Um, Did Anyone Buy An OUYA?

[otaku]

nope and now I would rather have amazons device seems like the better of the two

[T2KFreeker]

nope and now I would rather have amazons device seems like the better of the two

Yay! Thanx' for making a serious reply that added to the over all content of the conversation.

Anyway, the emulation for the system isn't bad if that's your thing. I can honestly say I am impressed with the NES, Sega Genesis and also the PC Engine Emulators. Very cool that you can also play Sega CD and Turbo CD's on it. Adding the scanlines helps also. The only issue I have is the control pad feels wrong for these. Before anyone starts bashing the Ouya controller, let me explain. It's a hardware thing. Generally speaking, if I play games for those systems, I( am just so used to how those pads feel that no matter what system they are on, the controller just feels wrong.

As for some game suggestion:
Neon Shadow is a nicely made FPS
Open Arena For Ouya is excellent if you like Quake III Arena
Pocket RPG is excellent. Kind of a cartoony Gauntlet/Diablo style game
Saturday Morning RPG is hilarious fun. Classic RPG style game that pulls in your favorite 80's Cartoons
Vertex Blaster is a really fun game. Oldschool dual stick shooter on a sperical surface. Built really well, but hard as nails

Just a few off the top of my head anyway.

[Tanooki]

I put up with it as the Kindle (old style) is fantastic for books, but I really doubt the Amazon box is all that great as they'll get all control freak happy over it since they're in direct competition with google/googleplay shop. They also like to upgrade stuff at a good clip as well. Ouya is largely open ended so I think you'll do better if you don't want to stay in the confines of what the services offered are.

[Bojay1997]

Just a heads up that Target will have the Ouya on sale for $69.99 starting on Sunday, April 27th. It should be in the weekly ad.

[Greg2600]

I would have big reservations about Amazon's device, because it's not going to be as "open" as the Ouya OS is.

[YoshiM]

Dang....I've got this desire to snag another, a small HDMI monitor, arcade controls and build a bar top arcade setup. Small, cool and quiet.

[Bojay1997]

I would have big reservations about Amazon's device, because it's not going to be as "open" as the Ouya OS is.

I have a Fire TV and it's actually a great little unit. Having said that, it's not intended to be an open system by any stretch. It's really more like an Amazon specific version of Apple TV with added gaming capabilities and some exclusive titles.

[Flashback2012]

Just a heads up that Target will have the Ouya on sale for $69.99 starting on Sunday, April 27th. It should be in the weekly ad.

Nice.

I wasn't able to get it when it was on sale at Amazon for that price but I'll snap it up at Target. Thanks for the heads up.

[T2KFreeker]

You know, really, the only real complaint you can make about the Ouya as a console is the control pad, and it really isn't that bad. The build quality could be better. I wish it was more like the 360/One pad is, but it's functional, at least. The price that Target is selling it at at this moment is really good and well worth it. I still need to track down that awesome looking white unit they did for Christmas though. That would be really cool as I thought it looked really nice like that.

[Tanooki]

Anyone ever test a Moga Pro with the latest firmware on the Ouya as I'm curious how well it syncs up if it does at all. I know the launch era stuff would do HID mode but the right analog was dead and the left was sketchy acting like the d-pad.

[StealthLurker]

Anyone ever test a Moga Pro with the latest firmware on the Ouya as I'm curious how well it syncs up if it does at all. I know the launch era stuff would do HID mode but the right analog was dead and the left was sketchy acting like the d-pad.

You can pair a ps3 six axis pad with an OUYA. It also works with the USB Saturn pad knock-offs, NeoGeo-X USB stick and a couple other USB pads/sticks.


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[Tanooki]

I know those work, I wanted to know where the Moga Pro stood since it was sketchy back at launch.

[Flashback2012]

I just picked one of these up at Target on Sunday. The whole controller/battery thing threw me for a loop but I finally figured it out.

I downloaded the firmware update and got the username I wanted but I'm stuck at the screen asking for my CC info. I'm going to go back to Target later in the week and get one of those voucher cards as they have the $10 ones for $8 each.

Once I get past that part, no idea what I want to do with it other than emulation. I'll check out some of the official stuff I'm sure. For now I've been hitting up YouTube watching people talk about the system and seeing what can be done with it. I spy the USB and Micro USB ports in the back, what all can you jack into these things? Is keyboard/mouse compatibility in there? Can you hook a multi-USB adapter in?

[Tanooki]

Of all things usernames is one thing that bugs me. My name or derivatives of it on this board tend to get gobbled up which is really annoying. I think I saw you can use those multi-USB don't hold me to it though. I do know you can use console controllers with a USB attachment which is a great thing.

I'm still looking into the sideload thing of google play, but everything I see says I have to screw with the system and root it to do so which I think kind of sucks. I'm totally unfamiliar with that and tend to like leaving things as they were.

[StealthLurker]

I didn't have to root mine to side load apps. Did it from day one when I got it.... though I have a kickstarter release. Maybe the retail versions are diff? I have kept it up to date firmware/os-wise, but I can still side load with no issues.

Also plugging in a USB mouse and keyboard just works... which shouldn't have amazed me, but it did haha. A real mouse is a lot easier than using the "touch surface" in the middle of the pad.

I've also hooked up my Ouya to a CRT which makes the emulated games look better imho. Even the HD native android games looked pretty good on the CRT. Used an HDMI to s-video converter to do that.

[Zap!]

I've been playing Pixner a lot. Really cool retro-type game.

[bb_hood]

I've been playing Pixner a lot. Really cool retro-type game.

why does that guy need 4 keys to open one door?

[Zap!]

why does that guy need 4 keys to open one door?

Well, my front door has two locks so that's two keys, I guess the bad guy was paranoid and wanted four locks.

[Steve W]

My Ouya came in the mail yesterday. It's a unique little system, I'm still getting the hang of it. So far My Nuclear Octopus is one of my favorite games. I've finally gotten the Atari 2600 emulator to find all the ROMs I put on a USB flashdrive, and there's a few interesting games available. I just want to know at what point will they get some of the really big names in Android OS games to port their stuff over.

[PreZZ]

Finally bought it this weekend on amazon Canada for 69$! Playing 16:9 hd sonic 2 and sonic cd on my tv will be great, i already bought those on playstore.