Hi, my mother-in-law is 71 years old but addicted to the Tetris game. We bought her a Nintendo Gameboy but the screen is too small for her. She is asking for a bigger screen but it is hard to find a game console that has big screen suitable for older folks. We thought of a PSP but dont know if the number of buttons on that thing will be helpful for her.
Do you guys know any game console that is great for old folks?
Thanks
Sorry I should be more specific…not looking for a TV type console…we are looking for a handheld gaming device.
Nintendo 3ds XL, try eBay — there are a lot of good condition consoles out there.
a tablet of any sort, there are many tetris games on both the google play store and the itunes store. buy a old ipad or a 7" samsung tablet or even 10" samsung would be good
Thanks for that suggestion. We let her try our ipad and android tablet. She find it too complicated. Fingers hard to navigate the screen as u would expect from a old folk.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=name.kunes.and…
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wiser.home…
there are many launchers for android for seniors
take a look
Thanks for that link. It is interesting…not what we are looking for however.
Personally i hate the lack of tactile feedback with tablet gaming.
You can also try the JXD S700B.. Made by a company called JXD.
http://www.jxd.hk/products.asp?selectclassid=009006&clsid=3
You can buy these online perhaps from DX.com or Aliexpress.
It's an Android tablet that has physical DPAD's and thumbsticks and is shaped just like a PSP. It can play Android games as well as MAME / GameBoy or PSP roms… but you'll have to literally pirate them.
Thanks. That looks quite promising with real controls and stuff. Indeed looks like a clone of PSP. Will take a closer look.
Did you also own this game console? Is this good?
Nope, only read reviews about it. The reviews range from mediocre to generally positive.
The price is $135 USD from Alie, and the specifications look pretty strong.
RK3188 quad core with 2GB of RAM, and plenty of storage and SD card compatibility. So yeah, it should play most sorts of games on the Android market.
The review is average, but can't really complain with a tablet that's under $150.
HEre is a video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzEyTi8MbYc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1421914688&v=dCux0XEln…
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2002-RADICA-ELECTRONIC-HANDHELD-B…
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Radica-Tetris-Handheld-Electronic…
i cant find any other large screen tetris handhelds.
but these seems pretty expensive.
good luck.
Thanks. Agreed it is pretty expensive too.
If it's just Tetris you're after you don't need the latest and greatest.. I'd go Dsi XL. I'm sure you could get console plus game for less than $80.
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l13…
I was going to suggest this also. You don't need the 3DS. The DSi XL is the same size and there are a number of great Tetris games on the DS.
Thanks for that too. I think the DSI XL's screen (being slightly more squarish) is better than the JXD's screen's aspect ratio and being a Tetris game, you kinda need the vertical real estate space. I will go take a look at the real unit this weekend.
Also it seems EB Games has the DXI XL for about $50 pre owned. I will take a closer look.
These are good suggestions. Thanks guys.
Google Brick Game, these are knockoffs but usually bigger games. Well all Tetris games are knockoffs anyway. The original developer never made money off it
That's because he lived in communist Russia, so everything is owner by the government. The original version on the gameboy is the original code. There is a BBC documentary called "From Russia with love" you should check out of you want the full story.
"Dr Mario and Tetris" on SNES or SNES Emulator