History VideoGame / Vectorman

* RaymanianLimbs: The Orbots' limbs consist of floating orbs. As an animation for leaning on a wall, Vectorman in particular can pop out two orbs on its arm, and juggle them with the hand on that arm before tossing them back in position.

* HornetHole: It's not really a beehive, but levels 21-22 of the second game take place in some kind of egg-filled insect nest complex. The eggs that hatch contain enemies from every part of the game.

[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture In the year 2049]], the human population of Earth embarks on a migratory voyage to try to colonize other planets. They leave mechanical ''orbots'' to clean up the mess they made on Earth through littering and pollution. Raster, a high-level orbot who watches Earth through a planetwide computer network, is accidentally attached to a working nuclear missile by a lesser orbot and goes insane, becoming an evil dictator named Warhead. He declares himself ruler of Earth, and begins preparing to execute any humans who dare return to their planet.

Enter Vectorman, a humble orbot in charge of cleaning up toxic sludge by discharging it into the sun. As he lands on Earth after his last trip, he finds chaos and confusion. Because all the other Orbots are controlled by Warhead (Vectorman having not been affected because he was away), Vectorman takes it upon himself to destroy the errant orbot and restore peace to Earth.

There's a sequel, ''Vectorman 2''. While on a garbage run, Vectorman's ship is shot down by a mysterious missile. Evacuating his barge, he finds himself on the outskirts of a seemingly abandoned research facility overrun by a horde of [[BigCreepyCrawlies mutant insects]] with unpleasant designs on the planet. Vectorman must find the intelligence controlling them to save the earth again.

The games were very well received by critics and players alike not only for its amazing faux-3D graphics and cool techno-ish soundtrack but for highly enjoyable game that wasn't too hard to play.

A 3rd game for the PS2 was planned but was cancelled immediately because Vectorman's new look resembling [[VideoGame/{{Halo}} Master Chief.]]

* AIIsACrapshoot: The villain of the first game was a peaceful managerial robot overseeing the decontamination of Earth, until improper maintenance lead to its head being replaced with a nuclear weapon and it becoming a genocidal maniac, converting all the other orbots (again, meant to decontaminate the Earth for the benefit of mankind) to its cause. Subverted in the case of our hero.

* OneHitPolykill: The first game has a power-up called the bolo gun, a slow-moving shot which "crashes through enemy orbots" and continues going through any enemies until offscreen or hitting a wall. It also has the possibility to push the enemy and hit it multiple times.

* RaymanianLimbs: The orbots' limbs consist of floating orbs. As an animation for leaning on a wall, Vectorman in particular can pop out two orbs on its arm, and juggle them with the hand on that arm before tossing them back in position.

* NoExportForYou: Even though the Mega Drive/Genesis was a Japanese console, neither of the Vectorman games were released in Japan on cartridge. In fact, they weren't released over there at all until [[CompilationRerelease Sonic Gems Collection]] was released over there on August 11, 2005. While Europe and Australia got the first Vectorman on cartridge, they didn't get Vectorman 2 on cartridge, they didn't get the game at all until Sonic Gems Collection was released in PAL on September 30, 2005. Vectorman 2 was only released in North America on cartridge format.

There's a sequel, called ''Vectorman 2'', that is basically the same plot as the previous game, only this time Vectorman landed on a planet being overrun by [[BigCreepyCrawlies mutant insects]] and he starts off evacuating his barge after being struck by a missile.

* GoddamnedBats: Beedles. You'll see a lot of them in the first game!

* UndergroundLevel: Levels 8-15 of the second game. Kept from being as monotonous as it would otherwise be by including multiple level types, including standard cave areas, levels consisting mostly of dirt you have to blast a path through, and [[SinisterSubway subway tunnels]] that Vectorman speeds through on [[strike:rollerblades]] [[SkateHeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth rollerfeet]].

* VectorGame: Subverted. The whole reason he was named what he was is because it looks like a vector game. But, ironically, the game actually didn't use vector graphics, but rather pre-rendered 2D sprites similar to ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry''. His initial rival, "Raster," is named for an inversion of this.

There's a sequel, called ''Vectorman 2'', that is basically the same plot as the previous game, only this time Earth is being overrun by [[BigCreepyCrawlies mutant insects]] and he starts off evacuating his barge after being struck by a missile.

There's a sequel, called ''Vectorman 2'', that is basically the same plot as the previous game, only this time Earth is being overrun by mutant insects and he starts off evacuating his barge after being struck by a missile.

There's a sequel, called Vectorman 2, that is basically the same plot as the previous game, only this time Earth is being overrun by mutant insects and he starts off evacuating his barge after being struck by a missile.

* AWinnerIsYou: The ending of Vectorman 2. Also, while a lot of other games don't have much fanfare for clearing a level, this game takes it to the extreme, displaying a very simple score count and immediately moving on to the next level.

A 3rd game for the PS2 was planned but was cancelled immediately because Vectorman's new look resembling [[''VideoGame/Halo'' Master Chief.]]

* AWinnerIsYou: The ending of Vectorman 2.

A 3rd game for the PS2 was planned but was cancelled immediately because Vectorman's new look resembling [[VideoGame/Halo Master Chief.]]

A 3rd game for the PS2 was planned but was cancelled immediately because Vectorman's new look resembling [[VideoGame/Halo Master Chief]]

* VectorGame: Subverted. The whole reason he was named what he was is because it looks like a vector game. But, ironically, the game actually didn't use vector graphics, but rather pre-rendered 2D sprites similar to ''DonkeyKongCountry''. His initial rival, "Raster," is named for an inversion of this.

* VaporWare: Playstation 2 game.

* MiniGameCredits: In the first game, you can move Vectorman around the startup "Sega" screen. [[EasterEgg You can even damage it.]]