@mepmepmep
I'd like to add some classics:
4D Sports Driving (Motor, Mindscape 1992)
A-10 Tank Killer (Flight sim, Dynamix 1991)
A-Train (Strategy, Maxis 1993)
Air Warrior (Flight sim, On-Line 1993)
Alien 3 (Action, Virgin Games 1993)
Alien Breed Special Edition 92 (Shoot'em up, Team 17 1992)
Another World ("Out of this World" in the US), (Arcade/Adventure, Delphine 1990)
Arcade Pool (Sports sim, Team 17 1994)
Armour Geddon II: Codename Hellfire (Tactical wargame, Psygnosis 1994)
B-17 Flying Fortress (Flight sim, MicroProse 1993)
BAT 2 (Action Adventure, UBI Soft 1993)
Battle Chess ("Violent" chess, Electronic Arts 1988)
Benefactor (Platform/Puzzle, Digital Illusions 1994)
BlockOut ("Tetris-category", California Dreams/Rainbow Arts 1990)
Caesar Deluxe (Strategy, Impressions 1993)
Clue, The (Adventure, Kompart 1994)
Conflict: Korea (Strategy/Warsim, SSI 1992)
Cool World (Platform, Ocean 1992)
Colonization (Strategy, MicroProse 1995) *
Crime City (Adventure, Impressions 1992)
Crystals of Arborea (RPG, Silmarils 1991)
Cybernetix (Shoot'em up, 1995 PD)
Cytron (Shoot'em up, Psygnosis 1993)
Damocles (Arcade/Adventure, Novagen 1990)
Darkmere (Arcade/Adventure, Core Design 1994)
Demoniak (Adventure, Palace 1991)
Dreamweb, The (Adventure, Empire 1995) *
F-15 Strike Eagle III (MicroProse 1993)
F-16 Combat Pilot (Digital Integration 1989)
Fighter Duel Pro (Flight sim, Jaeger Software 1993)
Formula 1 Grand Prix (Motor, MicroProse 1992) *
Global Effect (Strategy, Millennium 1992)
Gravity Force 2 (Platform, Kingsoft 1989)
Harpoon (Naval strategy, Three-Sixty 1990)
Harpoon + Scenarios (Naval strategy, Electronic Arts 1992)
History Line: 1914-1918 (Strategy, Blue Byte 1993)
Hudson Hawk (Platform, Ocean 1992)
Impossible Mission 2025 (Arcade/Adventure, MicroProse 1994)
Kingmaker (Strategy, US Gold 1993)
Kingpin Bowling (Sports sim, Team 17 1995)
Kings Quest III: The Heir is Human (Adventure, Sierra On-Line 1987)
Knights of the Crystallion (Mixed but mostly Adventure. US Gold 1989)
Legend (RPG, Mindscape 1992)
Legend Of Kyrandia, The (Adventure, Westwood Studios/Virgin Games 1992)
Maniac Mansion (Adventure, Lucasfilm 1989)
Mean Streets (Adventure, US Gold 1990) *
MiG 27 Super Fulcrum (Flight sim, Domark 1991)
Mighty Bombjack (Platform, Elite 1991)
Might & Magic 3 (RPG, New World Computing, 1992)
Nightbreed - The Action Game (Action/Adventure, Ocean 1991)
No Greater Glory (Strategy, SSI 1992)
Oil Imperium (Strategy, reLine/Rainbow Arts 1988)
Outrun Europe (Motor, US Gold 1991)
Overlord (Flight sim, Virgin 1995) *
Panzer Battles (Strategy, SSG 1992)
Patrician, The (Strategy/Trade sim, Ascon 1993)
Perfect General, The (Strategy, QQP 1992)
Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (Adventure, Sierra 1987)
Police Quest 3 (Adventure, Sierra 1992)
Pools of Darkness (RPG, SSI 1992)
Premier Manager (Football management, Gremlin 1993)
Premier Manager 2 (Football management, Gremlin 1993)
Premier Manager 3 (Football management, Gremlin 1994)
Pro Flight (Realistic bomber/flight sim, HiSoft 1992)
Pro Tennis Tour II (Tennis sim, UBI Soft 1991)
Ranx (Platform/Fighting, UBI Soft 1991)
Reach For The Skies (Flight sim, Virgin Games 1993)
Realms (Strategy/Action-adventure, Virgin Games 1992) *
Rings of Medusa (Strategy, Starbyte 1989)
Rings of Medusa 2: Return of Medusa (RPG, Starbyte 1991)
Road Rash (Motor (MC), Electronic Arts 1993)
Robin Hood - Conquest of the Longbow (Adventure, Sierra Online 1992)
Robocod (Platform, Millennium 1991)
Robosport (Action/Strategy, Maxis 1992)
Rocket Ranger (Arcade/Adventure, Cinemaware/Mirror Image 1988)
Rubicon (Platform shooter, 21st Century 1991)
Seek & Destroy (Shoot'em up, Mindscape 1994)
Sensible Golf (Sensible Software 1995)
Shadow Fighter (Beat'em up, Gremlin 1995)
Sim Ant (Strategy, Maxis 1992)
Simon the Sorcerer (Adventure, Adventure Soft 1994) *
Sleepwalker (Platform, Ocean 1993)
Space 1889 (Adventure/RPG, Empire 1992)
Space Gun (Shoot'em up, Ocean 1992)
Streetfighter 2 (US Gold 1993)
Strike Fleet (Naval sim, Electronic Arts 1991)
Super Monaco GP (Motor, US Gold 1991)
Surgeon, The (Surgical sim(!), ISM Inc. 1986)
T.F.X (Flight sim, Ocean 1995)
Tearaway Thomas (Platform, Play Byte/Head-On Technology 1993)
Test Drive 2 - The Duel (Motor, Accolade 1989)
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain (Flight sim, LucasFilm 1989)
Tornado (Flight sim, Digital Integration 1993) *
Troddlers (Mix of Lemmings/Boulder Dash, ATOD Design/The Sales Curve 1992)
Trolls (Platform, Flair Software 1993)
Viking Child, The (Platform adventure, Electronic Zoo 1991)
Voyages of Discovery (Strategy, Black Legend 1995)
Wayne Gretzky Ice Hockey (Bethesda Softworks 1989)
Wayne Gretzky Ice Hockey 2 (Bethesda Softworks 1992)
Willy Beamish (Adventure, Dynamix 1992)
Wolfpack (Naval sim, Mirrorsoft 1990)
Wrath Of The Demon (Adventure, ReadySoft 1990)
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (Adventure, Lucasfilm 1988)
* Certainly some of the best games in its category / era
TEXT ADVENTURES:
The Lost Treasures of Infocom -a collection of 20 classic Infocom adventures, re-released by Activision in 1992. The probably best 10 of'em:
Leather Goddesses of Phobos (1986)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (1984)
Zork (1986)
Zork II (1986)
Zork III (1986)
Zork Zero (1989)
Planetfall (1983)
Stationfall (1987)
Lurking Horror (1987)
Spellbreaker (1987)
-A game not in this box - A Mind Forever Voyaging - written by the legend Steve Meretzky at Infocom (1985), is definately worth looking for.
@mugenakuma
I've not mentioned any AGA games. After 1994 most games worth mentioning is AGA versions. It means you'll miss alot if you choose a non-AGA model. One more way to run old incompatible programs on an A1200/4000 is simply to load an old Kickstart from floppy.
