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Originally Posted by Shatterhand
If you had the mission to introduce the Amiga to people who are into retro-gaming but never saw one, what games would you choose?
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I have lots of experience in showing Amiga games to non-Amiga people, since I've been arranging quite a few public Amiga gaming events during the recent years (on mainstream LANs etc). Not necessarily exactly "retro-gaming" audience, but generally from younger modern gaming people to older folks with all kinds of backgrounds.
Here are few examples which seem to work in most cases (but don't know if the audience is too hardcore retro gamers):
Almost everybody praises the graphics in Slam Tilt. It's about the only game people say that they didn't know low resolution games can look that good. It's also a good game to put anyone in front of, because it's easy to play.
Lotus2 has nice retro feeling and nostalgia. And speed. Quite easy to put players in too, and 2-4 player game adds the athmosphere.
Stunt Car Racer (turbo mode) in a linkup gets comments like "How this simple game can work so well?", "It is so old, but still more entertaining than many modern games!", etc.
Worms Director's Cut seems to work too. Many say that it's more brutal than the more modern versions they've played, and they like it!
Can't help, but Bubble Bobble is always one of the favourite games at events
Nitro, SWIV, Superfrog, Speedball2, Cannon Fodder, and Skidmarks get their fans always too.