I thought I'd just add a page listing some of the great games that can be played under emulation, many of these are ones I've enjoyed personally, but if there's a game you've thoroughly enjoyed playing under emulation on your Acorn, please tell me about it, including which emulator, which acorn you played it on, what the game's about (in case I haven't heard of it), and whether it played well under the emulator (fast enough, any glitches etc).
I've done special features reviewing some of the very best games, so far this includes:
Wonderboy III: The Dragon's Trap
Final Fight
Rock and Roll Racing
Worms
Here's a list of some of my other favourites...
Super Mario Land 1 & 2 - GB
Micro Machines - GB
Zelda - GB
Centurion - PC
Leisure Suit Larry in the land of the Lounge Lizards - PC
Dune II - PC, MD
Rampage - SMS, MAME
Ecco - SMS
Desert Strike - GG
Golden Axe - SMS
Mortal Kombat(s) - SMS
Phantasy Star - SMS
Sonic(s) - SMS
Wonderboy 2 & 3 - SMS
Tetris - GB
Don't forget to check out the recommended games for each individual system at the bottom of their respective page!
Richard Harker sent in a list of some of his favourite emulated games:
Repton 3. (BBC). This has got to be my favourite game of all time. I believe that when released it was described as the 'thinking mans arcade game' - which is an excellent description. Download it! (No actually don't download it, because you probably don't own the original - buy that from Superior Software first, then download it)
Boffin 2. (BBC). Simple platform fun. When I say it's simple I mean simple to get into, and definatley not simple to complete! Great game.
Citadel. (BBC). This has got to be my second best game of all time. Graphics aren't all that special, but the gameplay more than makes up for it. It's an arcade adventure. (BTW, it's another Superior game, so don't forget to buy it).
Bonecruncher. (BBC). You have to collect bones, to make soap(!). More fun and anoying than it sounds.
Codename: Droid (BBC). Platform shooter. I remember playing this a lot when it was first released. It's still pretty good now. (guess what - it's another Superior game)
Spycat. (BBC). Good graphics (well for a beeb anyway). Sort of arcade adventure game. Some nice touches, and humorous bits. Oh, and it's set in London which is a bonus too! (Yet another Superior game, so you'll have to buy it if you don't own it already).
Ghosts 'n' Ghouls. (MAME). Everyone's played this, and if you haven't you should! BTW, it's a platform game.
Tapper. (MAME). Good high res graphics in this simple but enjoyable game. You're a barman and have to serve customers drinks, and collect emptys. trust me it's better than it sounds.
Lwings. (MAME). Shoot-em-up. I think the graphics in this are easily comparable with older Archimedes games. The gameplay is pretty good aswell.
Mr Do!. (MAME). This definately my favourite Arcade game of all time. Sometimes (well very rarely) it seems easy, other times very frustrating! I always come back to it, though, to try and better my high score.
Rampage. (MAME). Better graphics than the Master System version, and gret with two players. Smash up everything in site - I like it. Also, it's not too slow like many ames run under MAME.
1943. (MAME). Fast, vertically scrolling shoot-em-up. A classic.
Commando. (MAME). This has been ported to just about every 8 bit computer around, so I'm sure everyone knows wht it's about. Great graphics and gameplay.
Amidar (MAME). Rather like crazy painter on the Beeb. Graphics aren't that good, but gameplay is.
Pacman.(MAME).
Frogger. (MAME). Fun, although annoying because you can't enter your name on the high score table.
Donkey Kong 3. (MAME). IMHO the best of the donkey kong series.
Sonic 2. (Sega Master System). Nearly as much fun as Sonic on the Megadrive, but will run at full speed on many Acorns.