Vectrex Tournament: Vector War XIII (28th Oct -4th Nov 2023)
Sept 11, 2023 15:16:56 GMT -5
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Post by hcmffm on Sept 11, 2023 15:16:56 GMT -5
Latest info:
Status:
Vector War XIII is over. Winners are:
#1 playvectrex (596.3pts)
#2 mozie (595.8pts)
#3 Vorkosigan (566pts)
Score code:
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Highscores (click once or twice to enlarge):
Points Table:
Welcome to Vector War XIII!
Glad you found your way here and thank you for your interest in the Vector War. The Vector War is a yearly Vectrex game tournament. Vectrex players all over the world play at home and submit their scores online. This year's Vector War XIII (VW13) lasts one week and will take place from Sat 28th October till Sat 4th November 2023. Please note that the Vector War is for both beginner and expert players. In the Vector War you can compete with other players. It's also a good opportunity to play the Vectrex games more extensively and get to know new games. BTW, 1st November is the Play Your Vectrex Day (PYVD) so on that day you've got even two good reasons to play your Vectrex. 
Below, please find all details about the Vector War XIII. If something shouldn't be clear, do not hesitate to ask here in this topic or send me a PM.
Games list:
Please note that for qualifying only 6 out of 12 games need to be played. In round braces you'll find the threshold score (=minimum score that you have to achieve). For some games level and/or a maximum are specified.
GCE/MB
Fortress of Narzod (2000)
Heads up Soccer (Win, Game 2 and Game 3)
Polar Rescue (7500)
Spinball/Flipper Pinball (50000)
Star Castle (2000, Max. 75000)
Web Wars or bug-fixed Web Warped (2 Trophies)
Homebrew games
Cavern Rescue (2000, Hardcore) by Scott Huggins
Happy Bird (15) by MRX, Vectrex Academy 2023
Tee time (all holes) by apollo, Vectrex Academy 2023
Count Vecula (3) by Master Control aka HAL aka Peer , Vectrex Academy 202x
VecDrift (40, hard) by stackoverflow, Vectrex Academy 2023
Vyrzon (250, normal) by Steve (minsoft)
Wet Cat (25) by nop, Vectrex Academy 2023
Note: Section "Availability of Games" below might also be of interest.
Info and Rules:
Begin of Contest: Saturday, 28th October 2023
03:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC-4)
09:00 Central European Summer Time CEST/MESZ, UTC+2)
End of Contest: Saturday, 4th November 2023
18:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC-4)
23:00 Central European Time CET/MEZ, UTC+1)
Current time:
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC-4)
Central European Time CET/MEZ, UTC+1)
Qualification and Participation:
To qualify for the contest you must play and submit scores of 6 games of the above game list.
To submit a score:
- Check here what the current score code is.
- Play a game and try to achieve a score which is higher than the threshold score of the appropriate game. The threshold score of a game is the number in round braces in the above game list.
- Take a picture of your score including the current score code and the name of the game on-screen (if possible) and post it here:
a.) Upload your picture to a free file hoster, see topic Free file hosting.
b.) Click on the "Reply" button and place the link provided by the free file hoster. Please use the "Preview" and check your posting and the correct display of your highscore image. If everything is fine you click on "Create Post" button.
Notes:
- You can submit an arbitrary number of scores per day.
- If a game can be marathoned (i.e. played for more than one hour), players are asked to report this. Then, a maximum score will be set by the organizer to avoid endless playing.
- Once you are qualified, your overall rank will be calculated and kept up-to-date.
Score code:
Whenever you take a photoproof of your highscore, make sure you include a small paper with the current score code in the photo. Only photoproofs with visible and correct score code will be valid. Score codes change during the tournament, so make sure that you first lookup the current score code before playing and taking a photo.
Gaming Rules:
- Games must be played on an original Vectrex console. You may use a maximum of three different controllers:
1 original Vectrex controller plus 1 type of alternate analog controller plus 1 type of alternate digital controller. Not allowed are spinner controllers, paddles or sensitivity-adjustable controllers, autofire dongles, or autofire joysticks. - To make things simple, photoproofs are sufficient to submit a score. Players are trusted to play fair and without cheating (no autofire dongles, game cheats, manipulating source codes or screenshots, and so on).
- You get points for your rank per game. The better your rank in a game the more points you'll get. 1st rank is always 100 points, points of all other ranks are lower and depend on the number of qualified players, see points table above for details. Only the highest points from six games you have played will be considered. This means that the maximum number of points a player can score is 600.
