At 372km / h the unofficial speed record in Formula 1 racing car is. Whether you as soon at can drive the just announced NOX? For NOX is a racing game in 2D view for the Vectrex. Spontaneous reminds me of the classic Indy 500 on the Atari 2600 on, I played as a youngster a chance against my friend Frank.

The announcement of NOX is a surprise, But no accident: Chris Malcom, Developers of Nagoya Attack has his friend Jim Clark taught the assembly programming and both are now planning to jointly publish a 64k module for the Vectrex with two games.

The video of NOX shows the gameplay and the graphics of the 2D racing car game:

The title NOX probably dates from the nitrogen oxides (short: NOx), which are abundant in the exhaust gases of the racing car. The game is played with the NOX Vectrex Controller. Moreover, Jim plans to support the Atari Paddles and Vectrosis- and overdrive controller of Fury Unlimited. NOX is along with the game “Death Race” be available on a 64k module, a sale date is not yet known.

John Dondzila is his website www.classicgamecreations.com to the 31.12.2013 close and thus adjust its services around the Vectrex. John offers on its website the Vectrexspiele offered by him and other amateur developers such as Patriots (Missile Command), Protector (Defender) or Rockaroids (Asteroids) for sale to.

If we look again almost 30 years back: GCE and Milton Bradley stopped production of the Vectrex 1984 on. After that it was quiet and peaceful at the Vectrex. Only 1996, also 12 Years later developed John Dondzila with Vector Vaders the first homebrew game for the Vectrex. and thus heralded a renaissance of Vectrex. How many Vectrex title John has developed alone, I would have to count, which due to its game collections with the melodious name Vectopia, Vecmania and All Good Things, not so simple. To the 20 Vectrex games are expected from the pen of John come, including gems such as the very extensive Gravitrex (Clone of Gravitar) or Vectropolis, a racing car game in 2D view, which can be played by up to four players simultaneously. John Dondzila and Jay Smith, the head of GCE, of all original titles for distribution released, should it be due to, that not so very common Vectrex still lives and active developers and a loyal following has.

The development of Vectrex games John has already 2006 adjusted, can www.classicgamecreations.com on its Vectrexseite Vectrex fans but for many years to order developed by John Games. John has not only its own games, but offered other Vectrex developers its services. Thus, titles like Commander Nebula (Craig Aiker), the ingenious Protector / YASI (Alex Herbert) or Thrust (city ​​Krumlinde) still available.

The Vectrex games offers John at very fair prices, the exact prices of games can be found on its English-language website www.classicgamecreations.com. Priority order informally on email. The Order of several games reduces postage costs per game, from 22 However EUR fall 19 % VAT to. From 150 EUR are also customs duties due, this amount should the least reach at your order.

John does not stop overnight on, but only at the end of the year. This gives Vectrex enthusiasts the opportunity, still place orders. Next can be at this time might find a successor, who continues the website and the production of Vectrexspiele. It would be nice that.

On his website, John also provides before and in two Interviews of RF generation (2012) and Good Deal Games (2003) you can learn a thing or two about John. Thank you very much, John, for your unique application for the Vectrex and their supporters for many years!
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addendum on 23.09.2013: Due to the large number of orders, inventories of John Donzila are exhausted much sooner than expected, so unfortunately no orders will be accepted. In John's website states: “… Since I announced that I was closing up shop later this year, I have been swamped with game orders that have exhausted my supplies far earlier than I had anticipated. …”. Probably there will be a successor, What would be nice and also important for the Vectrex Platform.

Recently I had a Summary of current Vectrex developers given. Out of nowhere, now plunges previously unknown Vectrex developers on. “Nagoya Attack” is the beta version of its first Vectrex game.

Chris Malcom is the new name under the Vectrex developers. Under the username “KidQuaalude” Chris on AtariAge on his new game Nagoya Attack alerted.Nagoya Attack is a clone of the classic Space Invaders. In Space Invaders, the father of all Shooters (engl. Shoot ’em up or Shmup) defended the player with his spaceship, the Earth against alien invaders. The invaders are marching here in waves of attack on the earth. In Nagoya Attack it be 16 its waves, reveals Chris Malcolm. Unlike the original, the enemies do not shoot and it goes “just” therefore, fend off the rapid invasion, as in some shaky Video of Nagoya Attack you can see. That makes Nagoya Attack than another Space Invaders clone beside Vector Vaders and Y * A * S * I interesting. While playing the player will hear music and sound effects, What's on the Vectrex the exception. VecVoice support is in preparation.

As the British developer probably comes in the name Nagoya Attack, I think. Nagoya, that sounds vaguely familiar and Asia. Nagoya is located in Japan and is currently Japan's fourth largest city, I read on Wikipedia. The correct answer is finally a post on AtariAge: With “Nagoya Attack” (Also Nagoya or Death Row Technique) is a technique in Space Invaders referred, in exploiting, that the shots of the enemies are gray and not fatal directly after firing.

Nagoya Attack is currently in beta testing, a date for the final version is not yet known. The 7Kbyte large ROM (Binary) the beta version of Nagoya Attack has Chris in his forum post attached. With an emulator, a VecFlash or VecMulti can it so try it. Chris is looking forward to feedback on the game in AtariAge forum.

Today I received an email some publicity for the magazine RETURN, which I pass like here, because the cover story of the latest issue 14 the Vectrex and otherwise it is about vectors:

“Our Cover Story is the Vectrex. about 8 Sites we talk about the technology, the Games, Homebrew and today the single vector graphics console in the world. Even otherwise, is the RETURN 14 dominated by the vectors: Our new section RETURN to play also deals in some detail with some Vectrex games, in the field Durchgezappt! we are talking about some Stock Vector Firecrackers from the Arcades. And last has to our Extra Bytes, which so busy with everything, which goes beyond the titular 8-bit, still a special treat: We have set ourselves the Neo-Geo once. In edition 15 is it of this extensive topic then the part 2 give.”

More information and ordering can be found at the websites of the RETURN-magazine https://www.return-magazin.de/. For 5,50 EUR +. 1,50 EUR shipping I will buy me the magazine out right now…

addendum on 9. June:
Last week the RETURN had in my mailbox. For reading the article, I was unfortunately not yet, but the glossy cover and the pressure to make a very siginificant.