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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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Morning Roundup: A new PS3 model, Vita SFxT, Type-0 Demo and more

An action-packed night then. First up is news that Sony could be about to unveil an even smaller PS3 model, which will be down to design process improvements, smaller parts and advances in cooling plus a desire to keep shipping new models out.

Final Fantasy Type-0 will be getting a playable demo before release, according to Andriasang, hopefully from the website rather than us having to monkey about with the Japanese PSN store.

Yoshinori Ono, producer of Street Fighter x Tekken wants to integrate some of the Vita's technologies into the game with PS3/PSV continuation an obvious choice, vs. Xbox gaming and so on. Not so sure about his plans for the touch panel, classic fighting games should be about buttons, that is all.

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