Classic Game Room HD - SCRAMBLE for Vectrex review

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  • Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
  • Classic Game Room HD reviews SCRAMBLE for Vectrex from 1982, developed by Konami and manufactured by GCE. Scramble was originally released in the arcades in 1981 and made its way to a few game systems including the Commodore 64 and the almighty Vectrex. This Vectrex side scrolling old school SHMUP has amazing gameplay and is addictive and fun. Shoot enemies but be careful not to run out of fuel! It's like River Raid mixed with Vanguard, a side scrolling space ship shooter which stands the test of time and remains a true classic. Developed by Konami, who is known for their popular and awesome Gradius series, Scramble can also be purchased for XBLA / Xbox 360 these days. Vectrex collectors will enjoy the colorful overlay and responsive controls, try and use a non-broken Vectrex controller for those tight spots. This CGR review of Scramble from Konami for Vectrex has Scramble gameplay showing this retro old school vector graphics space ship shooter in action!!

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  • @cnirman5181
    @cnirman5181 3 роки тому +15

    2021 and this is still absolutely incredible!

  • @LiquidDIO
    @LiquidDIO 10 років тому +42

    So many hours of my childhood with this game!

    • @svenzia
      @svenzia 5 років тому +4

      same man, scramble still a great game 2019 :)

    • @chrissiebawn9357
      @chrissiebawn9357 3 роки тому +2

      😀😀😀

    • @Luke-jx3mj
      @Luke-jx3mj 8 місяців тому +1

      Same here. Loved it.

  • @Obi-WanKannabis
    @Obi-WanKannabis 14 років тому +18

    Vectrex is a hell of inovated, underrated and AWESOME console

    • @marccaselle8108
      @marccaselle8108 2 роки тому

      It's awesome to play and see it in person. I tried the vectrex out for the first time 6 years ago and it was amazing. The vector lines are so clear.
      I can't afford a vectrex because the price is high on crack. I emulate it on RetroPie and have a great time.

    • @DarthVader1977
      @DarthVader1977 2 роки тому

      hell of an* innovated*,

    • @Obi-WanKannabis
      @Obi-WanKannabis 2 роки тому

      @@DarthVader1977 When we last met I was but a learner, Now I am the master

    • @thisisrob8750
      @thisisrob8750 Рік тому

      @@marccaselle8108 its just not the same though,

  • @DrunkenPoetic
    @DrunkenPoetic 11 років тому +5

    It's amazing this bad-boy still works after all these years.
    Just plug it in, press the power button and bang, you're back in the 1980s.

  • @danielramos6893
    @danielramos6893 9 років тому +2

    Yup...you said it; the awesome responsiveness, and smoothness of gameplay is one of the big things I remember about Vectrex. Was an awesome, yet somewhat obscure, little system.

  • @andreiuul1
    @andreiuul1 4 роки тому +1

    the intro to this channel man... it just brings back simpler times

  • @Viva_Reverie
    @Viva_Reverie 15 років тому +7

    Scramble needs a sequel. ON THE VECTREX.

  • @proeyebry
    @proeyebry 8 років тому +15

    Love the Vector Graphics! To eBay I go, got to have myself a Vectrex!

  • @suicidalparrot
    @suicidalparrot 15 років тому +2

    hell YES for extended CGR theme music!

  • @Hylanvahr
    @Hylanvahr 15 років тому +2

    Just from Scramble, you can see the awesome potential in pre-NES Konami which led to the legendary Contra and Gradius games. Thank you for this review. For me being an early 80s child, this was an easy 5 stars + fave. :)

  • @AGoat1971
    @AGoat1971 4 роки тому +4

    Back when your channel was my favorite.

  • @starfirex2413
    @starfirex2413 3 роки тому

    I had this game and console. Got it as a Christmas present and many hours were spent playing this great game!

  • @monkeydollars
    @monkeydollars 9 років тому +1

    This brings back so many good memories. The best of which is the sound of Scramble which used to drive my parents insane.

    • @tomhertz1614
      @tomhertz1614 8 років тому

      I had to get rid of mine back in the 80s because I was addicted .

  • @shuteyebeats
    @shuteyebeats 15 років тому +1

    lovin' the old CGR intro music.

