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>>274237 (OP) 
One of these, eh? Sanic, Mario, Tetris. Anything that worked with you when you where are child als works with young children today, because they dumb and basically don't have any taste yet.

Depends on age, but Minecraft is probably the best thing you could hope for a kid to get into, assuming you expect them to get into videogames in the first place. Load it up with mods like Create https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR8W-f9YhYA
>but it's a cringe kids game
Yes. Kid stuff is cringe to an adult, that's just how it is.
>but they should only like things that I, a 25+ year old adult like
No.

I would avoid anything that encourages you to shut off your brain, such as FPS games or open world combat types (unless they involve complex exploration), although I have the impression that kids tend to be more into mentally stimulating games than adults are. I'd probably look for sandbox-ish games where you do some kind of self-directed problem solving, I don't have a good example but maybe something like TerraTech. Teardown sounds good but I recall it being somewhat difficult, though I only played it when it first went 1.0.

You can probably find good niches within Roblox, but that's a rabbit hole I wouldn't want to go into myself and I hear it's super monetized.

I have fond childhood memories of games like Ocarina of Time because of the adventure and mystery, even though I never got even a third of the way through it. Something like that might be good too, like CrossCode (the puzzles might become a problem though).

It might be good to introduce them to games where you don't play as characters directly, could widen their view of games. Rimworld is the only game that comes to mind, but that's probably too complicated. From Dust isn't exactly a kids game but I might have been enamored by it if I played it as a kid.

Depending on how autistic they are, the older ones might like messing around with Universe Sandbox or Powder Toy.

>>274237 (OP) 
Just start them off on early systems. Kirbys dreamland, sanic, mario. As they get older introduce later systems.

>>274237 (OP) 
Pre-2007 Need for Speed games, they were practically made for little boys.

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I play Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and FNAF maps on Roblox with my little brother.

>>274237 (OP) 
Crash Bandicoot

I played a bunch of arcade games and other emulated coop games on mame with my nephew when he was around 9. He really got into it and loved all the beatemups especially when you could fuck up eachother.

Streets of rogue was also fun for him.

Played a lot of Behemoth games (Alien Hominid, Castle Crashers, Battleblock Theater), TimeSplitters FP, Deep Rock Galactic, It Takes Two and Bloons with my kid brothers. Also played a good amount of Forgotten Lands and New Horizons with them. Think they mostly play BotW/TotK/Age of Calamity if they aren't watching jewtube shorts. Think they used to play Terraria with the middle sibling a lot. I've tried to get them into older games, but they don't seem very interested.

My niece loves pokemon snap and legends: arceus, but she just likes watching me play. Also she really got into the Spongebob game that came out not long ago

>>274512
You got pix?

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Try some old, simple 8-bit games.

>>274237 (OP) 
Tell the kids to play galges.

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Nothing wrong with the classics.  Point and click stuff like Pajama Sam.  Basic learning games like Word or Number Muncher.  If you are daring go so far to try a more complicated point and click game like Myst.

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Frankly I find the whole idea of "games for kids" insulting.  My view hasn't changed on this since childhood.  Good games are good whether you're a kid or an adult.  I wouldn't recommend trash like Minecraft to a kid the same as I wouldn't recommend it to an adult.

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>>274647
Same.
>trash like Minecraft
Minecraft isn't terrible by itself, it's the community around it that makes it unholy filth.

>>274777 (checked)
>it's the community around it that makes it unholy filth.
I agree, but i would still argue that minecrap only became as big as it is not because the game is that good, but mostly because it got overhyped by jewtubers followed by children.

How does one incentivize children not to fall for the goyphone/Windows 10tation?
I die inside everytime I see toddlers "playing" "games" on tablets handed to them by lazy parents, or illiterate niglets being Skibidi experts even though they can't fucking read when back in my days kids were emulating Zelda on Windows 98.

>>274783
Can't argue with you on that.

>>274237 (OP) 
>not the only one with kids
>having kids
>not only not being a virgin but actually impregnating some roastie
>implying that if not a roastie that you have a trad wife and rather than providing for your family and or raising your little boy(s) you are wasting time on the Internet
Children like balls and sticks and puppies. They don't need video games.

>>274237 (OP) 
I honestly recommend arcade games. The kind that you can pick up easily and get sucked into. Those are still fun and much better than the modern brainrot.

