games for a 4 year old?

DirtyJester · 18 Jun 2010 at 17:12

grudas said:
heh.. thanks for suggestions will try the Cbeebies site for sure! never thought of it lol

about allowing him on the lappy.. he doesn't play more than 1hr a day.. not even that i hope he won't get addicted! :]

No problem matey

Its very good for mouse control as the kids dont have to be exact with it.

MumboJumbo · 18 Jun 2010 at 17:27

Might I suggest electrocution when he gets a question wrong on revision games. Thats how they train chimps

mufc802 · 18 Jun 2010 at 17:49

GTA... Oh wait.

linktoinsanity · 18 Jun 2010 at 18:02

grudas said:
Anyone know of any simple games for a 4 year old brother? basically he has his "own" cheap laptop.. and i've got no idea what games to install? i need something simple best of all mouse controlled (as thats one thing he can use properly) any ideas?

I thought Logiz was 16?

Tried shareware dos games such as Jetpack, Cyberbox or Commander Keen 1? You may need to use DOSbox for this.

grudas · 18 Jun 2010 at 18:07

LinktoInsanity said:
I thought Logiz was 16?

Tried shareware dos games such as Jetpack, Cyberbox or Commander Keen 1? You may need to use DOSbox for this.

nah thats not about logiz

we got another gamer growing up :O fallowing logiz steps i see..

nah never tried them! got some games already will install them and see if he plays them ;] but probably he'll stick with cbeebies site as that is perfect for him :]

mame · 18 Jun 2010 at 18:27

Viva Pinata

OpenToSuggestions · 18 Jun 2010 at 18:30

Crash Bandicoot on PSX or PS2 and use an emulator?

Begbie · 18 Jun 2010 at 19:39

Ruffs Bone?

craptakular · 18 Jun 2010 at 19:41

bbc website has some good educational flash games.

Glaceon · 18 Jun 2010 at 19:56

World of Warcraft

Swifty123 · 18 Jun 2010 at 19:57

Pacman

Alex74 · 18 Jun 2010 at 20:32

Lemmings!!

JBuk · 18 Jun 2010 at 21:02

Lego Batman, Starwars, Indiana Jones

My 3 yr old nephew can;t get enough of them and refuses to do anything until "he's completed the level"

grudas · 18 Jun 2010 at 21:43

JBuk said:
Lego Batman, Starwars, Indiana Jones

My 3 yr old nephew can;t get enough of them and refuses to do anything until "he's completed the level"

wooP! will take a look at these!

bobert50 · 18 Jun 2010 at 22:03

Peggle

Cool Z · 19 Jun 2010 at 01:19

Mega second Hocus Pocus. I played that very game when I got my first computer at 5~ years old. Was amazing. The other two games I played at that age were Comix Zone and Echo The Dolphin. Great games.

snowdog · 19 Jun 2010 at 01:35

OpenTTD.
Other Tycoon games, rollercoaster tycoon and similar.
Settlers series.
Theme Hospital.
Sim games like Sim City 3k ( 4 might be too hard), Pharaoh, Caesar 3.
Age of empires, AoE2.

I would try, if I had em, to keep my children away from dumbed down kids games.

Some simple but good games :
Original Doom and Wolvenstein.
Commander keen games ( Ck 4 is best imo and is shareware iirc).

No games aimed at toddlers though, avoid like the plague.