I am looking for games for the computer that kids can play. My son is 3, almost 4, and i am looking for anything... colors... numbers... alphabet or just fun to play games... he is begging me for his own computer already and I need to install some stuff on there for him. any ideas?

Just Another Miller
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Seriously, those are the only two things my kids do on the computer.

My daughter loves hers (she's had it since she was three..turning four on Monday).

Leapster

She even takes it on the toilet and plays. You get a pen and stylus and the games have actually helped. She's learned how to sound out some letters thanks to it. It's convenient, portable, fun, you don't have to build a PC and there's way more games than the PC would offer.

pixel-eight.com

> Seriously, those are the only two things my kids do on the computer.
>


Just Another Miller
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I have an extra computer (monitor/keyboard/mouse and everything needed) so he asked for one and I have one... so tadah a christmas present for him. I don't see him using it too much but figured if i could find something that had fun/learning in it he would use it. He uses nickjr.com all the time on the wives computer.

> My daughter loves hers (she's had it since she was three..turning four on
> Monday).
>
> Leapster
>
> She even takes it on the toilet and plays. You get a pen and stylus and the
> games have actually helped. She's learned how to sound out some letters thanks
> to it. It's convenient, portable, fun, you don't have to build a PC and there's
> way more games than the PC would offer.
>
> pixel-eight.com
>


Just Another Miller
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Here's a few programs and games off the top of my head. They are all free (and/or open source). Some of it may be too advanced for his age but maybe you can show him how to do some things and he'll figure out a use for them.

General:
- GCompris (many activities, graphics are a bit crappy though).


Graphics:
- Paint.Net (freeware paint program)
- Inkscape (FOSS clone of Illustrator)
- Leocad (3D editor for Lego-style constructions, can be used with lego instructions)

Audio:
- Audacity (better alternative than the default sound recorder)
- I was also thinking some oldschool Mod Tracker but I can't remember any that has a piano style interface.

Games
- Neverball (3D ball game, similar to monkey ball)
- Supertux (Mario clone with a penguin)
- Lincity (simcity clone, available for windows, get the basic version which is top-down 2D).
- Tux Racer
- Frozen Bubble

Now you may think why bother with these clones when you can use the originals? Well they are somewhat different and in some cases simpler.

Retro - Apple II:
These are the ones I played when I was 7 - probably still fun today.
- Lode Runner
- Pacman
- Gold Rush (not the Sierra adventure game)
- Galaxian II
- Space Eggs
- Oregon Trail
- Some text adventure games by Scott Adams [adventureland, lost dutchman gold, etc]
- Sneakers
- Clone wars
- Dino Eggs
- Wavy Navy (there's a remake available made in Python)
- Eliza



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In order to promote the use of GNU/Linux, the windows version has a limited number of activities.

fucking 20 euro to use it on windows

> Here's a few programs and games off the top of my head. They are all free
> (and/or open source). Some of it may be too advanced for his age but maybe you
> can show him how to do some things and he'll figure out a use for them.
>
> General:
> - GCompris (many activities, graphics are a bit crappy though).
>
>
> Graphics:
> - Paint.Net (freeware paint program)
> - Inkscape (FOSS clone of Illustrator)
> - Leocad (3D editor for Lego-style constructions, can be used with lego
> instructions)
>
> Audio:
> - Audacity (better alternative than the default sound recorder)
> - I was also thinking some oldschool Mod Tracker but I can't remember any that
> has a piano style interface.
>
> Games
> - Neverball (3D ball game, similar to monkey ball)
> - Supertux (Mario clone with a penguin)
> - Lincity (simcity clone, available for windows, get the basic version which is
> top-down 2D).
> - Tux Racer
> - Frozen Bubble
>
> Now you may think why bother with these clones when you can use the originals?
> Well they are somewhat different and in some cases simpler.
>
> Retro - Apple II:
> These are the ones I played when I was 7 - probably still fun today.
> - Lode Runner
> - Pacman
> - Gold Rush (not the Sierra adventure game)
> - Galaxian II
> - Space Eggs
> - Oregon Trail
> - Some text adventure games by Scott Adams [adventureland, lost dutchman gold,
> etc]
> - Sneakers
> - Clone wars
> - Dino Eggs
> - Wavy Navy (there's a remake available made in Python)
> - Eliza
>
>
>
> [download a life]
>


Just Another Miller
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> fucking 20 euro to use it on windows

I didn't see that one! What a bunch of idiots.
VMWare + Ubuntu virtual appliance =pwned.





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