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This is a list of video games, music, demos, utility and diagnostic cartridges produced for the Vectrex, a vector graphics-based video game console.
This guide began as a chronicle of all previously produced Homebrew games and accessories made for the Vectrex and has been expanded to also include all originally released games. Included is a lot of new material and almost all new pictures previously unavailable anywhere on the internet. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon.

There were 28 games officially released for the console (incl. one built-in game) in the US.[1]
Note, this list may also include official unreleased games, or the many homebrew titles released between 1996 and present.
Official releases (1982-1984)[edit]
Games were released in the US by General Consumers Electronics (GCE), in Europe and Canada by Milton Bradley (MB)and in Japan by Bandai.[2]
| Title | Developer | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3D Crazy Coaster * | GCE | GCE | 1983 | *Requires 3D Imager headset |
| 3D MineStorm * | GCE | GCE | 1983 | *Requires 3D Imager headset |
| 3D Narrow Escape * | Richard Moszkowski | GCE | 1983 | *Requires 3D Imager headset |
| AnimAction * | GCE | GCE | 1983 | *Requires light pen |
| Armor Attack | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | 1982 | |
| Art Master * | GCE | GCE | 1983 | *Requires light pen |
| Bedlam | Lenny Carlson & William Hawkins | GCE, MB | 1983 | |
| Berzerk | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | 1982 | |
| Blitz! | GCE | GCE, MB | 1982 | GCE's subtitle: 'Action Football'; MB's subtitle: 'American Football' |
| Clean Sweep | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | 1982 | Rare special edition title: 'Mr. Boston Clean Sweep' |
| Cosmic Chasm | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | 1982 | |
| Fortress of Narzod | GCE | GCE, MB | 1983 | |
| Heads Up | GCE | GCE, MB | 1982 | MB's title: 'Soccer/Football' |
| Hyperchase | Jeff Corsiglia & Chris King | GCE, MB, Bandai | 1982 | Subtitle: 'Auto Race' |
| Melody Master * | GCE | GCE | 1983 | *Requires light pen |
| Mine Storm | GCE | 1982 | Built-in console game. A bug-fix version on physical cartidge was release by mail-order only in 1983, titled 'Mine Storm II'. | |
| Polar Rescue | GCE | GCE | 1983 | |
| Pole Position | GCE | GCE | 1983 | |
| Rip-Off | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | 1982 | |
| Scramble | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | 1982 | Bandai's title: 'Scramble Wars' |
| Solar Quest | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | 1982 | |
| Space Wars | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | 1982 | |
| Spike | GCE | GCE, MB | 1983 | |
| Spinball | GCE | GCE, MB | 1983 | MB's title: 'Flipper Pinball' |
| Star Castle | GCE | GCE | 1983 | |
| Starhawk | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | 1982 | |
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | 1982 | MB's title: 'Star Ship'; Bandai's title: 'Harmagedon' |
| Web Wars | GCE | GCE, MB | 1983 | MB's title: 'Web Warp' |
Unreleased[edit]
Unreleased titles by official publishers (General Consumer Electronics (GCE), Milton Bradley (MB) and Bandai.
- Mail Plane (1983) (requires light pen). Prototype game. Introduced GCE/MB marketing literature in USA, Canada, Europe, and Japan. The prototype for the USA area map version appears to be a complete game. Also pictured in MB Finnish language marketing literature for Nordic and European areas indicated MB intended to provide a release with maps specific to Europe.[3] In 2013 Mail Plane was recovered from a prototype cartridge by Chris Romero (a.k.a. 'Vectrexer'). The recovered software was released on December 1, 2013[4] as binary image via made available for public download.