Old RTS games can be fun also (Red Alert 1 & 2 aged pretty well, and I think there's an AoE 2 remaster or something now that isn't hot garbage). Warcraft 2 is not bad either.

Adventure games can be fun especially for kids who don't usually game a lot, assuming they don't look up walkthroughs for everything.

JRPG style "we all go on an adventure" games can also be appealing to kids. Golden Sun 1 & 2 for instance are pretty fun, but they'd need either a GBA or emulator. Honestly, an actual GBA would probably do kids good, since there are a lot of good old time kids' games for the GBA with real gameplay and not a lot of brainrot. Having a GBA practically encourages them to not waste time on shitty iphone stuff, but you'll want to buy them a small library of fun games (ie. Super Mario, Golden Sun 1 & 2, Sonic, Final Fantasy Tactics). If you're getting multiple kids GBAs with the link cable you can throw in Street Fighter II, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Megaman Battle Network, Puzzle Fighter 2, etc. Honestly a GBA sounds like a really good idea. It has a lot of fun games.

>>274788
>How does one incentivize children not to fall for the goyphone/Windows 10tation?
Your kids need activity, you can either give it to them yourself by spending time with them and taking them to places, or you can toss an ipad at them like modern parents.

>>274788
The GBA recommendation is a pretty decent one, since it has a lot of good games, doesn't have any skibidi bullshit, and has plenty of nintendo hard games. You basically need to give them something that's more fun and engaging than the brainrot they are mindlessly consuming, where they can't switch back to brainrot as easily either. Just the slight effort of switching to your cell from your GBA as opposed to switching apps on your cell discourages being a low-attention span idiot. You'll have to buy them a small library of games though, but there's plenty of good stuff going for cheap now.

You can also do shit like buy them the Harry Potter books, as those are usually engrossing stories for kids that will make them want to read. If you have any interesting and fun kids books, like "100 cool science tricks" or something, you can give that to them as well. It'll improve their literacy drastically if you get them in the habit of actual reading.

There's also giving them toys like K'Nex which are actually quite fun and getting them in the habit of watching Mark Rober stuff, for instance. That's also a huge step up from brainrot consoom.

Really, you need to give them better and more interesting activities to busy themselves with. Stimulating curiosity is also a very good call if you want to have smart children that don't passively consoom.

>>275259
Very true. I'm assuming he's not their parent but if he is he should absolutely take them to parks and playgrounds and shit and let them have fun outside. It's also a fun uncle activity to do on occasion, taking them places they like to go out and do things. There are some swimming pools that are really fun for kids also, assuming you made sure they learn how to swim.

>>275262
I wouldn't want to give my kids anything that they can carry around. On one hand, handhelds allow them to play outside of the living room so they can move more and maybe they're less annoyed to leave home if they can bring their game with them, but on the other hand I feel disgust every time I see a kid holding some digital device up to their face.

>>274237 (OP) 
No video games until they've completed the playground tutorial level and completed a few woods open map quests:

Sample quests:
Fetch two really cool sticks (repeatable, leads to sword fight minigame)
Collect five (5) interesting bugs.
Finding the biggest frog ever.
Climb the tree really high.
Disturb the guardian of the pond with a large rock (Usually a raid but can be soloed)

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>>274237 (OP) 
World of Illusion is a superb cooperative title with difficulty that's fitting for kids, it's Disney afterall.

>>276912
>World of Illusion
That game looked unbelievably good for being on a 16-bit console.

>>274237 (OP) 
I honestly think that every now and then for when my nephew turns 4 or 5 years old. I'm of the opinion he should try some old gems from NES, SNES or Sega Genesis before he inevitably falls for cellphone games (non-gacha) or similar shit. At the same time the best thing would be to play it now and then instead of letting him get hooked inmediately and play constantly, both to avoid addiction and his parents' anger (towards me of course). To that end, i might end up buying either an used original console or one of those all-in-one game stations they sell in my country, easy for plug and play.
Another option would be DOS games for when i get visits, some Duke Nukem never fails

>>276912
Also this one or Mickey Mania for when its a little older. God damn those were great games

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>>274237 (OP) 
I absolutely loved playing the LEGO games with my younger sister when we were both kids. Endless hours of fun were had, especially in LEGO Indiana Jones. As for what to play with your kids? My dad tried playing AoE2 with both me and my sisters, and whilst the LAN system can be a bit buggy between different OS versions, it did work decently well and we did have a decent bit of fun. That only happened twice or thrice though
God I wish I had a better relationship with my sister, or my dad for that matter (T_T) (though he is kind of an idiot, so we still bond through me helping him out)
>pic unrelated

>>276949
Disney stuff in general always looked amazing for some reason.

