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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 can't even mention the Vita by name in new advert

Sony's latest advert for Remote Play shows off the Vita, but since Sony doesn't make or sell them anymore, there's little point in name-checking it as that would "confuse" consumers - in the beady eyes of their marketing team. This is likely a response to the arrival of Google Stadia, the over-priced streaming only service that will die horribly pretty quickly, I reckon.

To be fair, the Remote Play experience with a DualShock and iPhone is pretty much the bees knees, since the iOS 13 update (if you get some gonky connector). But there's still nothing quite like playing on the Vita.

Of course, this wouldn't be a problem if the HD update Vita 2 (or whatever) had been rolled out to challenge the Switch. There has been some recent media fuss (all based on one patent for some shitty memory card or storage - Sony stop it, proprietary storage is dead!) which addled minds have linked to a new portable. But I'll believe and write about that when there's something more concrete.


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