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ChadTower:
It all depends on if you mean for US, or for the retail scene. New vector games are released several times a year and have for the last few years.
SirPoonga:
Well, in order for someone to produce vector monitors they are going to have to make money, so....
Vector games would have to be trendy again in order for there to be enough money to make that happen.
ChadTower:
They won't be THAT trendy, since they would require hardware. One thing that has always been the case with games is that dedicated hardware, other than the console itself, dooms a game to the very fringes of retail.
A vector fan's best bet right now is to get a Vectrex and check out the awesome homebrew scene. Best one out there, IMO.
SirPoonga:
That's why they WOULD have to be trendy. It's the trendy things where people will pay for specialized hardware. Look at Steel Battalion, that new PS2 Pachinko controller, the Resident Evil 4 chainsaw controller, etc...
It would have to be affordable though, don't know how many people buy Steel Battalion.
A modern version of vetrex would be cool. Might be able to pull it off with this retro gaming movement. There's tons of those TV game controllers, 70s LED games, etc.. around these days.
Handheld vetrex, size of a gameboy sp, that could be interesting...
ChadTower:
Erm, how would you manage to make an LCD based vector monitor? :laugh:
Pretty much everything you mentioned there is ultrafringe, especially those microscopically small production run items like the RE chainsaw.
As much talk as you see on the net about Steel Battalion, I have yet to ever see any of that stuff in person, and I know way more hardcore console gamers than any person should.