RetroGaming

My favorite musical artists as a child (90s) were John Denver; Peter, Paul, and Mary; the Beatles; and Cream. I didn’t ever get into boy bands, but I can sing along to the absolute biggest spice girl hits.

That was only really a hindrance in elementary school because in middle school I branched out into more contemporary musicians. Now, I’ve got a lot more knowledge about the 70s in music than most of my peers, but I’m not isolated from the things my peer group likes (I will lose my shit to Mr. Brightside or Yeah by Usher if I’m drunk, but I definitely will as well for anything from Carole King’s Tapestry)

out of touch? more like saving her from the absolute garbage fire that passes for 'games' these days. she'll actually learn what a good game is. this dad's doing god's work.

as a kid a never played the same games as my friends, and since that's all they would talk about i was pretty distant from the group, also that guys daughter looks like she's old enough to rent a property and just buy her own games.

(but all those old games really are better than what we have now)

My little guy just started Mario Paint this week and he’s loving it. He’s not reading yet so a game with easy symbols and painting is age appropriate. Plus that fly game is getting him a lot of practice learning how to use a computer mouse.

When I was young my parents encouraged me to watch Marx Brothers, Three Stooges, and Abbott & Costello. These are easy things for children to watch because the physical comedy is universal.

As I got older my love for them remained, but also it gave me a love for media from any age. So long as it's done reasonably I think this sort of thing can be quite enriching.

A well made game knows no age limits! My kiddo was super into the original mario when we showed it to him. I would have thought it would look dated, but he doesn't know!

I do plan to start my sons on retro games starting when they're about 4 years old. They'll basically get an abridged experience of some of the best games from each generation.

They should be on modern games by the time they're old enough for it to matter in terms of relating to their peers. And it's not like I'd say "no" if they said their friends wanted to play a particular game with them just because it's from the "wrong" generation.

I'm also not going to force the issue if they just aren't receptive to it. Everyone has different interests.

I am 50+, remember paying quarters to play Pong and Space Invaders.

Built my kids a game box using Batocera Linux and ROMs from the 80s and 90s (Atari2600, Intellivision, Colecovision, etc)

I was thereby able to show them the True Magic and Wonder of Computers

You are just giving your kids more options, most don't have that choice and can only play whatever launches for phones or switch.

Why so salty about a dad sharing his interests and stuff from his life with his kid? She can play other games too.

definitely one day

I did this to myself because I only played games that my gpu could perform and that was the reason why pretty much all of the games I play are pre 2010.

I still play animal crossing new leaf. Just got the golden net the other day (my town has been going since 2013)

C64 reboot: https://a.co/d/2uyn43m