>>276961
Mickey Mania was another good one, I don't think it plays as good as the Illusion titles, but the theme it's based on, the very concept, and the way it looks and moves, it's just stellar enough to make up for it.

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>>274237 (OP) 
>Look, I know I’m not the only one with younger relatives or their own kids on this board. What do you try to play with them? Are they lost to the endless ipad garbage or are they receptive to good games? Do you try to get them into weird shit you liked as a kid or just whatevers new/good?
Kids tend to get incredibly butthurt when they lose at game and lose their interest in playing once that happens.
So, usually the best idea is to play cooperative games and not competitive games with them.
Stuff like Rayman origins, Rayman Legends, Crash Bash, Streets Of Rage (or any good beat em up) Golden Axe, Mario Party (at least those that allow for team playing) Kirby, 2D Sonic, Donkey Kong Country...
>>276912
This is another very good example.

>>277481
>Disney stuff in general always looked amazing for some reason.
I remember reading that actual Disney artists worked on those games alongside SEGA, that's why they looked so good and the sprites were so well animated (Aladdin was another one)

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>>277603
>cooperative games
Get them to play GCN-GBA coop games like Four Swords Adventures and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles on Dolphin or a real GCN/Wii if you somehow have 4 GBAs lying around, failing that Square's SFC Mana games with 3 player hacks are a good alternative.
Gamenighting those games with Anons over netplay was an absolute blast, but I can't even fathom how rad working through FSA's puzzles with 3 friends in front of the TV must've been for the few kids with the blessings and gear to experience it back in the 2000s.
They're also quite conservative if not downright anti-globalist by today's enlightened game journalist standards.

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>>277628
>or a real GCN/Wii if you somehow have 4 GBAs
>I can't even fathom how rad working through FSA's puzzles with 3 friends in front of the TV must've been for the few kids with the blessings and gear to experience it back in the 2000s.
I think very few people experience that in the 2000's, the idea was certainly cool, but who the fuck had both a Gamecube, and GameBoy Advance but also three other friends with a GBA each?

>>274237 (OP) 
Aside from videogames you can also try regular toys. K'Nex for instance usually does kids a world of good since it's a toy construction system that lets you build all kinds of stuff. It motivates intelligent problem-solving behavior and the spirit of making mechanical devices just for fun. You end up with smarter, more attentive kids this way.

>>277673
I did. Though none of my friends brought their GBA's and eventually all my friends moved away. Eventually I did too.

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>>279957
Good... Now, tell me about your mother.

>>279967
sure it all started Your mother is also a giant empty expanse aka her giant ass

>>274237 (OP) 
It depends on the person (kid). Some enjoy JRPGs, but they are the same who enjoy reading (for example.) 
It also depends on what you think is "good", I do not know what your standards are. If you don't have good sense, then you won't have any fortune trying to pass it on to anyone else. 
But yes, kids will generally enjoy good things and games are no exception. It is other people's responsibility to supply such things and make them "the default." Kids even enjoy classical music...if it is on and they do not have their senses nuked out of existence by very aggressive new forms of music.

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>>279999
>Some enjoy JRPGs, but they are the same who enjoy reading (for example.) 
>But yes, kids will generally enjoy good things and games are no exception.
I was one of those people who always hated RPGs (Even the "good ones") until I finally became an adult, but also partially because I felt like it's because never played the "right" RPG to get myself into a proper frame of mind.

If you want my opinion, with examples like RPGs, introduce them to games like Grandia, or the Mario & Luigi series, or Parasite Even (If you can get away with it), or almost any of the SNES/PS1/PS2 Final Fantasy games. Titles that actually have some "action" taking place rather than the standard slog that is turn-based games. I'm not shitting on those games as being "bad", but they're boring as fuck if you don't have the right mindset for it. Which is a big problem with a lot of material. It doesn't matter how "good" something is, kids (And people in general) will always reject it unless it's "instantly" appealing to them or adjacently appealing to something that they already like.

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So has anyone here tried to expose kids to quality games or is this thread just theorizing?

