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How old were your kids when they finally "got it"?
WaRpEd:
My son was about 13 when I built my first CP to play Mortal Kombat now I can't beat him most of the ( damn Lukang ) He's 21 now and still addicted as I still am.
ahofle:
This thread inspired me to try some joystick games with my kid again. Low and behold he is starting to get the hang of it. He can play Excitebike now by just holding the throttle button down and jerking the stick up and down mostly by himself. He also enjoys playing paperboy. This one I have to help keep the bike on the sidewalk, but he likes throwing the papers in the windows (there are no resubscribers after his first day LOL). I sure hope he doesn't lose interest in these old games once he starts playing other more modern (console) games.
Glaine:
My nephew is the only one who plays most cab games with me, though he is becoming reluctant because I always wipe him out at all the fighters. I figure, the couple of times he has won it was worth something. And losing all the time would get old for me.
The worst is playing anything competitive with the ladies. Win and your a jerk. Lose to much and they feel patronised. Unless you luck out and get a nerdy girl who understands.
AnalogKid:
My girls are 10 and 7, they have been playing since they were around 4 or 5 and seem to catch on to the object of most games pretty quick. What they *still* haven't gotten their heads around is that I used to have to put a REAL quarter in the machine to play ONE game. And would walk 2 miles each way to spend those quarters.
TOK:
Just found a game that my 2 year old seems to love... World Class Bowling.
All you need to do is spin the trackball. She loved doing that anyway, and pretty much went crazy when she saw something happen onscreen and heard the sound of pins crashing.
Great game for kids just to mess around with, since there is no "dying" and even if they throw a gutter ball, it still goes down the lane and shows a ball going down a toilet onscreen.