Arcade Otaku - アーケード オタク

Kretinou wrote:Splatterhouse

Well to be honest, my four year old son really likes Splatterhouse (doesn't think it's scary). He also likes Fighting Games like Asura Blade and Asura Buster and he loves Mushihimesama and D&D SOM...he's not good at playing them, but neither am I. He's quite good at Skylanders on the PS3 though.

Kretinou wrote:Splatterhouse

chiller while we're at it

My 5 years old boy just discovered Shadow Dancer. He's slowly getting through the game, it's a pleasure to just sit and watch.

My own son (10 months) prefers punishing the stick and buttons while no game is playing.
He also likes watching. He prefers Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder, but gets angry when the level doesn't move forward during a boss fight
Deathsmiles bores him, Progear is ok.

Puzzle Bobble
Thrash Rally
Leaque Bowling
Neo Turf Masters
Pop N Bounce
Spin Master
Flip Shot (<- imo easier to play than Winjammers)

Mr Driller

Asterix. It's simple, colourfull and the characters are recognisable (you can also claim it's getting them to read the comics! [or look if they are still really young]).

Money Puzzle Exchanger. A few hours on that and they'll be ready for Wall St.

volfied (pcb)- i'd reccomended it over qix as the enemy in qix is quite frustrating and the graphics in volfied are quality ~£40 theres one in sales for that atm. (my mates prefer playing it to bubble bobble or rainbow islands)

spin master (mvs) - straight forward, easy to complete, decent chibi style graphics ~£20

Dynamite Dux and Liquid Kids

Odly enough, Strikers 1945 plus, that instantly got my two nieces (10 & 12) fighting eachother for the highest score

Did anyone say Ketsui yet?

Galaxian and Space Invaders!

That was the first arcade games I ever played and got me hooked.

My son is 3years and 6 months old and loves my hyperspin cabinet.

Game he loves to watch me playing:
Neo Drift Out
Flatout 2
actually anything with cars

Games he can play solo:
Super Mario Bros NES
Shinobi Sega MS
Flatout 2 derby event
Blues Journey

Games we play together:
Bubble Bobble Symphony

anything with cars in mame or consoles.

Bubble Bobble 2 and 3 as well as puzzle bobbles have been my kids favorites

Svovl wrote:The kids of my friends and family are drawn to my Astro City like moths to a flame – and then games like Progear burn them in fiery flames of frustration!

Do you have suggestions for good arcade games that are accessible and fun to play for kids?

Strangely enough, Tatsujin/Truston hooked my kid sister like no other game. It's quite difficult but that didn't seem to deter her.

yesterday, I saw a 4 year old child absolutely hooked by bubble bobble (actually, it was Bobble Bobble ), naming all fruits he saw and stating "cool", "cool! cool!" all the time.

I'd have rather played with him, instead I played with a ten-year old girl who was is used to hd-graphics...

Old arcade games are great for kids. The simple graphics and clear action and goals are really appealing. Nath absolutely loved Bagman when he was about 6.

I had my nephew over this weekend. He is way into videogames already, aged 9, but he was still blown away by Metal Slug and Shock Troopers. He also played some Mushi Futari 1.5.

i jam arcade games with my missus 6 yr old, hes a beast though, so low difficulty/high difficulty doesnt really matter to him, he jams ghosts and goblins no worries...

heres a video for when he was 5, this was about after 10 mins learning it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMXreFuFiu8"

cant figure out youtube tags

Caveman Ninja or Parodius