Gamescom 2025 simply received an entire lot extra vector-tastic!
Maintain onto your overlays, retro followers – the legendary Vectrex is again, and it’s been shrunk all the way down to a pint-sized powerhouse! Making its dazzling debut at Gamescom 2025, the Vectrex Mini is a contemporary reimagining of the enduring 1982 vector-based console, and it’s already stealing the present in Corridor 10’s Retro Space.
For the uninitiated, the unique Vectrex was a trailblazer – the one dwelling console with its personal built-in vector show, full with translucent display overlays, lightpen help, and even 3D goggles. It was mainly a mini arcade cupboard in your lounge room. Now, over 40 years later, the Vectrex Mini is right here to rekindle that magic – in a a lot smaller (and cuter) kind.
A better take a look at the Vectrex Mini prototype… pic.twitter.com/TbvNkV9FN8
— Vectrex Official (@VectrexOn) August 21, 2025
🧠 What’s New within the Mini?
- 📺 1/third the scale of the unique, however nonetheless an all-in-one unit
- 🌈 AMOLED show for crisp, vibrant vector graphics
- 🎮 12 built-in video games, with the flexibility so as to add extra
- 💾 Trendy internals, however devoted to the unique expertise
- 💸 Anticipated worth: €150 (~ AU$270)
- 📏 Top: approx. 6–8 inches / 15.2-20.3cm – excellent in your desk or shelf!
The Vectrex Mini is being developed by a passionate French group, and whereas it’s nonetheless in prototype kind, the thrill is actual. Followers at Gamescom are already lining as much as get hands-on with the unit, which sits adorably subsequent to its full-sized ancestor like a retro gaming Matryoshka doll.
🗓️ Kickstarter Incoming!
The group behind the Mini has confirmed a Kickstarter marketing campaign launching in September, so should you’ve ever dreamed of proudly owning a Vectrex (with out shelling out a whole lot on eBay), now’s your likelihood to leap in.
Whether or not you’re a die-hard Vectrex veteran or a curious newcomer, that is one retro revival you received’t need to miss. And who is aware of – if this goes nicely, possibly we’ll lastly see that long-lost Vectrex handheld from the ’80s make a comeback too!
picture supply: Vectrex Official through Twitter/X
