---
title: Rip-Off
tags:
- shoot them up
- vector graphics
years:
- '1982'
params:
  image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_rippoff_box_1_s.jpg
  specs:
  - label: year of release
    value: '1982'
  - label: companies
    value: GCE
  - label: type
    value: game
  - label: media
    value: cartridge
  - label: systems
    value: Vectrex
  - label: number of players
    value: 1 - 2 players (cooperative)
  - label: staff
    value: Bill Hawkins
  screenshots:
  - title: title screen
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_s0000.png
  - title: menu / options
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_s0001.png
  - title: baddies try to steal your pods
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_s0002.png
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_s0003.png
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_s0004.png
  - title: bonus level
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_s0005.png
  - title: oops
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_s0007.png
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_s0009.png
  - title: damn it, they destroyed my ship!
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_s0010.png
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_s0011.png
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_s0012.png
  - title: game over
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_s0008.png
  - title: with overlay (emulation)
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_s-overlay.png
  - title: box
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_rippoff_box_1.jpg
  - title: Box - back
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_box_rear_1.jpg
  - title: cartridge
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_cart_1.jpg
  - title: overlay
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_overlay_1.jpg
  - title: documentation - cover
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_doc_1.jpg
  - title: Documentation - page 1
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_doc_2.jpg
  - title: documentation - 2
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_doc_3.jpg
  - title: Documentation - page 3
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_doc_4.jpg
  - title: Documentation - page 4
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/vectrex_ripoff_doc_5.jpg
  machines:
  - /museum/milton-bradley-vectrex
  company: /companies/milton-bradley
  oc_id: 449
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20221003072907/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=449
    date: '2022-10-03'
---

"Beware of scavenging pirates trying to steal your precious fuel cells! The more pirates you destroy, the faster their successors become. Guard your tanks carefully... you are always outnumbered!"