Although it pains me to say it, since I got an a1200 at the end of last year again Ive discovered that the nostalgic memories are often more fun than the games I was nostalgic about. Most Amiga games really havent aged well (even compared to other, even older machines).
Having said this though the sheer volume of titles means that if even only 1% are worth playing then there's still a heck of a lot of good titles out there. In no particular order the Amiga games I still enjoy most are:
Monkey Island 1 and 2. Not quite as good as pc or mac versions for no.2, but the amiga was where I 1st played them. No.3, while one of my all time favorite games on any platform didnt make my list as its not an amiga game (even though I 1st played it on amiga through scummvm 5 or 6 years ago).
Soccer Kid: One of the few original Amiga platform games able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the console offerings. Nice and slick and smooth, and controls well (even if I normally cant stand soccer itself).
Ruff'N'Tumble: Looks great and plays great. A little sluggish, and no parallax, etc., but this in no way hampers a great game. Renegades best game.
Robocod: An all time classic in my opinion. Sits somewhere between Sonic and Mario in terms of gameplay. Thankfully it also has similarly addictive qualities to the 2 games it was heavily inspired by.
Z-Out: awesome 2d shooter. VERY heavily inspired by RType, but technically more proficient (some great multi level parallax in later levels). One of the few Rtype clones that understood Rtype wasnt just a mindless shooter with pretty gfx. Amiga rtype was pretty decent, but not quite close enough to make my list
Addams Family: Fantastic Mario Clone that wasstrongest on the Amiga. SNES and Megadrive versions have parallax and a few other bits of eye candy, but dont play as nicely
Shadow Of The Beast3: For my tastes the definitive SOTB. Graphically and sonically something of a mix between the 1st 2, but gameplay wise more akin to a fine tuned no.2. Great game.
Payback: So strongly resembles gta that Im surprised there was no legal trouble. Huge effort for 1 man. Plays quite nicely
Black Crypt: I always wanted to like dungeon master, but my brother played it to death and then some. Black Crypt was my replacement DM and a damn fine game in its own right.
XTreme Racing: One of the better mario kart clones. I dont know why I like it, I just do. Has that same irritating but addictive gameplay as snes mari karts. Simultaneously fun and annoying.
Sinbad And The THrone Of The Falcon: Probably my favorite Cinemaware game. That may be due to nostalgia in part, but the game itself holds up pretty well. *THE* game that made me need an amiga back in '86.
