Toddler Game Suggestions
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@flop oh yeah DK Country series is a great suggestion. Forgot all about it..
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Isn't there a Thomas the Train for snes?
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@mattrixk My older son started when he was 4 with Legend of Zelda (NES). I think what caught his attention was the fact that I printed some maps of the "world" and the "dungeons". The kids like this thing of looking at maps and seeing that there is a correlation with what is appearing on the screen.
I got the images and some guides in www.gamefaqs.com and then I helped him giving some directions from time to time.
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There was some similar discussion on this thread:
Best MAME games for kids aged 6 - 10 -
Isn't there a Thomas the Train for snes?
There is Thomas games for both SNES and Genesis/MD and they are actually different games. My son loves watching me play both of them but he wouldn't take the controller. He actually would rather play on my wife's iPad. One time I got him to play Tony Hawk Pro Skater on my GameCube where he held the controller. He was just randomly pressing buttons and laughing when the skater fell on his butt.
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@backstander how old is he?
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@meleu
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I forget the name of it, but there is a Sesame Street game for the Nintendo Entertainment System which would be excellent for toddlers and features some very clear digitized voices. I think maybe it's called Sesame Street Countdown.
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Thanks everyone for the suggesions.
@xaGe: I'll add those Kirby games to the list.
@flop: How could I have forgotten about Donkey Kong Country? Also, the Monkey Island series is my favourite game series. I have the enhanced editions of 1 and 2 on my Xbox 360. I tried with them when he was little. I thought the artwork would get him, but it's just a lot of walking around and talking with not much happening and it just didn't hold his attention. It might be better now that he's older, so I'll try again.
I think Quake might be a bit too much for a 4 year old though.
@space-cadet: I remember seeing Thomas games, but I've never played them. I'll check them out.
@meleu: That's a great idea with printing out the maps. unfortunately I've never played a Zelda game, so I wouldn't be great at helping him out.
@backstander: I'll check that thread out. I did do a search for similar topics before posting this, but I didn't find any. I guess I wasn't using the correct search terms. Tony Hawks is a great idea, since the rider pretty much just moves under his own power all he has to do is steer.
@drake999: I didn't know there was a sesame street game, but it's not surprising now that I think about it. I'll give it a look.
Again, thank you everyone. This list has given me plenty to get started with.
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@mattrixk said in Toddler Game Suggestions:
unfortunately I've never played a Zelda game, so I wouldn't be great at helping him out.
Neither did I. The guides in gamefaqs.com are very rich and helpful. But the reading is a task for the daddy :-)
BTW: Goofy Troop (SNES) may be a good game to play in coop with your kid. It has some funny puzzles to solve. If that hands-up/hands-down mechanics confuses him maybe it's better to try it later, but you really should try it with him someday. ;-)
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Thanks @meleu. I didn't know about Goof Troop, I'll give it a go.
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Great thread, and one I had wanted to start a few weeks ago.
My 3yo loves watching me play Pacman, Qbert, Frogger and Crazy Taxi. The last one was a mistake, as the video happened to be playing. He also likes it when I read to him the stories from Thomas the Tank Engine on the SNES.
He can't however get to grips with controlling a game yet with a pad, though he gets the concept on am iPad with the touch based games. What controller are you using for him?
Best.
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My son hate games pads other than a Wiimote. He's been a keyboarder from day one.
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@pjft I have 2 PS3 controllers set up on my Pi at the moment, but I do have an 8BitDo NES30 (the square one, not the pro) that I use on my PC. I bought it because I thought he'd have a better go with a smaller controller that has fewer buttons, but I haven't gotten around to setting it up on the Pi yet. I've heard that the 8BitDo and PS3 controllers don't share the bluetooth very well, so I haven't wanted to risk messing them up.
Those are some good suggestions. What system do you have Crazy Taxi on? Is that a PSX game, or something else?
@xaGe: We do have an old Wii, so I might look into trying Mario or something on that. We have a pawn shop near here that has a bunch of older games for Original Xbox, PS2 and Wii, and I think even has some PS1 games. I don't go there too often because if I did I'd end up buying most of their stock (which I really can't afford).
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@xaGe said in Toddler Game Suggestions:
My son hate games pads other than a Wiimote. He's been a keyboarder from day one.
It is our responsibility to teach them from an early age. :-)
Here is my youngest son learning some Leona's special moves (The King of Fighters 2002):
(Of course I'm kidding. He is just doing some random movements on the stick.) :-)
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@meleu Still, he's loving it, and he'll be a champ in no time. (side note, we had that bear too. We just gave it to the neighbour's new little one).
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@mattrixk both my daughters when they were younger were really into the Puzzle Bubble/Bust-a-Move bubble games. We had MAME and I think a copy on PS2. Matching colors and puzzle solving. Nothing too crazy or violent. My 6 year old son however, is into Minecraft and Terraria. And thats it. Nothing like his older siblings.
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Hmm, the wife likes puzzle bobble too. I think we have a copy on Wii. I'll have to look into that. Cheers @celly.
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@meleu that's an epic photo!
... Also super jealous of that arcade controller setup your rocking in that photo!
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