Ten Pence Arcade - 209 - Vapor Trail

This month we review Vapor Trail, a late 80s vertical shooter with some useful powerups and a banging hard rock sound track. It looks a like a Raiden game when you first coin-up, but there's a bit more to it as you play through. Oh yes.

 

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LINKS

Al’s Arcade Visits The Hobby Lodge

https://youtu.be/TALVyNCwqJw?si=6OOo6uApfdU53FD6

 

BitKit2

https://craftymech.com/bitkit-arcade-fpga/

 

Lizard Wizard

https://youtu.be/xOWhLsDyWbU?si=MplwcwW5YocGjpSF

 

Fantasy Land

https://youtu.be/Clu8koHHQZc?si=a_zG0PFYcYNseGHW

 

Pac-Man Kids Toy Pinball anyone?

https://www.menkind.co.uk/electronic-arcade-pac-man-pinball-only-at-menkind

 

Arcade Heroes Anniversaries. Love these. 1975 - 2025

https://arcadeheroes.com/2025/01/17/the-arcade-anniversaries-of-2025/

 

Vic’s Substack: He’s modding a 1979 Japanese Breakout & Pinball console

https://virtvicstinkerings.substack.com/p/epic-epoch-tv-block-mb

 

Project Neon - new MVS /AES shmup

https://youtu.be/ytyhTzf7CLQ?si=2OESHU0KtlEi1vth

 

From Olly Alpha 1 -  Archive Duke Of Lancaster birthing 

https://youtu.be/0E9XgcV0lyM?si=Ikn4JQ9275s6LUio

 

Red 7even YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/@red7even52

NEXT SHOW’S GAME

Nibbler

1982, Rock-Ola

4-WAY STICK

ROM: nibbler DEFAULT (rev9, set1)

Lives: 3 (DEFAULT)

Extra Life after every 4 waves? (this is not mentioned in the DIPs but is on the title screen)

Difficulty: Easy (DEFAULT)

 

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