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Creator of Vyrzon for the Vectrex. Currently working on Vyrzon II, old school shoot-em-up.

Strongly opposed to LLM AI.
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minsoftgames.bsky.social
I've done quite a bit on additional logic for bosses, including intro & death sequences:

#vectrex #vyrzonii
November 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
minsoftgames.bsky.social
I've added a 'focus' weapon:

#vectrex #vyrzonii
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
minsoftgames.bsky.social
I've made a load of changes to how levels and enemy movements are handled, including adding a z axis, so can now have 'background' objects (displayed dimmer), like this:

#vectrex #vyrzonii
November 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
minsoftgames.bsky.social
It's been a while since I posted any Vyrzon II updates so here are a few...

Up to now enemy gfx could only loop through animation frames. I can now have 'directional' enemies like this...

#vectrex #vyrzonii
November 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
minsoftgames.bsky.social
Looks like Vyrzon made an appearance at the Vectrex Mini stand at Portland Retro Gaming Expo:

youtu.be/288u8bfwqf0?...
New Vectrex Mini Game Console Preview!
YouTube video by Brett Weiss
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October 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
minsoftgames.bsky.social
Nice Vectrex video with a segment on Vyrzon:

youtu.be/F3K7IO4VC2w?...
Amazing Arcade Games & Controllers For The Vectrex
YouTube video by AL’s Arcade
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October 1, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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breathing-retro.bsky.social
Check out 1942 #arcade #romhack by Minwah with a tune adapted from the #C64 version

Archived link: web.archive.org/web/20250513...

Forum thread: www.ukvac.com/forum/thread...

#retrodev #retrogaming #MAME #romhacking
May 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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vector-republic.bsky.social
Bank holiday so time to make some stock… nearing the end of my production run of 300 clamshell Vyrzons, in case you were planning to buy one some time 😎 #vectrex #homebrew #retrogaming #quartzsquest #bigblue #frontier #vyrzon
April 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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icecreamjonsey.bsky.social
Game 5: Vyrzon (Minsoft, 2023). We're in the golden age of Vectrex games, for whatever that is worth. :/

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Game 5: Vyrzon (Minsoft, 2023) – Jolt Country
www.joltcountry.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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tomhannen.ft.com
“Landing the Nostromo” - how the landing graphics in “Alien” were programmed in Fortran (via @th@v.st on Mastodon) archive.org/details/crea...
Landing the Nostromo - graphic from the magazine showing the mountain region THE LANDSCAPE In the summer of 1978 I was working with System Simulation Ltd. in London. They were asked to produce several sequences of computer animation for a space-fiction feature film already being made by 20th Century Fox. I had heard of one or two people connected with it: Ridley Scott was director and one of the actors was lan Holm. A lot of Americans were also involved. Diagrams showing how vector graphics were drawn and hidden lines removed Nostromo line font and final display from the film
January 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
minsoftgames.bsky.social
Vyrzon II title screen in super slo-mo.

#vectrex #vyrzonii
January 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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vector-republic.bsky.social
That time @minsoftgames.bsky.social brought his amazing Vectrex cocktail cab over to an arcade meet I was having 🙌🏻 #vectrex #vyrzon #retrogaming #arcade
December 15, 2024 at 11:39 AM
minsoftgames.bsky.social
I'm currently working on enemies, particularly those that require additional code for unique behaviour.

Asteroids are back...but this time break into smaller pieces when shot, as nature intended.

#vectrex #vyrzonii
December 13, 2024 at 11:56 AM
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vector-republic.bsky.social
Ok, let's go again... the auction I started yesterday wasn’t accepting international bids so I’ve restarted it…

Charity auction for @launchpadrdg.bsky.social

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30597142...

Vyrzon #256 special Toxic Green shell version…
December 12, 2024 at 7:35 PM
minsoftgames.bsky.social
First time playing Sturmwind on the Dreamcast...what a spectacle! Incredible stuff @vgnysoft.bsky.social
December 7, 2024 at 4:12 PM
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October 19, 2024 at 10:29 AM