This list also includes official unreleased games from GCE, as well as homebrew titles released from 1996 to the present (games, music, demos, utility and diagnostic cartridges).
Official releases (1982–1983)
Games were released in the US by General Consumers Electronics (GCE), in Europe and Canada by Milton Bradley (MB)
and in Japan by Bandai.[2]
Unreleased titles by official publishers (General Consumer Electronics (GCE), Milton Bradley (MB) and Bandai.
Mail Plane (1983) (requires light pen). 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.[3] In 2013 Mail Plane was recovered from a prototype cartridge by Chris Romero (a.k.a. "Vectrexer"). The recovered software was released on December 1, 2013[4] as binary image via made available for public download.
Test Cart (a.k.a. Test REV. 4) (1982) 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 acquired in a private sale from a former GCE employee. The Test Cart Overlay was scanned by Chris Romero (a.k.a. "Vectrexer") and made available in 2001 for public usage,[5] and later on Spike's Big Page.[6]
