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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 ...

PS Vita reveal 11 years ago today

The future of portable gaming was revealed by PlayStation 11 years ago today (27th January), with Sony showing off the what-would-be-Vita for the first time as NPG (previously PSP2) in Tokyo at PlayStation Meeting. 

No games were shown off (from memory), that came a few days later. But for a hardware reveal, it ticked all the right boxes. Some of my stories from the day...

Cool, powerful, what wasn't to like about the successor to the PSP. And here's the video from the day...

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