Hmm...the pokemon games are accessible, for the Gameboy, Gameboy colour, and Gameboy Advance (SP). I've played and beaten them all.

Red/Yellow/Blue (old-school, but the overall simplest) also poses the largest accessibility issues, because you have to know exactly where to use certain moves to navigate (Strength to push blocks, Surf to cross water, etc). This isn't such a problem...except that in later installments, you can simply bump up against said obstacle and hit A and you'll activate the ability in question if you have it. There's no blood or excessive violence (if you're all right with King of Fighters, you should be fine with pokemon, I warrant), and each creature has its own specific cry. He'll navigate by tracing walls (the wall makes a sound when you bump against it). He may need a little sighted assistance at certain points, but it shouldn't be too much of a big deal.

Gold, Silver and Crystal (Crystal's my favourite of all time) are much the same, but a little bigger. Different world map, and now you can use HMs (the moves to navigate) simply by clicking on the right area (he'll find them, or ought to; I know I did). There is one area, called the Ice Cave, that's very difficult to navigage, for which he'll need sighted help, but everything else is easy enough once he gets the hang of it.

Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald (Emerald preferred, on the whole) for the Gameboy Advance is even more friendly still. Only one puzzle, period, that I needed help with. Other things took me time, but weren't generally too difficult after some exploration. Any one of these games I've thus far mentioned will keep him busy for awhile.

On the actual accessible games list I'd recommend: Ten-Pin Alley is pretty easy, pretty basic. Super Liam is a side-scroller with humour, he is apt to find it funny and challenging as he goes on (there are cheat codes once you beat the game for the first time, though). There are also a  plethora of online games which are screen-reader friendly, but I'm not quite so sure on those. I myself am 24, and while I'm definitely a gamer at heart, it's been a long time since I was 8. Heh.

I wish you the very best of luck, and if you have any further questions, feel free to write 'em up and I'll try to help.

Hi.

I think Judgment Day and Super Liam are great to a 8 years old boy. I'm sure he also would like Topspeed, which is a great racing game. You can find it on the following site:
http://www.playinginthedark.com/

Regarding console games, you can find a lot of informations in the other topics. The most accessible games is fighting games like Mortal Kombat, Tekken etc, but I think some of them is too violent to an 8 year old boy. I'm totally blind, and I have completed a very good fighting game called Urban Reign for the ps2. You can go ahead and search for it and wach a trailer on:
www.gameexpress.com

If your son likes sport games,
www.vipgameszone.com is a good site. especially the beach volleyball and super bowling.

Yes, Jim Kitchen has some games that might be good for him, but be careful, one of his games called WinSpank, is a game not "appropriate" for 8 year olds, and not really for me (I'm 12) either. Theres some sports games, and my favorite monopoly. I have not tried Rail Racer, although I will or Andy, will be purchasing it. There are some educational games from a guy named Liam at L-Works.net as well as BSC Games at bscgames.com I beileve. We would be happy to have Justin join here. This may be a little off-topic, but what RS Games will possibly doing is, making games for the sighted, with accessibility. This way, you, and any sighted friend can play the games. I do know alot about graphics in VB, so it won't be much harder then making an audiogame. I am also very happy that you meet the requirements for most audiogames, and think Justin will be very happy with what we have chosen.
Thank You
-Ryan Smith
Head of RS Games
www.rsgames.co.nr

Tricia,

Check out our Top 25 Web Sites for Gamers who are Blind.
It's a fast way to get to many of the games that these folks have listed, plus some more.
Its' at www.7128.com.

We, ourselves, offer word games, memory games, and Clue-like mystery games that are fully blind-accessible.
All of them self-voice; all of them have free demos; all of them are downloadable and affordable.
But we leave the action type games to the other folks, who do a fine job.

Good luck with your search,

John Bannick
Chief Technology Officer
7-128 Software

Hi.

There are some good educational games at bscgames.com. Don't worry, just because they're educational does not mean they're crappy!

One that I like, is called Word Strain. Both versions, Volume1 and Volume2, I like.

If you like adventure gases, Hunter from bscgames.com is a good choice.

Another one I like, which probably would not suit an 8-year-old (it's your choice hough), it's called Troopanum. It's also from bscgames.com
You basically have to defend your base from the attacking falling enemy ships. You do have to shoot; but it's with a laser gun. Some of the enemies in the game are:
Cruzers, lunar lifters, inforcer's, and in my oppinion the hardest to knock off, the hovercrafts, liquidaters, and gorbian ships. It all sounds complicated, but it's all good really.

Then again, I'm 12 at the moment and I haven't played games since I was 10, but these are good.

Another good site is http://www.kitchensinc.net
There, all games are good for all ges; they're all free so they're suitable for any age.

I, as some others, recommend l-works.net. My personal favorite is Super Liam, which is a side scroller.

As to the Wii, I am a madman at Boxing; punch the hell out of anything with the WiiMote, or is it a ReMote, no idea...

So that's my oppinion on the matter.

Regards,
Andy.

Yeh, well of course! You didn't think...  It does, however, state on Jim's website that WinSpank, which is a game involving you spank people and then, once done, the game spits the reaction speed at you via SAPI5. As a little background info:
Sapi5, I believe, stands for speech API. You already, if you have XP, have a synthesizer to fit this criteria. It is called Microsoft Sam, although www.nextup.com has some much, much clearer voices for use with a lot of games.

Another thing:
A slew of games, over at pcsgames.net. There is a "Fantastic Games List" that, in case you haven't noticde, is a list of fantastic games! There are a lot of games on there, all of which were mentioned here on this forum.

Good luck!

Hi Tricia.

You said Justin is learning Jaws this year? If he got any problems, you could try to post a topic in the "off topic" room, and I'm sure someone are able to help you. Maybee there are any mailinglists or forums where you can ask questions regarding Jaws? I don't know. But you can try to ask in the off topic room if Justin got any problems.

Best regards S

Well I dunno why it wouldn't dark, just I haven't played that at that age. Of course it's fine though, dunno what I was thinking!
Yes Super Liam is a great game!

Are they accessible though?

I notice the previous post was deleted, I find this suspiciously like it may have been spam.