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# Whoa Dave! actually deserves that exclamation point in its title
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/whoa-dave-actually-deserves-exclamation-point/
- Published: 2014-04-18T18:09:31.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:34:06.000Z
- Description: Whoa Dave! is one of those modern-retro games that makes you wonder if videogames weren’t close to perfect like 30 years ago. Deep down, all they really need is a setup mirroring Mario Bros., some pixel-y beasts hatching from eggs a la Joust, and a couple of players lapping up coins and trying to sa
- Author: Jason Johnson
- Tags: News, 3ds, Arcades, OUYA, steam, whoa dave!, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

[*Whoa Dave!*](http://gaijingames.com/games/woah-dave?ref=killscreen.com) is one of those modern-retro games that makes you wonder if videogames weren’t close to perfect like 30 years ago. Deep down, all they really need is a setup mirroring *Mario Bros.*, some pixel-y beasts hatching from eggs *a la Joust*, and a couple of players lapping up coins and trying to sabotage each other’s shit. Oh yeah, also needed: some algorithm telling the game to gradually ramp up the intensity from step aerobics to “Holy jeez, I can’t tell where my guy ends and the enemies begin!”

It’s impossible not to have a great time with local multiplayer games like these—that is, unless you’re playing against the guy who made it. When I sparred with the dev Jason Cirillo a month ago on his Ouya (the game is also coming to 3DS, phones, and Steam), he kicked my ass all over the place. But it was still pretty fun, actually.