Woah Dave!

A good game worth your time if you are a fan of classic co-op arcade games in the vein of Mario Bros. The game has a local co-op mode that looks very promising but I haven't been able to try that out yet. Not much else to say here but that the game gets more and more hectic the higher you score until you die so it's all about improving your high score and competing for the top spot among your friends and global leaderboards. If that sounds fun, get it, if not pass.

Woah Dave is an single screen arcade game along the lines of the original Mario Bros. It is just Dave vs aliens. The game randomly drops one of two things from the top of the screen. Either an egg or a skull 'block.' You can pick up either one just by running into them and then throwing them with the throw button. There's a catch though. Both objects have timers. When the skull block flashes, that means it'll explode soon. When the egg flashes, that means it will hatch. Both mean death for Dave if he's holding either one. You can throw the skull blocks into the eggs to smash them revealing a coin for you to collect. You can throw eggs into aliens to defeat them and leave a coin. While you're combating these aliens, the bottom platform is melting away with lava. Once the floor is gone, the lava slowly rises! If a green hatchling alien falls into the lava, it gets wooshed up to the top of the screen and turns red. Making it a fast alien. When the red aliens hit the lava they get thrown ...

This is the most tragic game I have ever played. The premise: You're Dave. As a child, Dave had no friends due to his quirky behavior, and so videogames became his only company. They filled his imagination and made every day an adventure. The floor was lava. Adults were alien creatures. One day, Dave's parents realized he was no longer pretending. Touching the floor resulted in shrieking anxiety attacks and catatonia shortly thereafter. His tendency to pelt adults with breakfast food went from cute to terrifying once he developed the strength to put a classmate in the hospital with a hard-boiled egg. Dave was diagnosed with schizophrenia. His mental illness proved unresponsive to standard medication. He had to be involuntarily committed. But captivity did not suit Dave. Venture forth from the confines of the psych ward and take your vengeance on the aliens who seek to deprive you of your freedom and self-determination. But beware, getting too close allows them a chance to dose you...

With it's smart visual design cues and tight controls Woah Dave not only looks like our memory of those 80's arcade classics, but it plays as well as the best of them. This one is an easy recommendation if you are looking for a challenging game that will quickly have you chasing your next high score, and cursing under your breath as Dave falls again to exploding skulls or flying eyeballs. Extra mention for the fine music in the game, it's quite well done and certainly enhances the experience.

A sweet little Vlambeer-esque arcade game with fun, streamlined dynamics, slick little noises and frantic, fast gameplay. Really enjoying it as "distractionware", goes great alongside Nuclear Throne and Super Hexagon. Sweet job guys!

A VERY fun fast paced arcade game styled game but it will make you rage thuroghly!

I CAN'T...STOP...PLAYING IT!!!!

Great game with a 1980 feel, especially if you're familiar with Mario Bros. Amazing music as well, as you collect pennies from defeated enemies (by throwing certain objects) while trying not to die. EDIT: With the Deluxe version out, this game has turned into a masterpiece, adding in more maps, characters, and even bosses! (There's another type of POW block in there after beating the boss, but you'll have to find out yourself.)

EDIT: I returned to the game after the "Deluxe" upgrade. Although the developers did add a couple more levels (effectively tripling the content), there is still very little gameplay overall. The two new levels have only minor differences from the original. And all the "new characters" they added are nothing more than pixel-swaps - they all move and play in exactly the same way. Basically, I would say that if you have a strong fondness for early-to-mid-80s arcade games but wish they were a lot more difficult, you might like Woah Dave. Even then though, I think $5 is too much for what you are getting here. The music is still the best part of the game, by a wide margin. My original review is below, though it's mostly obsolete now: [i]Even at $5, this is one of the biggest ripoffs on Steam. There is only one stage and one game mode. After 5 minutes of playtime, you have seen virtually everything the game has to offer. I paid $1 for it on sale, and I still feel like it was a waste of m...

Woah Dave has captivated me with its simple "easy to learn, hard to master" playstyle. The simple pick up and play nature of it make it an easy game to play when you've got a minute or two to spare. Desimating aliens with their own children has never been so much fun!