Playable Vectrex game
About Mine Storm II (Fred Taft Hack)
Play Mine Storm II (Fred Taft Hack), a fred taft community hack derived from the documented Vectrex title Mine Storm II.
- Collection
- Games
- Classification
- Official variant / prototype
- Catalog year
- 1983
- Research credit
- John Hall
- Design reference
- John Hall
- Publisher / context
- GCE
- Genre
- Multidirectional shooter, Community modification
- Players
- 1–2 players, alternating
- Research confidence
- catalog-based
- ROM editions
- 1
- Browser controls
- Keyboard, joystick, or gamepad
Development and history
Mine Storm II is tied to one of the best-known Vectrex service stories. Early Mine Storm code could fail at a very high minefield, and GCE supplied a corrected replacement cartridge to players who reached the problem. The Vectrex Game Database credits John Hall.
Fred Taft’s hack modifies the corrected Mine Storm II program. The historical John Hall/GCE replacement-cartridge story remains the foundation, while the hack is identified as a later community revision.
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
The basic ship controls and mine-clearing structure follow Mine Storm, but the cartridge removes the original high-level failure and continues the challenge. Treat it as the corrected continuation of the built-in game rather than a wholly unrelated sequel. This edition changes the experience through its fred taft community hack behavior.
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
Alternate dumps and revisions share this canonical page to avoid duplicate search pages. Choose a specific edition from the in-app Library.