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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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Sony fobs off new Vita gamers with FIFA 15 bundle

Talk about scraping the bottom of the barrel, the next Vita bundle up is one with FIFA 15 for €199 across Europe, available in a few weeks. That means Sony is trying to get gamers to buy into the Vita with a three year old game plus a team patch, incredible!

Still, for the unaware kids out there, it could sell a few, and there's not much wrong with the actual gameplay, if you ignore all the innovations that EA has made in the full-fat version with ultimate teams, dynamic tactics and so on! Given these games spend their lives in the top five of the chart, they must make some money for EA to invest in a decent update!

Note the desperate plea that the Vita plays PS4 games too! And note its a download code, Sony is just changing the outer packaging and slipping in a new voucher, hardly any effort at all. Not sure how much of the 4GB card FIFA 15 will eat up, FIFA 14 was 3GB and since all they've added is some new longer dodgy foreign player names and strip updates, it shouldn't be much bigger but gamers won't be able to download much more without investing in another memory card, all part of the plan, I'm sure. 

Note that FIFA 14 is still £45.99 on the PSN store (UPDATE, an EA PSN sale has just lopped that down to a just-about-reasonable £15), incredible that EA can get away with such mercenary tactics. Especially when the next versions in just £25 from stores. Compare that shoddy effort to Nintendo's next bundle... 


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