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What are some great retro games that I can play with my 5yo? (europe.pub)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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I have an old Raspberry Pi 1 (!) still going strong with Batocera Linux running NES, SNES and Mega Drive (Genesis) emulators.

I’m looking for easy multiplayer games that can be played with a 5yo. Non violent and ideally co-op, bonus points if somewhat educational.

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Super Mario by far IMO, basically all of the games.

5yo is probably still too young to understand Zelda.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm still too young to understand Zelda 2, and I played it when it came out!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    IMO I think it's less "understand" and more "find a way cheese those bullshit Iron Knuckle fights". I've completed Zelda 2 a few times. Those are still torture and terribly un-fun.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I started it again a few years ago thinking "Now that I'm older, this won't be so hard."

    Even by cheesing save states, and googling the tricky bits, I still got stuck in the Death Mountain caves.

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