List of Vectrex games
This is a list of video games, music, demos, utility and diagnostic cartridges produced for the Vectrex, a vector graphics-based video game console.
There were 28 games officially released for the console in the US.
Note, this list may also include official unreleased games, or the many homebrew titles released between 1996 and present.
Official releases (1982-1984)
Games were released in the US by General Consumers Electronics, in Europe and Canada by Milton Bradleyand in Japan by Bandai.
Title | Developer | Publisher | Year | Notes |
3D Crazy Coaster * | GCE | GCE | *Requires 3D Imager headset | |
3D MineStorm * | GCE | GCE | *Requires 3D Imager headset | |
3D Narrow Escape * | Richard Moszkowski | GCE | *Requires 3D Imager headset | |
AnimAction * | GCE | GCE | *Requires light pen | |
Armor Attack | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | ||
Art Master * | GCE | GCE | *Requires light pen | |
Bedlam | Lenny Carlson & William Hawkins | GCE, MB | ||
Berzerk | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | ||
Blitz! | GCE | GCE, MB | GCE's subtitle: "Action Football"; MB's subtitle: "American Football" | |
Clean Sweep | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | Rare special edition title: "Mr. Boston Clean Sweep" | |
Cosmic Chasm | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | ||
Fortress of Narzod | GCE | GCE, MB | ||
Heads Up | GCE | GCE, MB | MB's title: "Soccer/Football" | |
Hyperchase | Jeff Corsiglia & Chris King | GCE, MB, Bandai | Subtitle: "Auto Race" | |
Melody Master * | GCE | GCE | *Requires light pen | |
Mine Storm | GCE | 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 | ||
Pole Position | GCE | GCE | ||
Rip-Off | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | ||
Scramble | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | Bandai's title: "Scramble Wars" | |
Solar Quest | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | ||
Space Wars | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | ||
Spike | GCE | GCE, MB | ||
Spinball | GCE | GCE, MB | MB's title: "Flipper Pinball" | |
Star Castle | GCE | GCE | ||
Starhawk | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | ||
Star Trek: The Motion Picture | GCE | GCE, MB, Bandai | MB's title: "Star Ship"; Bandai's title: "Harmagedon" | |
Web Wars | GCE | GCE, MB | MB's title: "Web Warp" |
Unreleased
Unreleased titles by official publishers, Milton Bradley and Bandai.- Mail Plane . 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. In 2013 Mail Plane was recovered from a prototype cartridge by Chris Romero. The recovered software was released on December 1, 2013 as binary image via made available for public download.
- Test Cart 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 and made available in 2001 for public usage, and later on Spike's Big Page.
- Cube Quest
- Dark Tower
- Pitchers Duel
- Tour de France
Homebrew titles (1996 to present)
- 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
- 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