  • @dkssoap
    @dkssoap 9 років тому +1

    This was the first ever game i played...i used to be so good i could hug the bottom of the screen and just bomb everything. One of my all time favs....ahhh the memories

  • @ggaaron5481
    @ggaaron5481 3 роки тому +1

    One of my favourite games of all time

  • @LottiDotti76
    @LottiDotti76 Рік тому

    I had one of these when I was a kid. I would love to get another one. I had damn near every game too. Such an awesome gaming system.

  • @sunelven
    @sunelven 4 роки тому

    I played this in 1983 in a local video rental store in Finland, had soo much fun...

  • @Liberty309
    @Liberty309 3 роки тому

    I lost all of my Vectrex stuff along with the all the rest of my things in a house fire many years ago. I am now able to start getting my Vectrex stuff back. Scramble was my favorite game and I can't wait to be playing it again. :-)

  • @josephhertzberg2734
    @josephhertzberg2734 3 роки тому +1

    God, this brings back memories

  • @iceblueni
    @iceblueni 9 років тому +1

    Picking one up tomorrow. Looking forward to trying it out :)

  • @hawkwardd_
    @hawkwardd_ 15 років тому +3

    I love the glow coming off of everything! Great review! Pity I don't have a Vectrex lol!

  • @built2last31
    @built2last31 8 років тому +1

    this was my favorite game on the vectrex

  • @sallyfarrugia7313
    @sallyfarrugia7313 3 роки тому

    Played vetrex today. It was awesome. As awesome as i remember it being from my childhood.

  • @airborne501
    @airborne501 5 років тому

    Scramble is one of my favorite arcade games. I probably dropped $1500 of my parents quarters between 1981 and 1985. This port looks awesome.

  • @TheLastLineLive
    @TheLastLineLive 15 років тому

    I like that sound that it makes when you turn it out. That's how a video game should sound :)

  • @sinclair1420
    @sinclair1420 7 років тому +1

    Awwww.. The 80's ... Makes me wanna watch "FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH" !!

  • @AndroidAdvocate
    @AndroidAdvocate 14 років тому

    man I am a call of Duty player but u brought the old school out of me . I got addicted by watching.

  • @Liboo52
    @Liboo52 4 роки тому +1

    I love how Gradius and Metal Gear Solid 4 are used as examples of Konami games in the same sentence and held together in the same hand. Games from generations as different as those are rarely compared so casually.

  • @boutepe
    @boutepe 2 роки тому

    I played this game like million times on my Vectrex as a kid. Seeing this makes me wanna get my old Vectrex out of my storage.

  • @sottozen
    @sottozen 3 роки тому +1

    awesome! I want one of this!

  • @kennethfharkin
    @kennethfharkin 2 роки тому

    I loved my Vectrex. A couple years ago I was looking around my old basement while visiting my mom and asked where it had gone... she threw it out 😞 Scramble, Narzod, Rip Off, Solaris, Armor Attack, Cosmic Chasm, Blitz, Spike, Hyperchase, Berserk, so many great memories GONE.

  • @DraftMagic
    @DraftMagic 13 років тому +1

    I have an original Scramble machine, and this is a surprisingly faithful rendition. Trying to navigate the maze section without a working joystick sounds like it'd be impossible.

  • @infiad1275
    @infiad1275 6 років тому

    I got to play one in the 80's courtesy of Pat, a friend of my dads. Left quite an impression.

  • @scooterahlers9362
    @scooterahlers9362 9 років тому +1

    Great port and best home port of Scramble, and it's nice to know that new games are still coming out for the Vectrex. Since 1998 the Vectrex has gotten GOOD ports of Frogger, Pac-Man, Defender, and Donkey Kong, among other games!

  • @Retsler54
    @Retsler54 6 років тому

    So great! I played it in the middle of the 1980s.

  • @melbournestud
    @melbournestud 12 років тому

    1981. What a year. The golden age of video games. I used to play Scramble down at the Basketball Centre afer training or junior games plus whatever new arcade games were released like Donkey Kong, Dig Dug etc. Classics. At night time playing Scramble was awesome. 20c after 20 c. Things just didn't get better than since those early early days. Vortex I've never heard of. Prolly better than pinball though.

  • @GGHF
    @GGHF 15 років тому +1

    I love this guy! Keep up the good work Mark.

  • @-IFFTI-
    @-IFFTI- 15 років тому

    My first touched arcade machine... Legend!

