Vectrex multiplayer simultaneous games
Apr 29, 2015 11:24:36 GMT -5
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Post by fmml on Apr 29, 2015 11:24:36 GMT -5
Hi, I used the search option but couldnt find a thread that covers this topic so I thought I´d start one.
My brother visited me over the weekend and we played some vectrex games. Besides 1 player games we also played some 2 player games and had loads of fun. I tried to find out which games exist that support 2 player simultaneously. I found some information but I found them in various places.
Maybe we can try to create a more or less complete list of all those games and talk about vectrex multiplayer games in general.
Original games "Player versus Player":
Blitz
Heads Up / Soccer Football
Pitcher's Duel
Space Wars
Homebrew games "Player versus Player":
Batman vs Superman - Laserwars
Berzerk Arena (2 Vectrex and VecLINK cable needed)
Crossfire
Death Chase
Disc Duel Demo (Vecmania)
Frogs N Flies
Nebula Commander
NOX
Revector
Skull Soccer (Deathchase bonus game)
Solar Wars 2Player Preview
Spaceball
Space Race / Xmas Space Race
Star Sling
Sub Wars
Sundance
Vec Sports Boxing
Vector Pong
Vectropolis 500 demo (Vectopia , 4 players)
V Hockey
Warrior
Whack-a-mole
ZUFALLSTREFFER
Original games "Cooperative"
Armor Attack
Rip Off
Star Castle
Star Hawk
Homebrew games "Cooperative"
Debris / Debris revisited
Star Sling
Unreleased Games / Work in Progress
SEELENWALZER
Oolong
Outlaw Hill
(edit April 2016 Whack-a-mole and Pitcher's Duel added)
(edit July 2016 Skull Soccer and Vec Fu added)
(edit Aug 2017 Berzerk Arena, Outlaw Hill added)
(edit Sep 2017 Batman vs Superman - Laserwars, Spaceball, Crossfire added)
I also heard about the Disc Duel Demo (Vecmania) and Star Sling but I really don´t know much about the gameplay.
some thoughts:
Rip Off:
this always is really fun in coop mode
Space Wars:
we als had fun playing Space Wars. Simple but still not bad. We had several situation where one of us was leading with five or six points but lost in the end. You have to stay focused. ^^ The limitation of fuel and ammo sometimes adds some excitement.
Soccer / Football
Didn't even try it. Usually I like football games but not this particular one. Is anybody actually playing this? Would be cool if there would be a vectrex football game that has nice ball physics and a goalie that is not totally retarded.
Blitz:
I dont know the rules. -.- Is it worth the effort?
Nebula Commander:
I dont have it yet but ordered it along with Revector from David Flemming. This looks really, really cool as a multiplayer game and I am looking forward playing it with my brother.
V-Hockey:
Totally forgot about it so we didnt play it. This should be an nice versus game, too.
Debris rev.:
We played it but didnt get too excited about it. Maybe it was because we played N.E.L.S. beforehand and the speed is so much slower. As you dont have to clear out all enemies it doesnt feel that much cooperative except for the boss fights. What I liked is when one player loses all his lifes he gets a new one when the other player finishes a level. Definetly going to give it another try.
So what do you think? Any additions? Are there any hidden vectrex multiplayer gems?
My brother visited me over the weekend and we played some vectrex games. Besides 1 player games we also played some 2 player games and had loads of fun. I tried to find out which games exist that support 2 player simultaneously. I found some information but I found them in various places.
Maybe we can try to create a more or less complete list of all those games and talk about vectrex multiplayer games in general.
Original games "Player versus Player":
Blitz
Heads Up / Soccer Football
Pitcher's Duel
Space Wars
Homebrew games "Player versus Player":
Batman vs Superman - Laserwars
Berzerk Arena (2 Vectrex and VecLINK cable needed)
Crossfire
Death Chase
Disc Duel Demo (Vecmania)
Frogs N Flies
Nebula Commander
NOX
Revector
Skull Soccer (Deathchase bonus game)
Solar Wars 2Player Preview
Spaceball
Space Race / Xmas Space Race
Star Sling
Sub Wars
Sundance
Vec Sports Boxing
Vector Pong
Vectropolis 500 demo (Vectopia , 4 players)
V Hockey
Warrior
Whack-a-mole
ZUFALLSTREFFER
Original games "Cooperative"
Armor Attack
Rip Off
Star Castle
Star Hawk
Homebrew games "Cooperative"
Debris / Debris revisited
Star Sling
Unreleased Games / Work in Progress
SEELENWALZER
Oolong
Outlaw Hill
(edit April 2016 Whack-a-mole and Pitcher's Duel added)
(edit July 2016 Skull Soccer and Vec Fu added)
(edit Aug 2017 Berzerk Arena, Outlaw Hill added)
(edit Sep 2017 Batman vs Superman - Laserwars, Spaceball, Crossfire added)
I also heard about the Disc Duel Demo (Vecmania) and Star Sling but I really don´t know much about the gameplay.
some thoughts:
Rip Off:
this always is really fun in coop mode
Space Wars:
we als had fun playing Space Wars. Simple but still not bad. We had several situation where one of us was leading with five or six points but lost in the end. You have to stay focused. ^^ The limitation of fuel and ammo sometimes adds some excitement.
Soccer / Football
Didn't even try it. Usually I like football games but not this particular one. Is anybody actually playing this? Would be cool if there would be a vectrex football game that has nice ball physics and a goalie that is not totally retarded.
Blitz:
I dont know the rules. -.- Is it worth the effort?
Nebula Commander:
I dont have it yet but ordered it along with Revector from David Flemming. This looks really, really cool as a multiplayer game and I am looking forward playing it with my brother.
V-Hockey:
Totally forgot about it so we didnt play it. This should be an nice versus game, too.
Debris rev.:
We played it but didnt get too excited about it. Maybe it was because we played N.E.L.S. beforehand and the speed is so much slower. As you dont have to clear out all enemies it doesnt feel that much cooperative except for the boss fights. What I liked is when one player loses all his lifes he gets a new one when the other player finishes a level. Definetly going to give it another try.
So what do you think? Any additions? Are there any hidden vectrex multiplayer gems?