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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 ...

PSP Still Rules the Japanese Charts

The Media Create charts are out in Japan showing last week's hardware and software sales. PSP still tops the hardware charts with over 30,000 sales and PSP titles take up 10 of the 20 spots in the charts:

1. Ace Attorney Investigations 2 (DS) – 132,266 (New)
2. Macross Triangle Frontier (PSP) – 55,513 (New)
3. White Knight Chronicles Portable (PSP,) – 40,603 (New)
4. Dragon Ball Kai (DS) – 31,108 (New)
5. Kenka Bancho 5 (PSP)- 28,000
6. Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP) – 27,861
7. The Last Story (Wii) – 19,178
8. Valkyria Chronicles 3 (PSP) – 17,927
9. Donkey Kong Returns (Wii) – 16,493
10. Is My Little Sister Seriously This Cute? Come On, Get Outtahere! (PSP) – 11,721
11. Pokemon Black & White (DS) – 10,795
12. Dragon Age Origins (PS3)- 10,517
13. Wii Party (Wii) – 9,678
14. Winning Eleven 2011 (PSP) – 9,301
15. A Certain Magical Index ( PSP) – 8,863
16. Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix (PSP) – 8,430
17. Winning Eleven 2011 (PS3) – 8,229
18. Ni no Kuni (DS) – 7,595
19. Inazuma Eleven 3 The Ogre (DS) – 7,165
20. Atelier Violet (PSP) – 5,564 (New)

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