- Default precision of scores is 1 point. If there should be a draw between two players with a price winning rank, the precision of scores will be increased to resolve the draw. If a draw cannot be resolved by increasing decimal places, the number of games that are considered for the overall score is increased till the draw is resolved.
- Vector War is a tournament that lasts for one week. For this reason, on the last day of the Vector War no new players may participate.
Prizes:
== 1st to 3rd Winner: 1 prize A, B, C, or D + Vector War T-Shirt
Prize A - CIB version of Cavern Rescue with aluminum cartridge shell crafted and donated by Tony (fruktodlaren ) and Scott (scotthuggins ).
Prize B - A copy of Count Vecula - a game developed and donated by Peer and published by Sean Kelly.
Prize C - A coupon for one Vectrex game (max. $50) offered by Packrat Video Games
Prize D - Two overlays crafted by Steven Kray. Note: Among the many overlays a Wet Cat overlay is also available.
Prize A - CIB version of Cavern Rescue with aluminum cartridge shell crafted and donated by Tony (fruktodlaren ) and Scott (scotthuggins ).
Prize B - A copy of Count Vecula - a game developed and donated by Peer and published by Sean Kelly.
Prize C - A coupon for one Vectrex game (max. $50) offered by Packrat Video Games
Prize D - Two overlays crafted by Steven Kray. Note: Among the many overlays a Wet Cat overlay is also available.
== Prizes drawn in a prize lottery:
Prize R1: A copy of Count Vecula - a game developed and donated by Peer Johannsen and published by Sean Kelly.
Prize R2: A copy of Vyrzon developed and donated by Steve (minsoft).
Prize R3: A coupon for one Vectrex game (max. $50) offered by Packrat Video Games
Prize R4 / R5: A Wet Cat overlay designed and crafted by Steven Kray
Prize R1: A copy of Count Vecula - a game developed and donated by Peer Johannsen and published by Sean Kelly.
Prize R2: A copy of Vyrzon developed and donated by Steve (minsoft).
Prize R3: A coupon for one Vectrex game (max. $50) offered by Packrat Video Games
Prize R4 / R5: A Wet Cat overlay designed and crafted by Steven Kray
== Special prize awarded to player who ranks second last:
Prize Y - Vector War XIII wooden spoon donated by Tony (fruktodlaren ).
Note: Costs for international shipping of prizes are also covered.
Availability of Games:
A ZIP archive with all binaries available freely is available. You'll need a flashable cartridge like VecMulti, PiTrex, or VecFever.
Game manuals
For some games it's good to have a manual at hand to understand game play and/or scoring.
- Vectrex Game manuals@Digitpress
- Vectrex manual²s
Previous Vector Wars
VectorX has kindly gathered a lot of interesting information about the past Vector Wars in the Vectrex Wiki.
Getting notifications
If you want to receive a notification whenever there's any news regarding the Vector War you can bookmark this topic. Scroll to the top of this post and then click on "Actions" and choose "Bookmark". From then on you will receive an e-mail whenever someone posts in this topic.
#vw13
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Prize Y - Vector War XIII wooden spoon donated by Tony (fruktodlaren ).
Note: Costs for international shipping of prizes are also covered.
Availability of Games:
For qualifying in Vector War XIII you have to play 6 games listed in the game list above. It can be a bit of an advantage if you have more than 6 or even all 13 games at hand.
A ZIP archive with all binaries available freely is available. You'll need a flashable cartridge like VecMulti, PiTrex, or VecFever.
- All original GCE/MB titles can be found on various multicartridges (e.g. Sean Kelly 60-in-1, AC 72-in-1, Madtronix Multicartridge 72-in-1 Classic (M1) , ...). Also, all GCE ROMs will be included in the above ZIP archive.
- Vyrzon by minsoft can be purchased at minsoft Shop
Game manuals
For some games it's good to have a manual at hand to understand game play and/or scoring.
- Vectrex Game manuals@Digitpress
- Vectrex manual²s
Previous Vector Wars
VectorX has kindly gathered a lot of interesting information about the past Vector Wars in the Vectrex Wiki.
Getting notifications
If you want to receive a notification whenever there's any news regarding the Vector War you can bookmark this topic. Scroll to the top of this post and then click on "Actions" and choose "Bookmark". From then on you will receive an e-mail whenever someone posts in this topic.
#vw13
#vectorwar13
