Playable Vectrex game
About Clean Sweep
Vacuum stolen money from a maze and return it to the bank in Richard Moszkowski’s distinctive 1982 Vectrex action game.
- Collection
- Games
- Classification
- Official library
- Catalog year
- 1982
- Programmed by
- Richard Moszkowski
- Designed by
- Jeff Corsiglia
- Publisher
- GCE / Milton Bradley
- Genre
- Maze, Action
- Players
- 1–2 players, alternating
- Research confidence
- verified
- ROM editions
- 1
- Browser controls
- Keyboard, joystick, or gamepad
Development and history
Clean Sweep was written by Richard Moszkowski and released during the Vectrex launch period. Developer recollections also credit Jeff Corsiglia with the design. Its premise recasts maze-chase play as a bank president using a vacuum to recover stolen money.
The game takes advantage of the overlay and the Vectrex’s crisp line drawing to make a familiar maze format feel mechanically different. As the vacuum fills, the player’s character grows, narrowing the paths and turning successful collection into a movement challenge.
This page uses one stable canonical URL for the title and loads its embedded ROM directly into the emulator after the Vectrex BIOS is ready.
Gameplay and background
Collect money, avoid thieves, and periodically return to the deposit box before the enlarged vacuum becomes too difficult to maneuver. Some rounds darken much of the maze, leaving only selected objects visible and increasing the importance of route memory.
How to play in Vectrexia
- Move with the Arrow keys or WASD. Compatible controllers can use the left analog stick or D-pad.
- Vectrex buttons 1–4 map to Z, X, C, and V, and to the standard face buttons on most gamepads.
- Press a controller button after connecting it so the browser can expose the gamepad to the page.
Audio may begin after the first click, key press, or controller input because browsers can restrict autoplay.
Research sources
Available editions
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