games for 5 year old to play ?

(I did write out a really long post about when I was gaming at a young age and all that, but then my browser decided it didnt want to be on this page anymore :S)

So in short, grab yourself a PS2 and give him these games:
Crash Bandicoot 2
Crash Bandicoot 3
Spyro 1
Spyro 2
When ge gets a bit older, try Jak and Daxter then maybe even FFVII and Time Splitters 2.

Aah....the memories... here's a fun thing to try:
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cmon guys half the people on this forum probably played games from a very young age , some of my earliest memories are of playing on my older brothers atati , spectrum , c64 , amigas , 3do , playstation etc.

my son kepts plenty of exercise he doesnt sit infront of a screen for 12 hours a day, he also has plenty of lego etc.
 
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How about a few puzzle games, monkey island series, simon the sorcerer series and similar point and click games?

They are pretty engaging especially since they make you think a bit rather than got to a do this, go to b do that likes many a modern game does.

I played games from a young age and they didn't do me any damage, anything bad that's happened is generally my own doing because i'm not as responsible as i should be with many things.
 
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Broken Sword, Grim Fandango, Full throttle etc etc ;)


Counter Strike Source is good clean fun as well. Not to violent, no smut, yet is still competitive.
 
arknor said:
cmon guys half the people on this forum probably played games from a very young age.
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Indeed, but not stuff like GTA. I can understand letting a young teenager play the game, but at 5 years old, when their developement and learning is at such a speed, is just wrong tbh. This isn't a dig at your parenting btw, it's just my personal opinion :)
 
Allowing a 5 year old to play GTA is a fail anyway you look at it.

I have 2 boys (8 & 4). The 4 year old goes on Cbeebies only (very very rarely as he's 4 so is too busy being a ninja or fireman sam).
My 8 year old has a laptop with a 8600GT and an Xbox 360. Up until last week when he had a blast on BC2 the worse game id let him near is Unreal Tournament.

Kids are very impressionable at this age and allowing a child to run riot in a realistic city environment beating, killing and stealing with no consequence for his actions is setting a very scary standard for social responsibility. Yes we know those things are wrong but at 5 your a blank canvas.

Buy him a football!
 
5 year old? Cbeebies or Nick Jr have a ton of games to keep them amused.A 5 year old will typically have a shorter attention span than an adult so any 'proper' games might not hold their interest for long.

And as mentioned above,the likes of GTA is massively inappropriate IMHO.
 
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A 5 year old will typically have a shorter attention span than an adult so any 'proper' games might not hold their interest for long.
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Spot on. That's why mine youngest plays TF2, she changes class every few minutes and doesn't get bored :D

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ooEy said:
Allowing a 5 year old to play GTA is a fail anyway you look at it.

I have 2 boys (8 & 4). The 4 year old goes on Cbeebies only (very very rarely as he's 4 so is too busy being a ninja or fireman sam).
My 8 year old has a laptop with a 8600GT and an Xbox 360. Up until last week when he had a blast on BC2 the worse game id let him near is Unreal Tournament.

Kids are very impressionable at this age and allowing a child to run riot in a realistic city environment beating, killing and stealing with no consequence for his actions is setting a very scary standard for social responsibility. Yes we know those things are wrong but at 5 your a blank canvas.

Buy him a football!
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similar to me, although my 8yr old now plays TF2 but spends his time spanking bots on the achievement servers.
He did used to play WoW on a private server a year back, and as silly as it sounds it helped his reading doing the quests - but when he started to talk a little too much about it, it was time for it to go.
I don't mind him on any game with shoot&kill games so long as its cartoon(ish).
4yr old is Cbeebs site only.

Also just like to add, they have about 2hours per week - rest of time is playing out/karate/home work/family stuff.
 
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