Vector Kong

Nintendo · 1981

by Daniel Ferrer · vectorised by 10yard

Details

Original hardware

Nintendo Z80, raster (redrawn as vectors)

Romset

roms/dkong.zip

Last update

2026-11-08

Changelog

1. v1.22026-11-08
   • The romset can live in any folder of the card. The game looks in .roms/, then roms/, then searches the whole card, and remembers where it found it (.conf/<romset>.loc), so the next start goes straight there; if it is moved, it is searched for again.
   • Settings go in .conf/ and romsets in .roms/: the UVMC2's menu hides folders whose name starts with a dot, so the card shows only the games. A card set up before keeps everything: the old config/ and roms/ are still read, and nothing is written to them any more.
   • Without the romset on the card the screen says ROM FILE NOT FOUND and the name of the zip it wants.
2. v1.12026-11-06
   • Built with uvmc2-sdk v1.4.13.
3. 2026-11-02
   • The arcade's own sound out of the UVMC2's audio jack: the cartridge emulates Donkey Kong's sound board (the 8035 sound CPU running its original program, and the walk, jump and stomp circuits). Checked against MAME over a full game.
   • The sound ROMs are read from the dkong.zip already on the card: no new files.
   • AUDIO JACK / AUDIO VECTREX in the start menu, saved with the other settings. VECTREX plays the PSG soundtrack through the console's speaker, as before.
   • The sound test plays through whichever output is selected.
   • Occlusion is back on: the scenery is cut behind Mario, Kong and the barrels instead of showing through them.
   • Fewer bent letters and strokes after a blank move, from a fix in the drawing code.
   • The romset must use the classic file names (dk.5e, dk.3h…); a current MAME set with c_5et_g.bin-style names won't load.