Game recommendations for retired mother

[Elshaddoll]

So my mom is 67 years old and has been recovering from a surgery. She loves playing 8 Ball Pool on her tablet and recently lent her my Anbernic RG 406 V so she could play Peggle, Tetris, Pacman, and Space Invaders. She loves those games, and now she wants an Anbernic of her own.

I wanted some ideas as to games she might enjoy. She has a very hard time moving a character from screen to screen (having her play Kirby's Dreamland was a disaster).
So games that largely take place on one screen would be appreciated.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Try Robotron 64.

It is the port of an arcade classic that's really addicting and fun to play while respecting your single screen request.

Oh, also try Super Bomberman: Panic Bomber! for much of the same reasons.

 

[χKai]

Columns

 

[Azazelivae]

Unironically Candy Crush.

Though any games that basically Tetris as long as she can keep up with should be fine for her.

 

[Maw]

Harvest Moon series? Tile Matching or Puzzle Bobble games? Digimon Card Battle?

 

[DEH]

Maybe she like Yu-Gi-Oh ?

 

[PSVitaForever]

If she uses a tablet with Google Play, she could try the free-to-play "Gems of War", basically you link three or four gems of the same colour or three skulls, and it means charging your cards (with colours), making damage to enemies (with skulls), and cast magic with your cards when their mana is full. Your troops and enemies are cards on the side of the screen, and everything takes place on one screen; there are lots of modes, most of them single player apart from pvp, but they're not against real player in real time, and for every move you can take your time.
We're playing it on Switch so I can't say anything about ads on the app, but you basically have no daily limits even you choose to go for free, we spent almost a year on it without buying anything.

Best wishes to your Mom for her recovery!!!

 

[Zoh_Veldae]

Had more or less the same situation with my own mother. Bejeweled was the only thing that I found to stick with her besides Solitaire.

 

[ThatOneLum]

If she's really into single-screen experiences, there is a whole slew of different puzzle games out there that she would have a whale of a time with.

Someone has already mentioned Columns, but you should also try out Tetris Attack, Puyo Puyo, Puzzle Quest, and Klax.

Has she also considered checking out some adventure games? Old school ones like PC point and clicks do require you to move around a bit, but there's the possibility of games like Phoenix Wright, where you're mostly just picking from menus rather than having to physically control the character and where they're going.

Finally, there's also a bunch of arcade titles that are just based around accomplishing simple tasks on a single screen. Have her try out Tempest 2000, Tetris 3D, Galaxian, Galaga, Missile Command, Arkanoid, etc. The list is practically never-ending.

 

[sneakyguts]

Try Zuma series

 

[Bonkers225]

Peggle
Zuma
Bejeweled

 

[Kremiso]

Bubble Bobble ?

 

[sneakyguts]

bust a move

 

[Zerohour2k12]

Maybe some word games like Hanggaroo or TextTwist.

 

[soulsas]

Maybe Tetris Attack emulated on SNES could be a good call.

 

[destinyduelist]

Zuma, easily.

 

[Morgana Veil]

So, no DOOM Eternal, huh?
Kidding, hope your mother recovers quickly and with no complications
Peggle, Tetris, and, as someone surely said, Candy Crush.
Maybe Monopoly? And any kind of card game should be fine

 

[bjork]

Desert Golfing
Oregon Trail
Carmen Sandiego

Maybe something like Myst?

 

[Bloodshed]

Stardew Valley maybe, there are multiple screens, but no stress, except for some dungeonfloors

MTG Arena (Magic the Gathering Online)

Maybe some Tactical RPGs, not so many screen Transitions, time to plan your actions, and most of the time a real good Story. Final Fantasy Tactics, Front Mission Series, Vandal Hearts, Tactics Ogre

Point & Click Adventures: Full Throttle, Sam & Max, Monkey Island, Deponia....

I hope your mum get's well soon

 

[X y b e r - S k u ll]

I recommend Zookeeper. My nan used to love playing that to the point where we all bought her a DS and her own copy of the game to save her always trying to take my brothers one lol.

 

[bjork]

I recommend Zookeeper. My nan used to love playing that to the point where we all bought her a DS and her own copy of the game to save her always trying to take my brothers one lol.

Another single-screen game I want to throw out is the older Zoo Keeper from 1983. It's a little hectic and the noises are really annoying in the best possible way, but I think it's only available on Taito collections, outside of just emulating the arcade rom.

 

[Gabriel24]

Então, minha mãe tem 67 anos e está se recuperando de uma cirurgia. Ela adora jogar sinuca 8 no tablet e recentemente emprestei meu Anbernic RG 406 V para ela jogar Peggle, Tetris, Pacman e Space Invaders. Ela adora esses jogos e agora quer um Anbernic só para ela.

Eu queria algumas ideias de jogos que ela poderia gostar. Ela tem muita dificuldade em mover um personagem de uma tela para outra (fazê-la jogar Kirby's Dreamland foi um desastre).
Portanto, jogos que se passam principalmente em uma única tela seriam apreciados.

Tem alguma preferência?

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

Puyo Puyo. Combos may be a bit difficult at first but its very simple

 

[Scotty]

Columns.