>>277673
GBA's are such a great nostalgia trip, one of the reasons i jailbroke my nintendo ds. Still wish I had my Advance but it got stolen by hotel staff. lol

>>280187
I can't tell. Just seems like people introducing games to family members. 
I don't get why you would bother the kids are going to play the same shit regardless because they are "social animals" which anything that they are introduced to and never heard of will instantly think  less of it.

You have to be in the right mindset to  enjoy new games  you never heard of and emotionally mature enough.

>>280187
I play videogames with my family, mostly coop games. Last night we played Trine and they had a blast.

>>280187
Only one kid has asked me for recommendations, largely because he was interested in similar things as me. But I first gave him some books, that's how he knew of the similarity.
If you are starting with games I imagine you can just gift something in the same way.

>>280204
What other games have worked out for you?

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>>281948
I recommend Resident Evil 5, the co op for the game is something magical. For the entire game you kill niggers in africa. Don’t treat this as a horror game instead look at it as an action packed co op shooter with sparse resources and tense gameplay. Beating niggers with the stun rod never gets old.
Also Chris punches a boulder.

Just remembered that this thread is about game recommendations FOR KIDS

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>>282100
RE5 is a kids game.

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>>274282
>Minecrap
<but it's a cringe kids game
>Yes. Kid stuff is cringe to an adult, that's just how it is.
<but they should only like things that I, a 25+ year old adult like
>No.
Minecrap is just shit, and it is not because it's a kids game.
I would recommend Dragon Quest Builders 2 over Minecrap any day.

>>282109
I would recommend Dragon Quest III over Dragon Quest Builders 2 any day.

>>274282
Screw Minecraft. Get 'em into building K'Nex gadgets, like doing a marble run. That's way more hands-on and fun, plus it doesn't take a computer. You can also get them into Mark Rober engineering. He's very kid-friendly with his content. That shit is good fun and it'll make kids smart and teach them cool stuff.

>>282109
Is that John Goodman?

croc

>>286012
Yes he is.

>>286022
Damn, Ozempic did him dirty.

>>286029
He definitely looked better when he was fat.

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>>277673
>who the fuck had both a Gamecube, and GameBoy Advance but also three other friends with a GBA each?
You forgot having to buy one of these for each player as well.

>>274237 (OP) 
10 years ago I let my distant cousin Portal on my PC. When I caught up with him again,  he now has a gaming PC and plays stuff like Dark Souls,  Nioh, and (currently) Elden Ring

>>286226
Well there's not much to play now a day. So it's not really unexpected and not to mention multiplayer games require way too much effort for basically no reward.
Western gaming has fallen completely.

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I always introduce my younger relatives to older games. Worked well for the teenagers (zoomienigs), and they now mostly just play roms, rom hacks, and indies. The younger kids (alphacucks) are also mostly into GTA, minecraft, and fortnite clones. They also like those crappy horror indies a lot. I don't believe they have the attention span to play anything else. Sonic the Hedgehog is really popular for some reason (Probably Autism and ADHD).

>>286265
Oh, and roblox is extremely popular with zoomnigs and gen alphadong too.

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Anyone try the Trine trilogy of games? They're physics-based 2D platformers that support co-op with fairly good production values. Seems like something kids might enjoy.

>>287660
I am pretty sure I played through Trine 1 didn't touch the others. Also there's a 4th game as well which I completely forgot.

>>287660
I played the two first games with my nephews, it is fun.

>no mention of any of the old contra games
If you're gonna raise them right raise them to be harder than diamonds.

>>287676
If you're gonna make em play something that's hard and a side scroll shit at least give them Cuphead.

>>287676
Anon, if you start a kid off on Contra he will give up on side-scrolling shooters and your gaming recommendations. Don't recommend Contra until your kid has a big mouth about how good he is at side-scrolling shooters or is otherwise looking for a real challenge.

>>287680
Contra was made for children and has a cheat code that gives you 30 lives so you can faceroll your way through it.

Just get him to kick a ball outside.
Don't make him wind up in a place like this, he is not deserving of that.

>>287737
He already is corrupted by the modern world most likely. Besides there's no going back...
This won't be fixed until the culture is nuked.

>>287738
Most normgroids don't even think about the shit you're yapping about.
Get a kid to kick a ball and he'll never become a retarded faggot just like you.

>>287739
That's not possible anon. It's simply not he already has a phone and kicking a ball won't fix the mind virus

>>287739
Focusing only in making the kid like sports it's not enough. That way he's probably just gonna start fanboying over the niggers in roids that represent most sportsclubs today.
Modern sports culture, at least the popular ones, is one of the most normalfag and lame hobbies today.

