Ooga Booga

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Ooga Booga
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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.

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Gameplay

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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

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." [16] Star Dingo of GamePro said, "Ooga Booga's spell unleashes more chaos than strategy, yet the sheer cartoonish energy of it all could easily turn these island festivities into a regular tribal custom." [20] [lower-alpha 2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game each a score of 8/10, 6/10, and 7/10.
  2. ↑ GamePro gave the game three 3.5/5 scores for graphics, sound, and control, and 4/5 for fun factor.

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