The first “Kickstarter” console. Releasing on June 25th, 2013, the crowdfunded Ouya generated a lot of hype but failed tremendously at delivering it's promises. Coming with an ARM Cortex-A9 CPU, 1 GB of RAM, and a GeForce ULP GPU capable of outputting up to 1080p, the Ouya's specifications were essentially an early-2010s Android phone, which comes as no surprise as the Ouya ran Android 4.1. The Ouya sold extremely poorly, reaching only 200k sales - despite the tremendous hype campaign the console launched with.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouya

While the Ouya's default OS is based off of Android, this is a freer version of Android with superior application compatibility. Still, though, this is probably supplanted in usefulness by LineageOS.

https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0075.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMOfBlK0H_Y

Whether these emulators support operating systems for these consoles is unknown; it must be looked into further. Consoles without meaningful OSes are not included.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ouya_software#Emulators

NEC TurboGrafx-16 – PCE.emu

Nintendo 64 – Mupen64Plus Ouya

Nintendo DS - nds4droid

Nintendo Entertainment System – NES.emu, EMUya

Super Nintendo Entertainment System – Snes9x EX Plus, SuperGNES, EMUya

Nintendo Game Boy (Color) – GBC.emu, EMUya

Nintendo Game Boy Advance – GBA.emu

Sega Dreamcast – reicast

Sega Genesis – MD.emu

Sony Playstation 1 – Fpse

unknown retroarch offerings

whatever works on it’s version of Android

Not properly tested, so there is a bunch unknown issues

A very old port that hasn't received full testing. Best to keep this as a simple oddity rather than an OS to use normally.

https://github.com/interoberlin/Debian-OUYA

This device runs an operating system which is known to emulate various devices with EOPs. See the DOS and MSX pages.

Android-based OS that aims to prolong the lifespan of devices from old eras of Android. Possibly one of the better options for the Ouya that preserves it's original purpose.

https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0076.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k13HQcNxiRM

https://www.s-config.com/section-3-method-2-adb-push-lineage-from-raspberry-pi-to-ouya/

Support is finally mainlined for the NVIDIA Tegra powered OUYA

Received mainline support recently, which opens up more possibilities for this little device.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.11-ARM-Changes

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/kewkqy/linux_511_supports_the_ouya_game_console/

Whether these emulators support operating systems for these computers is unknown; it must be looked into further. Computers without meaningful OSes are not included.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ouya_software#Emulators

Commodore 64 – FrodoC64, C64.emu

MSXs – MSX.emu

x86 – DOSBox Turbo

unknown retroarch offerings

whatever works on it’s version of Android, CHIP-8 probably & others

“On the mainline kernel, display resolutions above 1280×720 are glitchy”

This appears to work well, and it was recently mainlined into postmarketOS and the Linux kernel. Most everything works as it should, except the video output (glitchy), the 3D acceleration, and flashing the system.

https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Ouya_(ouya-ouya)

One of the ports from i12b-retro's work, which all seem to be well documented in a checklist format.

https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0074.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blHAq0dQU9M

For general information, see the Game Console Revisions Overview.

There are two versions of this console, arranged chronologically.

LOWEST PRICE?

The original OUYA, coming in silver with an 8GB NAND, 1 GB of RAM, and so on. These appear to be significantly more common than any later OUYA revision, but have no benefit outside of that in any way. For this, a lowest price moniker is given, solely because there’s probably more of these in places like thrift stores and game shops.

RECOMMENDED OVERALL

Coming later on, albeit with almost no meaningful changes. As implied, this OUYA variant upped the internal storage to 16 GB, while also altering the color to matte black. However, a limited edition white 16 GB version released in 2013, being discontinued by the start of 2014. While it is slightly difficult to find one of these (in black, white’s probably harder), they do not appear to get priced higher than the 8 GB OUYA, and the slight storage upgrade is a bit meaningful.

There are no revisions within any version. BEST RELIABILITY couldn’t be assigned.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouya

https://ouya.fandom.com/wiki/OUYA

https://ouya.fandom.com/wiki/Matte_Black_16GB_OUYA