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Posted December 14, 2012
My kid is also almost 4 years old (he'll be 4 in February). He is really into trains right now, and he enjoy watchin me play games where there are trains: Cities in Motion, Sid Meier's Railroads! or Train Simulator. It's not something that we do often, though. The other day I let him play Crayon Physics Deluxe and he enjoyed drawing stuff and see it fall, although he didn't really understand the rules.

Anyway, at that age controlling a keyboard and a mouse can be frustrating. Do you have a tablet? If it's your kid you are talking about, I heartily recommend getting one. A tablet is much easier to manipulate for a little kid, and there are tons of educative games. My kid enjoys games that help him learn to read and write. Also, puzzles, memory games, piano games, and lots of interactive books... Most of those games are free or very cheap. I don't let him play with the tablet very often (maybe one time or two times per week), because he likes it so much it can become addictive, but I think it's an excellent educational tool. Tablets are awesome for toddlers and little kids.
Posted December 14, 2012
When I was 5-6 the games I played were:


-Doom 1 and 2
-The Commander Keen series
-Warcraft 1
-Mortal Kombat 2 and 4
-Dune 1
-HOMM1
-Monkey Island 2(I only played the first one when I was about 10)
-Black Thorne
-Dune 2
-Space Dude


Get him any of these, and he'll be fine.
Posted December 14, 2012
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jamyskis: Perhaps Screamer 1 and 2? I've had a 5-year-old play Ridge Racer 7, and that worked quite well, even though she seemed to have more fun crashing into the walls than driving.
Driving games might actually be pretty good option - crashing walls all the time isnt really a problem as far its fun :)

I think have to checkout those - thanks!
Posted December 14, 2012
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Licurg: When I was 5-6 the games I played were:


-Doom 1 and 2
-The Commander Keen series
-Warcraft 1
-Mortal Kombat 2 and 4
-Dune 1
-HOMM1
-Monkey Island 2(I only played the first one when I was about 10)
-Black Thorne
-Dune 2
-Space Dude


Get him any of these, and he'll be fine.
You forgot to add Sacrifice as your suggestion there Licurg.
Tsk tsk tsk :P

On topic:
I was mesmerized by pinball machines as a little kid. Can get him/her a shiny pinball machine like the great Pro Pinball series. Hell, you'll even enjoy that yourself. I usually play a few games daily still.
Shame that Timeshock can be a bit hickuppie in dosbox, as that's my favorite one. But Big Race USA is fun and there's Fantastic Journey.
Post edited December 14, 2012 by benjiir
Posted December 14, 2012
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JMich: Machinarium and Botanicula are also a possibility, though you will need to be nearby to answer the questions there may be. Almost no text, though there are a few puzzles that you'll have to solve for him,

On the other hand, it might be worth saving them for when he's a bit older, so he can play them by himself ;)
Ive got both of them on Steam and have played them through myself - I liked both of them alot. But I think they are still a bit too much for 4 years old to play, unless I am sitting next to him all the time and telling what to click. By himself they would most likely be simply frustrating for him.
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Licurg: How about Superfrog?
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jamyskis: I've tried Superfrog with kids. It's not a good idea - too frustrating. They tend to get bored of it fairly quickly.

Edit: And for that matter, maybe Mutant Mudds is not such a good idea either.
Platformers are kinda question mark - depending of what kind of jumping it is, it can become very frustrating very fast for 4 years old kid. I dont know about Mudds, but atleast Superfrog isnt -so- casual if I remember correctly.

...Being able to progress one screens length just isnt that entertaining :)
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keeveek: Rayman 2 and 3. I played Croc 2 when I was a kid, so they should be able to play Rayman too :P

But 4-year-olds? I'm not so sure...
I was thinking about them, but too thought that they are propably a bit too much atm.
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Alfie3000: Pinball games!

or Creatures Village.
He has played few pinball games, i bought couple bundles at some discount (Pinball Fantasies ftw!).

Creatures Village doesnt ring be any bells straight away, have to check it out later. Thanks
Post edited December 14, 2012 by iippo
Posted December 14, 2012
How about Pandemonium

Side scrolling platformer, not to taxing and its bright and colorful which is ideal to hold a child's attention.
Posted December 14, 2012
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iippo: Ive got both of them on Steam and have played them through myself - I liked both of them alot. But I think they are still a bit too much for 4 years old to play, unless I am sitting next to him all the time and telling what to click. By himself they would most likely be simply frustrating for him.
My niece is a bit older at 7, but she did manage to progress in Machinarium rather well by herself (last I know, she had manage to grab the little dog to get the umbrella). The point isn't to have him play it by himself, but rather a "what should we do now then?" kind of talk, even if they don't allow for that much experimentation.
Let him be the one throwing suggestions, and you be the input device, so to speak.
Posted December 14, 2012
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Braussie: Battle Chess... it's Chess, with cartoon fighting. I think violence suchas that is probably too much for that age, but I don't know your convictions w/ parenting. Maybe too advanced, since it's Chess and everything, but MAYBE...
Every now and then we play a bit of Go, but ofcourse he doesnt really understand the rules - but it seems to be fun to put the stones on the board for a while so thats great. Hopefully he is still later interested to getting more in to it.

