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The War Llama Dec 6, 2022

You know what I've recently gone back to playing? #TheLegendOfZelda 3: A Link to the Past - in this case, the excellent #GameBoyAdvance port by Capcom circa around 2003.

I'm playing on my Revo K101 (a GBA hardware clone with a brighter, backlit screen), which is always my go-to for GBA games and will be until I get my sweaty mitts on an Analogue Pocket, I suspect.

I really don't get to play set-top console games any more. Handheld for a few minutes at a time is all parenting allows.

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The War Llama Dec 6, 2022

It's made me realise that as much as I'd love to pick up a #PS5 or #XboxSeries console, it's pointless. My shelves are full of #PS4 and #XboxOne games that are still unopened, because my daughter demands all of my time. Such a waste of money (like time, also in short supply!) to spend £450+ on something that won't get played for years. My next console is very likely to be a Steam Deck, which at least can be played on a sofa whilst the kid plays.

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The War Llama Dec 6, 2022

Mind you, she's almost at the age where we can game together. Until recently she's not had the coordination to move a joystick and press buttons at the same time (I suspect that, like me, she has dyspraxia) but she switched on my home arcade machine the other day and started playing #Galaga, all by herself. She can now move and shoot at the same time!

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PieMan70

@thewarllama for mine we had some of the VTech kids consoles for a bit but actually my Son’s first gaming experience was when he was about 5 and wanted to play Lego Star Wars on PS2. We did it co-op and I did the “annoying jumpy bits”