Those were the days...Vectrex dreaming.

[nubiandaze]

Hi all,
Those were the days...Mail Plane was still out there in the wild somewhere and some dude found it
and made it available for all.

I am just reminiscing about Mail Plane. How I miss those old days when Homebrews were few and
far between and Gravitrex was king. And a while later on, Alex Herbert had just released Protector LE and John Donzila was still
programming for the Vectrex. RGV Google was the only way for Vectrex enthusiasts to mingle and the likes of Pitcher's Duel, and so on, were waiting to be found and only in our dreams to be someday readily made available for all.

Anyway...I finally acquired another Lightpen recently and loaded up my trusty V3.0 Sean Kelly Multicart to play 
Mail Plane but, gasp, I couldn't really get that far in it at all. I guess I was expecting a bit much asking for the full version of Mail Plane on a mulitcart.

So here I am, stuck, with what is some kind of playable Mail Plane but I can't get the plane off the runway. So, does anyone know the most inexpensive way to get Mail Plane on a cart? I am asking maybe someone is selling it for a decent price and I can get my hands on one? 

Cheers to all,

Daniel Foot.

[VECTREXER]

I sent Sean both versions of Mail Plane.

The earlier version I sent exhibits that symptom with the plane being unable to take off.
The later version I sent is fully playable.

I will review Version 3.0 of the Sean Kelly Multi-Cart when I get back home to see what is in the menu.

[nubiandaze]

I could have the controls all wrong but I'm pretty sure it won't leave
the runway. I mean the plane gets airborne but then it won't go to another
screen after pulling on the throttle.

Daniel.

[VECTREXER]

So far the board checks for my board have shown the fully playable version of the software is on the board. Same thing for some other people who bought early like I did. Some other people who purchased the multi-cart later.


Question: When you are try to take off, do you accelerate first with the button, before using the joystick to have the plane lift off from the runway?

[nubiandaze]

Hi Vectrexer,
Thanks for checking that out for me man.
It seems I was a bit silly and didn't control the plane
properly. The plane now does indeed leave the air and go
into map mode.

Sorry if I caused a drama.

Thanks for clearing that up.
I can now play Mail Plane at last.

Cheers,

Daniel.