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Post by Peer on Oct 29, 2022 8:48:15 GMT -5
The Vectrex Family is just awesome!!! This morning, a Vector War surprise packet arrived in my (non-virtual) post box: Dear Marlene, Jacob, Roland and Helmut, my warmest thanks for your surprise present and for expressing your appreciation of my work! I will add Marlene's and Jacob's wonderful pictures to the Vectrex display in my lab. So nice of you, and some great motivation to go on and continue my classroom work! 
And also some great motivation for the Vector War! Now I can play one more game im the competition  |
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Post by Vorkosigan on Oct 29, 2022 9:44:10 GMT -5
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Post by mozie on Oct 29, 2022 9:58:12 GMT -5
Hex 7900  |
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Post by mozie on Oct 29, 2022 10:20:09 GMT -5
And one more update for a whole because my fingers are sore Save the planet 103  |
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Post by Vorkosigan on Oct 29, 2022 11:38:30 GMT -5
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Post by Vorkosigan on Oct 29, 2022 11:39:43 GMT -5
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Post by playvectrex on Oct 29, 2022 13:24:51 GMT -5
Note, I will not play my own games (Gyrostronomy / Gyrostrology) in the tournament as I think that I have some advantage here, knowing the details of all warp stages and constellations.
Here is some advice for all players:
Try to get weapon upgrades and possibly a shield upgrade first. You will need upgrades to survive in space. There are some warp stages where getting upgrades is rather easy, and some others (stages as well as bosses) which are very hard or nearly impossible to beat without upgrades. At any time during game play, you can always switch between stages and constellations by using buttons 1 and 2 (VIDE manouver, see manual). So find out where to easily get upgrades, power up your ship, and then switch to the hard levels. If you loose a life, go back to an easy stage and collect upgrades again. When I completed the game last year, I figured out an order in which to play every stage once. I never could re-collect power ups because those "easy" stages were not easy for me... I don't know why I just can't deal with the rotating line brigade... it gave me random trouble every time so I completed it early and avoided it completely for the rest of the game. |
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Post by Vorkosigan on Oct 29, 2022 13:29:28 GMT -5
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Post by Vorkosigan on Oct 29, 2022 13:29:57 GMT -5
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Post by Vorkosigan on Oct 29, 2022 13:30:26 GMT -5
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Post by Vorkosigan on Oct 29, 2022 13:30:48 GMT -5
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Post by Vorkosigan on Oct 29, 2022 13:37:22 GMT -5
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Post by fmml on Oct 29, 2022 15:52:43 GMT -5
Hello everybody! Peer Glad you liked our surprise and it arrived just in time for the first day of the Vector War. The kids are super proud that their pictures are to be seen in a real lab. My first scores: Hex 17290 Asteroid Belt 2110 RnS 6750 Save the Planet 12 Spike gets squished 5600 VecCaves 725 Solar Quest 101000 Star Hawk 43400 Spike 14500 Heads Up Game2: 3:5 (Win) Tried to at least get a tie in Game 3 of Heads Up but no luck. Nice selection of homebrew games.           |
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Post by playvectrex on Oct 29, 2022 16:30:32 GMT -5
VectorWolf - Armor Attack - 11000 VectorWolf - Hex - 2705 VectorWolf - RnS - 1420 VectorWolf - Save the Planet - 7 VectorWolf - Spike Gets Squished - 7340 VectorWolf - Spike - 8100 VectorWolf - Starhawk - 17200 VectorWolf - VeCaves - 491 VectorWolf - Vyrzon Asteroid Belt - 1200 playvectrex.com/images/vwxiiVectorWolf had a blast qualifying! Hi fmml, to qualify with Spike Gets Squished, you need to play Game C - Competition Mode ;-) |
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Post by hcmffm on Oct 29, 2022 16:57:43 GMT -5
 Highscore list has been updated - see initial post. Current top 5 ranking: 1. Vorkosigan (672pts) 2. mozie (608pts) 3. fmml (608pts) 4. playvectrex (386pts) 5. VectorWolf (282pts) Vorkosigan, mozie, fmml, and VectorWolf have qualified. Congratulations! Vorkosigan: I assume you played game 2 in Heads Up - right? @all: Please make sure to play Game C in Spike Gets Squished. "C" for Competition.  ___ playvectrex: That's many scores, Brett. Vorkosigan: Welcome to another Vector War - I hope you enjoyed the beer. Peer: Great that you like Roland and my surprise! Roland did the main part - I just had the idea... @vectorwolf: Welcome to VW XII! Cool that you've joined in and qualified right away. Good score in Spike Gets Squished - always good to have a skilled father who even knows how to develop games. fmml: For a start that's a good Hex score! |
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