+slx Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 My 5 year old daughter took an interest in things Atari but except for the very nice CocoNotes which I knew from an ANTIC interview I didn't find anything that was slow and simple enough for her to enjoy. Any recommendations would be welcome (and need not be limited to 8-bit, VCS/Stella would be fine, too). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Cookie Monster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 With a bit of help: River Rat, Alf in the Colour Caves, Sea Horses Some of the Monkey Educational stuff: Search on Atarimania for Monkey! Atarimania has a category Educational - Introductory http://www.atarimania.com/pgelstsoft.awp?system=8&type=G&genre=78&step=25 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 I remember my daughter enjoyed http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-colorasaurus_1129.htmla lot. She also liked Philsans game Cookie Monster (see his post) She also enjoyed http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-big-bird-s-special-delivery_618.html When she got used a bit more to joystick one of the first games she played were: * Nibbler * Pac-Man Arcade on bear level * MegaMania It was pretty hard for her to hold a joystick. I first let her play with a joypad (7800 style joypad). Later -when she wanted to use a real joystick- I used a few of these to fix the joystick to the desk. That works excellent. She is 7 now, and she is really good at certain games. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwilove Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 (edited) Jane's Program comes to mind - written for such a child. Not a game, but just something to do with the joystick. EMI has some jigsaws - one being Anne Hathaway's Cottage. There would be stories on disk suitable for that age - but I can't remember the titles for them. Harvey Edited March 13, 2016 by kiwilove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 How about Rainbow Walker? http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-rainbow-walker_4277.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popmilo Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 "Strictly Gone Bananas" is one of my favorite examples for a nice kid friendly game: Download and description: http://gury.atari8.info/games/6858.php Video: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+playsoft Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Ducks Ahoy! http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-ducks-ahoy_1757.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 Thanks for the great recommendations! Never heard of any of these except Rainbow Walker (which looks nice but is probably too fast). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 (edited) *** Please delete *** Edited March 14, 2016 by Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 (edited) Hello slx Try any of the light gun games. Especially Barnyard Blaster. Kids love to shoot at the screen. Sincerely Mathy Edited March 14, 2016 by Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 My five year old boy is playing "Johnny the Ghost" and "Naval Battle" quite often atm. Johnny the Ghost: http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=2120 Naval Battle: http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=4229 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 My 4 year old niece likes these games a lot: Tink's Adventure Tonk in the Land of Buddy-Bots She also likes all of the Stickybear Edutainment: Stickybear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Pingwinek idzie do szkoły: http://www.arsoft.netstrefa.pl/pliki_programy/Pingwinki.atr(dont worry with Polish language) Octopus: http://www.arsoft.netstrefa.pl/pliki_programy/OCTOPUS.XEX(G&W conversion by Larek) The great returns of penguins: http://www.arsoft.netstrefa.pl/pliki_programy/Great%20Return%20of%20the%20Penguins,%20The.xex Heathcliff Fun With Spelling: http://atarionline.pl/arch/H/Heathcliff%20-%20Fun%20with%20Spelling/Heathcliff%20-%20Fun%20with%20Spelling%20%281984%29%28Datasoft%29%28US%29%5Bcr%20MT%5D%5Bk-file%5D.atr And many, many more... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Another good program for young ones is: Rainy Day Games by Baudville. I'm not sure why it got such a low rating on AtariMania, but I found it to be quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
José Pereira Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Another good program for young ones is: Rainy Day Games by Baudville. I'm not sure why it got such a low rating on AtariMania, but I found it to be quite good. Maybe because the guys on AtariMania aren't kids, but I am not saying that you are... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Ah, that's where you'd be wrong. Atarimania is run by an elite team of 8 year olds, but all with college degrees. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 Hello slx Try any of the light gun games. Especially Barnyard Blaster. Kids love to shoot at the Screen. Good idea but need to make space and set up a CRT for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a8isa1 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 My 5 year old daughter took an interest in things Atari but except for the very nice CocoNotes which I knew from an ANTIC interview I didn't find anything that was slow and simple enough for her to enjoy. Any recommendations would be welcome (and need not be limited to 8-bit, VCS/Stella would be fine, too). Only game I can think of is Animal Party. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popsicle Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Matchboxes is a great easy game for kids (it's memory - use joystick to find the matches). Each plays a tune and little animated graphic. My kids love to play this with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electrotrains Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 "Strictly Gone Bananas" is one of my favorite examples for a nice kid friendly game: Download and description: http://gury.atari8.info/games/6858.php Wow - that's really good. My 5 year old loves it, and the difficulty is just right for him on "easy". Btw - there's a XEX file of it here: http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=7152 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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