Games for 5 year olds to play?

[Ceifeirot]

My nieces are over for the weekend, they're both around 5 I think. Also, a 10 or 11 year old niece of mine and a... 6 or 7 year old nephew are coming soon. What games would be appropriate for them? Nothing violent of course, and super-easy.

Thanks!

[ChadTower]

My 5 year old loves Berzerk!  

[Ed ONeill]

My 6 yr old likes fighting games and racing games.

The best part of the fighting games is he thinks he plays them better than say a skill game like pac-man ....in pac man you have to have good control to move him around the board while fighting games he just loves puching all the buttons kicking pucnching .

His favorite fighting game of course is teenage mutant ninja turtles

There are a few others he likes, circus charlie(great for young kids),kangaroo, donkey kong jr. When he comes home I'll ask him what some of his favorites are..I'll post later.

Just my 2 cents
Ed

[missioncontrol]

my 5 y.o. boy loves Frogger, Pacman and Space Invaders
But you really can't go wrong with any game.

[ChadTower]

Yes, you can.  My 5 and 2 year olds played POW (I have a dedicated) and for weeks they ran around shooting each other and hitting each other with sticks they called rifles.

[unclet]

Here is the list my 5 year old plays:

Alpine Ski
Lephacaun (sp?)
Frogger
Canyon Bomber
Carnival
PacMan
Punchout (He punches while I "Duck-n-Weeve")
Moon Patrol

[NoOne=NBA=]

Definitely put Tempest on the list--if you have a spinner.
5-yr-olds LOVE spinning the spinner in one direction continuously, and shooting the whole time.

Another spinner game that's really easy is Cameltry.
You just spin the spinner to rotate the maze, and your ball falls toward the bottom of the screen.

Quantum and Marble Madness are good ones--if you have a trackball.

Rally-X is good for joysticks.
They will probably burn through their fuel really quick leaving a continuous smoke trail, but they enjoy it.

Continuing games like 1941, Rampage, Gauntlet and the like are always good as well.
That way they can eventually make it to the higher levels, regardless of skill.

[Mr. Dude]

the puzzle bobble games seem to go over well with kids

[flampoo]

My friends bring their 3-year-old son frequently. His favorite game is Superman. Pretty easy; move, punch, kick. Plus it's Superman! Every kid loves Superman.

[SuperRabbit0]

Since reading a similiar thread a week ago, my 5 year old and I have played J.J. Squawkers for an hour a night.  She loves that game.

She also really likes Ms. Pacman if I turn the cheats on.  It lets her learn how to move around the maze and learn how to work the joystick...

[unclet]

Now that I am at home .... here is my list.    

Note: These were provided to me when I asked the same question many many months ago..... and I have not tried them all

1942
Alpine Skiing
Armored Warriors
Asterix and Obelix
Block Block
Blue's Journey
Bottom ofthe Ninth
Bubble Booble
Camel Try
Canyon Bomber
Caveman ninja
Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers
Circus Charlie
Columns
Cosmo gang
Dig Dug
Ducktales
Excitebike
Fairyland Story
Frogger
Galaga
Jungle King
Leprechaun
Liquid Kid
Magical Crystals
Marble Madness
Maze
Missile Command
Mouse Trap
Ms Pacman
Ninja Baseball
Pac-Land
PacMan
Plump pop
Puyo Puyo
Stargate
Shocking
Space Invaders
Super Mario Bros
Tempest
Three Wonders
Waku Waku
Wonder Boy

[dirt]

my 6 year old daughter loves rampage. she has her own minimame in her room and every day she asks "can you turn my game on i want to play the monkey game". she always has to be the gorilla.


dirt

[iwillfearnoevil]

yeah i just played some rampage with my 3 year old a couple of nights ago. she had fun being the monkey too

[MameMe]

My little one LOVES Pootan