Editing (section) Mine Storm 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Trivia/notes</h2> <ul data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><li>Mine Storm is commonly mistaken as to being spelled as "Minestorm". It is clear by looking at the instruction booklet that came with a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Vectrex%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Vectrex%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BVectrex%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" href="/wiki/Vectrex" title="Vectrex">Vectrex</a> unit or by starting the game either on a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Vectrex%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Vectrex%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BVectrex%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" href="/wiki/Vectrex" title="Vectrex">Vectrex</a> or an emulator that "Mine Storm" is two words when the title screen comes up. </li><li>Due to it being the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Vectrex%27s%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Vectrex%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BVectrex%7CVectrex%27s%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" href="/wiki/Vectrex" title="Vectrex">Vectrex's</a> built-in game, Mine Storm never had a box. </li><li>Along with the version of the game that ends at level 13, on what is a later version of the game truly ends on level 89, which there are several extra dots on this screen that will never hatch into Mines. There is also something that looks like a fireball that will not turn into smaller fireballs when shot. The player is either stuck there forever if they shoot all the Mines and space dust or if they sacrifice whatever remaining ships they have by running into Mines or space dust particles then the game will end. Presumably the third version of the game has a bit of code cleanup, as there are no reports of the game crashing, some mine fields differ between the first and second U. S. versions after just a few Mine Fields, many levels were added and there have been posts online in regards to people making it to Mine Field 90 on this version. It is currently unknown for how much longer these games can continue past that level. </li><li>In regards to the original level 13 bug, the "father of the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Vectrex%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Vectrex%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BVectrex%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" href="/wiki/Vectrex" title="Vectrex">Vectrex</a>" <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Jay%20Smith%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Jay%20Smith%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJay%20Smith%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" class="new" title="Jay Smith (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSmF5X1NtaXRoP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Jay Smith</a> had originally thought no one would get past level 13, since no one at his <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Western%20Technologies%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Western%20Technologies%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWestern%20Technologies%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" class="new" title="Western Technologies (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvV2VzdGVybl9UZWNobm9sb2dpZXM/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Western Technologies</a> company could. However, after only one or two weeks after the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Vectrex%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Vectrex%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BVectrex%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" href="/wiki/Vectrex" title="Vectrex">Vectrex</a> was commercially released, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Jay%20Smith%27s%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Jay%20Smith%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJay%20Smith%7CJay%20Smith%27s%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" class="new" title="Jay Smith (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSmF5X1NtaXRoP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Jay Smith's</a> son <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Spencer%20Smith%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Spencer%20Smith%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSpencer%20Smith%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" href="/wiki/Spencer_Smith" title="Spencer Smith">Spencer Smith</a> beat level 13, causing his <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Vectrex%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Vectrex%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BVectrex%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" href="/wiki/Vectrex" title="Vectrex">Vectrex</a> to crash, prompting him to ask his father “Dad, what is this?” when his game ended.<span data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E2010%20CGE%20interview%20with%20Jay%20Smith.%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-0 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" href="#cite_note-0"><span data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </li><li>There have been many knock-offs of the game made from within <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22GCE%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22GCE%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGCE%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" class="new" title="GCE (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvR0NFP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">GCE</a> to modern day <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22homebrewer%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22homebrewer%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bhomebrewer%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" href="/wiki/Homebrewer" title="Homebrewer">homebrewers</a>. One was reportedly entitled <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Mine%20Storm%20III%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Mine%20Storm%20III%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMine%20Storm%20III%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" href="/wiki/Mine_Storm_III" title="Mine Storm III">Mine Storm III</a>, supposedly having hundreds of levels (one must assume it was a bug-fixed version that would not crash) and there was only one copy made with a handmade, rather than a printed label<span data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.vectrex.biz%5C%2FEdge-5.jpg%20Edge%20magazine%20account%20of%20a%20tour%20through%20a%20Vectrex%20factory.%5D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-1 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%22178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ175e33c61d19f308-nowiki-00000004-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E2%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%22178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ175e33c61d19f308-nowiki-00000005-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-1%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-1%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2228%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E2%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2229%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" href="#cite_note-1"><span data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>2<span data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span>. A ROM file for a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22MonStorm%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22MonStorm%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMonStorm%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" class="new" title="MonStorm (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTW9uU3Rvcm0/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">MonStorm</a> (or "Monster Mine Storm") was sold off in regards to some <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Vectrex%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Vectrex%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BVectrex%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" href="/wiki/Vectrex" title="Vectrex">Vectrex</a> rarities in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%222011%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222011%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2011%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" href="/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a><span data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5Bhttps%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fgroups.google.com%5C%2Fgroup%5C%2Frec.games.vectrex%5C%2Fbrowse_thread%5C%2Fthread%5C%2F053f8bb8b9a944ed%3Fhl%3Den%23%20Google%20Vectrex%20News%20Group%20thread.%5D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-2 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%22178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ175e33c61d19f308-nowiki-00000007-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E3%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%22178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ175e33c61d19f308-nowiki-00000008-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-2%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-2%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2234%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E3%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2235%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" href="#cite_note-2"><span data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>3<span data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span>, and a modern day hack called <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Mine%20Storm%20III%20%28Fred%20Taft%20hack%29%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Mine%20Storm%203%20%28Fred%20Taft%20hack%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMine%20Storm%203%20%28Fred%20Taft%20hack%29%7CMine%20Storm%20III%20%28Fred%20Taft%20hack%29%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" href="/wiki/Mine_Storm_3_(Fred_Taft_hack)" title="Mine Storm 3 (Fred Taft hack)">Mine Storm III (Fred Taft hack)</a> was created, eliminating the level 13 bug. Also, the first 13 levels comprised one "stage", which the mines would start blinking on and off. The further the player got into a game, the longer the mines would blink off, as with every 13 levels the player could make their way through, that would count as more "stages" that were completed. </li><li>Mine Storm (somewhat) made an appearance during the pilot episode of the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Charles%20in%20Charge%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Charles%20in%20Charge%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCharles%20in%20Charge%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" href="/wiki/Charles_in_Charge" title="Charles in Charge">Charles in Charge</a> tv series. During this episode, Douglas Pembroke (played by Jonathan Ward) could be seen playing it, as the Minelayer could be seen at one point (although the game sounds were totally different), although when Charles (played by Scott Baio) asks him what he was doing, he replied that he was "killing Martians". Charles prematurely ended Pembroke's playing twice by literally pulling the plug on the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Vectrex%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Vectrex%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BVectrex%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="178796-21285868925e4b6eb5c4071" href="/wiki/Vectrex" title="Vectrex">Vectrex</a> during the episode. </li></ul> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key vectrex:rte-parser-cache:2065 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. 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