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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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Dokuro comes to the west in October

After the rather poor response to the painted delights of Acquire's Sumioni, GungHo is giving chalk art a shot in the tricky platform puzzler Dokuro. The game got over 100,000 trial downloads and a reasonable 31/40 in Famitsu.


The game is now getting a western release, with a PSN release in October. With the Vita a little light on new platformers, this could well get a fair audience over here. The news is on the US PSN blog, hopfully Europe will be getting it too.

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