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>>286087
>You forgot having to buy one of these for each player as well.
Man, all that shit just to play ONE fucking game.

I mean, maybe it could have been fun, but holy shit...

>>287737
>Just get him to kick a ball outside.
>Don't make him wind up in a place like this, he is not deserving of that.
>>287739
>Get a kid to kick a ball and he'll never become a retarded faggot just like you.
>>287743
>Focusing only in making the kid like sports it's not enough. That way he's probably just gonna start fanboying over the niggers in roids that represent most sportsclubs today.
>Modern sports culture, at least the popular ones, is one of the most normalfag and lame hobbies today.
What's important for kids is physical activity, i like vidya as anybody here, but it's not right to let a kid stay still in front of a screen all day.
The anon saying to let him kick a ball outside is right.
Letting kids play (good) vidya is fine, but they also need  to get outside, run, develop those muscles (and their heart), take sun and breath fresh air, otherwise they'll grow up to be some wimpy faggot with a hunchback and atrophied muscles who gets bullies by everybody.

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>>274237 (OP) 
SpongeBob: SuperSponge on GBA is one of the most comfortable titles I've played. It's easy, but looks and sounds nice and it's perfect for kids in my eyes. Give it a shot if the kids in your life enjoy the IP and you'd like to introduce them to an enjoyable video game, especially if it takes them away from playing slop on their tablets and smartphones with microtransactions.

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>>274237 (OP) 
Prince of Persia 1 & 2, the originals.

>>287685
Even with 30 lives it still fucks people up. Start a kid off on easier side-scrolling shooters first.

>>287779
>What's important for kids is physical activity, i like vidya as anybody here, but it's not right to let a kid stay still in front of a screen all day.
>The anon saying to let him kick a ball outside is right.
>Letting kids play (good) vidya is fine, but they also need  to get outside, run, develop those muscles (and their heart), take sun and breath fresh air, otherwise they'll grow up to be some wimpy faggot with a hunchback and atrophied muscles who gets bullies by everybody.
This.

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>>279967
Let me tell you about my mother.

I got my niece and nephew (9 and 6) each a TrimUI Brick I'll be giving them for Christmas this year, set up with a decent variety of classic stuff. I'm still working on which ROMs I'll choose, but right now I've got Monster World IV (MD), Harmful Park (PS), some of the aforementioned Disney games, and I'll probably toss on some RPGish stuff for the niece, like Fire Emblem and Rhapsody.

>>291595
Kirby
Cooking Mama
Nintendogs
Pokemon
Hello Kitty Island Adventure
Some Girl-ended VNs / Otomeges
Barbie Beauty Boutique
Mortal Kombat Armageddon
Animal Crossing
Stardew Valley

>>291595
>classic Mayro
>classic Sanic
>ye olde Squaresoft catalogue, 聖剣伝説3 in particular is great with the 3 player hack though more teenage-oriented games like Front Mission may be omitted
>DQ series
>classic Kirby
>天外魔境シリーズ on the PCE CD and SFC, these are the definition of children's games
>がんばれゴエモンシリーズ、great coop platformers
>Zelda
>ガイア幻想紀や天地創造
>Lost Vikings

Can't go wrong with anything from Nintendo frankly, most of their games are designed for kids after all. I don't know why you dislike Minecraft so much since it's a pretty good game for kids, it's basically just digital legos. Just keep them away from multiplayer. 

But like other anons said, whatever worked for you as a kid would probably work for them now.

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>>291595
>Outrun
>Golden Axe arcade
>Lords of Thunder PCE
>Gunstar Heroes
>Thunder Force IV
>Afterburner
>Joy Mech Fight
>Musha Aleste
>Wizards & Warriors
>Turrican games + Rendering Ranger SFC
>Uniracers
>Adventures of Batman and Robin on Genesis
>Alien Soldier
>Battletoads NES
Pack in some deceptively hard puzzle games like Sutte Hakkun for good measure.
When they come bawling their eyes out you collect yourself and show them how it's done. Quality uncle time.

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>>291644
>But like other anons said, whatever worked for you as a kid would probably work for them now.
No, I was playing through Silent Hill at appx. 9 years of age, I doubt that would go over well with my niece, and worse with her mother.

>>291647
This is some very RADICAL taste, some great recommendations in there.

>>291647
Battletoads? Seriously? Contra wasn't bad enough?

