Re: [SWCollect] Kids and Classic Gaming

[Jim Leonard]

As someone who has a 4.5-yr-old and a 7-yr-old, who play both modern and 
classic games (at my insistcnce), I too LOL'd at some of the comments.  But the 
whole thing was a bit depressing, too:  The kids in the article weren't aware 
that you can still challenge yourself and have fun with older games.  Some of 
the games my kids like to play:

- Luigi's Mansion (a truly horrible game in terms of gameplay)
- Super Mario Sunshine
- Super Smash Brothers Melee
- Sonic Heroes
- Sonic Adventure (both)
..etc.  In other words, typical Nintendo and Sega licensee crap (although I 
like the Sonic games).  However, they *also* enjoy the following:

- Pac Man (emulated)
- Sonic The Hedgehog (original Genesis, 1990, on a real Genesis)
- Marble Madness (emulated)
- Rampage (we have emulated, gameboy, lynx versions :-)
- Donkey Kong (Colecovision port, on a real Colecovision)
- Super Mario Bros. (NES emulated)
- Boxing (Activision, Atari 2600, on a real 2600)
They are *much worse* at the classic games in terms of skill, but they still 
*enjoy playing them*.  And to hear them laugh when they play Boxing against 
each other is to die for.  THAT is having fun.  That is what games are all about.

(Along those lines, I have no problem cheating in games if they are starting to 
frustrate me.  I tried to get past the final boss in Luigi's Mansion for 3 
solid hours before I just went and got an Action Reply to get past the thing. 
Games aren't fun if they're unfair.)

Dan Chisarick wrote:
Well, this answers a lot of questions about the current state of video 
games... I LOL at a couple of the comments, most of them from "Donkey 
Kong".


On May 31, 2004, at 3:20 PM, C.E. Forman wrote:
    I saw this too.  Hilarious!  I loved the fact that they were
    over-thinking, over-analyzing everything, believing the different
    colors on the blocks in Tetris meant something, wondering if you can
    do stuff with the umbrella and purse in DK, rapid-fire in Space
    Invaders, etc.
     
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    "Cute" ;)
    http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,2053,1487038,00.asp


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