Kids Games.

Ash-Lee · 19 Jun 2011 at 17:38

Can anyone point me in the direction of some free to download kids games. My lad is 6 years old.

At the moment i have SuperTux and SuperTux Racers (windows versions, currently running Windows 7)

I can find 100's if not 1000's of simple arcade style games, but i'm having trouble finding some that dont pop up Internet pages when you exit them.

As i'm sure your aware, i don't want my lad poking around websites that offer free downloads, as they tend to display and offer other inappropriate things.

BTW, these free downloads are legit shareware/trial programs, i'm not surfing dodgy 'warez' sites.

The__Malteser · 19 Jun 2011 at 17:41

Not many free ones. You can grab a few indie games for cheap via steam (5 quid and are good fun).

Maybe Peggle Extreme and Trackmania (both free, but Trackmania is a racing F! style game).

As I said, not many free games for 6 year olds I'm afraid. I know a lot of free games, but they are for 12+ minimum.

anuraj · 19 Jun 2011 at 17:41

http://www.projecttorque.com/
Might like that.
I played GTA as a 4 year old so might not want to take my advice.

orderoftheflame · 19 Jun 2011 at 17:43

How "kiddie" do they need to be? 6 Seems old enough to be playing general E rated games. For a start:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/3483/

http://store.steampowered.com/app/11020/

The__Malteser · 19 Jun 2011 at 17:44

orderoftheflame said:
How "kiddie" do they need to be? 6 Seems old enough to be playing general E rated games. For a start:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/3483/

http://store.steampowered.com/app/11020/

Those are the games I mentioned

Those are the links

Saves you from looking for them.

anuraj · 19 Jun 2011 at 17:45

mightier is a fun free puzzle game:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/29150/?snr=1_5_9__13
It's very good aswell because youo can print it out and he can draw on it and scan it and see if it works.

Murray · 19 Jun 2011 at 18:22

if they want a puzzle game introduce them to Portal or similar

ExRayTed · 19 Jun 2011 at 19:22

Lads of 6 have the attention span of a goldfish with alzheimers. Stick him on either cbeebies or nick jr.

arknor · 19 Jun 2011 at 19:24

Spore
Plants VS Zombies

Lads of 6 have the attention span of a goldfish with alzheimers. Stick him on either cbeebies or nick jr.

i'd take your kid to the doctors hes not at the mental age he should be by now

Jack Bauer · 20 Jun 2011 at 13:21

My son is 6 and loves burnout paradise city. Keeps him away from wanting to play anything with guns so Im happy.

Moothead2 · 20 Jun 2011 at 13:26

Do you have a PS3 and a registered PSN account from before April 20th? If you do you could always get Burnout paradise, Little Big Planet and Ratchet and Clank for free.

Kosmiche · 20 Jun 2011 at 13:39

Condemned Criminal Origins
Doom 3
F.E.A.R
Silent Hill Homecoming
Resident Evil 5

...and even a six year old will complain that duke nukem forever is ****

Sleepery · 20 Jun 2011 at 13:43

In before the rash of hilarious recommendations for Condemned, Doom etc.

Oh, too late

The__Malteser · 20 Jun 2011 at 14:03

Jack Bauer said:
My son is 6 and loves burnout paradise city. Keeps him away from wanting to play anything with guns so Im happy.

Guns > Any type of game.

Hatton · 20 Jun 2011 at 14:49

Get your kid started with Runescape, it's quite peaceful and easy to understand

Murray · 20 Jun 2011 at 14:53

Hatton said:
Get your kid started with Runescape, it's quite peaceful and easy to understand

No it will scar him for life.

Sleepery · 20 Jun 2011 at 15:34

Browser version of Minecraft? Once you show him the basics you might be surprised what he manages.

Ash-Lee · 20 Jun 2011 at 18:56

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

I think the main problem is, as he is new to games in general he just wants to try lots of different ones!

I could probably find a DVD with 1001 simple games on, probably 2 for £5 that kind of thing.

As mentioned above, he enjoys SuperTux, so any side-scrolling action game he can manage, same again with the Kart racing type games.

But his favorite at the moment is Frozen Bubble!

He likes Call of Duty (my games) but at the moment he doesn't have quick enough reactions for a fast paced game like this. Not to mention he isn't quite mature enough for them, i wonder what his teacher would say when hes running about the playground with his wooden MP5. :eek:

Not a good idea!

anuraj · 20 Jun 2011 at 19:03

Buy him a nintendo 64 and mario 64 he will probably love it.

Ash-Lee · 20 Jun 2011 at 19:14

anuraj said:
Buy him a nintendo 64 and mario 64 he will probably love it.

It's funny you should say that.

Just as i posted the last post, i remembered theres a dusty PS2 and a handful of decent games up in the loft.