kids first system

[raskar42]

if you had a kid, what would their first system be?

Edited August 6, 2007 by raskar42

[Paul Humbug]

if you had a kid, what would their first system be?

 

 

Since you are posting in the classic games section, I guess you exclude anything like PS2 and Gamecube?

 

 

Depending on age, but if I go to friends houses with kids under 14, the Gamecube and or PS2 rules.

 

Concerning classic gaming: I would buy some usb retro conrollers and do some emulation to teach them about the classic home computers games, NES, Master System, etc. Giving them a GBA rather than a DS.

 

I also could imagine getting a nice NES/SNES clone and looking for carts. I wouldnt let them touch my FB2 though

[+RandomPerson]

Kinda odd, I would think most of us are of the age to have children the age to play games and some of us have children who are grown and they are having children. Anyhoo, My son who is 3 and a 1/2 took a liking too on his own a handheld clone of tetris last year and my daughter who is 14 first took a like to Crash Bandicoot on the PS1 moons ago and still plays the Crash titles on the Cube\Wii.

Edited August 6, 2007 by Shawn Sr.

[jboypacman]

Got to start them out right so a Atari 2600.

[Gregory DG]

My 4-year old son has claimed my GBA SP as his own... We got him several age appropriate games like Dora, Little Einsteins, etc.

 

He's also played 2600 games via my 7800 and a Flashback 2. Centipede appears to be his favorite.

Edited August 6, 2007 by Gregory DG

[Atari5200]

well I do have a kid who is 13 months old now. I bought him a Sega Pico for when he gets a little older, but right now he has a leap frog baby system with interchangeable cartridges, it's orange and the controller is just a bunch of buttons.

 

I guess when he gets older, he'll just play with my stuff, though I do have a TI/994a with alot of educational software that I plan on him using.

[Classic Pac]

I don't have any kids but a friend does his kids love their GBA and they wish they had a Wii

[n8littlefield]

Luke is almost 3 and he has the Vsmile which he hardly touches (partly my fault, I haven't tried reintroducing it for awhile). He love the Wii though - he can play tennis on Wii Sports, cow racing on Wii Play and I just bought him Happy Feet and he can do the racing in that as well. He likes making Spiderman run around in the Cube Spiderman game too.

 

I think for a first console the Wii is actually a great option since some of the games like tennis or baseball involve more gross motor skills than the fine skills required for many console games. It's very intuitive to teach a kid that leaning left or right makes the penguin on the screen do the same thing.

 

As for the other obvious option: PC. Luke loves the computer and can already handle a mouse easily. He has Nemo, Dora and Kidpix - all of which he can play on his own once I start them up.

 

For classics - he can play Atari as well, he likes Pole Position alot and loves watching MsPacman - but the Wii and the PC are easily the ones that he is the best at and asks to play the most.

[SINGLE TOOTH]

If I had a kid I would only allow them to play the 5200 and Classic Gameboy. Or else they will recive the thrashing of a lifetime. JK.

[A Sprite]

Picture the girl at the PC screen, playing her gameboy game on the big screen, because the little one is still too small to trust her with. Her eyes dance, as Nemo appears. "I want fishy!" She's three years old. Her mother shoots a thank you my way. The fish swims through the water, artfully arranging to smash it's little fish skull against every wall that stands in her way. It does no good, but she has patience. A half hour later, she realizes the wall is a worthy opponent, and asks for help.

 

I show her the meaning of the word over. This lesson is ignored, in favor of "Adults will do things for you, if you ask." It takes her longer to unlearn this lesson, than it does to learn the fish's nose is not a bulldozer.

 

But she does learn it. And she's off again.

 

Until she meets the clam. Twice the size of her fish, it blocks off her exit. Mouth open wide, is it an enemy? She floats close, it doesn't move. With a sigh, I realize it's just another barrier getting in her way.

 

She studies it carefully, thinking. Then she understands. Backing the fish up, tail first, she lays little Nemo into the shell.

 

"Fishy go potty!" She announces. The game suddenly makes sense. All Nemo needed to do, was learn to use the toilet, just like she had.

 

And she had taught him how, all by herself. This was the first time she realized, she could use her powers for good.

 

The expression on her face was one I'll treasure forever.

 

Until she ran head first into the next wall. "I...stuck...." She cries, aiming for an Oscar.

 

But it was a start...

[SINGLE TOOTH]

Picture the girl at the PC screen, playing her gameboy game on the big screen, because the little one is still too small to trust her with. Her eyes dance, as Nemo appears. "I want fishy!" She's three years old. Her mother shoots a thank you my way. The fish swims through the water, artfully arranging to smash it's little fish skull against every wall that stands in her way. It does no good, but she has patience. A half hour later, she realizes the wall is a worthy opponent, and asks for help.

 

I show her the meaning of the word over. This lesson is ignored, in favor of "Adults will do things for you, if you ask." It takes her longer to unlearn this lesson, than it does to learn the fish's nose is not a bulldozer.

 

But she does learn it. And she's off again.

