. Last year I brought my Vec with Protector Special Edition in to work and had a mini competition. One guy scored 17,200... So close... ;-( This year, I brought it back to work and had a competition again. The same guy from last year and another guy got competitive with each other (I was egging them on) and... They (both) broke 20k!!! So today, for the first time since I bought Protector SE back when it was first released, I was FINALLY able to play Spike Goes Down!!! YAY!! Hey, it's a really fun game, and more my speed.. desiv Edited May 14, 2018 by desiv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cNp Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Ok, in order to unlock Spike Goes Down, you need to score 20k on Protector. Problem is, that game is too hard for me... ;-( I never got close.. Last year I brought my Vec with Protector Special Edition in to work and had a mini competition. One guy scored 17,200... So close... ;-( This year, I brought it back to work and had a competition again. The same guy from last year and another guy got competitive with each other (I was egging them on) and... They (both) broke 20k!!! So today, for the first time since I bought Protector SE back when it was first released, I was FINALLY able to play Spike Goes Down!!! YAY!! Hey, it's a really fun game, and more my speed.. desiv Hah, funny... I took my Protector to a games meet years ago when Protector was pretty new and someone unlocked the game, I don't even know if I was aware of a bonus game on the cart. I love Spike Goes Down, use it as a high score competition game whenever I have a games meet. Regarding this topic... I guess in 4 years there's been a few additions to the rare list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vectrexer Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Spuds Revenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vectrex Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Spuds Revenge. Spudster's Revenge: 1 Proto sold on ebay (numbered #0, slightly different code) 14 Developers Editions (only for trade with developers of other vectrex games, and my personal copy, only version with a cover and shell with label, different title screen, slightly different code, only 5 made so far) 100 Bargain Editions, numbered copies just PCB and EPROM or OTP PROM Free Edition ROM Download, missing all easter eggs. available here http://entropy.tmok.com/~gauze/vectrex/wip/spud_free.bin new rare ones: Karl Quappe Limited edition, I think 11 made with Retail style box, and 4 made with Foil Letter pressed box. (unlimited Packrat edition with clamshell out now too) Robot Arena (38 made, cart only) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80s_Atari_Guy Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Why can't we buy download versions of these rare homebrew games ? It seems nuts that games that are easily accessible to the devs, are purposely made "Rare", when they could sell download roms for flashcarts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vectrex Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 It seems nuts that games that are easily accessible to the devs, are purposely made "Rare", when they could sell download roms for flashcarts. what games are you talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80s_Atari_Guy Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Protector / YASI Vector Invaders Just as a quick example. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vectrex Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 you can download protector/yasi free from Alex Herbert's site still, and Vector Vaders is $20 on cart from packrat. I think you can find the rom out there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vectrex Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 https://archive.org/details/vectrex-vectorvaders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80s_Atari_Guy Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Thanks. Took a while, but I eventually found Alex's website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 You can buy Protector/YASI from Packrat as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoboz Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) On 9/12/2014 at 10:25 PM, xybot67 said: Did Joust: Evolution ever get completed? I remember seeing it in a "coming soon" section of some Vectrex site, but nothing else. Finally everyone can play something very similar to this on the Vectrex: http://tjocktv.se/ Edited January 29, 2020 by phoboz Remove link via youtube 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoboz Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) On 9/12/2014 at 10:25 PM, xybot67 said: Did Joust: Evolution ever get completed? I remember seeing it in a "coming soon" section of some Vectrex site, but nothing else. Something very similar is now available for the Vectrex: http://tjocktv.se/ Edited January 29, 2020 by phoboz Grammar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 On 9/12/2014 at 8:36 PM, iesposta said: I, personally, don't count "made rare on purpose" as a rare homebrew. Kind of negates the need for this thread if that's a rule Once upon a time I made a homebrew "copy" of ArtMaster ... and labeled it "#001". I wasn't trying to make it rare, I just never made any more, that I remember. VeCaves stands out for me as being very rare, and I love that it's being re-released! Yay, now ya'll can play it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzep Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 On 3/2/2020 at 7:52 AM, playvectrex said: Kind of negates the need for this thread if that's a rule Once upon a time I made a homebrew "copy" of ArtMaster ... and labeled it "#001". I wasn't trying to make it rare, I just never made any more, that I remember. VeCaves stands out for me as being very rare, and I love that it's being re-released! Yay, now ya'll can play it Well, I understand the reasoning to a degree. I mean, it would be a simple exercise to track down how many copies of each game were ever made and then, whichever game had the least amount of copes made automatically is the Most Rare, going down