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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 ...

Latest UK Vita chart, new faces and old

While still failing to bother the all-formats chart much, Tearaway is stuck by pritt-stick to the top of the UK Vita chart, joined by its Media Molecule buddy LBP. Injustice fails to crack the top 10, arriving at 12 (despite that super-cheap Argos deal, perhaps I'm the only one that brought it).

On the plus side, only 4 of the top 12 are over a year old now, but Sony needs to get its developers and partners moving if there's to be much life here in 2014, with mostly some Japanese imports coming our way.




On the hardware front, the PS4 launch has finally dethroned the PSP as the most successful console launch in the UK, that was eight years ago, how times have changed! PS4 sold over 250,000 to the PSP's 185,000 (And how did Sony manage to screw that one up?) What's alarming is it managed that with no killer app game and mostly rehashed titles. Guess they'll think the same way for the PS5 and the Xbox 2.

1 = TEARAWAY SONY 1 2
2 + LITTLEBIGPLANET PS VITA SONY 3 63
3 - LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES WARNER 2 3
4 = FIFA 14 EA SPORTS 4 10
5 + BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS WARNER 6 6
6 - KILLZONE: MERCENARY SONY 5 13
7 + ASSASSIN'S CREED III LIBERATION UBISOFT 8 57
8 - RAYMAN LEGENDS UBISOFT 7 13
9 + VIRTUA TENNIS 4: WORLD TOUR EDITION SEGA 11 81
10 = CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS DECLASSIFIED ACTIVISION 10 55
11 + ANGRY BIRDS STAR WARS ACTIVISION 16 3
12 new INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US ULTIMATE ED. WARNER 1

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2013 UKIE Ltd

Amazon's Best Sellers (as of Monday AM):

1 Tearaway
2 FIFA 14
3 Killzone Mercenary
4 Assassin's Creed 3 Liberation
5 Virtua Tennis
6 Uncharted Golden Abyss
7 LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
8 LEGO Batman 2
9 Batman Blackgate
10 Rayman Legends

PSN Top Sellers (Who knows when they update this list?)

1 Amazing Spiderman
2 LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
3 Killzone Mercenary
4 WRC 4
5 The Walking Dead

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