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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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Final Fantasy Type 0 sells almost half a million

Square's final PSP masterpiece, Final Fantasy Type-0, notches up nearly 500,000 sales to dominate the Japanese charts. Leading four PSP titles in the top 10, the game scored 39/40 in Famitsu and proves the PSP is still going phenomenally strongly in its home country.


01. [PSP] Final Fantasy Type-0 (Square Enix, 10/27): 472,253
02. [WII] Kirby Wii (Nintendo, 10/27): 136,811
03. [PS3] Idolmaster 2 (Namco Bandai, 10/27): 65,512
04. [WII] Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, 10/13): 27,832 (163,451)
05. [WII] Go Vacation (Namco Bandai, 10/20): 25,259 (72,468)
06. [PS3] Disgaea 4 Fuka & Desco-hen Hajimemashita (Nippon Ichi, 10/27): 19,460
07. [PSP] Ro-Kyu-Bu (Kadokawa Games, 10/27): 17,593
08. [PS3] Macross F Sayonara no Tsubasa Hybrid Pack (Namco Bandai, 10/20): 16,741 (159,348)
09. [PSP] Terror of the Stratus (Konami, 10/27): 15,623
10. [PSP] Ragnarok Hikari to Yami no (GungHo, 10/27): 15,559


With Namco having reported great sales for its PSP games, the PSP is far from finished in Japan. More chart news at Andriasang.

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