Omega Race

Omega Race on the VIC-20. Played with the Vice emulator.

OK, it looks like I really suck at this game. I think it was intended to be played with a paddle, because the joystick controls are so sensitive you barely have any control over your ship at all. So I think I'm doing pretty well, considering.

And yes, the game is really off-center. It's like that on the TV as well. It's just... like that.

The game itself has no color, it just allows you to choose a foreground and background color. The original arcade game had vector graphics, so I guess this makes sense. The VIC-20 doesn't have vector graphics though, so why didn't they come up with some colorful graphics for it?

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• vic
• 20
• omega
• race
• longplay

[Metal1998]

IN THE YEAR 2003? LOL

[uzimonkey]

@Metal1998 It's in the future past. This game was released in 1981 in the future about the past future 2003.

[succhiello]

"And yes, the game is really off-center. It's like that on the TV as well. It's just... like that."

You should be able to center the screen when the initial menu appears using the vic20 cursor keys.

[uzimonkey]

@succhiello Hmm.. I didin't know that. I don't think I ever knew that. VIC 20 games were always just off center, and we used this machine for years.

[Bryan514]

The ColecoVision port was better.

[edzzzwin]

Check out the commodore elec. ltd v02 version. For Japanese Commodore 64.

[chicoflaco]

@uzimonkey we all know this, we all played omega race in the arcade

[uzimonkey]

@chicoflaco The arcade Omega Race wasn't so much black and white as it was vector graphics. It's kind of difficult to do color vector graphics..

[chicoflaco]

@ClassicGarth the original arcade game was in black and white...omega race for vic20 was the best home conversion of all time, even better than the C64

[ClassicGarth]

As a kid, I never questioned the black & white graphics. They just seemed perfect and so did the controls & physics.