And Uniracers is better with 2player. Hope you have two kids there to share the system.

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>>291766
>when they come bawling their eyes out you show them how it's done
Kid tries a task, struggles and asks for help. Uncle barges in, hopefully beats the game and then sort of shows off. Kid then tries to beat the game as well and asks for help from time to time.
It's a shared experience and bonding family time. I don't know what worth's a gift if the kid's just going to stare at a different screen that's not a goyphone.

>>291797
>Kid tries a task, struggles and asks for help. Uncle barges in, hopefully beats the game and then sort of shows off. Kid then tries to beat the game as well and asks for help from time to time.
Try to beat Battletoads first before you suggest that. The game is infamously hard.

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>>291830
>try to beat Battletoads
As a matter of fact I have gotten to the last stretch of the Revolution right before the Dark Queen in one run without any warps or continues.
You've got to make yourself respected with the kids.

>>291835
Well in that case knock yourself out if you want to impress the kids. Battletoads isn't too outrageous in the early stages so it could probably work.

Strongly encourage the Nap Time Minecraft modpack by this microscopic jewtuber, she is heartwarmingly kind and soft-spoken with a voice like a 30-50 year old and her modpack is perfect for children, girlfriends, and wives:

https://inv1.nadeko.net/playlist?list=PLD94bfiKje47lHeJ8jJircxHGwGKhZMBi

(If nadeko is down then change the url to jewtube, n00b)

Teaching feeling and black souls. The youth needs to be educated properly.

>>291733
Back then, I used to watch my brother play Silent Hill and that scene fucked me up.

>>274501
>Streets of rogue was also fun for him.
Do you mean Streets of Rage? Streets of Rogue doesn't seem like an arcade game.

>>287677
If it's console Cuphead there are going to be all kinds of stupid sources of delay that you'll have to fix so that the controls stop acting up. Basically you need wired controllers and you have to disable VSync or whatever enhanced display mode that happens to include vsync that TV screens do nowadays.

I notice newer consoles do not seem to give enough of a shit about input lag and it's a fucking abomination when you want to play serious action games (and I mean action game as in "press button fast with correct timing" games, the original definition of an action game, not as in "action movies" or whatever the fuck people confuse it for nowadays). Part of the reason console gaming is going to shit is that it's not doing too hot with the kind of hard but fun games we all used to play in the 90s and early 2000s. Now it's all about "narrative experience" bullshit and games you can pretty much faceroll so long as you keep pushing buttons and haven't done anything particularly stupid.

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I’ve been playing onirism with my kids. Its got splitscreen, aim assist, big open levels, and a plot that kids are hooked by (SOME JERK STOLE MR BUNBUN GO KILL SHIT). The main character is the most violent brat I’ve ever seen in a game and its perfect. Probably one of the best kids games I’ve seen in a bit. I know about the lewd mods and holy shit are the french horny. Keeping it far from my kids though I can tell the less horny costume mods would be liked. I can also now understand some of the enemy designs choices. 

Yooka Replaylee is also great. The original had lots of minor issues that made it not so great but this genuinely fixes all of them completely. Its what should have come out but I get that shits tough. (Still not buying it as I bought the original on a different platform and the discount I’d get won’t apply.)

>>294827
>Yooka Replaylee
That is out already? sells must be pretty poor considering I haven't heard a peep about it until a month later after release.

>>294828
I would get why the sales are down as its a remake of a VERY recent thing. Honestly I would have preferred it to be a patch or expansion somehow, but they did change a hell of a lot more than I thought they would. The whole intro is scrapped and redone, theres a bunch of new shit, all the moves are there at the start, theres more shit to incentivize exploring, the sound and lighting are way better, the characters and plot have more personality and scenes, and everythings just smoother andbetter. Its like a jump from a decent amatuer unity game to a high quality nintendo looking game.

>>294829
>high quality nintendo looking game
Too bad the game is still shit.

>>294829
It doesn't help that essentially at the same time right before it was released even if you were looking for 3d platformers there was the pac-man world 2 remake if you are even into old games being given the modern game engine look while gameplay is changed for possibly the worse
>ms pacman is still gone because legal drama
>new bosses
<they added voice acting
<being able to kick anytime you can

My kids are enjoying Roblox, they never play unsupervised and I figure as long as it keeps them motivated it can get them into mastering WASD+Mouse. As soon as they get as decent grip on that shit I figure I'll throw something more advanced at them. Still figuring out what tho.

