A life bar of four orbs monitors Vectorman's health taking damage from enemies or harmful terrains lowers health, while collecting 'health orbs' restore it. Other powerups allow Vectorman to change forms and alter his means of maneuvering through levels a helicopter form allows him to fly, while a vehicular-shaped transformation give him extra speed. Collecting 'multipliers' may also be collected to increase damage dealt by attacks for example, collecting a 2X multiplier leads attacks to cause double the damage. Collecting powerups throughout levels allow him to change weapons, such as drills or bombs that can attack enemies or alter terrain. A large emphasis is put on item collection. By default, Vectorman is equipped with the ability to shoot out 'laser pulses' in eight main directions. The goal is generally to traverse from point A to point B in a level within the time limit, though levels are large and open-ended, offering multiple different paths to be taken to complete it. The player maneuvers the main character, Vectorman through levels by running and jumping, and attacking enemies through projectile attacks, similar to games such as Gunstar Heroes, Contra, and Mega Man. The game plays as a 2D action platformer. A sequel, Vectorman 2, was released in 1996, but despite several abandoned attempts at a third entry, no further games have been released. In subsequent decades, the game was re-released across many Sega-themed video game compilations, and on its own across the Wii Virtual Console, Steam, and the Sega Forever line of mobile game releases. It was considered a critical and commercial success, achieving its dual goal of retaining interest in the aging Sega Genesis platform in face of the increasingly popular new technology of the next generation of video game consoles and providing competition to industry competitor Nintendo's popular Donkey Kong Country video game.

The game was released for the Sega Genesis in late 1995 in North America and Europe.

Vectorman is a 2D action platformer video game developed by BlueSky Software and published by Sega.

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