the list with increasing production numbers. But that's not how it works for most games, the official ones were sold all over the place, some were made in larger numbers than others, and some were so popular that everybody bought them, so finding a copy now is a bitch. Which means rare. Other games were just as numerous but since people don't like them as much, way easier to find them on eBay or wherever and pay less for them, so much less rare. Making only ~10 copies of a game, on purpose, when you know that most Vectrex fans would buy a copy if only they were given the opportunity, is idiotic. That's just bragging rights to be "super rare!". Check out my new game, isn't it cool, well, jump through these hoops to get one because I'll only allow 20 of you to have it! A more organic way to achieve rarity many times is due to perceived lameness at the time. The game seems to be a dud, production stops compared to other games, 20 years later it's hard as fuck to track one down, especially complete (box/overlay/instructions). Another way is the due to the unappreciative laziness of gamers, they buy the game, don't care about the packaging or other crap, play it for a while, neglect it, it's gone, one less copy for later when someone else would buy it off the owner. I would shoot more for popularity (most copies bought) over exclusivity (hardest to encounter). I mean, just because you make 10,000 copies of it doesn't mean you'll actually sell 10,000 if it sucks. On the other hand, you make 300 copies and you sell out, that's saying something about how cool your game is, maybe you should make another couple hundred due to demand. What good is it to make a game ridiculously rare? Everybody wants my game, it's so rare! Prove it, make 200 more and see how well it sells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Definitions of rare: (of an event, situation, or condition) not occurring very often. "He rarely plays his copy of Entex Adventure Vision Super Cobra, probably because he doesn't have the console -_- (...sigh)" (of a thing) not found in large numbers and consequently of interest or value. "Gee, this copy of Entex Adventure Vision Super Cobra sure is rare... literally everyone keeps pestering me to sell it for lots of beer money!" unusually good or remarkable. "Everyone that has a Vectrex has the game Mine Storm, which is a such a great clone of Asteroids that 50% of players prefer it over Asteroids! ...and that's rare." "Rare" is individually subjective, but if you tally up the posts here you can find out what name pops up the most and... boom, that's the "rare" one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzep Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 On 3/13/2020 at 6:46 PM, playvectrex said: Definitions of rare: (of an event, situation, or condition) not occurring very often. "He rarely plays his copy of Entex Adventure Vision Super Cobra, probably because he doesn't have the console -_- (...sigh)" (of a thing) not found in large numbers and consequently of interest or value. "Gee, this copy of Entex Adventure Vision Super Cobra sure is rare... literally everyone keeps pestering me to sell it for lots of beer money!" unusually good or remarkable. "Everyone that has a Vectrex has the game Mine Storm, which is a such a great clone of Asteroids that 50% of players prefer it over Asteroids! ...and that's rare." "Rare" is individually subjective, but if you tally up the posts here you can find out what name pops up the most and... boom, that's the "rare" one. True, but I doubt that anybody is using #1 or #3 in these discussions, "rare" usually means hard to find/buy/even encounter. And you forgot close to uncooked (rare steak), why would you skip that definition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playvectrex Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 4:42 AM, ledzep said: And you forgot close to uncooked (rare steak), why would you skip that definition? I didn't think people would appreciate a joke involving cooking Entex Adventure Vision Super Cobra to well done in a house fire... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50TBRD Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 On 3/2/2020 at 10:52 AM, playvectrex said: Kind of negates the need for this thread if that's a rule Once upon a time I made a homebrew "copy" of ArtMaster ... and labeled it "#001". I wasn't trying to make it rare, I just never made any more, that I remember. VeCaves stands out for me as being very rare, and I love that it's being re-released! Yay, now ya'll can play it Do you mean this old thing? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtoal Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) does it count as rare if it's something you made for yourself? (or if someone made for you, e.g. Thomas' standalone cart with Tailgunner) (btw you can make boxes like these yourself: http://gtoal.com/vectrex/DIY-Vectrex-Cartridge-Box-Kit.zip or http://gtoal.com/vectrex/DIY-Vectrex-Cartridge-Box-Kit/ ) Edited September 7, 2020 by gtoal added kit link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerSpaceFan Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 6 hours ago, gtoal said: does it count as rare if it's something you made for yourself? (or if someone made for you, e.g. Thomas' standalone cart with Tailgunner) (btw you can make boxes like these yourself: http://gtoal.com/vectrex/DIY-Vectrex-Cartridge-Box-Kit/ ) Rapidly launches URL to get Tailgunner for Vectrex ........ then dismay sets in when it's just how to make the box for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtoal Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, ComputerSpaceFan said: Rapidly launches URL to get Tailgunner for Vectrex ........ then dismay sets in when it's just how to make the box for it. That's how rare it is Seriously though, I'm doing my best to eventually get it out there... it'll be available with the PiTrex when we release it. (A release specifically for developers will be coming out Real Soon Now. (Weeks, not months; maybe even days.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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