Playable Vectrex game
About Missile Lords
Defend targets from incoming missile waves in Christopher Tumber’s Vectrex homebrew Missile Lords.
- Collection
- Games
- Classification
- Independent / homebrew
- Catalog year
- 2001
- Research credit
- Christopher Tumber
- Design reference
- Christopher Tumber
- Genre
- Missile-defense shooter
- Players
- 1 player
- Research confidence
- catalog-based
- ROM editions
- 1
- Browser controls
- Keyboard, joystick, or gamepad
Development and history
VGDB lists Missile Lords as a Christopher Tumber project, while Vectrexia’s preserved ROM catalog dates this build to 2001. Public documentation is thinner than for Tumber’s Omega Chase and Tsunami, so this page keeps the attribution conservative.
The title sits within a productive early-2000s period of independent Vectrex development, when programmers circulated binaries, freeware builds, and limited cartridges through enthusiast communities.
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
Aim defensive fire at descending threats and prioritize missiles that endanger the remaining targets. Exact behavior can vary by build; the page documents the preserved ROM rather than claiming a single retail revision.
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.