They already have a Switch and mostly play Minecraft, Donkey Kong, Animal Crossing and BotW to some success but they're too small to appreciate anything beyond simple gameplay and visuals.
I find the Nintendo library to be pretty lackluster to bridge the gap between kiddy-babby-tier games and more advanced tbh but what can you do. They can use controllers fairly well now at least.

>>294846
I oughta set up a desk and computer too, let them get more comfortable with WASD and stuff like strategy or sims. I’m thinking sim city or sim type games would be good, or maybe age of empire 2 type stuff. I let my oldest play a ds version of plants vs zombies and was surprised how quickly she figured out the optimal placement

>>294846
Getting them into mouse and keyboard today is going to be harder than it would be for even kids say 15 or even 20 years ago because of just purely KB/M isn't standard anywhere except for strategy games.
Either way kids shouldn't be playing online pvp and doing something that can be a real skill or even learn worthwhile information

>>294846
Arcade games are usually more the way to go. They tend to be fun and challenging, which is what you want to see in games. Fun and no challenge usually means brainrot. And games that challenge your ability to stay focused for extended periods of time actually tend to improve children's attention span just because they're constantly training it in gaming sessions. Rhythm games tend to be decent for that.

Old-school Megaman games might be fun?

Does anyone know any fun racing games?

>>294849
How old is she? Also, I wonder if she'd be into Heroine's Quest from >>274304. It's a puzzle-solving adventure game. Don't use any walkthroughs though. You're supposed to figure out that game's puzzles on your own.

>>274237 (OP) 
I love how the new Snoopy title looks.

>>294827
>I know about the lewd mods and holy shit are the french horny. 
I don't know about the lewd mods, tell me more about them

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>>295198
Are there any mods that turn the player character model into a cute loli instead of an ugly goblin?

>>295218
If you want that you're better off playing an actual game with a cute loli. 
>Other games with mods
>MOST if not all of them have shitty gameplay that isn't replayable

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>>295218
Yes, it's called Onirism and it's bundled with the game.

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>>295304
How does it feel being a vision-impaired gamer? Does Onirism also have accessibility features to be played by folks of all vision levels?

>>295218
Play Little Witch Nobeta if you want to shoot things as a cute animu loli.

>>295198
The lewd mods are probably at least initially made by the creators of the game, or at the very least the nude model for the little girl. aside from adding lewd outfits, they make it so if you hold crouch for long enough, carol starts masturbating and multiple enemy types will come up to her and either watch while jacking off or fucking her. If you make them cum they die and you get health so if youre low on health just FUCK em. The quality is absurdly high and its speculated this started mostly as a game for horny lolicons made by dudes from chans before pivoting to “Wait, we could just make the game normally as its fun”. 
Again, I think it was at least initially made by the devs as some of those enemy choices make too much sense now. Slimes, big buff dudes, hot big tiddy demons

>>295633
>started mostly as a game for horny lolicons
Well, they failed at that task, unless by lolicons you mean latinx Discord "MAPs" with no beauty standards.

>>295345
Followed the game from fairly early on in its lifecycle and I think it only got worse with its full release. Can't turn on a dime like you could in EA version, parry was neutered, bonus area made of hot glue and toothpicks left untouched in full release. There's more levels I guess but with all the time, funding and support none of them ever really rose above the quality of what was shown in the games roughest stages.

I swear all the money made with early access sales/donations went to anything but the actual gameplay and map designs. Seems to have all gone to getting VAs and expanding on a franchise that hasn't even had the chance to really lay a foundation.

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>>274237 (OP) 
I'd definitely recommend the DuckTales titles to anyone, all of them are superb. If I had to rank them:

>1. DuckTales 2 (NES).
>2. DuckTales (Game Boy).
>3. DuckTales 2 (Game Boy).
>4. DuckTales (NES).

All of them are excellent, control well and have level design that's fun to move around and explore in.

>>295793
When I was a kid those disney ducks were my favourite thing about disney, maybe because the uncle was like a jewish reference, and jokes about jews are always funny.

I agree with you, the DuckTales games were pretty solid.

>>295793
You should play the talespin NES game.
>Sidescroller
>but you can control the direction the screen goes

>>295799
I never looked at it that way, but now that I think about it it really is pretty funny,

>>295800
I think that sounds neat! I'll try it out, thanks!

