Justin

I'm thinking about the Sesame Street Kids Controller games for a 2 year old, but even Ms. Pac-Man or Asteroids could be fun. I'd like to hear a success story!

Well, my kids were, but I don't think this counts as they are adults now.  90's kids. 

They liked playing Atari with Dad.  And they had fun.  But to be completely honest, they got a lot more mileage out of the educational computer games of the time and then kids games on Gameboy.  More polish and better graphics made them a lot more interested.  I had a Dreamcast at the time, but they only liked the racing games (like Hydro Thunder).  Gamecube for them was their golden console.  Everything took off from there. 

I wasn't playing 2600 games when my kids were little. They actually grew up watching me play Halo on the PC. I got both my sons Nintendo DS as their first console when all their friends had one.

By the time I got back into Atari games, my kids were teens and very turned off by the blocky graphics and limited sound. Anything they deemed old was not cool in their eyes. They even asked me why I watch old movies when they saw me watching Indiana Jones or Star Wars.