Comments on: ISO Kids Game

By: adam

adam — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:25:25 +0000

gcompris is just the kind of thing I was looking for. A few of the games are buggy/nonfunctional for me, but the other ones are very appropriate. In full-screen mode the text is perfectly legible for my daughter.

By: Dmitrijs Ledkovs

Dmitrijs Ledkovs — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:34:40 +0000

http://www.neopets.com although they have a lot of “requirement 4)” majority is not. Remember hand & eye coordination is very important as well ;-) plus gamers perform better in college!

By: Adrian Silva

Adrian Silva — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:04:54 +0000

Two non-web based suggestions.

My nephews are usually entertained by gcompris. Lots of entertaining activities for a wide range of ages and skills.

Scratch and the gallery of community projects can also provide some amusements. Most interesting on the gallery I find the projects teaching real-world skills (i.e. learn to draw an eye)

http://gcompris.net/ http://scratch.mit.edu/

By: adam

adam — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:04:21 +0000

We do have a 24 inch wide-screen LCD that is pretty good for most sites. But some games just seem to be better set up for people with low vision — i.e., higher contrast, or just games where the skills involved are not primarily visual.

By: Russell Coker

Russell Coker — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:21:48 +0000

In regard to vision issues, is there any reason why you can't just get a big monitor with a relatively low resolution and change the DPI? I've found that to work reasonably well for some elderly relatives. But I guess that depends on how large the print has to be.

Web sites often specify things in pixels, is there a way of running an X client with replacing each pixel with 4 or 9 pixels? Maybe some sort of Zephyr option or something?

CRT monitors allowed us to set a low resolution on a large monitor, but that isn't as easy on LCDs (they tend to make things fuzzy). Have you tried finding an LCD monitor that allows running the computer at a resolution that is exactly half the width and height of the display?

By: jimcooncat

jimcooncat — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:44:54 +0000

Some classic arcade games at this site fit the bill for criteria 1-3: http://www.neave.com/games/

On any of the game pages the link is in black and says “Play {game name}”. Then click on the ^ arrow to make it fullscreen.

By: vittorio

vittorio — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:36:50 +0000

…here’s my four-year-old today favourite: http://www.pimpa.it/home.html

fits all your requirements, but additionally requires italian reading skills