Old School gaming with Young School Kids

[JayoK]

My son's local school runs an Autumn Fair fundraiser each year for extra income for the school. This year, I decided to dust off some of the collection and setup a room based on Retro gaming - i.e. proper games

 

On one of the system, I setup an Atari 800XL (my original I might add) and used a Pac-Man cartridge. It was 50c / game with the overall high-score winning a small poster prize. In addition I also set-up Street Fighter 2 and Super Smash Bros for the N64.

 

A hugely popular stand, but what was the most popular game for the 6-11 year old age group? Pac Man on the Atari by a long shot, you should have seen the excitement amongst the kids. Jumping out of their seats when nearly caught by the Ghosts. Brilliant. There's life in a 30+ year old system and game still.

 

 

Sorry about the image quality.

 

 

 

 

[Fletch]

Awesome

[kenjennings]

My 9-yr old daughter likes playing a lot of my favorite games on the 2600 and the Atari 800. Good play action is good play action -- it never gets old.

[w1k]

hmm, maybe is for kids better nature or other hobbies..

[JayoK]

hmm, maybe is for kids better nature or other hobbies..

 

It's all about the balance in life - too much of anything isn't good, But a little time on video games isn't a bad thing.