27c383 No.15302807
I need to set up a kid's computer for my Mom, and I need educational games that can run on a toaster. What are some good ones that /v/ recommends?
So far I know I want Zoo Tycoon on it, and the Humongous games too. But outside of those I'm drawing a blank.
50b347 No.15302814
3b187a No.15302836
>>15302807
>I need to set up a kid's computer for my Mom
Gonna have to give us a backstory here first, anon.
3be34b No.15302847
87743e No.15302849
Educational games are a meme. Just put some real fucking vidya on it.
27c383 No.15302850
>>15302814
I have no idea the exact specs, it's a generic windows 7 government computer. The most "advanced" thing I've run on it was Recettear which ran perfect, but I don't see the computer running much else. But the computer is going to be used for kids (12 and under), so I imagine any taxing educational games aimed for older demographics are out of the question anyways.
>>15302836
There's no backstory. My mom is setting up a computer for kids to use to play educational games and I volunteered to get games to put on the computer, so I want to pick ones that are actually good and fun.
3b187a No.15302856
>>15302850
Harvest Moon maybe
e9cce2 No.15302859
>>15302850
>There's no backstory
>cuckhan filename
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36b5fa No.15302866
36b5fa No.15302869
cf63c0 No.15302871
WRITER RABBIT
MATH BLASTERS
NUMBER MUNCHERS
THE ORGON TRAIL!
cf63c0 No.15302883
ARTHUR'S COMPUTER ADVENTURE
CARMEN SANDIEGO
0ad32e No.15302905
9fd234 No.15302938
ALL THE WRITE TYPE
TYPING OF THE DEAD
PUYO PUYO
d89b9e No.15302941
cf63c0 No.15302988
Catz: Your Computer Petz
The Island of Dr. Brain
Castle of Dr. Brain
Math Rabbit
Sir AddaLot's "Mini" Math Adventure
Super Solvers: Midnight Rescue!
27c383 No.15302996
>>15302856
Emulator games are gonna be a no go. Also games that require a large time investment and multiple sessions might not be the best, kids will only get 30-1 hour sessions on it. Games that can be decently enjoyed in that time span will be preferable.
>>15302859
Anon I don't know what more backstory you want outside of what I've said. Also I have a ton of anime tits saved, I don't pay attention to the filenames.
>>15302860
>>15302866
>>15302869
>>15302871
>>15302883
I'll look into all of these, thank you. Also O can't believe I forgot the Oregon Trail. Is there any definitive version to use? I personally liked the dsiware one but that's obviously out of the running.
>>15302905
Can Age of Empires really be considered an educational game? I'm interested in games that aren't explicitly educational but have educational aspects to thing (such as Zoo Tycoon or Sid Mier's Pirates) but I'm not sure if that one can be viewed as educational.
>>15302938
Typing of the Dead is sadly too mature, if there are any good typing game alternatives that would be nice.
3730a3 No.15303008
>>15302807
Depends entirely on the age of the kid…if over six then it should be Doom and if it's under six then it needs to be Doom.
3730a3 No.15303023
>>15302996
>if there are any good typing game alternatives that would be nice.
Got you covered
1cb9eb No.15303053
Reccetear. That little shit needs to learn capitalism hard before he gets indoctrinated by the education system.
fe2b79 No.15303065
>>15303008
You're probably joking, but I actually was six when Doom came out and I first played it.
3730a3 No.15303144
>>15303065
I wasn't joking. And I played it like almost all the kids around me, at about age 8-10. I mean if you want to introduce a child to video games, why not start with one of the best? As for maturity concerns…just sit by, explain things and answer questions and the kid will be fine. Way better than being addicted to some online multiplayer/ YouTube nonsense like all the kids these days.
b78d4c No.15303159
MFW I set up a computer for my aunt and she asked me to remove the violent game settlers 2 because her daughter was going to use the computer.
cb2ae1 No.15303183
Puzzle games, download pretty much every single one of them.
cf63c0 No.15303194
>>15303159
>06.jpg
is that Bill Maher?
59e62d No.15303199
>>15303159
>she asked me to remove the violent game settlers 2 because her daughter was going to use the computer.
sounds like your aunt needs to be removed from her daughter.
3ea15a No.15303201
>>15302807
>edutainment for mommy
Is she… special?
Mario is Missing!
587cd7 No.15303253
>>15302807
Install Linux with simple desktop icons for dosbox games. Number Munchers, Word Munchers, Oregon Trail, Math Blaster, Carmen Sandiego games, Mario Teaches Typing. Unless you feel like getting called to fix it every two weeks. Otherwise tell her what a stupid idea this is because kids will just play games on their iphones instead.
60a140 No.15303277
Any of the zoombinis game would probably be good.
d0ebc0 No.15303346
Sam and Max is a good one. Start with the telltale games since those are a tad easier than Hit the Road
931fb6 No.15303400
>>15302850
>I volunteered but I don't know any good ones
Little miscalculation on your part there.
192e3d No.15304094
>>15302807
>>15302849
>>15303008
When I setup a computer for grandma/grandkids I put Quake, Doom and Unreal Tournament on it.
19e813 No.15304151
Fuck educational games. If you want to teach them maths, give them something rpg like where they will calculate stats and what not. Want them to learn technology? Get them a game they can play together with a friend but have to set up a server for.
Actual cool games can generally be found for any other skill you wish to teach them.
The only really important element is that somebody who can teach them some of these skills is available for questions and the kid knows they can ask them questions about a game without the adult getting annoyed with the questions.
f94acb No.15304155
>Mom
>Kid's computer
So… for your sibling?
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caabfc No.15304164
9c5d25 No.15304465
Portal has pretty low requirements?
>>15303104
This.
The Magic School bus also had point and click adventures, but I don't know how you'd get them to run on Win7
948a6e No.15304524
>>15303008
you should do it right
7941c7 No.15304592
Amazon Trail third edition is one you may also consider. It was a favorite of mine when I was a kid.
Also this >>15303104
7941c7 No.15304601
>>15304592
Fuck I also forgot to recommend the I Spy games.
afea50 No.15304614
>>15302807
You absolutely must install Sim City 2000.
1d8258 No.15304644
Consider Real Lives. The kids might like it, and we could all use a little more goiters.
>>15304094
>tfw no quake sweater
000000 No.15304659
e2ac59 No.15304821
>>15302807
>I need educational games that can run on a toaster
-Zoo tycoon complete collection (tfw the year 2001 was 17 years ago)
-Sim city 3000
-Blitzkrieg (A good hook to learn about WWII history or to tun a kid into a neo-nazi. People must take the risk)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrDqC9bFAMc
a050d2 No.15305427
>>15302807
The Civilization games are good, I mean you have to actually want to read the civilopedia to get anything out of it but there is a lot of info if you look for it. And if its a toaster you can do one of the earlier ones, as a kid I spent a lot of time on Civ II when I should of been asleep.
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cf63c0 No.15305577
588b9d No.15305778
10f82e No.15305814
>>15305793
I played literally all of those growing up. Good times, fun games.
b0d8af No.15305819
>>15304465
>magic school bus point and click adventures
I remember playing those, there was one where you got to mess with a lab kit to determine whether rocks were sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic minerals and other shit like that, also a frog calling for a mate/ eating flies.
924b31 No.15305875
>>15303023
The game looks like shit, are there any good typing games suitable for children, asking because I also need one.
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22e09c No.15305904
rapelay: violent semen inferno
e79733 No.15305905
tis-100
spacechem
infinifactory
Minecraft with open computers
gizmos and gadgets
10f82e No.15305927
>>15305905
>Minecraft with open computers
Doesn't Mineshit actually have some kind of weird education mode?
df4d21 No.15306061
3ee141 No.15306087
>>15305904
It's Maiden Rape Assault: Violent Semen Inferno.
The least you can do is get the name right.
924b31 No.15306162
>>15306123
They are not my children, I am just their private tutor, and I have to make them write as much as possible on the computer, so they can type like a normal person. They are 10 and 12, but just this year they got a computer(up until now, all they had were smartphones and a PS4), so they can't type for shit, and I am not sure how their parents would react to them playing zombie games.
Though apparently there are other games, I will have to try them out first, to see if they are fun.
https://www.todaysparent.com/family/fun-typing-games-for-kids/
Archive doesn't work
ad61f8 No.15306210
POOH'S HOME RUN DERBY
The little shit will never expect it
924b31 No.15306231
>>15306162
Though this game, looks fun enough nadi t's also free.
https://zty.pe/
924b31 No.15306232
>>15306231
>nandi t's
Fuck me.