  • @treksterjsc
    @treksterjsc 7 років тому

    This is my favorite game on my Vectrex. Just a note to Lord Karnage, your strategy on the final level is you need to push the ship all the way to the right and then come back down at an angle to hit them tight corners ...;)

  • @Robster881
    @Robster881 14 років тому

    I love vectors.
    I want a Vectrex now. I know I'd barely play it. But I want one.

  • @GamerX89X
    @GamerX89X 15 років тому

    Great Review man! Watching your reviews are like acheiving an accomplishment.... so fresh and simple!

  • @theking21083
    @theking21083 15 років тому +1

    Great review Mark. Scrambe definitely is a fun and addictive game in the arcade and on the Vectrex.

  • @notyoursavior78
    @notyoursavior78 15 років тому

    Much love for the Vectrex! I like how Mark dances to the music with the controller at 2:38.

  • @tidq
    @tidq 12 років тому +1

    Ahh! There's an extended version of the old CGR theme song in this video! I've never heard anything other than the short version.

  • @erikthe10man
    @erikthe10man 14 років тому

    I still have this game! :)

  • @elmerion
    @elmerion 15 років тому +1

    This game looks hell fun, and the audio is excellent too, is incredible how messed up the sound effects can be in games nowadays

  • @thomascampr
    @thomascampr 10 років тому

    Got vectrex when it first came out. Only one in my neighborhood. Bought it at TOY R US !!! Great game and came with the monitor. Finally had to return it parentscsaid I was addicted to it AND I WAS!!! It was that school thingy that I had to go to. Good times while they lasted. Great graphics.

  • @CalDugalo
    @CalDugalo 11 років тому

    Just got my Vectrex with 8 games cant wait!

  • @Xonatron
    @Xonatron 14 років тому

    this takes me way back even though i never played it, it reminds me of the early atari and ti-99/4a days where it was exciting just to see graphics and hear computer sounds from your tv....

  • @JO-po4bo
    @JO-po4bo Рік тому

    A blast from the past

  • @spoung45a
    @spoung45a 14 років тому +1

    Why did i watch this? I must buy a Vectrrex now! Thanks for giving me more ways to spend money i don't have!

  • @gtp_vexd3507
    @gtp_vexd3507 2 роки тому

    I am 31 years younger again.... Thankyou 😁

  • @Adamchevy
    @Adamchevy 9 років тому

    Once again, just awesome!

  • @CheatingSoi
    @CheatingSoi 15 років тому

    Vectrex is your favorite system. You mention it in almost every review nowadays,

  • @Immafirinmahlazer
    @Immafirinmahlazer 15 років тому

    The condition of that box is amazing.

  • @fogueman
    @fogueman 9 років тому

    I just had the chance to play Scramble on the vectrex. It´s a massive throwback to the past. I can´t agree more with the review, it´s a perfect sample of a simple idea expertly translated to the screen. A pure retro gem. I´m even looking for a Vectrex machine to buy just for this game.

  • @leeosborne3793
    @leeosborne3793 2 роки тому

    Boxes on chopsticks - haha! I always thought they looked like transistors. :)

  • @Broken_Robot_
    @Broken_Robot_ 15 років тому

    The Vectrex is back with the ultimate gaming technology!!!

  • @XshurikenXboy
    @XshurikenXboy 13 років тому

    The vectrex looks ridiculously awesome.

  • @sinistermoon
    @sinistermoon 15 років тому

    Another awesome Vectrex review!

  • @krissycat25
    @krissycat25 2 роки тому

    My brother's and I constantly played Vectrex

  • @vludi7857
    @vludi7857 7 років тому +1

    Nice port, the level layout is pretty faithful to the arcade

  • @eggbirdtherooster
    @eggbirdtherooster 8 років тому

    so many memories

  • @XReflexian
    @XReflexian 3 роки тому

    Man, i remember playing on this thing ... specially liked the starwars game

  • @thayt1m
    @thayt1m 14 років тому +1

    I need this @___@
    Scramble, Berzek and Solar Quest LOOKS AWESOME!

  • @tsreaves
    @tsreaves 2 роки тому

    OMG you just took me back to my childhood. It aost brought me to tears. How can I get one?

  • @ldl0021
    @ldl0021 15 років тому

    I had this system and this game in the 80's around the same time I owned a sega master system . . . Classic stuff!

  • @Troglodyte
    @Troglodyte 8 років тому

    Love this machine.

  • @anthonytompkins3205
    @anthonytompkins3205 3 роки тому

    I want a vectrex so expensive. So ahead of its time.

