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Vectrex Mini interview - David Oghia talks up the nostalgic vector powerhouse

Having been wowed by the news of the Vectrex Mini at Gamescom , I rushed off some questions to VectrexOn's main man  David Oghia . After a post-event, well earned, break, he's kindly given us a lot of detail about the project and some new images of the unit to share.  His story mirrors mine somewhat, Vectrex represents a glowing, unaffordable, obelisk of gaming power from our youth! But he's had the energy and drive to do something about it, and met the right people to get the job done!  What first got you interested in Vectrex and what spawned the idea of a Mini version? I’ve always been passionate about retro-gaming, but my first love was computers rather than consoles — the ZX81, then the Commodore 128. I only really discovered the console world in the late 90s, which is when I got my very first Vectrex. Of course, I had seen it in stores back in 1983, but at that time it was far too expensive for me.  Today, I own five Vectrex systems at home. Vector-based games ...
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EA Says Battlefield 3 and Mass Effect 3 Going Handheld, But Which Ones?

While announcing improved financials in its quarterly report, EA has added mobile/handheld versions of both Battlefield 3 and Mass Effect 3 to its release list [PDF]. Now, these could be cut-down iPhone games, but they could, thanks to the power of the NGP, be creditable ports that allow you to play the game on your home console and then carry on the adventure on the go.



That's what lots of developers seem to think NGP is capable of, and what Sony is aiming for. Whether it will happen for the first generation of NGP games is rather a big stretch, but if it does happen, it would be awesome (ignoring the having to buy two copies or a special bundle of the game issue).

We probably won't hear the real details until E3, or even later, and it would be cool to think EA has the imagination to try this, or we could just end up with an iPhone on-rails shooter and a 3DS mini-game collection, such are the strange whims of big gaming corporations these days.

EA states, "With Battlefield 3 we are mounting the biggest launch campaign for a game in EA’s history.
We think the franchise is worth it.  We know the opportunity is worth it.  Still, this is a big
commitment of resources." which sounds promising, that game is down for a Q3 release while Mass Effect 3 has already slipped into next year.

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