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0 pointswsc9815y ago0 comments

> Nintendo is self-sustainable, Apple is exerting a lot of influence among smaller studios with Arcade. Like Annapurna Interactive (which is nota bene funded by Oracle).

I feel Apple Arcade sucks. I recently subscribed, cause I thought maybe my daughter would enjoy it. But most of the games are still too hard for her. So then I tried to play some games on Arcade for myself, but can't say I enjoyed it. Played a few games for 15 - 30 minutes then got bored. There just seems to be very few -if any- really quality games on Apple Arcade, at least from my point of view.

A few days ago I ordered the Retroid Pocket 2 [0], I hope this device will help me get my gaming fix.

If the Retroid Pocket 2 provides me and my daughter with a fun experience, then later I'll order a 2nd one for my daughter. I believe old NES/SNES games are probably easier to play for a 3.5 year old child compared to most of Apple Arcade's offerings. My daughter can already handle a simple gamepad, so as long as the game doesn't use too many buttons (4 directions + A/B/X/Y), a game should be playable for her.

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[0]: https://www.goretroid.com/products/retroid-pocket-2-handheld...

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myko5y ago

Apple's entire approach to gaming is broken. I tried to play various games on my iPad Pro and AppleTV recently and just getting a controller to work is a shitshow. Half the games that work with controllers have weird moments where you need to touch the screen.

It's fine for extremely casual or touch based games but doesn't work for anything serious.

Wowfunhappy5y ago

Have you tried any NES games lately? They're super hard! SNES games are better but they're still almost all very difficult.

wsc981OP5y ago

> Have you tried any NES games lately? They're super hard! SNES games are better but they're still almost all very difficult.

NES games might be hard. I never really had a NES while I was young. But I do know for sure some SNES games that will be easy to play. E.g. Mario Kart & Unirally. There's some videos on YouTube that shows other games that are playable by young children [0]. Super Double Dragon isn't too complicated either I think and the Retroid Pocket 2 can be connected to a tv using HDMI cable and can use BLE to connect controllers. So that way I can play together with my daughter at the same time, to make it even easier for her.

Here's a video that suggests some NES games for children [1].

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[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwn1IM7GV10

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dmF3FbZwlQ

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