>>294846
I've heard a lot of sleazy shit about Roblox tbh. At the very least, I'd make sure your kids aren't digging themselves into a spending hole with Roblox.

>>274237 (OP) 
>What do you try to play with them? 
When I lived closer to my family, I was able to let them borrow my games and play split-screen co-op. Mostly the party and Mario Kart games that worked and they didn't need skill to play.
>Are they lost to the endless ipad garbage or are they receptive to good games? 
Depends on how far one is gone. They can watch videos all day, but their mind knows it is numbing and not fun. The chance to banter with someone and play together breaks the phone garbage. It doesn't even have to be good games if you make it a good time and fun with it.
>Do you try to get them into weird shit you liked as a kid or just whatevers new/good? 
I try to get them to see all the genres. Not everyone is going to like FPS games or puzzle games. I remember playing Pokemon as a kid and loving it, but was surprised how little interest there is with the kids.
>Does every kid know all about minecraft or fnaf despite trying to keep it away from them?
Is it in the feeds that they watch, so it is inevitable that they consume it. Though I have seen that no kid plays FNAF and maybe a little minecraft. But they sure do watch others do it for them.

>>295218
>Are there any mods that turn the player character model into a cute loli instead of an ugly goblin?
Just mod the character model yourself, remove her nose, give her unnatural colored hair, and increase the eyes' size by 300%
/sarcasm

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>>274237 (OP) 
Stargunner is a fun game for kids, but they should start that game on easy mode. The guy who made it had his sense of balance skewed by how good he got at these games while making it so even if you're a veteran gamer but not a serious side-scrolling gamer it kicks your ass even on Normal.

>>291618
>Mortal Kombat Armageddon
Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimate was the last good Mortal Kombat, I believe.

>>303325
Forgot to mention this but Stargunner is freeware nowadays.

>>303325
>Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimate was the last good Mortal Kombat, I believe.
Mortal Kombat 2011 was.

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>>303328
>mortal kombat 9 is the last good mortal kombat game
<scratch that, every mortal kombat game made after 3 ultimate is bad, even a compilatory game like trilogy which doesn't attempt to alter the game's fundamentals
<disregard that, last good mortal kombat game is actually 2 but only the arcade version and if played on a real arcade booth, anything beyond that point is irredeemable garbage
<I'd like to clarify the only good mortal kombat game ever made was the unreleased arcade prototypes for MK1, they just had to fuck up the original vision the useless niggers
<as a matter of fact you'd have to look into the mid 80s to find yie ar kung fu, which John Tobias might have heard of at the time before even thinking about developing mortal kombat and is actually good
<anything mortal kombat is just a ripoff of spacewar but with more bells and whistles, if you play any of those kuso games you're lower than dirt
<in reality no good mortal kombat game has been made after the invention of modern transistors, you'd have to look way back in time to find something mortal kombat that's ever been remotely passable
<every mortal kombat game made after recorded history is shit really, I came to this conclusion after browsing /v/
<there has been no good mortal kombat game after the coming about of the atlantean age which sort of lines up with what we know as the pleistocene age, you'd know this if you ever read the akashic records

>>274237 (OP) 
>Does every kid know all about minecraft or fnaf despite trying to keep it away from them? 
That's the worst part.
When I was a kid myself, kids my own age were open to pretty much every game as long as it was fun, kids of today just mindlessly do what retarded "influencers" tell them to do, that's why the Minecrap/FNAF/Fortshyte obsession, despite being garbage.
And some people even try to argue that social media didn't dumb people down.

>>303602
Kids were always vulnerable to ((( influence ))) (see: TV commercials), but in the golden days of the Internet and prior the pool of influence(r)s was much smaller and subject to much more noise/outside factors compared to the overly sterile algorithmically personalized media environment kids of today are practically born into.

>>282109
Minecraft has downright amazing modding community, if you encourage your kid to host own server for friends, install and support some mods, it's just one step away from making own mods, which is perfectly streamlined by now. And before that - there are really complex projects like GTCE and Terrafirmacraft that by now can be considered almost educational in respect to mining, metallurgy and hydrocarbons processing.

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>>303605
It's a matter of this is the first generation whose parents were almost entirely raised by television and the public "school" system. Of course most of them are gonna be retards, though some will grow out of it if (You) show them a better way before they get too old. I've heard people who actually organize community shit say they've seen kids start to turn away from forknife etc because of their friends playing it and turning into crackheads, so there IS hope.