  • @CarBitGTSaxen
    @CarBitGTSaxen 12 років тому +1

    I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, THEY ARE AWESOME

  • @Jinkinsonsasa
    @Jinkinsonsasa 8 років тому

    I had the vectrex, loved it. Somehow I broke the joystic and played it for years with the sharp piece of metal sticking out. Loved scramble and almost lost my mind playing it, lol. Unfortunately i sold the vectrex at a garage sale for $10 back in the mid 80s!

    • @urdnal
      @urdnal 7 років тому

      Sad thing is, you can unscrew the head from any RC joystick and screw it onto the Vectrex's

  • @Retrogamer71
    @Retrogamer71 15 років тому +1

    So sharp, so phosphorescant,
    so arcade, so vectrex!

  • @fox25web
    @fox25web 13 років тому +1

    Damn, that game looks good!

  • @Lachlant1984
    @Lachlant1984 15 років тому

    I like this game, I've never owned a Vectrex, but now I want one. I'm assuming these systems were available in Australia when they were new, but I wasn't even alive in 1982, so I don't know.

  • @WookhieManJoe
    @WookhieManJoe 15 років тому

    DejaVu i love this game i play this on my PSP all the time got it on a Modded PSP slim

  • @playvectrex
    @playvectrex 15 років тому

    BTW, that overlay is the one I usually leave on my Vectrex 24/7. I love the retro look.

  • @timabad
    @timabad 15 років тому

    looks like a fun game. I'm impressed for a 1982 game.

  • @hashknight1
    @hashknight1 5 років тому

    looks amazing...you guys are so lucky

  • @roffpoff8221
    @roffpoff8221 7 років тому

    I played this game system day and night in mid 80's, my friend visited me more because this.......

  • @amm1270
    @amm1270 Рік тому

    I used to take the controler apart and use a stanless tie wire my dad had in the garage and make new springs for my controller.

  • @Wiibart
    @Wiibart 13 років тому

    thnks for the vid, i have very good memories of this game and the Vectrex, too bad the company had problem that time

  • @MrBrandon411
    @MrBrandon411 13 років тому

    youre reviews are AWSOME!!

  • @phosphor112
    @phosphor112 15 років тому

    OMG Vectrex is aweome as hell.

  • @SrTalmid
    @SrTalmid 8 років тому

    Saudade dos tempos do arcade e dos gráficos vetoriais.

  • @sp4cepigz174
    @sp4cepigz174 Рік тому

    Oh man 13 years ago 😮‍💨😵‍💫

  • @georgef551
    @georgef551 14 років тому

    You can see the vector graphics scanning, since it's not rasterized.
    (It's pretty much an Oscilliscope that plays games.)

  • @sneasalmaster
    @sneasalmaster 15 років тому

    Looks like a side scrolling Xevious... Awesome!

  • @pibblesnbits
    @pibblesnbits 8 років тому

    Innovative for the time. Cool stuff.

  • @Nettacki
    @Nettacki 15 років тому

    Same here for the arcade classics collection on the GBA.

  • @RealRaynedance
    @RealRaynedance 15 років тому

    I think I remember something like this in "Midway Arcade Treasures"....

  • @mbcaiost
    @mbcaiost 4 роки тому

    Looks fun! Great review.

  • @wwe2005
    @wwe2005 12 років тому

    "pew pew pew pew", the way all lasers should sound and the vectrex gets it right! :)

  • @bmdposse
    @bmdposse 15 років тому

    This was the pioneer game of its time. Besides Gradius, it was the inspiration for other great arcade classics such as Super Cobra and Cosmic Avenger.

  • @felixoldgames
    @felixoldgames 3 роки тому

    muito bonito.. principalmente com o overlay

  • @Alientraveler003
    @Alientraveler003 4 роки тому

    Never thought I’d See this

  • @JohnnyJohnW
    @JohnnyJohnW 13 років тому

    I want one of these!

  • @realsteelassault
    @realsteelassault 12 років тому

    woooow awesome console I didn't know it !!

  • @cessnaace
    @cessnaace 14 років тому

    One of the cool things about the Vectrex is that it can pump out some serous volume. :)
    STAY AWESOME! :)

  • @MrTommyUdo
    @MrTommyUdo 12 років тому

    I like to play Scramble and other Vectrex space games with the purple Spike overlay. I don't care much for that game, but the purple color looks great, gives kind of an ethereal feel to the space shoot'em ups.