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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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Japanese sales update, Legend of Heroes hits the top 10 but everyone's waiting for new hardware

For the last week of only Vita 1000 OLED model sales, things haven't gone very well, selling just 6,000 units. It looks like the LCD cavalry in the 2000 model can't come fast enough, but even then will it make much difference with God Eater 2 not due until November? Tune in next week to see what the spike is.


On the plus side, two new Vita games storm into the charts, with the new Legend of Heroes and Warriors Orochi alongside their PS3 brothers with very decent sales, but is seems everyone is waiting for the new hardware. Selling over 100,000 copies between them, the old Vita should surely have seen a bigger sales bump, but I guess the wait goes on.

01./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # (Capcom)  - 213.278 / 2.402.077 (-55%)
02./00. [PSV] The Legend Of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki # (Nihon Falcom)  - 81.622 / NEW
03./00. [PS3] Warriors Orochi 3: Ultimate # (Koei Tecmo)  - 80.398 / NEW
04./00. [PS3] The Legend Of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki # (Nihon Falcom)  - 67.718 / NEW
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08./00. [PSV] Warriors Orochi 3: Ultimate # (Koei Tecmo)  - 25.483 / NEW
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16./00. [PSP] Starry Sky: After Winter Portable # (Honeybee)  - 6.074 / NEW
17./00. [PSP] Meiji Toukyou Renka # (Broccoli) - 5.963 / NEW


While Monster Hunter remains at No. 1 its already half-a-million sales behind the PSP's MH3 sales after three weeks, here's hoping Capcom see the error of its ways soon enough. Or, perhaps the steam is slowly escaping the Monster Hunter bubble.

On the back of those PSP games, the old handheld crossed the 20 million sales point in Japan, well done to Sony for that. This week sales still a healthy 4,805, life time sales now 20,002,464 I asked @yosp if Sony was planning any celebration release or event, but no response.

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