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Quick question regarding game console by Pissy Badger

Has anyone here purchased an ouya? I'm hearing it's awesome for retro gaming.

Quick question regarding game console

Pissy Badger

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    Sebin Nyshkim

    I don't have one and I don't feel that inclined to get one, but if it's retro console gaming (NES, SNES, etc.) a Wii U would make more sense to me.

    What kind of retro gaming do you mean exactly?

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      Pissy Badger

      Well, what I like is you can load your games onto the ouya via USB thumb drive or external hard drive, so you don't have to pay over the top prices for a single old game.

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        Sebin Nyshkim

        So you mean you download an emulator for Ouya and play older console games?

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          Pissy Badger

          Yup yup, and you get the emulators through the ouya store, (most of them are free), and the game roms you find online.

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            Sebin Nyshkim

            Well if that works for you I'd say go for it :3

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    Rondeau

    not really a fan of older game consoles, the earliest i go to is gameboy and ps1 X3 mostly cuz i was raised on those rather than the older ones

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      Pissy Badger

      Aye, my first game console was an Atari 2600, so I occasionally get nostalgic for some old console gaming.

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    Kaa

    I know it runs some Android apps and games. Wasn't aware of the emulator capabilities, but if those work weel, I may consider getting one.

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      Pissy Badger

      That's the thing, eh? I'm not sure how well they really work, gotta research it a bit more.

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    HawkWolf

    I have no real experience using the ouya for retro gaming and emulation and such, but having used one at a gaming party at work, the overall experience of the Ouya was terrible. The games available in their app store were terrible, like the dregs of the xbox live arcade without any of the good games floating on top. The controllers took forever to pair, and would spontaneously unpair once they went to sleep.

    Unless it is going to be magically updated to have a better user interface and controllers, I wouldn't spend money for an Ouya even though it's quite cheap.

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      Pissy Badger

      Bah, that's all sounds awful. : p I'll have to see if I can try and find a forum where they maybe keep people informed of whether their issues are being fixed or not.