List of Vectrex game easter eggs
These are a list of Easter eggs for Vectrex games, listed alphabetically by name.
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All Good Things
More Invaders! Bonuses
To obtain the More Invaders! bonuses, shoot all of the invaders except for the one column at the farthest left of the screen. Killing the second invader from the bottom last will give you a 500 point bonus, while killing the one at the very bottom last will give you 1000.
On the game select screen, hold down button two and press four repeatedly until you arrive at the hidden game of 23 Matches (after Spike's Water Balloons).
Bedlam
For the programmer’s initials to appear, hold down buttons one, two and four during the Bedlam title screen (this will occur after the music ends).
Berzerk
For the programmer’s initials to appear, hold buttons one, three and four once your last life is lost during the "GOT YOU HUMANOID" screen.
Debris Revisited
The following modes can be unlocked:
- Reversed mode is unlocked upon scoring 1000 points or more in Astrododge
- Invaders mode is unlocked upon scoring 1250 points or more in Astrododge
- Hardcore mode is unlocked upon completing normal mode
You can select these unlocked modes by using up and down in the levelselect menu. (1 level needs to be unlocked for this menu to appear)
Gravitrex Plus
To play the hidden game, enter "GAME" as the password on the password entry screen.
I, Cyborg
All level skip keycodes can be viewed at Fury Unlimited.
Moon Lander
Easier level
After you have used the extra lives cheat, press pause during a level, and hold down buttons one and two, then press four, which will lower either the gravity pull and/or wind. (Note: the gravity has to be of at least a 2 rating in order for it to be lowered.)
Multiple extra lives
During a level, press pause, then press buttons one and two and hold down button four. Keep holding four down in order for the lives indicator to increase.
Patriots
To play the hidden game, start a new game, score 150 points, then press pause.
Protector LE
Once 20,000 points are scored, the unlockable game of Spike Goes Down becomes available.
Spike Hoppin'
On the Spike Hoppin' title screen, hold down buttons one and three, and then press four to access the hidden game.
Infinite lives/level skip
Start a game, but don't score any points; jump off the top platform so you won't land on any others. Do this until there is only one life left, then hold down button four and jump; afterwards, to skip to the next level, press button one (plus you have infinite lives).
See Voyager fly-by
When the copyright screen appears, hold down buttons one, two and four until Voyager appears.
Thrust
If the player can make it to the reverse gravity planets, once the game ends, a third option will appear on the main menu; pressing button three on the controller will take the player to ZSB, the hidden bonus game.
V-Hockey
By holding certain keys during startup, the following easter eggs can be unlocked:
Custom AI opponent
Hold button 2 and 4 during the splash screen to unlock Custom game mode. In this game mode you can customize your own AI opponent to perfectly suit your play style.
Insane difficulty
Hold buttons 1 and 3 during the splash screen.
Vecmania
To play the hidden game in Vecmania, start a new game of Patriots, score 150 points, then press pause.
Thank you message
On the Birds of Prey title screen, press down, then right on the controller. "Special Bonus" will appear at the bottom of the screen. Press up to see a special thank you message from creator John Dondzila.
Vectopia
While cycling through the main game select menu, press and hold down button two as you cycle through the menu until Spike's head appears.
Verzerk
For the programmer’s initials to appear, hold buttons one, three and four once your last life is lost right before the "GOT YOU HUMANOID" screen appears (note: if you do this too late, a new game will start in place instead).
Y*A*S*I
There are several extra modes to unlock on Y*A*S*I, which can be accomplished by playing a game of Y*A*S*I and scoring at least 1000 points during a game (which multiple modes can be unlocked during a single game as well).
A - Regular Y*A*S*I game (default)
B - Guided missiles
C - Moving bunkers
D - Guided missiles and moving bunkers
E - Cloaking invaders
F - Guided missiles/cloaking invaders
G - Moving bunkers/cloaking invaders
H - Guided missiles/Moving bunkers/Cloaking invaders
Modes can be selected from the main Y*A*S*I menu by pressing button two, then repeatedly pressing two will cycle through all unlocked available modes. Note: erasing the high scores will also erase the Y*A*S*I screen configuration and the extra modes, which will have to be re-earned in order to be able to use them again.
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