Ever Played Video Games with your Parents?

[Gikoku]

Just as the title says, how many of you here ever played video games with your Mom and/or Dad? If you have, share your experiences of it.

I don't know about you guys, but my parents are some serious old timers who are now in their 60s (they also seem to still be stuck in the 1970s), they have nothing against video games (well.. not my Mom that is), but they aren't that good at them. I haven't played a game with my Mom in nearly 20 years now, the last game we played together was Eternal Champions on the Sega Genesis back in 1993 and she was actually pretty good at it.. as much of a button-masher as she was. I plan to bring out the old relic someday (the console, not my Mom) and invite her over for some old revisiting of nostalgia to see if she's still got it.

As for my Dad.. well he's a different story. Unlike my Mom, my Father didn't even want to get me a Sega Genesis when it first came out in '89, so getting him to play a game with me was more of a challenge back then. Watching my Dad play Thunder Force II was entertaining to say the least.. not so much for how bad he sucked at it, but more so for his angry reactions and the game itself being "a cheat". He'll randomly make these funny grunting noises of frustration followed by these made-up words such as .. "Daggit!" and "Diddlecrap!" and on rare occasions.. some swearing (only to tell me and my little brother to not repeat said sailor talk). Amusingly, he had the nerve to tell me that he should have never bought me and my brother the game system (because he couldn't ever beat it), which I corrected him that it was Mom who bought it.. not him.

As of today, he's still just as bad at every game thrown at him, and when faced against me I often let him win to give him that sense of "skill" he has and he'll of course let me know of it.. "I told ya, your old man's still got it."

Playing co-op with him however is not so amusing, but more of a nightmare.. I don't think I need to explain the sadness of being surrounded by enemies and eventually destroyed while my Dad is stuck running at walls and examining the game controller.

 

[James Butts]

I played pong with my day for like an hour every day or as often as possible when the ataris with all the games preloaded came out, that is until he died. It was fun just because I couldnt play any other video games with him cuz he was 50 and didnt know how to use them lol.

I have also played wii with my grandma.

 

[Quistrix]

Hmm..Well the Wii, that has some prominent family play time.
My mum likes Sing Star and she played Animal Crossing: Wild World. She played that A LOT.

So, really all I ever play with my mum is either Sing Star or games on the Wii. That's it. I've tried a few times to get her into a few games, and I've failed.
Same with my sister, she says she doesn't want to as she'll get addicted. That's true, back in the day she was mean with 'Alex the Kidd'.

Seeing my mum doing the hula-hoop game on Wii Fit. It's..disturbing.

 

[Fenrir]

I got my dad into gaming. Originaly he frowned upon video gaming because it pretty much consumes the life of young people who partake, then I guess he got curious one day, wanted to know what the party was about and I got him to play some halo 2. Then when I played gears of war I knew he would like it and that I had found his game. He did, I had. Then when left 4 dead came out he was hooked, so I bought him his own 360 that christmas cause he couldnt afford to buy it himself. He now enjoys many games and has a live account. I've tried to find my moms game but it's just not happening.

 

[L0ki]

My Dad gamed with me from ages 6 to 11. He introduced me to my first PC Game at the age of 6 (Some floppy disk game on our old IBM). I remember vividly, my dad and I playing the original Top Gear on the Sega Genesis when I was 11. After this, we had some family problems, and my dad changed a great deal and we never played games together again. Wow. I miss my Dad.

 

[Skotekal]

Many years ago I remember my dad would bring out the old NES and bring it to me and my brother's room. He'd flip out laundry basket over, put the NES on that, and the TV up on a shelf, shut off the lights, and we'd play for hours. I think the only reason he could stand playing the NES is because he was actually really freakin' good at Mario.

 

[Azer249]

Well ive played a few games with my dad. Back when halo 3 first came out and i didnt have live i used to give my dad a few one on ones on split screen. He lost. Unless i let him win which i sometimes did. But that got him into gaming and now he plays half life 2, red faction guerilla and loves halo. Yet he still dosent see the point in minecraft..... Well my mum also played games with me when i was of school once when i was like 6 she played Tony hawks 2. Aswell as that i tried to play Halo 3 online with my sister and mum, for the whole game they were looking at the ceeling saying "who am i shooting? , How do i move? Why isnt this working?" soo yeh they cant game.

 

[Tsuyu]

I'm quite sure we, me and my dad, played some NES like Super Mario Bros. when we had just gotten the NES and video gaming was a new thing.

 

[Dark Drakan]

I played against my dad on early Command & Conquer titles and he beat me all the time until i got older and started to get better at them. He didnt beat me again after his first loss but he is still better than me at racing games to this day mainly because he loves them and im not much of a fan and hes a BIG motor sport enthusiast. Ive had to help him out on Halo when he got stuck too. He stopped playing games after that for years but has recently purchased himself a PS3 and is getting back into it so maybe we shall play again soon.

 

[SelfAppointedGunslinger]

yeah, I remember when My parents bought Me a Nintendo 64. Me and my dad spent many hours playing goldeneye 007 and super mario 64 together. My mother didn't really get into it but for my dad's 30th birthday she bought him Ocarina of time, which we played and completed together. My best friend also sat playing the game with it, he was so impressed with Ocarina of time that he got his parents to buy him a 64 soley because of that game. Those we're some of the best days of my life.

 

[Tyloric]

My parents aren't the gaming type.

 

[Sephiroxas]

I didn't play WITH them I just usually watched. And it was my dad who played most of them. Sega Genises, his favorites were bubsy, Quack shot and thunder force IV

 

[Shirosaki]

I once went into my bedroom after playing in the garden and my mum was playing on Pokémon Stadium for the N64..

 

[HeroOfCrapsalot]

We tried. We failed.

 

[mjmarin12]

My mom isnt much of a gamer, but one day I got her to play SSB Brawl with me and my 5 year old cousin. We had fun, but I beat them down....I wasnt gonna lose to a bunch of posers....

 

[Aions]

i played wii sports with my mom, dad, sister, moms friend, granma and grandpa when it came out... *sigh*

 

[Arseface]

I used to play Sonic 2 with my mum all the time when I was little. Mad fun.

 

[Purple Nurple]

I've strangely played Castle Crashers with my little sister, older sister and mum, and both my sisters were better than me

My dad has watched me played Ass Creed several times and tried to put the culture in the games into context. He gave me a book on monks of war such as the templars, but that's about it.

I did play 1 vs 100 alot with my parents though.

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

my dad, never. he was a firm believer in video games causing kids to act like violent delinquents. even after i persuaded him to let me get my first console (N64) he made me save up for a year on a 1 dollar a week allowance to pay for it at age 8...stingy old fart. similar to what john posted, the only game we've ever played together and enjoyed somewhat was backgammon. again, that slowed down when i picked up a professional strategy guide at borders.

my mom liked the N64 at first. she was better than me at Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time, and wouldn't let me play around on her game files because she didn't want me to ruin anything. :lol:
she gave up on mario, which i eventually beat...but she beat ocarina of time long before i managed to get past the water temple. after that she focused valuable time on her career and when she does have the time where she would play a game (which she still may enjoy) she'd rather spend it doing other things.

the life of a gamer is lonely in this household :lol:

 

[Dark Drakan]

My mum told me yesterday how my dad has got rid of their dining table and has turned the other part of the lounge into his gaming room complete with gaming chair and a new big HDTV along with his new PS3. Seems hes getting back into gaming big time once again. :lol: