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Do your parents or have they ever played video games?

Both of my parent's play video games, in fact my mother is a big Zelda fan. She's owned a SNES, N64, and now has a Gamecube. My father used to love playing the Super Battletank series and outlander for the SNES.

My parents used to think gaming was childish. But now they are more supportive of my hobby. They even play games with my brother now days. On the other hand my fiance and I got her parents to play Donkey Konga this weekend and they loved it. :razz:

Back in the day, I was able to convince my dad to play the first EA PGA Golf with me on the Genesis. It was easy enough to pick up and play. We had some fun games.

My Dad will play a little pinball on his PC but that's about it. I have got him to play a few racing games too but it's not his cup of tea. I don't think my Mom has ever touched a video game.

Now my daughters father? He's a video game nut and has a rather large collection.

My dad was really into Super Mario Bros.  He would stay up all night playing it.  I don't think he ever beat it though.  He would also play some multiplayer games with me when I was younger, but we haven't played much since the N64 days. 

My dad had to stop because he felt RPGs were absorbing his life and time that should have been spent doing other "more important things" this was back in the mid 90s.

My mom would play some games with us when we were younger.

They still both play but my dad generally will only play games with me or my bro.
My mom sometimes will play some of the games she thinks look fun but she is mostly a Popcap person.

My parents still call everything a Nintendo and probably wouldn't be able to turn a system on.

My mother plays games all the time but my father doesnt even know how to use a computer let alone how to turn on a NES.  New games would be too much for him.

My mum used to play Columns on the Game Gear years ago but its the only time either of them have played a game. Thing is my dad is can be very intrested in them but seeing as they dint have them when he was a kid he feels that its something he cant get the hang of like hes really bad with just a mouse let alone a controller with 8 buttons.

my mother was hooked on puzzle games like tetris and dr mario in the day.  she even bought herself an original gameboy to play tetris and wouldnt let me or my brother play it. 

nowadays she plays computer puzzle games like bejeweled.  i also installed virtual game station on her computer so she could play the playstation 1 games like mr driller

my dad played golf games on the NES and Genesis while i was growing up.  he doesnt really play any modern games, but maybe if i picked up that golden tee plug and play unit, he would be interested in that.

And of course, but "Yes, they do", I mean "Well, my mom plays Tetris sometimes, and my dad'll pick up the controller if I'm playing and he gets a random urge to jump on my Chao in SA2:B".

Mom plays all the time but only RPG and puzzle games.  She likes the like of LOLO and any RPG like FF and the original Zelda (The new Zeldas are too hard for her).  As for my dad he doesn't play but I did bring my Wii over and he played Bowling!!!!

my parents will play newer stuff if i turn it on and get it going for them (such as Wii Sports, GCN Donkey Konga, PS2 DDR, 360 PGR3, etc.) 

my parents also both play the arcade machines we have in our basement

my dad has beaten Super Mario Bros. pinball multiple times as well as beating Vigilante a lot...he also likes Space Invaders Deluxe and Special Forces pinball

my mom will play all our machines too, although neither of them really play the Neo Geo MVS

the only games i have ever seen my mom play on her computer was windows solitare and mahjong. but that was years ago.
as for my dad. i dont remember him playing a game at all. he's too business orientated.
my brother and i used to play the atari 2600 and the nes together when we were kids.
i guess i am the only one that didnt want to grow up. when my parents first heard i was collecting and playing video games the response was, 'aren't you a little old for that?' and then they found out some of the values of the games and then it was 'ok'.

They played the 2600 and Intellivision back in the day.

Not to long ago my mom bought a used Xbox just to play Top Spin tensis. I was amazed by that.

My mom always tells me stories about how her and my dad would stay up all night playing pong.  As a matter of fact, I still have thier old pong unit and it's part of my collection now.

They also played alot of 2600. Probably about 50 games in my collection are their old games that they gave to me.  For some reason, all of the women in my family are unstoppable at Q-Bert.  My mom and my two older sisters can all demolish any high score I put up.  It's a little humbling at times  :)

A few years ago when Metal Gear Solid 2 was still a new game, I showed it to my dad.  He was in the military and loves war movies, books, anything he can get his hands on.  He didn't seem to impressed with it at first, giving me the standard "hey that's pretty neat" parental fake intrest.  The next day I came home from school and he was in my room playing it.  I showed him the basics of the game and he played for a good half hour or so.

Finally, last year my mom and I went to a bunch of garage sales together.  Of course I was looking for games, and we talked a little bit about them riding from place to place.  she asked if I had any spare Atari's, I said yes, and she asked if she could have one to play with.  That day I hooked one up on the family room TV where it still is now. 

I guess I was pretty lucky having parents who understood the allure of video games.

My mom only plays Tiger Woods games because she golfs and I golf with her.  My sister like NES (Mario) and Genesis (Sonic) games but not 3D games.  My dad doesn't play them at all...

My parents were the one that got me addicted to video games damn it :P
Got a photo of my at 4 months of age with a Atari 2600 joystick in my hand sitting on my dads lap haha. :laugh:

I got my mom addicted to online poker (play chips, no real money, but still).  And occasionally she'll sit down for a game of Tetris or Dr. Mario with me.

Hah, my mom calls every system a Nintendo too!

My grandma calls PS2 "DVD games" and Wii "Your Wii Machine".