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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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Unity 5 supports the Vita, goes free

Hot on the heels of the old Unreal Engine going free to use, the new big-budget Unity 5 packing in all manner of features is also free for smaller projects. Unity 5 Personal is free for those on a budget of under $100K, but lacks advanced services. While many of the shiny features probably won't be supported by the Vita's ageing Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9, it can still show most mobile devices a trick or two thanks to its relatively low resolution and Sony's box of gaming tricks.

Several recent projects have promised Vita versions if Unity support allowed. I guess we'll have to wait and see if this affects Vita development at all, with pretty limited crossover from mobile and main console projects still the order of the day, whatever the codebase. More on Gamasutra. If any devs would like to illuminate us on the possibilities, I'd be delighted.


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