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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 ...

Sony Vita E3 News roundup

I'll update this page throughout the week as new stuff appears.

Okay, this page is now officially too big, more recent posts on new pages:

Little Deviants screens
Dragon's Crown offering PSV/PS3 interplay
Hotshots Golf to hit a hole-on-day-one
Oddworld games coming to Vita
StarDrone looking very sparkly
Ridge Racer coming to NGP

WED UPDATE - Little Big Planet trailer, not sure if I missed this from earlier:



WED UPDATE - Square has said that the next Final Fantasy game, XV, won't be a handheld title, most likely because of storage rather than visual power in the case of the Vita. However, he said that spin-off games will continue and frankly with Crisis Core, Type-O and all the other Final Fantasy games on PSN to play, we've got plenty to be going on with.

WED UPDATE - Irrational's Ken Levine confirms that Bioshock on Vita will be an all-new game, not a remake/rehash or other hatchet job. If he thinks that kind of investment is worth it for the Vita, then hopefully my wory about lots of cut-and-paste games may be unfounded.

UPDATE - Tecmo shows off new Dynasty Warriors title, with heavy emphasis on touch controls. More to follow




UPDATE - Namco announces Ridge Racer for Vita. Remember that Ridge Racer Type 4 PSOne is now out on the EU PSN Store, see the classic intro video.

Monday night was the big event, with the only real new news in the Vita section of the Sony's E3 show announcement being the confirmation of a global launch this year (Fall/Autumn) at $249, €249 £TBA (probably £249 too, rather than the £149 at current exchange rates).



The 3G model will sell for 50 whatevers more, but I really don't see the point unless you're some strange roaming, nomadic gamer. For those folks, social service "Party" will allow friends to gather and play while "Near" will help you find new friends to play with - better titles needed for those!

Games-wise, Ruin (video below) was announced as an NGP/PS3 cross-playing Diablo-style game, while versions of Bioshock, Street Fighter X Tekken and Virtua Tennis 4 were added to the NGP's roster. A few screens have been posted, with LBP look ace, while Sound Shapes just looks strange, but will probably play amazingly.

LBP has never looked better

Or faster

The Vita version gets Cole from Infamous as a playable character

Sound Stage had better play blazingly well

Videos from the E3 presentation:





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