Cosmic Chasm

This game first appeared for the Vectrex home video game system produced by CGE and Milton Bradley. This was the first home game to be converted into a commercial arcade game. This was the last color vector game released by Cinematronics, which was in Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the time.

However, other color vector games were developed, but never released. One involved driving down a road and shooting things, Hover-something, I think in 3D. The vector monitor displayed both images and mirrors separated the two and presented them to the player's eyes. A single prototype was built and the game was ready to go when it was cancelled.

The programmer behind Cosmic Chasm I'm drawing a blank on the name also did some significant work on a game that would have played somewhat like this game, only with a larger playing field containing no walls. Several layers of "stars" scrolled at different rates, to show depth! to show the movements of the ship. There was a radar display, to show an overview of the playing field and larger enemy ships to hunt down and destroy. The programmer developed the game with no direction there was very little direction at Cinematronics in this time period. When he showed the prototype of the game to management, but they issued an edict that no programming was to happen without management's prior approval. That left the programming staff with literally nothing to do for weeks at a time.

The game has a three-sided marquee similar to the original Dragon's Lair graphic. The control panel and monitor shroud have back lit graphic panels.