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| wp34:
I built a prototype one-player control this weekend so I don't have a full cabinet yet. Having real buttons and a real joystick is a hit with my younger two kids. I just got done playing Bump and Jump with my six year-old. He likes Pac Man and Track and Field as well. My 13 year-old likes the Metal Slug series but is otherwise not as impressed being from the Nintendo generation. |
| ids:
I have two sons: 11 and 18. They both love Mame, but their friends don't get it, so I assume that its exposure, not generational. They also have almost all the current and previous gens of consoles+handhelds, several PC's, and a solid library of games, but they seem to get bored quickly of most games, and keep comping back to Mame. They even have emulators on their PSP. They love games like galaga, joust, tron, fighters, etc. They love finding games they haven't played yet, and I keep hearing "how's this one work" or "wanna play this one together?" I haven't built a cab yet - we've just been playing on computer. However, I recently put together a prototype CP (which has been edging out the keyboard, to the point now where they keyboard has been cast aside) -- and it's getting LOTS of use now. Even the wife has been putting in time now - the U360's configurability is great, the TT-HL spinner is amazing, etc. I can't say exactly what it is about these old games, they just seem to be compelling in their own right. The fact that the kids don't group them in the "old, thus worthless" category amazes me, but that's a good thing. |
| wp34:
I was playing Ms. Pac Man tonight with my 10 year-old. We got to the "Act 1: They Meet" intermission and I tried to explain what a big deal it was to get to a cut scene when I was a kid. Her response was "you call that a cut scene???" :D Oh well... |
| vertygo:
--- Quote from: wp34 on January 29, 2008, 09:05:39 pm ---I was playing Ms. Pac Man tonight with my 10 year-old. We got to the "Act 1: They Meet" intermission and I tried to explain what a big deal it was to get to a cut scene when I was a kid. Her response was "you call that a cut scene???" :D Oh well... --- End quote --- Haha hadn't thought of that one, but I can definitely picture it! |
| Xb0x3r:
I'm 15...I'm building my own cabinet ;D |
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