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Post by hcmffm on Oct 30, 2023 10:56:13 GMT -5
Welcome, sandy2000 , to the Vector War! That's a good start with pretty high scores. Players strive for high scores but you also may submit lower scores given that they are above threshold score.  Good luck and fun in your first(?) Vector War! |
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Post by Peer on Oct 30, 2023 11:04:47 GMT -5
Now that is interesting. After the previous highscore update I was in 6th place. Since then I have not played and not submitted anything. And now I am in 5th place. Is that correct? If so, then I will continue to rest, and you all keep playing and put me into 4th place next time  Right, Peer, just wait long enough and you'll become winner of the Vector War XIII. Honestly, a speciality of the scoring system is that your rank in a game gets more valuable the more players play this game and rank below you. The points table shows this well, e.g. for second player it starts with just 35pts while it's 94pts given that 25 players have played this game and rank below you. Oh no, and I thought that by sitting back and doing nothing I would eventually end up in last place, and then throw in one last miracle game to end up second-to-last and finally win that so-long-yearned-for wooden spoon!!! |
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Post by Vorkosigan on Oct 30, 2023 11:08:49 GMT -5
Introducing: Toph I've successfully recruited my youngest daughter Lana (14) to give this year's Vector War games a try. Here are her scores after roughly one hour of playtime. In the past she played some two player Vectrex games with me, so she has a bit of previous experience. VecDrift: 70 Happy Bird: 25 Wet Cat: 85 Spinball: 135770 Web warped: 3 trophies Tee Time: 42 (-8) Vyrzon: 1160 Fortress of Narzod: 2840 drive.google.com/drive/folders/1niZkFBZIgvzSalqMPZJsdiESo0jCYeax |
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Post by toppsikrett on Oct 30, 2023 11:10:40 GMT -5
Count Vecula : room 3  Does anybody else have Crashes with Count V on Vextreme? Crashes after room 1 or after Game over. Works fine on Vecfever. |
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Post by hcmffm on Oct 30, 2023 11:10:56 GMT -5
Oh no, and I thought that by sitting back and doing nothing I would eventually end up in last place, and then throw in one last miracle game to end up second-to-last and finally win that so-long-yearned-for wooden spoon!!! No way for you to get second last - that's the penalty because you scored so high in Heads Up soccer. |
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Post by darrin9999 on Oct 30, 2023 11:12:05 GMT -5
Fortress of Narzod - 6680  |
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Post by darrin9999 on Oct 30, 2023 11:13:23 GMT -5
Web Wars - 5  |
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Post by darrin9999 on Oct 30, 2023 11:16:33 GMT -5
Vryzon - 7810  |
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Post by darrin9999 on Oct 30, 2023 11:18:07 GMT -5
 Highscore list has been updated - see initial post. Current top 5 ranking: 1. playvectrex (589pts) 2. eyelyft71 (512pts) 3. mozie (503pts) 4. Vorkosigan (493pts) 5. hspfpj (428pts) Darrib ( darrin9999) has qualified. Congratulations! darrin9999: Did you play Cavern Rescue in hardcore mode? Screenshot doesn't show - that's why I'm asking. nexus6: Your images cannot be viewed; please double-check links & permissions. Some Vector War and Star Castle history: In Vector War II, Star Castle was played and Rob Maerz, initiator of the Vector War, knew how to play it. Rob scored 1.010.720(!) using video proof because the score rolled. At that time scoring was by percentage of the maximum score - as a consequence all other players got something like 1 - 3% for their playing. That had been the first time I had thought that too high threshold scores are a nuissance, that Star Castle needs a maximum score to avoid marathoning and that a scoring system based on percentages of maximum score isn't fair. During the years rules have been refined to what they are now. Just to make sure: That was a great effort of Rob and I'm very thankful that Rob he initiated the Vector War - perhaps one day he'll even show up and participate, again. ___ darrin9999: Welcome to another Vector War, Darrin. Great that you fired up your Vectrex, again. Addendum: My recordings say that your first Vector War was VW3 back in 2013. Congratulations to your 10th Vector War anniversary! 🎉 mozie: Great score in Fortress of Narzod! Vorkosigan: High scores, Marc. 4th is very close to 3rd. Thanks! and let me redo Cavern Rescue. |
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Post by 8-Bit Waves on Oct 30, 2023 11:22:21 GMT -5
Count Vecula : room 3 Does anybody else have Crashes with Count V on Vextreme? Crashes after room 1 or after Game over. Works fine on Vecfever. We didn't have any issues with it. |
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Post by darrin9999 on Oct 30, 2023 11:26:25 GMT -5
Cavern Rescue - 3175
Updated in Hardcore mode, Sorry about that..
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Post by Peer on Oct 30, 2023 11:39:57 GMT -5
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Post by Peer on Oct 30, 2023 11:43:57 GMT -5
Does anybody else have Crashes with Count V on Vextreme? Crashes after room 1 or after Game over. Works fine on Vecfever. I cannot think of any reason why the game should crash on Vextreme. The code uses Vectrex BIOS calls only to interface with the hardware, no asm-tricks or special stuff whatsoever. I do not have a Vextreme, so I cannot say if Vextreme does anything special on its side. Are those crashes reproducable? |
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Post by Peer on Oct 30, 2023 11:46:19 GMT -5
Oh no, and I thought that by sitting back and doing nothing I would eventually end up in last place, and then throw in one last miracle game to end up second-to-last and finally win that so-long-yearned-for wooden spoon!!! No way for you to get second last - that's the penalty because you scored so high in Heads Up soccer. Well, at least I am good for something  |
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Post by mozie on Oct 30, 2023 11:47:42 GMT -5
Count Vecula : room 3 Does anybody else have Crashes with Count V on Vextreme? Crashes after room 1 or after Game over. Works fine on Vecfever. No issues for me on vextreme either |
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Good luck and fun in your first(?) Vector War!