 

Until she meets the clam. Twice the size of her fish, it blocks off her exit. Mouth open wide, is it an enemy? She floats close, it doesn't move. With a sigh, I realize it's just another barrier getting in her way.

 

She studies it carefully, thinking. Then she understands. Backing the fish up, tail first, she lays little Nemo into the shell.

 

"Fishy go potty!" She announces. The game suddenly makes sense. All Nemo needed to do, was learn to use the toilet, just like she had.

 

And she had taught him how, all by herself. This was the first time she realized, she could use her powers for good.

 

The expression on her face was one I'll treasure forever.

 

Until she ran head first into the next wall. "I...stuck...." She cries, aiming for an Oscar.

 

But it was a start...

 

 

WTF???

[A Sprite]

Picture the girl at the PC screen, playing her gameboy game on the big screen, because the little one is still too small to trust her with. Her eyes dance, as Nemo appears. "I want fishy!" She's three years old. Her mother shoots a thank you my way. The fish swims through the water, artfully arranging to smash it's little fish skull against every wall that stands in her way. It does no good, but she has patience. A half hour later, she realizes the wall is a worthy opponent, and asks for help.

 

I show her the meaning of the word over. This lesson is ignored, in favor of "Adults will do things for you, if you ask." It takes her longer to unlearn this lesson, than it does to learn the fish's nose is not a bulldozer.

 

But she does learn it. And she's off again.

 

Until she meets the clam. Twice the size of her fish, it blocks off her exit. Mouth open wide, is it an enemy? She floats close, it doesn't move. With a sigh, I realize it's just another barrier getting in her way.

 

She studies it carefully, thinking. Then she understands. Backing the fish up, tail first, she lays little Nemo into the shell.

 

"Fishy go potty!" She announces. The game suddenly makes sense. All Nemo needed to do, was learn to use the toilet, just like she had.

 

And she had taught him how, all by herself. This was the first time she realized, she could use her powers for good.

 

The expression on her face was one I'll treasure forever.

 

Until she ran head first into the next wall. "I...stuck...." She cries, aiming for an Oscar.

 

But it was a start...

 

 

WTF???

 

Wait until you have a 3 year old daughter. All will be revealed.

[+RandomPerson]

 

WTF???

 

Wait until you have a 3 year old daughter. All will be revealed.

 

 

Couldn't have said it better myself. These are the codes that only parents understand young Single Tooth

[ntavio]

Atari 2600 Sesame Street games with the Kids Controller is a great way to start them off. Nintendo Gamecube is also very kid friendly.

[SINGLE TOOTH]

 

WTF???

 

Wait until you have a 3 year old daughter. All will be revealed.

 

 

Couldn't have said it better myself. These are the codes that only parents understand young Single Tooth

 

I guess you guys are right. But I prey that day does not come anytime soon. That is one of my greatest fears. Plus, its hard to get laid when you've only got one tooth!

Edited August 7, 2007 by SINGLE TOOTH

[JamesD]

I think the first thing would be one of those educational game systems.

For a strictly game system... Gamecube 1st choice... PS2 2nd.

[warmachine]

Picture the girl at the PC screen, playing her gameboy game on the big screen, because the little one is still too small to trust her with. Her eyes dance, as Nemo appears. "I want fishy!" She's three years old. Her mother shoots a thank you my way. The fish swims through the water, artfully arranging to smash it's little fish skull against every wall that stands in her way. It does no good, but she has patience. A half hour later, she realizes the wall is a worthy opponent, and asks for help.

 

I show her the meaning of the word over. This lesson is ignored, in favor of "Adults will do things for you, if you ask." It takes her longer to unlearn this lesson, than it does to learn the fish's nose is not a bulldozer.

 

But she does learn it. And she's off again.

 

Until she meets the clam. Twice the size of her fish, it blocks off her exit. Mouth open wide, is it an enemy? She floats close, it doesn't move. With a sigh, I realize it's just another barrier getting in her way.

 

She studies it carefully, thinking. Then she understands. Backing the fish up, tail first, she lays little Nemo into the shell.

 

"Fishy go potty!" She announces. The game suddenly makes sense. All Nemo needed to do, was learn to use the toilet, just like she had.

 

And she had taught him how, all by herself. This was the first time she realized, she could use her powers for good.

 

The expression on her face was one I'll treasure forever.

 

Until she ran head first into the next wall. "I...stuck...." She cries, aiming for an Oscar.

 

But it was a start...

 

Wow.

A fish who's objective is to take a crap in a clams mouth.

That's kind of disturbing in a japanese pron kind of way.

 

My vote goes to the genesis.

It's cheap, durable, and entertaining.

[MCHufnagel]

My kids first system was the PC. They had a ball with all of the educational games such as Math Blaster, Word Blaster, etc. and then moved on to strategy games and the Gameboy. Hell, the PC is still my oldest sons system of choice. He would rather play a PC version of a game than the Xbox 360 version. You can find a PC that plays educational games pretty cheap.