1994 / Sega Mega Drive emulator game
*****
I was excited to introduce her to these nostalgic favourites, but Yoshi proved more alluring than Tails, despite a good effort, and this had to wait until Mario World got too hard even for Dad.
It's still one of my all-time favourite games/things, but I was a little surprised by quite how much the gameplay really is just holding right and jumping randomly, with entire semi-automated parts where it's best not to do anything. But it did allow a three-year-old first-timer to get through Angel Island Zone Act 1 with assistance only in jumping over a couple of rocks she found annoying. I was proud when she beat the shit out of Knuckles too.
