Collectables

[sj]

Here's a couple of interesting items on UK ebay at the moment -

Vectrex GCE/MB Android (1982 movie) cartridge. Item number: 190601027347

Vectrex Monstorm (Minestorm) cartridge. Item number: 190601019281

Interesting, but desirable? Not sure.

Any thoughts?

[thexder]

I saw those auctions posted on AtariAge. Both items would be cool to own but I'm not that interested in putting that much money up for them.

[VectorX]

It's crazy how that stuff has been popping up a lot over the last year, along with the Dr. Flip ROM (prototype for Spinball), the only one known copy of Mine Storm III, and other stuff.

And my thoughts are exactly in agreement with thexder's on that.

[desfeek]

I think the Android ROM is ultra-cool, as it is technically a movie prop. Here is John Dondzila's description:

www.classicgamecreations.com/android.html

And Mayhem's video from Eurocon 2008: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLzI403bi2E

Monstorm is just an internal hack, done by a programmer who wanted more options in Minestorm. Nowhere near as desirable for me.

[sj]

How exactly does monstorm differ from minestorm?

[desfeek]

MonStorm. This is a hack made by the GCE fellow himself. He says that he made several different hacks of Monstorm. On this version, you have infinite lives (or at least a whoooole lot), the game does not crash after minefield 13, & every now & then, when shooting one of the mines that shoots back, the graphics will glitch & the game will slow down for a few seconds. I played it up to minefield 17 & am unsure how this game otherwise differs from normal Minestorm.

-from jasonbar's original sale thread