Call me elitist, but if chess is the king of games, then Go is God-Emperor \o/

Other than that, i see no problem with chess ;)
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keeveek: Guys, the kid is 4 years old... And you are recommending chess...? :P
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Braussie: My dad taught me Chess young- how to move and take pieces away- not advanced strategy aspects. And for kids, half of the fun is just playing a game. My son enjoys playing racing games, even when he just hits the wall and keeps pushing to the finish line.
My thoughts exactly.
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Rohan15: I'd have to agree on the chess games. It's just as fun without any strategy as I taught my 6 year old brother. I'd also recommend that Treasure indie game.
Have to check out that Treasure game, thanks
Post edited December 14, 2012 by iippo
Posted December 14, 2012
Games I played when I was 7-11 years of age:

Rayman
Rayman 2
Rayman 3
Blitzkreig 1 and 2
Motocross Madness

The rest I played on my PS2.... Ahh the good ol' days...
Posted December 14, 2012
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tburger: I was playing Raptor with my kid for a while. I did steering and he was shooting but had fun saing: Dad catch that bonus! THERE! O...now BOSS!

Ouside GOG's catalog - NFS3
Hah - Raptor was a good game, well I have bought it in GoG again as well...Maybe ill let him have "a shot" at it, but I think he wont progress to far and may get frustrated - but what the hell. Just try..
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Andanzas: My kid is also almost 4 years old (he'll be 4 in February). He is really into trains right now, and he enjoy watchin me play games where there are trains: Cities in Motion, Sid Meier's Railroads! or Train Simulator. It's not something that we do often, though. The other day I let him play Crayon Physics Deluxe and he enjoyed drawing stuff and see it fall, although he didn't really understand the rules.

Anyway, at that age controlling a keyboard and a mouse can be frustrating. Do you have a tablet? If it's your kid you are talking about, I heartily recommend getting one. A tablet is much easier to manipulate for a little kid, and there are tons of educative games. My kid enjoys games that help him learn to read and write. Also, puzzles, memory games, piano games, and lots of interactive books... Most of those games are free or very cheap. I don't let him play with the tablet very often (maybe one time or two times per week), because he likes it so much it can become addictive, but I think it's an excellent educational tool. Tablets are awesome for toddlers and little kids.
He has played Crayon physics once and did seem to like it.

And yes we do have tablet, he is playing all the Angry birds games and some drawing stuff on it every now and then. Its just too bad, that most of the proper "teaching games" are in english.
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Licurg: When I was 5-6 the games I played were:


-Doom 1 and 2
-The Commander Keen series
-Warcraft 1
-Mortal Kombat 2 and 4
-Dune 1
-HOMM1
-Monkey Island 2(I only played the first one when I was about 10)
-Black Thorne
-Dune 2
-Space Dude


Get him any of these, and he'll be fine.
Space dude is the only one of those I havent played through myself - but I think he will need to wait that one year yet :)
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benjiir: On topic:
I was mesmerized by pinball machines as a little kid. Can get him/her a shiny pinball machine like the great Pro Pinball series. Hell, you'll even enjoy that yourself. I usually play a few games daily still.
Shame that Timeshock can be a bit hickuppie in dosbox, as that's my favorite one. But Big Race USA is fun and there's Fantastic Journey.
He does play Big Race USA every now and then. Now that I think about it, he lost the shortcut somewhere hasnt played it more because of that.
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Iain: How about Pandemonium

Side scrolling platformer, not to taxing and its bright and colorful which is ideal to hold a child's attention.
Isnt that quite difficult game? I have some memory of my little brother playing a game where a harlequin or some such is jumping around... Not sure if its the same game, but if it is, well year or two more to go yet!
Post edited December 14, 2012 by iippo
Posted December 14, 2012
I loved The Manhole as a kid. No reading skills required, I didn't know a single word in English when I was playing it and it didn't bother me.
Posted December 14, 2012
Yeah, you can play as the Harlequin or Nikki

It becomes more taxing the further you get into it must admit., there is a fair bit of jumping around from platform to platform.
Posted December 14, 2012
Actually, the games he seems to play most these days are two teaching games in finnish (letters/writing and math) + various flash games. I dont know where he found some flashgame site as I sure didnt show it to him - be he knows how to open it from the browser history so there you go...

Snail Bob 1 & 2 and few car games which names i do now know seem to be "the thing" atm.
Posted December 14, 2012
If you're considering racing games, Moto Racer 2 runs very smoothly (not eye taxing) and has an editor, which enables you to create new tracks and championships endlessly. You could make a very simple tracks for a start and gradually increase the difficulty.

Also, FlatOut is not bad, also very smooth and he could have fun just smashing the car about, unless that bothers you. There are even crash arenas in the game where the goal is to have the last car running. If driver ejection after the crash (see Youtube videos for reference) is something you would prefer the kid not to see, you can always turn it off in the options.

Best thing is, if you bought those games, you could yourself enjoy them.
Posted December 14, 2012
I think http://www.gog.com/gamecard/the_incredible_machine_mega_pack it's a pretty cool game for kids. Helps develop their thinking. But at 4 years old, might be too hard.

At 4 I think racing and platforming are your best bets.
Post edited December 14, 2012 by Aningan
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