Original 2000 author release
The exact historical author build, including its documented level-19 defect. Label artwork only; no box.
THE QUICK-START GUIDE
How to play
Your quick start · Vaboom 2000 · Vectrex
Your mission Catch the falling bombs, retain your paddles and build your score.
Wait for the standalone title
Boot this original standalone cartridge. Its own welcome/title animation appears directly after the Vectrex opening; there is no combined RGC selector.
Choose the controller
At the title press button 1 for the standard Vectrex controller, or button 4 for a correctly modified Atari 2600 paddle. Physical paddle operation has not been tested in this release.
Start and play
Press button 1 at the level prompt. Move left/right to line up all remaining paddles with the falling bombs. Clearing a wave brings the next level prompt.
Controller guide & emulator setup
Your controller
Controls for this console and ROM version.
Vectrex
- Title: button 1 standard controller; button 4 modified paddle.
- Play: left/right moves the remaining paddles together.
- Level prompt: button 1 or 4. Game over: any button.
Edition note This media shows the original 11011-byte standalone cartridge already on Retro Cart Wiz. It is a different ROM from the 15,602-byte combined Ronen's Game Cart. No new game-code version has been created.
Emulator setup Use controller port 1. Firmware is needed locally by an emulator and is not supplied. This is emulator evidence; physical Vectrex and actual modified-paddle testing remain pending.
Emulator keys depend on your button mapping. These are console controls, not claims of real-hardware testing.
Screenshots & gameplay
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Screenshots
Authentic gameplay video
Collector details & release history
Collector notes
- 11,011 bytes
- Original 2000 author ROM
- Byte-exact historical preservation
Releases & checksums
0975baf37b66adfe30757cf5e006e27463e9fd84e07846976a9aa3decd4e4748Media credits
- Closing screen · original standalone Vaboom! (2000)
- Gameplay screen · original standalone Vaboom! (2000)
- Opening screen · original standalone Vaboom! (2000)
- Opening animation · original standalone Vaboom! (2000)
- Trailer Captioned Video · original standalone Vaboom! (2000)
- Trailer Video · original standalone Vaboom! (2000)
- Gameplay clip · original standalone Vaboom! (2000)
- Opening clip · original standalone Vaboom! (2000)
Packaging concepts
DISPLAY-ONLY CONCEPT
Label artwork
No box
This edition has label artwork only.