- Test Cart (a.k.a. Test REV. 4) (1982) The Test Cart is a test and diagnostic cartridge for the Vectrex . Various functions are supported based mainly around testing display alignment and intensity, controller functionality, and sound generation. A function to check the installed BIOS checksum is also included. The Test Cart is meant to be used along with the Vectrex Service Manual when repairing and testing the Vectrex game system. Also found later in 2000 was a single Overlay for use with the Test Cart. The Test Cart Overlay was acquire in a private sale from a former GCE employee. The Test Cart Overlay was scanned by Chris Romero (a.k.a. 'Vectrexer') and made available in 2001 for public usage,[5] and later on Spike's Big Page.[6]
- Cube Quest (1983)
- Dark Tower
- Pitchers Duel
- Tour de France

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Homebrew titles (1996 to present)[edit]
- 3D Lord of the Robots
- 3D Sector-X
- 3D Sector-X Hell's Fury
- 3D Scape
- 3D Scape First Edition
- Alien Hunter
- All Good Things
- Berzerk Debugged
- Big Blue
- BRECHER
- Chimney Hunt
- Circus Vectrex
- City Bomber
- Colorclash
- Colorclash Limited Edition
- Colorclash Slim
- Continuum
- Continuum The Infernal Tetramorph
- Continuum The 7 Pillars of Purgatory
- Continuum Time Warp
- Cronotics
- Cube Quest
- Dead of Knight
- Debris Exclusive Edition
- Debris Limited Edition
- Debris Revisited
- Debris Revisited VIP
- FRESSSAKK - Highscore Edition
- Frontier
- Galaxy Wars/Space Launcher
- Gravitrex Plus
- Hex
- Hexed!
- I, Cyborg
- I, Cyborg: Edition X
- I, Cyborg: OMEGA
- Irrelevant
- Karl Quappe
- Logo
- Mail Plane
- MENSCHENJAGD
- Moon Lander
- N. E. L. S.
- Nebula Commander
- NOX/Death Chase
- Obsolet
- Omega Chase Deluxe
- Omega Chase Deluxe - Collector's Edition
- Patriots
- Patriots Limited Edition
- Performance VX
- Pitcher's Duel
- Player 2
- Protector LE
- Protector/Y*A*S*I
- Revector
- Release
- Rockaroids (limited edition)
- Rockaroids Remix
- Royal 21
- Royal 21 Boston
- Royal 21 Christmas
- Royal 21 Vegas
- RushHour
- Sectis
- Sectis Limited Edition
- Sectis Master Edition
- Shifted
- Space Frenzy
- Spike and the Angry Vortex Bird
- Spike Hoppin'
- Spike's Circus
- Spike's Water Balloons Analog
- Spin-Cart
- Spinnerama
- Spudster's Revenge
- Star Sling LE
- Star Sling Premium Limited Edition
- Star Sling Turbo Edition
- Star Trek Debugged
- STERNENKRIEGER
- Stramash Zone
- Sundance
- Sundance: Dark of the Sun
- Thrust
- Tour de France
- Trapped
- Tsunami/VIX
- Tsunami/VIX - Collectors Edition
- V-Frogger
- V-Hockey
- Vaboom!/Vectrace
- VeCaves/Spike's Spree
- Vecmania

- Vec Sports Boxing
- Vec Sports Boxing Limited Edition
- Veccy Bird
- Vec Wars: Retro Devolved
- Vectoblox
- Vectopia
- Vector 21
- Vector 21: A Fistful of Wildcards!
- Vector 21: OMEGA
- Vector Patrol
- Vector Pilot
- Vector Vaders
- Vectrexagon
- Vectrexians
- Vectrexians Deluxe
- Verzerk
- War of the Robots
- War of the Robots: CGE2K3
- War of the Robots: OMEGA
- War of the Worlds
- War of the Worlds Time Rift
- Warrior
- Xmas Cart 2014
- Xmas Cart 2014 + 2015 Double Pack
- Xmas Cart 2015
- Zantis
- Zantis: 99 Ways to Die
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References[edit]
- ^Classic Videogame Hardware Genius Guide Imagine Publishing. Chapter 9.
