Peggle.

I miss lemmings, is there a way to play it on pc for free yet?

the opposite to this thread is F19- Flight Similator for the Amiga. Pile of dog turd. Staring at the same screen for minutes on end. Never played it a 2nd time. Luckily it came free with the A500.

mk64 wrote:

the opposite to this thread is F19- Flight Similator for the Amiga. Pile of dog turd. Staring at the same screen for minutes on end. Never played it a 2nd time. Luckily it came free with the A500.

Or Home Alone 2 and Terminator 2 on SNES. Nightmare games. Ooo and Waynes World. Utter shite!

Ive got to be careful this doesn't come across as a favourite game list but all of these were instant likes:

Skool Daze (C64) - Great little sandboxy game. Pretty incredible for its time really thinking back. It was great fun just going round writing swear words on the black board and twatting other kids/teachers with your catapult.
Gunstar Heroes (MD)- Looks, Coop, weapon mixing and perfectly balanced to boot.
Streets of Rage 2 (MD)- Still the pinnacle of 2D scrolling beat em ups and coop play imo.
Eternal Champions (MD)- I loved this game so much, I think manly down to the character bios and graphics. Virtually impossible to beat and terrible animation but I'd love SEGA to do a remake/sequel. (No chance)
Gran Turismo (PS1) - That handling and those shineys!
Wreckless (Xbox) - Drawn in as a graphics whore initially, then realised it was a bit shit on continued play

daviedigi wrote:

Bushing blade on ps1.

Ah, the famous, uncompromising, depilatory sim. Great game.

Agreed, the only one I can't get on with is Core, my brain just can't recover when it goes wrong in that one.

Some odd additions for me.
Back in the day a demo of Tombi for ps1 came free on a mag coverdisc (pretty sure it was the official ps1 mag) and blimey the demo was blinding. It played out in a forest level and it was this barmy Japanese platformer. I must have sank HOURS into the level. At a later date I got the full game and it just wasnt the same. That level was perfect.

Also another OPSM demo disc I think It was for that RTS Warzone I think it was called. It allowed you to assemble your units from different upgrades. It let you choose weapon,body, propulsion etc. But it was a lovely open level to get a feel for the game in. Plus I found a bug that unlocked all unit upgrades.
But those demos were just instant loves even though the full games didnt match up.

Another demo was again for PS1. I think the game was called Excalibur. It was set in an underground dungeon and you played as a female char so im guessing it wasnt long after tomb raider. It was a British game i think. It just dripped in atmosphere in a cheap way. Again no joy with the main game.

Last demo was that porche challenge game, ps1 again!!! The demo perfectly served slice of game. Poo full game.

superflyninja wrote:

Last demo was that porche challenge game, ps1 again!!! The demo perfectly served slice of game. Poo full game.

Yep, I felt exactly the same with this.

@davyK yes thats the one

Escape wrote:

Don't blame me for a list... Master System Asterix GameCube Super Monkey Ball
  Mega Drive LandStalker: The Treasure of King Nole, Road Rash NES Punch-Out!!

Agree with these, although I'd probably made my mind up about loving Landstalker before I picked up the pad (100 in Diehard Gamefan?  That's for me).  Asterix was, and still is, astoundingly good. 

Plus Metal Gear Solid, Portal and Cannon Fodder from other people's choices.  The first Monkey Island is the one that did it for me.  Also, Virtua Cop.

Virtua Tennis, there's depth to be had there obviously but with such a simple control system and those (for the time) beautiful graphics it just made an immediate positive impression on me from the minute the demo started. Ditto Crazy Taxi, NBA2K and Power Stone whilst we're on the DC era.

RE: The OP - I played Wipeout 2097 before the original Wipeout and found it wonderful and intuitive right from the start, as well as looking and sounding amazing. Haven't played it in years so can't confirm whether I'm right about this but I recall 'getting it' immediately and having fun right from the off. 

Jumping Flash was great from that first, towering leap for me although the FMV seems pretty naff these days. Others: Breakout, Dr Mario and Tetris on the Gameboy, Track & Field, Lumines, Links 2004....

California Games. Utterly loved that game from the moment I started playing keepy ups.
Peggle. One more turn.
Half Life 2. The dystopian train arrival sucked me in. 
Fallout 3. From the ads to my first 4 hour session, the world felt fully realised.
Yoshi's Island. Missed my train back to uni to complete the game. When I say missed, it was a matter of 2 days.
Champ Manager 97/98 and future versions over the next few years. Years of devotion and adoration of Cherno Samba, Ibrahima Bakayoko, Bruce Dyer, Nii Lamptey and Freddie Adu. 
Dark Souls, the utter lack of hand holding and early deaths was liberating. Finding stuff out for yourself is ever more important in a world of spoilers, YouTube speed runs etc.
Chime. Relaxing and cathartic bliss.

acemuzzy wrote:

Kuru Kuru Kuruin

I think I agree with this more than anything else in the thread so far.  A perfect example.

Virtua Tennis is a great shout, as is Kuru Kuru Kururin (or Kururin Squash which is the Gamecube version that I have played)

Mr Driller is another candidate.

Or something like Daytona or Sega Rally