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📣 thinkerswell

How do you run old games for kids?


I’m thinking bacon to childhood and the DOS games of old. Math blaster, Treasure Mountain, even Mario teaches typing. How do you all run these for your kids, and are there modern equivalents?


  👤 ZunarJ5 Accepted Answer ✓
A lot of these retro games are hosted online, and can be found with a quick Google. Here's Mario Teaches Typing: https://playclassic.games/games/educational-dos-games-online...

Check here for more options: https://github.com/mikeroyal/Retro-Gaming-Guide

Chances are, your kids won't have the same appreciation for it that you once did as they are quite old and dated now. That being said, there are a ton of modern options now and it depends on age range and topics. You have generations of games to pick from at this point.


👤 al2o3cr
Archive.org has a collection of really old (Apple II / Commodore / etc era) games that now work in-browser. For instance, here's Number Munchers:

https://archive.org/details/Number_Munchers_v1.2_1986_MECC