Software:Ooga Booga

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Short description: 2001 video game
Ooga Booga
Ooga Booga cover.jpg
Developer(s)Visual Concepts
Publisher(s)Sega
Producer(s)John Race[1]
Programmer(s)Nathan Bamberger
Evan Harsha
Mark Roberts
Artist(s)Collin Fogel
Leandro Peñaloza
Marten Lundsten
Composer(s)Brian Luzietti
Larry Peacock
Platform(s)Dreamcast
Release
  • NA: September 11, 2001[2]
Genre(s)Action, party
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Ooga Booga is an online multiplayer video game for the Dreamcast, focusing on the combat of "Kahunas" using thrown shrunken heads, riding animals, staffs, or using spells. The game received positive reviews from video game critics.

Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot.

The storyline is that Ooga Booga is a volcano goddess that creates islands, and has leaders of tribes, the Kahunas, that battle for her favour.[3] It has a distinct Polynesian style and tone, and has many multiplayer islands and characters which can be unlocked. It was one of the last online games for the Dreamcast. There are four basic Kahunas that the player can use: Hottie (balanced), Fatty (strong), Twitchy (fast), and Hoodoo (spells).[4] There are other unlockable Kahunas based on the main four. Some of them include Death, a floating skeleton, Abe (former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln), Superguy (superhero), Joseph (a caveman who says "ooga booga") and Dwarf (a dwarf).

Development and release

Ooga Booga was developed by Visual Concepts and published by Sega. The game started out as a real time strategy game about a horse-man converting village tribes to your side through magic spells, It was later made into a arena fighter instead. The game was first announced during Sega Gamer's Day 2000. It previously had the tentative title of "Resurrection".[5][6] The game was showcased at Sega's E3 2001.[7] The title included copy protection.[8]

On January 26, 2018, private server support was enabled by the Dreamcast Live community, making it possible to play the game online once again.[9]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic81/100[10]
Review scores
PublicationScore
EGM7/10[11]
Game Informer6/10[13]
GamePro4/5 stars[14]
GameSpot7.2/10[3]
GameSpy80%[15]
IGN9.4/10[16]
X-Play4/5 stars[17]
Playboy70%[18]

Ooga Booga received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[10] The Los Angeles Times compared the game to Ico for the PlayStation 2.[19] Gary Whitta of NextGen called it "A tasty slice of lightweight party fun that proves there's life in Dreamcast yet."[20]

References

  1. ↑ pcwzrd13 (January 19, 2017). "Interview with Ooga Booga's Producer, John Race (OogaboogaGame) on twitter". https://dreamcastlive.net/blogs/post/Interview-with-Ooga-Boogas-Producer-John-Race/. 
  2. ↑ "Ooga Booga". http://www.sega.com/games/dreamcast/post_dreamcastgame.jhtml?PRODID=820. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fielder, Joe (September 17, 2001). "Ooga Booga Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006""]. Red Ventures. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/ooga-booga-review/1900-2812902/. 
  4. ↑ Burch, Anthony (April 24, 2007). "Games time forgot: Ooga Booga". Enthusiast Gaming. https://www.destructoid.com/games-time-forgot-ooga-booga-31168.phtml. 
  5. ↑ Gantayat, Anoop (June 16, 2000). "Resurrection: The Next Visual Concepts Game?". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/06/17/resurrection-the-next-visual-concepts-game. 
  6. ↑ Ahmed, Shahed (November 9, 2000). "Sega Gamer's Day 2000: Sega Announces Ooga Booga". Red Ventures. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sega-gamers-day-2000-sega-announces-ooga-booga/1100-2652266/. 
  7. ↑ IGN staff (May 22, 2001). "Post-E3: Sega". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/05/22/post-e3-sega. 
  8. ↑ Cowan, Danny; Hartel, Brady (Fall 2008). "When Game Companies Strike Back". Hardcore Gamer (Prima Games) 4 (3): 35–39. https://archive.org/stream/hardcore-gamer-magazine-v4i3#page/n17/mode/1up. 
  9. ↑ pcwzrd13 (January 26, 2018). "Ooga Booga Is Back Online!". https://dreamcastlive.net/blogs/post/Ooga-Booga-Is-Back-Online/. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Ooga Booga for Dreamcast Reviews". Red Ventures. https://www.metacritic.com/game/ooga-booga/critic-reviews/?platform=dreamcast. 
  11. ↑ EGM staff (October 2001). "Ooga Booga". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (147): 150. 
  12. ↑ Steinberg, Scott (September 21, 2001). "Ooga Booga". Greedy Productions. http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=6762. 
  13. ↑ "Ooga Booga". Game Informer (FuncoLand) (102). October 2001. 
  14. ↑ Star Dingo (September 12, 2001). "Ooga Booga". GamePro (IDG). http://www.gamepro.com/sega/dreamcast/games/reviews/16680.shtml. Retrieved June 21, 2020. 
  15. ↑ Sempai (October 17, 2001). "Ooga Booga". IGN Entertainment. http://gamespy.com/reviews/october01/oogabooga/. 
  16. ↑ Chau, Anthony (September 18, 2001). "Ooga Booga". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/09/18/ooga-booga. 
  17. ↑ Rector, Brett (October 19, 2001). "'Ooga Booga' (DC) Review". TechTV. http://www.techtv.com/extendedplay/reviews/story/0,24330,3353839,00.html. 
  18. ↑ Steinberg, Scott (October 9, 2001). "Ooga Booga". Playboy Enterprises. https://www.playboy.com/sports/games/oogabooga/index.html. 
  19. ↑ Curtiss, Aaron (October 25, 2001). "Beauty and the 'Ooga Booga'". Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-oct-25-tt-61366-story.html. 
  20. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named NGenob

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