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Card games, sports games, and simulation games that your children will love to play
Home video game consoles tend to get all the media attention, but children's computer games remain a fun and inexpensive alternative for today's parents. While systems such as the Xbox 360 and PS3 rely on cutting edge graphics and advancing interactive technologies, children's computer games have become the venue for experiencing arcade classics and simulation games. Here are a few categories of children's computer games your family might enjoy.
Classic arcade games
Computer games for kids can actually be a great way to bring your entire family together. By introducing the classic games they grew up with to their kids, parents can play along with them, turning gaming time into family time.
Atari classic PC games can make for great kids' computer games. Classic games that are suitable as children's computer games include Millipede, Asteroids, Pong, Space Invaders, and Missile Command.
Card and board games
If your family used to gather around the dining room table to play card games and board games, you'll be happy to discover that many of those games have become children’s computer games. PC board games for children include vintage titles like The Game of Life and Operation.
Other children's computer game titles suitable for a family night are Scrabble and Monopoly. Children's computer games can also be a modern way to experience traditional pastimes such as checkers and chess.
Sports games
Children's computer games about sports are always popular because parents don't have to worry about offensive content. One of the most popular lines of sports-based children's computer games is Atari's Backyard series. Titles in the collection include Backyard Basketball, Backyard Hockey, Backyard Baseball, and Backyard Football.
Backyard Sports is an award-winning, best-selling series of children's computer games for a reason. The games show professional sports players as children, a fun touch that helps draw your child into the game. And for imaginative and focused, games such as Backyard Basketball let them pick teams and even compete over the course of an entire season.
Simulation games
As your kids get older, PC simulation games can be a fun way to teach them about the world. Simulation computer games for kids can vary tremendously in theme and game play, from simple and fun to highly detailed, historically based games.
Animal simulation games can be fun for kids. Raising pets is the challenge in Catz 5 or Dogz 5. Or for a more exotic experience, children's computer games such as Zoo Tycoon and Wildlife Tycoon allow your kids to construct their own zoos and ecosystems.
Other simulation games can offer your kids a ride through history. That ride can be fictional in theme, such as in Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy. Or live through a historical recreation in a game like Oregon Trail.
Cost
A significant advantage of buying computer games for kids versus video games is cost. Most of the children's computer games listed above can be found online for $10 to $20, less than half the cost of a new Sony or Xbox game.
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