8/3/2023 0 Comments Bombsquad ouya game![]() So why do I consider the Ouya it a success despite the obvious commercial failure? ![]() No Brakes Valet is now available for Windows (it works perfectly under WINE on Linux too) for $2 on itch.io if you fancy some parking fun! It’s stupidly fun and frustrating as a car barrels onto the screen, knocking other vehichles out of their spaces. The cars have limited control, coming into the screen at speed, with minimal or (hence the title) no brakes. You’re each a valet trying to arrange vehicles in car parks. No Brakes Valet was one we discovered which was ridiculous and fun in equal parts. The Ouya had a bunch of much smaller indie titles too. We had so much fun with Bomb Squad over the short lifespan of the Ouya, it was a super-fun hit for us. This mostly consisted of throwing explosives at eachother, or teaming up to attack waves of enemies in successive rounds, with bombs. Sat on the floor of my office, the three of us played that game to death.Īnother favourite for us was Bomb Squad, another multi-player party game. A four player local multi-player game where you fire arrows at eachother, collect weapons, defences and avoid traps, Towerfall is almost perfect. ![]() There was one killer-app for the Ouya - Towerfall - a launch exclusive for the console. Sadly the company failed to generate enough revenue from device or game sales, and later closed down with Razer acquiring the assets. There weren’t enough paid applications in the store to sustain the platform or the developers it seems though. Games in the store had free demo versions with an option for developers to publish paid variants. Mine only had 8GB storage, but you could add more using a USB port on the back. It ran on top of Android, and performed pretty well for the price. The device had an easy to use custom 10 foot UI and store front to discover and install games and applications. I got an extra controller so I can play some games with the kids. ![]() The woman behind the counter said they’d sold some and the guy there was more interested in the emulation side than native games. I was a bit surprised to see the Ouya marketed in my local Game store. Mine arrived only a week or so before they started appearing in retail outlets. I impetuously backed it the next day for $99 plus $20 shipping and $30 for a second controller.Īfter some mis-steps and mistakes, the backer devices finally shipped. They far exceeded the target of $950,000, reaching $8,596,474, setting some high expectations among the backers and interested onlookers. It was essentially an Nvidia Tegra 3 based ARM System on Chip crammed into a tiny box which sat under / near your TV and was operated with supplied bluetooth game controllers. It was billed as “A New Kind of Video Game Console” which sold for $99/£99 at launch. On 11th July 2012, the Ouya burst onto the scene via popular crowdfunding site - Kickstarter. ![]()
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