Rickster8 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Hello Guys, Looking for some good tips on playing Vectron. It's a game I just cannot seem to get any better at. ?♂️ Any helpful advice would be greatly appreciated. ? Cheers!!! ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 The Intellivisionairies episode where they review Vectron had a lot of detail and strategy I believe. Thats a game I want to go back and try but the control always throws me off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 The button assignment isn't ideal so it's best to work in one direction. I use different strategies depending on the enemies. With the first set of enemies (first three levels), I don't worry about the enemies much and focus on building the base. With the second set, I shoot the enemies first and then quickly build the base. With the third set, I often kill off all the enemies before building the base, can take some time. And always get the energy from the epaks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 On 12/19/2021 at 7:43 AM, mr_me said: The button assignment isn't ideal so it's best to work in one direction. I use different strategies depending on the enemies. With the first set of enemies (first three levels), I don't worry about the enemies much and focus on building the base. With the second set, I shoot the enemies first and then quickly build the base. With the third set, I often kill off all the enemies before building the base, can take some time. And always get the energy from the epaks. So with the third set you say you kill off all the enemies first. Do they eventually come back or can you actually get to a point where you can kill them all per screen? I believe they look like blue shimmering diamonds right? ?♂️ Also I believe you posted 400k+ in the HSC, what level was that and what enemies were there at that level? Must be impossible. Best I ever did was 102k and that game was an anomaly. I think it could have been a decent game if they engineered the controls better and didn't make it so DAMN hard..... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Eventually the enemies stop coming, so if you haven't built your base you can do it then, as long as you have enough energy. The Diamondback levels are actually pretty easy to get through. The furthest I've gotten is level twelve. I know there are people here that have gone further. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Rick,throw vectron back into the next HSC!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 Oh it's already on the schedule..... Lots of 'CRITTERS' in that game...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Timey Retro Gamer Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 I guess I'm a weirdo, but I used to love this game. I know that your disc needs to be in pretty good shape to play it. You need to have accurate shots into your target (to finish the field fast) and to shoot the enemies. I think they called them Nasties!!! If this disc is not in good shape, you'll struggle firing all over the place until you run out of power, or can't move away from an enemy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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