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Vectrex Gaming Forum member binarystar has been working on a little surprise for Vectrex owners.  A brand new cart for the system with, not one, but two Christmas games!  "Stocking Filler" and "Save The Trees" are these two games to spread the Holiday cheer with vector goodness.  The games will be released in a cart by the end of the week and a free ROM release on Christmas Eve.  The games can only be played effectively using real hardware.  Below is a video of the games in action (excuse the low volume).  I have a test ROM, so expect to see a review of this cart added to the Christmas Reviews page soon. 

[align=center:2d1eiu5n]Vectrex Xmas Cart 2014 (//http)[/align:2d1eiu5n]

The game is now available to order at http://www.binarystarsoftware.com/ (//http)

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I was thinking the Vectrex needed a clone of Astrosmash. Save the Trees looks like a winner!

Stocking filler seems like a Kaboom clone. That is not a bad thing. Do either of these games have support for the various Vectrex controllers? A trackball would be great but the spinner controller would be fine.

It says they require analog control, so I'm guessing there is no support for other controllers.

Thanks!

Both games are a welcome addition to the Vectrex library.

Yes they are and this is actually the first Christmas cart for the Vectrex.  That alone makes it worth getting. 

Just saw this forum on twitter, signed up as it looks cool and found this post

Not got any games yet for my Vectrex so going to order one now

Nice one fella..

Have a look at the Intro section and whack a post in there and tell us a little about yourself.

This game does look awesome i must admit.

Quote from: "DrRetro"Just saw this forum on twitter, signed up as it looks cool and found this post

Not got any games yet for my Vectrex so going to order one now :113:

The free download version of the game is now available:  http://www.binarystarsoftware.com/?p=97 (//http)

I did post on twitter, I got my cart all wrapped up, really happy with it 

Did you get a Christmas tree one?

Mine has not arrived yet, so I don't know.  Maybe, if I got it in soon enough!

Quote from: "zapiy"Did you get a Christmas tree one?

Yeah I got the Christmas tree one

Quote from: "DrRetro"

Quote from: "zapiy"Did you get a Christmas tree one?

Yeah I got the Christmas tree one

That's cool! 

Sorry if you meant did I get the xmas tree version, no, I got the normal one, misread what you had said

Quote from: "DrRetro"Sorry if you meant did I get the xmas tree version, no, I got the normal one, misread what you had said

So, you weren't among the first 10 to order then. 

Quote from: "TrekMD"

Quote from: "DrRetro"Sorry if you meant did I get the xmas tree version, no, I got the normal one, misread what you had said

So, you weren't among the first 10 to order then.

Sadly not

I haven't heard anyone yet say they got the little tree with their game cart. 

Really clever idea though.

Would of been cool to get a xmas tree one, but I am happy with the one I got

Here is a little something that was posted about the game:

A little extra xmas present for you: you can enable the starting level select (1-16) for both games by holding button 4 while booting (hold down until the game select screen appears). Once either game is selected, use up/down on the joystick to select the word "ONLY", above "START GAME". Pressing button 4 will cycle through the start level, move down and select "START GAME" to start from the level selected.