f07519 No.15307675
>>15302807
Assuming "educational" also includes games which are only educational as a side effect:
> Sid Meier's Civilization series
Maybe not the first game, but the later ones are more developed and have an easier interface
> Sid Meier's Colonization
Similar gameplay, but instead of a world-wide empire you colonize America. There are two games: the old DOS game and a newer game based on the Civilization IV engine. Both have the same premise, but somewhat different game mechanics
> Rollercoaster Tycoon
You manage a theme park, keeping track of economy, maintanance, hiring staff, keeping customers interested, and of course you can design your own rollercoaster
> SimCity series
You run a city and have to take care of the needs of its population
> Stronghold series
This is an RTS, but in this one you have to maintain an economy. For example, peasants eat food, so you have to make sure there is a steady influx of food. Where do you get food from? From hunters and farmers, but also from bakers. But bakeries don't magically summon bread, they need flour from the miller and the miller needs wheat, so you have a chain of production there. The same goes for other resources: a blacksmith needs to fetch his iron, which is deliverd from a mine to the stockpile first. A tanner needs a cow from one of the farmers first before he can produce leather armour.>>15302807
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4bd7d1 No.15307693
>>15302859
8chan used to use that file naming method, I've never been on 4chan let alone downloaded an image from there and my folder is full of images with filenames like that. I think they switched over sometime in '15 or early '16
587cd7 No.15307886
>>15307693
>I've never been on 4chan
That implies something worse, just so you know.
4bd7d1 No.15308046
>>15307886
I know… I'm a newfag, I've only been here since early 2015. plz no bully
3b187a No.15308048
>>15303008
>>15303144
He meant educational games as in games that teach things to kids, not games that show what a good game plays like.
4bd7d1 No.15308062
>>15308048
But DOOM is teaches young children how to kill demons if there is ever an apocalypse scenario, and >>15304524 teaches them what to do on the day of the rope. This is valuable knowledge for young children.
3b187a No.15308094
afea50 No.15308107
>>15306162
Have you thought about text based adventure games?
5fc1d1 No.15308131
4bd7d1 No.15308173
>>15308094
Just ask these fine, upstanding, young adults.
3b187a No.15308189
>>15308173
…
Oh wow, you're right
ea6ec1 No.15308227
Why has nobody named DOTT yet?
0d6762 No.15308237
>>15308173
fine young lads, would have fared pretty well in a non-feminized society.
ca3f11 No.15308292
I used to like these as a kid, especially Where in Time.
11b000 No.15308303
>>15302807
TYPING OF THE DEAD
BOOKWORM
BOOKWORM ADVENTURE DELUXE
DOCUMENTATION/TOOLS ABOUT PROGRAMMING THAT IS NOT VISUAL PROGRAMMING
55adf8 No.15309258
>control f
>no unteralterbach
>no honey select
>>15308046
oh so you got here from /r/thedonald. thats the worst. you are the worst
f94acb No.15309298
>>15308292
H-H-HELLO
I. AM. WARREN. THE WARRANT ROBOT
4bd7d1 No.15310075
>>15308292
>wanting to stop best criminal mastermind waifu's master plan
4bd7d1 No.15310081
>>15309258
/r/thedonald didn't exist when I started shitposting for the God Emperor on /pol/, that honeypot came after he got his first few election victories under his belt.
f4d3ee No.15310104
Cluefinders series
Scholastic Scooby-Doo series
>>15303104
thirding this as they are the pinnacle of the edutainment genre
>>15302860
:^)
a22f4b No.15310127
>>15310104
i want to get my fingerprints all over velma
17814b No.15310130
>>15302859
>>15307693
For a long time 8chan did indeed use those dreaded cuckchan filenames, and the two were comepletely indistinguishable. Around the time of 148xxx (early 2017) 8chan switched to the new filename system to avoid MOOOOOOOOOOOT incidents. The option to save with unix filenames still exists but new filenames use 10 digits, while cuckchan still uses 13 digits. If it's a 13 digit 15xxx filename it was saved from cuckchan by someone at some point.
On another note, I think the hash filenames here got changed at some point because stuff I got from here has a different hash when I repost it
5e4143 No.15310281
A computer specifically for kids?
I have one of those.
5e4143 No.15310283
>>15310281
>>15310281
btw, FBI, this was a joke.
3e8383 No.15310300
>>15310283
tell it to the judge
26e0ca No.15310305
>>15310283
Behind every joke is truth. Pedo confirmed.
3e8383 No.15310306
>>15309258
>/r/thedonald. thats the worst. you are the worst
Not even close to as bad as wherever those trannypol faggots came from.
784852 No.15310405
>>15306210
It's super easy as shit with the upgrades.
What a terrible meme.
784852 No.15310417
Video games will turn that kid into a faggot, OP.
Give him a fishing pole and tell him to catch a bass.