- ^Vectrex Collector site
- ^Romero, Chris (1983). 'Swedish MB Vectrex Marketing Literature Poster'. MB. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^Romero, Chris. 'Vectrex Mail Plane Release Notice on Vector Forums Release'. vectorgaming.proboards.com. Chris Romero. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^Romero, Chris (1 August 2001). 'Test Cart Overlays are here!'. Newsgroup: rec.games.vectrex. d798d1f3.0108271821.66571675@posting.google.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^Romero, Chris. 'Vectrex Test Cart Overlay from Chris Romero on Spike's Big Page'. Spike's Big Page. Corey c. (a.k.a. 'BaronVR'). p. http://www.atarihq.com/vectrex/Test_Cart_150DPI.jpg. Archived from the original on 9 November 2001. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

External links[edit]
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| 3D Scape The 3D scape cart is a collection of 3 different demonstrations | |
SOLD OUT | 3D Sector-X FIRST EDITION WITH LIMITED ENGRAVED LID! - Unique Hybrid 2D/3D Game Play |
SOLD OUT | All Good Things All Good Things, was the world´s first 16K Vectrex cartridge, created by John Dondzila. Compiled together were four great games on the one cartridge. - More Invaders - Rockaroids - Vectris - Spike's Water Balloons Plus there is a secret bonus game too! Rockaroids is the name for this Asteroids clone. This is the feature game in the release and sports all the features of the 'Asteroids' type games. More Invaders! is the sequel to Vector Vaders. Includes some enhanced features, such as splitting Invaders, trick saucers and special bonuses! Vectris is your typical blocks and lines type puzzle game. Spike's Water Balloons. Spike returns in this Vectrex version of popular 'Kaboom' and 'Mad Bomber' style games of the early eighties ! |
| Asteroid Cowboy We're in the year 2020 - Earth was destroyed due to the foolishness of an orange-skinned president. Mankind had to escape to foreign planets. You made it to a fertile planet near an asteroid belt. The first people there founded P-Town, and fortunately your old neighbor built a ranch where he offers you a place to live and work. You're responsible for protecting the ranch from asteroids coming too close. Unfortunately, all rocket-launch-control-boards were used to build gaming consoles (yep, it's really boring up there...), so you had to think about other ways. You remember the cheap remote-controlled laser-lasso (without a CE marking!) you ordered from a foreign Asian country before leaving Earth, and your cowboy adventures begin! (Comes with plastic box, box insert, instruction booklet, and game cartridge) Comes with plastic box, box insert, and game cartridge. | |
$34.75 | Bits 'n Bytes A compilation of seven games and applications on one Vectrex cartridge. |
| Brecher 'The most important thing war took from me was any kind of human emotions. Seeing war's hideous face with your own eyes deadens one's feelings. At some point you simply stop counting or thinking about whose life or which family's member you just took. You obtusely pull your trigger until your enemies' firing stops - until silence falls. Just one thing counts: Survival. It's either me or them. A harsh lesson, but the only one giving you more time in this war. Even nightmares stopped becoming more frequent. Then again my brain might just be suppressing them. My unit has been further decimated with each assignment until I was the one left. Our promised reinforcements never made it to position, but they just might already be dead. I live, fight and die alone...' It's in your hand to either deal a devastating blow to your enemies or to fail miserably. Experience the newest simulation of war with breathtaking vector graphics you can hardly resist! You stand alone and there is but one way: Ever onward! Dive into the world of BRECHER. | |
SOLD OUT | Color Clash w/ Xudoku Colorclash is a fun action game people can just pickup and play. The player has to shoot the various gems that are falling down from the top of the screen. The gems are marked with symbols and the player has to match up the symbol on his ship with the symbol on the gems. The player has to clear a number of gems each level. New Features: |
Continuum: The Infernal Tetramorph ACTION / PUZZLER! 10 Unique Puzzles! Pesty Enemies! Musical Score + Sound FX Illustratd Instruction Manual BOX PACKAGING | |
| Debris: Revisited Debris is a vertical shoot'em up game. The game is fully bitmap based and features rich animation. There are 32 stages to clear with an endboss at each of the stages. | |
