Toddler Game Suggestions

backstander

and I certainly don't want him to create panicky or negative associations with crossing the street :)

Good point.

I picked up the Pac-Man 256 Plug 'n Play toy by Bandai/Namco over the weekend really just for the case. My son was so fascinated with the case and wanted to play it! It was kind of expensive ($19.77) but I thought one day I might get a Raspberry Pi Zero W and stick it in there lol:

A Former User

@backstander said in Toddler Game Suggestions:

but I thought one day I might get a Raspberry Pi Zero W and stick it in there lo

Hey! That's what I was doing!

backstander

@itsnitro

Hey! That's what I was doing!

I got the idea from you lol!

A Former User

@backstander said in Toddler Game Suggestions:

I got the idea from you lol!

Huh, neat.
Anyways, it's a little harder than expected, mainly because the joystick is so hard to take out. BUT I WILL FIND A WAY.

mattrixk

@edmaul69 I've never even seen a Turbographx in real life (had never heard of that or PC Engine before discovering RetroPie), but that sounds like an awesome deal and hearing it makes me excited for you.

@Capeman That's an awesome idea starting small and working up, adding a new dimension each time. I tried playing Lego Batman (Xbox 360) with him yesterday (He loves Batman), but he had trouble guiding the thumbstick to where he wanted to go.

@backstander I bought one of those for my Brother-in-law's kids a year or so ago. I've never seen them use it, but I don't see them too often.

pjft

Ok, I need to update this. My 3-y/o son loves playing "Donald Duck's Alphabet Chase" on DosBox. It's not that much of a game, but he just needs to find the respective letters on the keyboard, when prompted, to get Donald to catch the letter on screen.

Thought I'd share. There's no "lose state", Donald will just get frustrated if he can't catch the letter on time, but it's extremely lenient.

Anyone know of any similar toddler-friendly keyboard-driven alphabet or numbers games?

meleu

@pjft said in Toddler Game Suggestions:

There's no "lose state"

I think I've found the perfect expression I was looking for to describe the Dora the Explorer (Gameboy Advance) games!

There's no "lose state".

spruce_m00se

@meleu my little girl loves playing the dora games for the gbc.

Arcuza

Snake Rattle 'n Roll for NES

Mickey Mouse Magical Quest for SNES

Wario Ware for GBA

meleu

Let me take the opportunity that this spammer dug up this thread and share an interesting game I've been playing with my little one:

Ecco Jr, for Mega Drive.

Emulatre71

I remember there was a Sesame Street game for NES, Might be worth checking out

Crush

There are tons of fun games for toddlers on scummvm, like Blue's Clue's and the likes.
Rather than using a mouse, i'd use a Wii remote.

helloThere

@mattrixk Something I'd reccommend are the NDS Lego games, cause they're not just point and shoot games, but sometimes involve some simple problem solving. I'm enjoying playing Lego Star Wars and Lego Harry Potter.