VectorMan (game)

North American box art.

This article refers to the *game*. If you were looking for the *character*, see VectorMan (character). For more uses of the term “Vectorman,” see Vectorman (disambiguation).

VectorMan (Japanese: ベクターマン Bekutāman) is the first game in its franchise of the same name. It was made by Sega and Blue Sky Software in 1995. The game was made to rival Nintendo’s Donkey Kong Country, which released in 1994. Both games use pre-rendered 3D graphics.

## Story

It is 2049, and mankind has left Earth because of pollution. They leave mechanical Orbots to clean the place. However, one powerful Orbot named Raster is looking at everything through a worldwide ComNet. Orbot Attendants salvage a nuclear warhead onto Raster's master control circuits, which drives him insane. So, because of this insanity, he names himself WarHead and pledges to kill anyone who comes to Earth. He stands for tyranny, hatred, and oppression.

VectorMan returns to Earth delivering some garbage to the Sun, and as the only robot unaffected by WarHead’s mind control, VectorMan takes it upon himself to stop WarHead and make Earth safe for the return of humans.

## Controls

C\*: Jump

A, B\*: Shoot

(\*Changeable)

## Gameplay

The game is a 2D side scrolling platformer. The main goal is to navigate through levels, gun down enemies, and locate the end of the stage.

## Reception

Many people thought the game was great. People praised the soundtrack and graphics a lot, and *The Ultimate Gaming Magazine* even said “that if the developers kept making stuff like this, it would be a cold day in Hell when the 16-bit era becomes dead and no-longer played.”

## Enemies

* Beedle

* Sludge Pilot

* Turret

* Jaws

* Howitzer

* Submarine

* Mecha Jellyfish

* Underwater Bomb

* Fireball

* Angler

* Legs

* Margie

* Mini-Warhead

* War-Sphere

## Morphs

* Bomb Morph

* Missile Morph

* Buggy MorphDrill Morph

* Fish Morph

* Parachute Morph

* Jet Morph

## Trivia

* If you beat the game with cheats, it says "Congratulations; now play without cheating."

* + Entering the code A, B, B, A, Down, A, B, B, A in the Options menu opens a hidden menu. Here the player can pick how many Lives they start with, how much Health they have, their starting shot and what level they want to start on. To get the screen, simply defeat WarHead by picking the last level.

* There is a hidden minigame on the SEGA screen.

* The game had a CD remake of some of its soundtrack, similar to Comix Zone.

* VectorMan was first advertised as a game contest to win $25,000.

* Back when released, when people would finish the game, their Sega Genesis would light up and give them a number to dial to see if they were the first person to beat the game. The first person to beat the game got a large amount of money (around $25,000).

* Also in this screen, players can find a secret Orb inside of a hidden Television, slightly to the right of the Sega logo. A red pixel can be seen where this TV is. Using the Orb will make the Sega logo similar to the background’s palette and will stop the background animation.

* In Comix Zone's box art, the titular protagonist does a similar pose to Vectorman's. These games both came out in 1995.

* There is two known prototype builds of *Vectorman*: One early prototype dated "July 24, 1995", and another prototype dated a day later, "July 25, 1995" . It is currently unknown what differences the prototype builds have from each other or from the final released game.

* As of late 2023, VectorMan has been removed from the Google App store

## Gallery

European box artNorth American box artMagazine AD.

## External Links

Title at Gamefaqs

Wikipedia article

Title at SEGA Retro

Title at Moby Games

1. ↑ https://hiddenpalace.org/Vectorman\_(Jul\_24,\_1995\_prototype)
2. ↑ https://hiddenpalace.org/Vectorman\_(Jul\_25,\_1995\_prototype)