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I feel about the same. I grew up with a 2600, and liked the games when I was 4-7. In more recent times, while I’ve gone through periods where I replayed C64, Se

I feel about the same. I grew up with a 2600, and liked the games when I was 4-7. In more recent times, while I’ve gone through periods where I replayed C64, Sega Master System, Genesis and Amiga games, nothing for the 2600 held my interest for long. It’s simply too primitive.

intothemild 3y ago
I agree with you, with one small difference. First a bit of backstory. I've got a 7year old, she loves playing games, no matter the game she will give it a go. She wants to play games marketed for kids, but nothing sticks for too long, because usually they are way too complicated for a 7year old who can't read/comprehend that much English (it's a second language). So those older games... The ones that we grew up on, that were simple because of hardware limitations... Are kind of perfect. You could say that our generation grew up in a kind of perfect window for games, they got more complex as we got older, not just because we got older, but also because hardware allowed for more complex games/stories to be made. My daughter really really wants to play the new Zelda, but I refuse to buy it as we have breath of the wild. She knows if she finishes BOTW, she can have the new game... She played maybe 2 hours tops before tapping out and playing some kind of shovelware sandbox game on Xbox Gamepass. Which allows her to play however she wants, with no complex systems.. just simple gameplay and no timelimits. Gamepass is awesome if you've got kids!
- code_duck 3y ago
  I agree; that's insightful. There are many 8 and 16 bit inspired games for modern platforms but they are just not the same. Emulation is also awesome if you have kids. I don't know anything about modern consoles, but several years back I had a roommate with a 7-8 year old son who was just amazed at my ability to conjure hundreds of video games from their laptop. Sadly he'd go to school and try to talk to other kids about Alex Kidd in Miracle World and they had absolutely no idea what he was talking about.
  - intothemild 3y ago
    To your last point about kids at school not knowing retro games.. this isn't about you, but about a kind of parent I've seen time and time again. They are kids, and whilst it's awesome that they want to play the games we loved, at some stage every parent hopefully realises that the most important thing is that they have something to talk to other kids about. Most parents want the best for their kids, and sometimes that means letting them find things they like themselves. We can for sure point to stuff and say "I loved this when I was your age", but if they don't love it.. it's tough, but it's the best for them.
- avidphantasm 3y ago
  > You could say that our generation grew up in a kind of perfect window for games, they got more complex as we got older, not just because we got older, but also because hardware allowed for more complex games/stories to be made. This is very insightful. It makes me think I should maybe start by introducing my kiddo to 2600 games when they are old enough. Thanks!
  - sixothree 3y ago
    GenX really did get to see it all. My first game was Pong. Specifically Colecovision Telstar Marksman. My through time didn’t include 2600 though but it did include Intellivision. Which sprites and will resolution more then a single line.

intothemild 3y ago

I agree with you, with one small difference. First a bit of backstory. I've got a 7year old, she loves playing games, no matter the game she will give it a go. She wants to play games marketed for kids, but nothing sticks for too long, because usually they are way too complicated for a 7year old who can't read/comprehend that much English (it's a second language). So those older games... The ones that we grew up on, that were simple because of hardware limitations... Are kind of perfect. You could say that our generation grew up in a kind of perfect window for games, they got more complex as we got older, not just because we got older, but also because hardware allowed for more complex games/stories to be made. My daughter really really wants to play the new Zelda, but I refuse to buy it as we have breath of the wild. She knows if she finishes BOTW, she can have the new game... She played maybe 2 hours tops before tapping out and playing some kind of shovelware sandbox game on Xbox Gamepass. Which allows her to play however she wants, with no complex systems.. just simple gameplay and no timelimits. Gamepass is awesome if you've got kids!

code_duck 3y ago
I agree; that's insightful. There are many 8 and 16 bit inspired games for modern platforms but they are just not the same. Emulation is also awesome if you have kids. I don't know anything about modern consoles, but several years back I had a roommate with a 7-8 year old son who was just amazed at my ability to conjure hundreds of video games from their laptop. Sadly he'd go to school and try to talk to other kids about Alex Kidd in Miracle World and they had absolutely no idea what he was talking about.
- intothemild 3y ago
  To your last point about kids at school not knowing retro games.. this isn't about you, but about a kind of parent I've seen time and time again. They are kids, and whilst it's awesome that they want to play the games we loved, at some stage every parent hopefully realises that the most important thing is that they have something to talk to other kids about. Most parents want the best for their kids, and sometimes that means letting them find things they like themselves. We can for sure point to stuff and say "I loved this when I was your age", but if they don't love it.. it's tough, but it's the best for them.
avidphantasm 3y ago
> You could say that our generation grew up in a kind of perfect window for games, they got more complex as we got older, not just because we got older, but also because hardware allowed for more complex games/stories to be made. This is very insightful. It makes me think I should maybe start by introducing my kiddo to 2600 games when they are old enough. Thanks!
- sixothree 3y ago
  GenX really did get to see it all. My first game was Pong. Specifically Colecovision Telstar Marksman. My through time didn’t include 2600 though but it did include Intellivision. Which sprites and will resolution more then a single line.