4ff30e No.15310433
>>15304094
if it were me i would also put half-life and a half-life 2 beta mod
f94acb No.15310450
>>15310306
What the h*ck, their board owner is that hot?
08f257 No.15310463
>>15310450
Here's your reply.
b454ea No.15310488
>ctrl-f incred
>0 results
I'm disappointed in you /v/
Make sure you get the 3.0 version with all the puzzles and better music.
1d2cef No.15321191
>>15310405
>Using the upgrades
What a coward
e3025a No.15321341
>>15305905
>gizmos and gadgets
Was coming here to post this.
d26e13 No.15321413
>>15309290
Is I.M. Meen actually good or is it just memey? I always found it ironic that a guy who hates books and children is the one administering a library book for children.
83f179 No.15321849
You don't know Jack.
>>15303194
That's the Games Master, mascot of the 90s British gaming show of the same name (played by astronomer Patrick Moore).
f3f237 No.15321901
>>15302871
I played math blasters but now I'm shit at math
282b52 No.15321942
>>15302807
>how do I make kids hate computers
At least sneak some DOOM, Quake, Half Life and Counter-Strike 1.6 on there.
61df73 No.15334598
2c9e77 No.15343805
9c1271 No.15343953
>>15302807
I recommend "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition".
4f9be9 No.15343962
>>15321942
>Wanting your kids to grow up to be Reddit
Put multiple dos games in there, you can teach them not to have shit taste from the start.
4e292f No.15344455
You should play the game "fuck your mother"
41afe4 No.15344578
this
>>15305778
also freddy fish and putt putt
41afe4 No.15344583
>>15310488
If we're going for educational and complex, also include Amazon Trail 3rd edition
It's goddamn ancient so I'm sure even a toaster could run it
41afe4 No.15344596
>>15344583
shit I posted the wrong cover, anyway it teaches map navigation, inventory management, planning ahead, trading and item value differences, also you have to pick a guide, who will give you different perks/flaws so it teaches you to plan ahead and work around those
719e37 No.15345503
>>15305875
Don't be a pussy, get Typing of the Dead: Overkill
Or you could try Epistory, that one is pretty fun
719e37 No.15345512
>>15343962
Like my boi Commander Keen
c365ab No.15345572
>>15305577
why not?
https://gitgud.io/moon-men/moonman-doom
just download the .zip, and then load the .zip. pk3 is just .zip renamed so people didn't think you had to unzip the mod to run it. pk7 is just .7z renamed for the same purpose
7a78ae No.15371522
>>15343962
Kids only want to play what everyone else is though.
bb6bb9 No.15371565
>>15302984
>When you're looking down when you're about to finish and your mom walks in
671261 No.15371662
>>15302807
half jokes, half serious
the King's Quest, Space Quest, and Quest For Glory series will teach them basic and abstract problem solving techniques in a consequence-rich environment
I'd recommend Police Quest but it's a bit dark
Super Amazing Wagon Adventure is the best version of Oregon Trail
Frog Fractions
emulators with Donkey Kong jr Math, Sesame Street games, etc for younger kids.
Typing of the Dead: Overkill (you can download custom dictionaries with various themes)
what? They'll learn fast
Where in the motherfucking World/Europe/Time is Carmen Sandiego (ensure that kids have access to dictionaries/encarta or something)
Sim City 2000, 3000, or 4
The Settlers 2/Widelands
Elite
Bridge Builder
Full Throttle
41ad15 No.15372764
41ad15 No.15372821
>>15302807
how about teaching them to program their own games, using simple instructions.
facb98 No.15372826
>>15372546
Is there a Tajikistan trail version?
649135 No.15372828
>>15310130
>>15307693
if you really want to see a cuckchan file name they usually start with a 14 unix and is longer than an 8chan one
89b2a0 No.15372830
>>15302905
I unironically coasted through all of elementary and middle school social studies/history on Age of Empires 2 alone. It's a fantastic educational game.
edae22 No.15372967
Why is this thread giving me so much nostalgia?
>>15303104
Oh god I remember all of those faces. They were hidden deep down in my memory. I suddenly remember playing those games for days like the fucking autist I am.
Brb. Gotta download my childhood again.
>>15304821
>zoo tycoon
These are quite nice.
It's like a trip to the zoo, but without the three hours drive, expensive tickets and animals not on display.
Get the Dino expansion if you want to make a dino-autist very happy. The sprites and new fences are a little low quality, but there are mods for that.
The submarine expansion is nice too, but I prefer to play without it.