I am looking for a gaming console to gift to an 11 years old in family who hasn't been exposed to gaming yet. I am myself not into gaming and am definitely not updated with all the models and the current gaming ecosystem. I grew up in no-internet era so my go to were Super Mario, Battle Tanks, Roadfighter, Pacman, Prince etc and at a later age I was introduced to AoE, Doom, etc games. I hope I remember those games' names correctly.. lol. I don't recall the console brand I had as a kid but it was some non-popular one (maybe a cheaper dupe of Nintendo) and there used to be cassettes those days which would have about 100 or 250 games on a cassette.
Which brand console and model would you recommend? How many built-in games does it come with as default? Is there any other expense involved apart from the original purchase price unless one wants to buy more games?
This is probably the very basic info for avid gamers but it will help me get upto speed and make a decision. If you can shed some light on any regular deals (on OzBargain) that I should keep an eye on, it will be helpful too. Thank you in advance!
a raspberry pi and motion blue is all you need, just plug and play