SOLD OUT | Flak 'FLAK brings science fiction directly to your Vectrex! You man the antispacecraft guns of a space station about to be taken over by enemies from another galaxy. But the attackers know they first have to destroy those antispacecraft guns in order to invade unhindered. Bombs have been sent through the ventilation shafts with just one goal: To destroy your cannons! Intercept the bombs with your tractor shield and disarm them to prevent heavy damage. Additionally enemy ships on a kamikaze mission, fitted with explosives, try to hinder you, break through your defences and destroy your position! Sent those ships with rockets docking to your enemies back through the ventilation shafts through which they came and out of the space station. But beware! Your rockets will hit your own station, causing tremendous damage, should they not find their targets!' |
Vectoblox $44.99 B M $26.38 -26.38 3 79.14 $134.97 | Gravitrex Plus Your mission is to travel to these worlds, rescue the human captives, destroy the enemy bunkers and ultimately the enemy planets themselves! 3 Levels With 6 Worlds! Most worlds contain multiple sections for a total mind blowing, finger numbing experience! 2 Game Modes: Standard and Arcade. Arcade mode features faster, more intense play for advanced gamers! Gravitrex Plus Features: 64K Bank Switched Program Level Select Passwords Remappable Controller Buttons Digitized Speech Awesome Retro Intro Musical Title/Menu Screens Includes the bonus game Patriots III and a NEW Hidden Bonus Game! |
| I, Cyborg I, CYBORG for the Vectrex is first person 3D shooter. You play a lone Cyborg that has escaped from jail on a prison planet, run entirely by maniacle robots. At the end of each of the four levels there is a sinister boss. Move your Cyborg through the game seeking revenge for your wrongful imprisonment. | |
$29.75 | Karl Quappe Karl needs to get home quickly! On his way he will have to avoid many dangers. First he must cross a highway, avoiding traffic. Then he must cross a rapid river to reach his home. |
$19.75 | Label Ends High quality set of vinyl end labels for the Vectrex. The sheet consists of a full North American set plus a Multicart label. There are 28 labels total. These labels have been expertly designed to look as if they were always supposed to be there and do not get in the way of opening your cartridge. No more wrecked labels when you need to clean your games! Our labels are made to stand up to use! They are waterproof and very durable, not just paper stickers! Don't be fooled by budget offerings elsewhere on the web! |
| Patriots Patriots made its first 'official' public appearance at the quarterly collectors meeting at Video Game Connections in Howell, NJ on April 21st, 1996. The game was written by John Dondzila. Patriots is a clone of a popular arcade game from the 80's. Patriots is faster and more challenging than other missile games. It is visually exciting, with many special effects, including fades, scaling and rotation. Game control is solid with additional options for those who need them. Patriots code is optimized to make the game run very, very smooth. Vectrex 'flicker' is almost nonexistent, except for higher levels with tons of missiles, patriots and explosions all happening at once. By the way, Patriots contains a 'SECRET' game! Comes with plastic box, box insert, and game cartridge. | |
$32.75 | Protector / Y.A.S.I. Two GREAT GAMES bundled together! These games show how the Vectrex could be pushed to the maximum, creating an outstanding Defender clone, along with an excellent Invaders version with raster (not vector) graphics. Protector / Y*A*S*I is truly one of those must have games for the Vectrex. Both games have non-volatile high score memory, and a unique game code on the intro screen (no two games have the same number). |
| Release Defend you base from incoming enemies. You have only one weapon at your disposal. Raise your mighty shields, and unleash their power at the right time to destroy your foes. | |
SOLD OUT | Royal 21 Only the most frantic players will be able to place the cards fast enough! Earn Joker bonuses, Blackjack bonuses, the Royal Crown, and many more! Anti-Bust your way to a new scoring plateau and earn even more bonuses! - Insanely fast game play |
Shifted | |
