Memories of good ol' nintendo times...

I think kids really enjoy the old systems because they are more simply presented and it is not so intimidating. It does not take them long, though, to graduate to better systems. I am not sure if anyone has ever even heard of this game but it was made for the original Nintentdo Entertainment System, which we still have. It was a game called "Castle Quest" and was a lot of fun to play despite the glitches. We never did rescue the princess (?) but we spent many evening as a family trying to get through the many many rooms to get to the princess. My daughter earned her first Nintendo when she was around six years old. I had little chores for her to do and together with birthday money (from us and aunts and uncles) helping out, she was able to get her first Nintendo. She was so excited and proud to go to the store, pick it out, and begin to play it. We began to play Mario brothers with her. Her character fell down the gap from five to seven times. She suddenly got up and announced that she would never play this game again and went to her room. My husband and I looked at each other, after she shut the bedroom door, and grabbed the controllers and proceeded to have an evening of great fun. We were having so much fun that we do not remember when she returned to the room. By the end of the first week, she was a Mario expert and I was asking her to get my Mario to jump and run, etc. to get by certain barriers. We have not put down those controls for twenty years and still enjoy a good round of game play from time to time.

I used to have one of the original Atari's for God's sake! I think they still have mass appeal because they're in entertaining formats where you don't have to think too hard and can just play! My favourite system to date was my Nintendo 64. I used to own one many years ago and literally played hundereds of hours of games on it. My favourite game was GoldenEye, where I got to be James Bond and shoot the living crap out of everything! lol. I've also owned a Sega, XBox and an SNES as well at one time or another. It's been a long time since I've owned or played on any consoles though.

i think it is so cute to see the little ones playing viedo games for the first time. it is so cute to see them get so excited over the games. my little boy is 2 and i enjoy to watch him try to play the games with the older kids. he really likes it.

We have my old NES and SNES from when I was a kid. Both of my kids love playing them, especially Mario 3. We have every other Nintendo console that was made (including the Wii), but there are many times they just want to play the old , simple games. They even just enjoy watching me play it. Unfortunately the controllers we have are starting to wear, so I am going to have to try and find some new ones.

I really like oldschool games. I find them to be funner than some of the newer stuff. That's not to say all new stuff is bad, but the classics will always be the classics. So many good games, and many good times. The NES and SNES are some of the best systems in the world of gaming in my opinion.