Might as well add some of mine favourites as well. Just by reminiscing about these classics, I'm getting the urge to fire up the good ol' A500 again.
Powermonger: My all-time favourite strategy wargame. Still hasn't been equalled by any wargame so far, not even the Total War series. While it may be a bit shallow by today's standards, it's the fantastic atmosphere that made the game so compelling for me.
Sensible World of Soccer: Doesn't need much explaining, I think. Countless hours spent on this baby.
Utopia: Didn't get overly positive critical praise in magazines, but I loved it anyhow - again, because of the special atmosphere. The music was pretty spiffy as well.
Monkey Island 1 + 2: Also doesn't need much explaining. Wonderful humour, gameplay, music and graphics.
Flashback: Yummy goodness throughout.
Space Quest: This one made me laugh at a time when I didn't even grasp most of the jokes and parodical references. A timeless classic.
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluuuuxe! If I ever smashed a joystick, it was during the matches against the highest-tiered computer controlled teams. They bloody cheat, I tells you.
The Chaos Engine: Oodles of fun, but mostly when you have a friend to play the game with. Mesmerizing graphics.
A-Train: It sure didn't look pretty, but I was addicted to it for the longest time.
Frontier: Visiting uninhabited planets and trying to land on them without crashing the spacecraft was strangely compelling.
Wings: Manfred von Richthofen, who? Waldo P. Barnstormer FTW
Pang!: Anyone remember this? I thought it was absolute brilliant fun!
Mega-lo-Mania: This one as well.
Populous II: Playing God has never been this much fun.
Dune: Nothing like the book, but it was a very charming game anyhow. Spent a lot of time trying to grow greenery across the whole planet - pointless, but fun.
UFO: Enemy Unknown: Bloody frustrating at points, but superb fun otherwise.
I could go on, and on, and on, but these are the games that I remember most fondly.




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