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The important thing is that they are not "addictive" or have (a lot of) ads. I can recommend GCompris, SuperTuxKart and TowerJumper.

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[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

Morrowind android port

no but on a real there's a lot of android ports of old games that aren't addictive, and all you have to do usually is click install on an apk file.

Here's one that requires a bit more setup than that if you're techy - https://www.reddit.com/r/TrackMania/s/QDNYzg499o

If that seems too tricky, I still highly recommend the original Trackmania Forever game if you've got ANY laptop. Super simple arcadey racing game - completely free - smooth as butter, lots of replayability, runs on anything, you can play against each other, has a track creator mode that's easy to use, customisable cars - and on, and on. I used to play it when I was about 8-9 years old, then recently when I was babysitting I taught my cousin to play it - he was only 6 years old and loved it. Absolutely brilliant - I used to spend hours playing against my dad back in the day.

[–] lelkins@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

my toddlers can barely play minecraft or supertux, they're used to those weird dress up games with ads and stuff. i can't imagine them play morrowind.

i know what i said about them playing minetest. they can't build properly there

have you tried rvgl? re-volt in general. cool game tbh

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hehehe, I was only joking about morrowind. Yeah, idk if they're toddlers just put them in the garden.

[–] lelkins@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

i was blinded by my attempt at playing the game where i freed slaves and got stuck fighting a banshee ghost or whatever and couldnt play anymore. oh and my inlaw and sister just made them watch tiktoks on their phones and i can't get them off of the youtube shorts so i sadly can't get them in the garden much. they DO do stuff in the garden but i can't do shit about the slop

ngl trackmania's cool as fuck, but winlator requires the beefiest of hardware. i don't know if the op has like super strong android tablets or like me, degoogled android 5 e-waste that i tried very hard to revive.

rvgl is a goofy physics based racing game with toy cars, tar, bowling balls and firecrackers and has a native android port. check it out!

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah I think the best way to play Trackmania is just to get an old laptop/desktop. It's such low software requirements you could probably get one for £40

Revolt is also a classic yeah, I remember lots of RC car type games around that time. There was a great one the Lego technic racers webpage of all places.

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