Do you remember the days when you used to play against your friends in game consoles while you were in the same space and using the same device? No? Well, if you’re of the generation that just plays on your own respective devices, here’s something new to try. And if you’re part of the generation that longs for the days when playing games used to be social, then here’s some throwback fun for you. Micro Battles is a new game on Android that lets you play with actual people while you’re holding a single device!
Same device multiplayer games are very rare nowadays, not because we’re selfish about our gadgets (or maybe we are!). But regardless of the reason, Micro Battles lets you do this on games that change everyday (more on that later) and in keeping with the “nostalgia” bit, they are of the classic 8-bit variety. All of the games go for the one vs one single button battle, which is unique in itself already. And since the battles change everyday, then you need to open the app and use it if you don’t want to miss anything. But if you don’t have anyone to play with, then the games would be useless. So yes, you need to go out there and reconnect with friends or make new friends, just to be able to play.
Some of the Micro Battle games includes a football (okay, soccer) game where you both get to control a single player each and get them to score five goals into your opponent’s goal. There’s also a cowboy dueling game where you just get one bullet each and try to hit your opponent, with the added difficulty of having cacti around you where your bullet might ricochet or something. There also seems to be a dog-fighting game (no actual animals were hurt don’t worry) and a battle-ax throwing game (no humans were hurt as well, maybe just their pride).
If you use the game’s free to play mode, you get to play one of the four featured games every day. But if you choose the $1.99 in-app purchase, then you get to play all of the games whenever you want. Get Micro Battle from the Google Play Store.
