Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!cae780!tektronix!tekig!tekig4!georgew From: georgew@tekig4.TEK.COM (George Walker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: ST software available for children? Message-ID: <2259@tekig4.TEK.COM> Date: 16 Dec 87 17:34:39 GMT References: <206@wright.EDU> Reply-To: georgew@tekig4.TEK.COM (George Walker) Distribution: na Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton, Oregon, USA Lines: 21 Keywords: ST children Well, I can't recommend anything, but if anyone finds something, I'd be interested in hearing about it. I have two 5 year olds, and the only thing they consistently enjoy is NeoChrome. I acquired some public domain games (Mr. Potato Head, Old MacDonald's "Concentration", a couple "music for children" games), but they're not very interactive ("click on a square to select an action"), and the kids had absolutely zero interest in them, so I would recommend games where the mouse or joystick moves something besides just a cursor on the screen. I haven't looked in stores lately, but when I did, I was not impressed. Now that Toys R Us has stopped carrying the ST, I don't hold out much hope for seeing any decent children's stuff. It should be a lot easier to find something for a child who can read (something similar to King's Quest?) Also, everything I've seen runs in low-resolution, so you'd better have a color monitor. I think it depends a lot on the child: A five-year old friend came over, and we finally had to drag him off the machine, because he's a video game addict (he plays space war games as well as I do!) George S. Walker {decvax,hplabs,...}!tektronix!tekig4!georgew FLAMENET Tektronix, Inc. georgew@tekig4.TEK.COM DOMAIN (503) 627-4669 tekig4!georgew.tektronix@Udel-Relay ARPANET