Editing Vectrex news: 7/4/2011

Here is '''Vectrex news''' for '''July 4, 2011''':

==New hardware projects! (Vectrex music)==

A do it yourself MIDI interface project for the [[Vectrex]] was announced on [[Sebastian Tomczak|Sebastian Tomczak's]] (aka [[little-scale]]) [http://www.blogger.com/profile/12712567577323498804 blog], which can be seen [http://little-scale.blogspot.com/2011/07/vecm-diy-midi-interface-for-gce-milton.html here].

A video along with step-by-step instructions on how to build your own [[VectrexM]] has been promised soon as well.

==Debris Revisited high score contest results/new game==
	
The [[Debris Revisited]] high scores for the contest have been announced, which can be viewed [http://revival-studios.com/highscores/ here].  Also, [[Revival Studios|Revival Studios's]] new game of [[Shifted]], a puzzle game, has been announced as well.

==Armor...Attack...again==

Two [[homebrew|homebrews]], the ''Armor Attack Remake'' and ''Armor Attack Advanced'' were created and videos posted of their gameplay on the YouTube user channel [http://www.youtube.com/user/makenshi2 makenshi2] (plus his site can be seen [http://nunoleiria.wordpress.com/ here]).  The games were created for the ''PC, PSP'', and ''PlayStation3'', which ''Advanced'' has various new features, like several settings (including many more tanks appearing as well as two helicopters!), power-ups and color!

==NOT going down with the ship?==

The Vectrex database, which had been around for years, suddenly disappeared several weeks previous, but luckily permission was given (and accepted) for [http://www.vectrex.nl/ vectrex.nl] to host it, along with the possibility of a copy backup planned by [http://vectrex.wikia.com/wiki/User:VectrexMad! VectrexMad!] to host it [http://www.vectrex.co.uk/ on his site] if a “just in case” scenario were to happen.  Thanks, guys!

==New poll added==

Since the last news update, a poll was added for [http://vectrex.wikia.com/wiki/Poll:_what_unreleased_stuff_do_you_want_the_most%3F what you wanted most from the Vectrex that wasn’t released], so go vote for whatever vaporware you wanted the most if you haven't already!

==...and one last video==

YouTube user [http://www.youtube.com/user/schoolgirlshortdress schoolgirlshortdress] (who did videos of getting past level 20 on the second U. S. version of [[Mine Storm]] a while back) posted a video of [[Mr. Boston]] gameplay.  Schoolgirlshortdress said in a comment it was played on an actual [[Mr. Boston]] cart, which is one of the rarest and most sought after [[Vectrex]] games.  The video can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG8AYSVlbdA here].

And finally, happy Independence Day to our U. S. friends, as we hope you have good barbeques with friends and family, or if it rains, stay inside and play some video games (like the [[List of Vectrex games|black and white kind]])!



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