Trivia / Vectorman

• Dueling Works: With Donkey Kong Country. Both series drew attention for their use of computer graphics in their sprite work.
• Late Export for You: Even though the Mega Drive/Genesis was a Japanese console, neither of the Vectorman games were released in Japan on cartridge. Vectorman 1 was released in Japan on 2000 when it was included on "Sega Archives from USA Vol. 1", a japanese only compilation series of Sega Genesis games for Windows 98. Vectorman 2 saw release there on Vol. 3 of the same compilation series later that same year. While Europe and Australia got the first Vectorman on cartridge, they didn't get Vectorman 2 in any form until Sonic Gems Collection was released in PAL regions on September 30, 2005. Vectorman 2 was only released in North America on cartridge format.
• Port Overdosed: These games (more the original than the sequel by a hair) are a staple of many Sega Genesis compilations, dating back to the late 90's and continuing even into the 2020's.
• Referenced by...:
  • In Sonic the Hedgehog/Mega Man: Worlds Collide, Vector the Crocodile is turned into a Roboticized Master. When Sonic hears his name is "Vector Man", he says that name reminds him of a trash collector.
  • The Angry Video Game Nerd: In his review of Garfield games, the Nerd says that Glitch, the Final Boss of Garfield: Caught in the Act looks more like an enemy from Vectorman than a Garfield character.
  • Console Wars: In the Ghostbusters (1984) episode, Vectorman appears as one of the ghosts who invades the city and gets captured by Pat and Dan in the climax.
• What Could Have Been:
  • A third game was in development by Pseudo Interactive for the PlayStation 2, but was quickly canceled for unknown reasons, possibly due to its similarities to Halo.
    • Before that, the third game was planned for a release on the Sega Saturn back in 1997 but was canceled possibly due to the failure of the console.
  • Likewise, Sega announced back in 1996 that Vectorman would be receiving his own CG movie. It never materialized.

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