$27.75 | Space Frenzy The first John Dondzila's last game for the Vectrex, in all its 64K glory! Intense Arcade Style Gameplay, as you fight off wave after wave of ship fragments, that will form into cruisers to attack and destroy your ship. Doc with other ships after each wave to increase your firepower. - Features Vectors Plus Digitized Sound * - Combined Joystick Plus LRTF Button Support - Vecvoice Support - In-game Instructions Contains a playable demo of the never completed SUPER SPIKE WORLD! * Digitized speech and vectors may not work on all Vectrex systems due to the age of the system. An option to play without this feature is available. Comes with plastic box, box insert, and game cartridge. |
| Spike Hoppin' The first ever 16K Vectrex game ! Spike Hoppin' is a game where you make Spike hop on blocks, and change all their 'colors'. Spud returns and will try to stop Spike, as well as other enemies and a few friends too. Spike Hoppin' includes digitized speech - Spike talks again! | |
SOLD OUT | SunDance Sundance, the 1979 Cinematronics arcade classic, now on the Vectrex. Control a matrix of black holes and rid the universe of excess suns! Take on an opponent and battle between two matrixes! |
| Tour de France Similar to HyperChase, but with a very different feel. Tour De France will have you taking a corner too fast and hitting pot-holes. Don't forget to grab some water bottles and you're toast. | |
SOLD OUT | V:hockey V-Hockey is a top-view ice hockey game with arcade overtones, as your lone player (and goalkeeper) fight for control of the puck and attempt to score more goals than the opposition. Features: |
$32.75 | Vec-Man Vec-Man lives in a maze and is always hungry. His task is to eat all the food pills that are laid out in the maze in order to advance to the next level. Unfortunately, the mazes are inhabited by hostile ghosts who are also hungry and want to eat Vec-Man. If Vec-Man is caught by a ghost, he looses one of his lives. With higher levels the number of ghosts will increase, and the ghosts will move faster. Also the layout of the mazes will become more and more difficult. Some mazes contain power pills. If Vec-Man eats a power pill, then for a short period of time he will be able to eat the ghosts. A bonus life will be awarded if all present ghosts are eaten. Vec-Man features great game play, progressive challenging levels, with 255 levels in all. Clear mazes of increasing difficulty, earn extra lives by clearing mazes of ghosts, use 5 different bonus items, and outwit the ghosts. How many levels can you get through? ( Comes with plastic box, box insert, and game cartridge. |
| Vec Sports Boxing Select your boxer. Train with your coach. Challenge your friend in a 2-Player Match! Programmed by our good friend Manu Pärssinen. Also includes a hidden game and a hidden teaser! Includes cartridge, case and manual. | |
SOLD OUT | Vecmania |
| Vectoblox Vectoblox is an exciting puzzle game for the Vectrex arcade system, with no less than 40 different puzzles to solve! The player has to clear each puzzle by shoving all the boxes in each level to their respective target areas. Are you skilled enough to clear all 40 puzzles ??? Features: | |
Cover artwork designed by GDG's own Michael Thomasson autographed for free upon request. SOLD OUT | Vectopia The world's 2nd 64K Vectrex game cartridge featuring 2 all NEW games: WORMHOLE and TRAKKERS PLUS! Plus early drafts of other games both released and some which never made it very far past the drawing board: |
Vector 21 | |
$32.75 | Vector Vaders Here's where it all started, the first NEW Vectrex Game Since 1984, written by John Donzila! Vector Vaders is a Vectrex 'Invaders' type game. A game which for some reason, was never originally created for the Vectrex. Every other home system had one, so John felt this was a great choice for his first Vectrex programming effort. Since there are so many vectors involved in drawing all those invaders, the game tends to run a bit slow until you kill a few invaders. As a result, when the level starts, there is some slight flickering (Most gamers have mentioned this is only a very minor annoyance). Aside from that, it plays well. The flying saucer with the mystery points is here, the 10, 20 and 30 point invaders are here, and so are the bunkers. There are increasing skill levels, high score recording and a chance to win a free base to increase your score. Comes with plastic box, box insert, and game cartridge. |
| Vectrexagon A new game for the classic Vectrex console for 2016! Avoid hitting the walls while the difficulty increases, with everyhing moving faster and faster in beat to the pumping soundtrack. Includes cartridge, case and manual. | |
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