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Vectorman is a platform video game created by Sega and BlueSky Software for use on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis system. It was released on October 24th, 1995 in North America and on November 30th, 1995 in Europe. It was released on the Wii Virtual Console on February 27, 2007 in Japan and April 5, 2007 in Europe, and is scheduled for release on the North American Virtual Console later this year.

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[edit] Story

In 2049, the human population of Earth embarks on a migratory voyage to try and colonize other planets. They leave mechanical "orbots" to clean up the mess they made on Earth through littering and pollution. Raster, a high-level orbot who watches Earth through a planetwide computer network, is accidentally attached to a working nuclear missile by a lesser orbot and goes insane, becoming an evil dictator named Warhead. He declares himself ruler of Earth, and begins preparing to execute any humans who dare return to their planet.

Enter Vectorman, a humble orbot in charge of cleaning up toxic sludge by simply discharging it into the sun. As he lands on Earth after his last trip, he finds chaos and confusion. Because all the other Orbots are controlled by Warhead, Vectorman takes it upon himself to destroy the errant orbot and restore peace to Earth.

[edit] Game

Vectorman, as the name suggests, uses pre-rendered 3D models in its level and character designs. This gives the game a smooth, computer-generated feel. The original name of the villain, Warhead, was Raster - as in raster graphics, the opposite of vector graphics.

The game itself is a straightforward 2D action platformer. Vectorman is an orbot (something like a robot) powered with a ball gun in his hand; powerups include a machine gun, "bolo" gun, and triple-fire guns.

Vectorman possesses the ability to transform, through the use of powerups, into several different forms - including a drill, to cut through floors; a bomb, to destroy all surrounding enemies; and an aquatic form, useful for swimming underwater. In addition to powerup transformations, 3 levels host unique morphed forms with which to combat bosses in. Overall, the game consists of 16 levels.

[edit] Stages

  1. Terraport
  2. Metalhead (as a Train)
  3. Tidal Surge
  4. Absolute Zero
  5. Arctic Ridge
  6. Bamboo Mill
  7. Rock N' Roller (as Cricket)
  8. Death Alley
  9. Hydroponic Lab
  10. Super Structure
  11. Stayin' Alive (as Dancin' Fool)
  12. Nightscape
  13. Dark Ruins
  14. Underground Vault
  15. Worldlink Center
  16. Twist and Shout (Final Battle)

[edit] Power-Ups and Morphs

Vectorman posses the ability to collect power-ups from destroyed tv sets. These power-ups could be photons, weapon upgrades, or morphs.

Weapons:

  1. Ball Gun (standard)
  2. Bolo Gun
  3. Nucleus Shield
  4. Orb Gun
  5. Rapid-fire Gun
  6. Wave Gun

Morphs:

  1. Drill
  2. Bomb
  3. Jet
  4. Fish
  5. Missile
  6. Buggy
  7. Parachute

Other Power-Ups:

  1. Save Point
  2. Photons (extra points)
  3. Extra Life
  4. Extra Time

Health Power-ups

Health Point, Full Health Points, Max Health Point

Multipliers

2x, 3x, 5x, and 10x

[edit] Sequels

Vectorman 2 was produced for the Mega Drive/Genesis, and released in 1996.

A Vectorman game for the Sony PlayStation 2 was announced in 2003, but was soon cancelled. Initial reports criticized the game heavily for deviating from the Genesis titles by turning the game into a first-person shooter similar to Halo or Red Faction. It is believed this criticism was responsible for the game's cancellation. Such a change would have also been suspiciously similar to the (at the time) recently released Metroid Prime, which also turned a 2D side-scroller to a first-person shooter, which may have also caused the cancellation, as Sega didn't want the game to seem like a knockoff of Prime's success.

Sonic Gems Collection has both Vectorman and its sequel as unlockable extras. In Japan, this is in addition to the Streets of Rage titles and Bonanza Bros.; in the American release, the games are on their own. For a time it was thought that the US and European releases were getting the games as exclusives to make up for the lack of the Streets of Rage games (removed to keep the game's rating at E for Everyone and at PEGI 3+), but this was not the case, as they are also present in the Japanese release although the original games were never released in that region. Vectorman can be unlocked by playing the compilation for at least 5 hours or by having a save file of Sonic Heroes or Sonic Mega Collection on the memory card.

[edit] External links

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