We need to get our kids into CPC Gaming!

[ukmarkh]

My five-year-old daughter (almost six) is asking for more kids' games on the CPC. She loves the new Bubble Bobble 4 CPC but finds it difficult past stage 4. Could I ask that these games come with a kid-friendly mode in the future, please? She watches me playing all these new games and wishes she could play them as well. She's finding new CPC games really difficult.


The CPC never died, so there's no reason our children can't share the same early gaming memories that we did. She loves the following games:


Chuckie Egg
Edd the Duck
Rainbow Islands (finds it really difficult)
Rampage (finds it difficult to jump off of a building before it falls).
Trap Door


She wants to love Mickey Mouse, but no idea what to do. I tried it as well, very boring, waste of a great license if you ask me.


Tom and Jerry's game is awful, what a shame.

[Gryzor]

Rainbow Islands *is* difficult; I remember taking a while for me to get accustomed to jumping on those rainbows.

Since she likes Rampage take a look at Ramparts, too.

But yeah, can't wait to try those old games with my son...

[Bryce]

Try something like Feud. My son loved that because you could wander around quite a while without the danger of being wiped out (and he liked the music too).

Bryce.

[ComSoft6128]

What about Pang or is that maybe a bit too hard for a kid?

[Gryzor]

Early levels, probably not, but it becomes quite hard IIRC...

[ukmarkh]

What about Pang or is that maybe a bit too hard for a kid?

Way too difficult. But it was more of a consideration for new games that could include a child-friendly option to enable kids to experience gaming on the CPC.

[Skunkfish]

My son got surprising good at Baba's Palace. The fact it's slow paced and you can restart a level at any time was good for him...

[||C|-|E||]

Let´s see... when I got the Amstrad I was a kid and also a pretty terrible player, so I always liked "easy" games. I have fond memories of L.E.D Storm, PaperBoy, Bumpy/Pop UP, Rainbow Islands, Mario Bros... all of them allow you to play for a while before becoming too punishing .

[eto]

Oh Mummy - with the many lives and at least wiping out a mummy when you die, even the small kids should be able to go through a few tombs.

My kids like the Dizzy games. Only problem is that they need to read - and since they don't speak English, it's only possible if I can sit next to them.

[||C|-|E||]

That reminds me when I played Crafton and Xunk at 8 and I had to write everything in a notebook and ask my English teacher to translate it 

[Gryzor]

That was better than the day I got my 464 and was trying to decipher how to load my one game (Into Oblivion) with my sister because we only knew one meaning for "key" in "...then press any key"

I don't remember what happened in the end, I'm pretty sure we banged a random key and it started loading .

[Shaun M. Neary]

Ok, first things first... buzzkill perspective but back in 84-90, 8 bit computers weren't exactly marketed towards six year old children, so obviously the games weren't going to be easy for their developing co-ordination. I also think it's unfair to say Mickey Mouse is a waste of a license. It's an arcade adventure and again, was targeted more for 11ups rather than 11downs. I was impressed with it, so were C+VG magazine at the time as they reviewed the CPC and the Amiga versions and the CPC actually got the higher rating. But when it comes to games, it's horses for Courses.

Games for six year olds... let me see
Well you just missed The Official Father Christmas, that game was piss easy even a child could play it. Boring for adults though.
Strider II is a nice arcade platformer which has little to no difficulty at all and it's not exactly uber violent.
Turbo The Tortoise has a nice learning curve to it. I use to babysit my neighbours kids when I was 17 and they were able to play it. They were 6 and 8 respectively.
Gauntlet is a given. It's game you just can't lose on. The fact that it's two player makes it even more fun!
Also, give the Fun School games a run as well if you're stuck home schooling during lockdown.

[skylas]

My five-year-old daughter (almost six) is asking for more kids' games on the CPC. She loves the new Bubble Bobble 4 CPC but finds it difficult past stage 4. Could I ask that these games come with a kid-friendly mode in the future, please? She watches me playing all these new games and wishes she could play them as well. She's finding new CPC games really difficult.


The CPC never died, so there's no reason our children can't share the same early gaming memories that we did. She loves the following games:


Chuckie Egg
Edd the Duck
Rainbow Islands (finds it really difficult)
Rampage (finds it difficult to jump off of a building before it falls).
Trap Door


She wants to love Mickey Mouse, but no idea what to do. I tried it as well, very boring, waste of a great license if you ask me.


Tom and Jerry's game is awful, what a shame.

As an idea, i can think of Ping pong, as it has a simple gameplay, and maybe wec lemans. 
Also, there are some simple games in Cpcretrodev entries, low score games, maybe you can find something there.  (eg go away viking from this year contest).
Also, my games are really simple, you can take a look at https://amstradsakis.blogspot.com

[Shaun M. Neary]

As an idea, i can think of Ping pong, as it has a simple gameplay, and maybe wec lemans.Also, there are some simple games in Cpcretrodev entries, low score games, maybe you can find something there.Also, my games are really simple, you can take a look at https://amstradsakis.blogspot.com

Dude, she's six. Are you purposely trying to teach her game rage? 

[skylas]

Dude, she's six. Are you purposely trying to teach her game rage? 

Maybe you are right, just for the simple gameplay!  replace it with Arcanoid!

[Targhan]

What about Fruity Franck? It was my first game ever, I managed to survive .

[Shaun M. Neary]

Maybe you are right, just for the simple gameplay!  replace it with Arcanoid!

I get game rage playing Arkanoid today... I'm 45 now!
I'm pretty sure Mark would like his CPC and monitor intact. 

[Shaun M. Neary]

What about Fruity Franck? It was my first game ever, I managed to survive .

That's a good shout, as well as the Pacman emulator that came out a few years ago.

[Bryce]

I get game rage playing Arkanoid today... I'm 45 now!
I'm pretty sure Mark would like his CPC and monitor intact. 

You'd get game rage playing solitare!

Bryce.

[Shaun M. Neary]

You'd get game rage playing solitare!

Bryce.

Harsh...
... but fair!

[Gryzor]

Images of "GET OFF MY LAWN!"...

[Shaun M. Neary]

Images of "GET OFF MY LAWN!"...

Oh that shit happened 15 years ago! 

[JayBlood]

Fruity Frank here.

[villain]

From experiences with my kids: Fruity Frank works, Arkanoid not. Too fast. I openend a thread some years ago, asking for a slow-downed version...


Bubble Bobble also works quite well. 

[Loki]

I think the Dizzy games are good for kids, as has already been mentioned. Fast Food and Kwik Snax I think would be good choices for a 5 / 6 year old, not too difficult and with nice bright colourful graphics.