PAPERBOY

They don't make them like they used to. Ok, not true, but still - 80s and 90s are replete with oddities that made your usual genre of preference a unique gaming experience. Paperboy does exactly what it says on the tin, and not only will it cater to those Generation Xers who knew exactly what it meant to flip a burger or deliver newspapers to "learn to appreciate the value of money" and afford a new 8bit or 16bit gaming system, but it will also appeal to Millenials, and not just to those Millenials who  search for gaming document of days gone by.

The premise is simple- a paperboy has to deliver his round and throw papers to as many houses of subscribers without being bit by dogs, or hit by a myriad of moving objects, cars, carts, raving neigbours, breakdancers, toys  etc. With some time needed to get acquainted with controls and the scrolling, it plays well and you slowly grow to like evading death traps while trying to keep Daily Sun's readers happy. Even if you do get fired , you get fired to an awesome soundtrack playing in the back.

One can easily of a counterpart from the 90s it inspired. Less death and less guns , though.

And, uhm, don't play the Commodore 64 version , it's really bad.

The Incredible Machine 2

This game is an epitome of  what puzzle games should be like. It's about our dream of being Tom or Wile E.Coyote coming up with fantastic contraptions in order to catch their respective prey. You're given parts you need to integrate into a contraption that needs to perform a task (usually moving objects in a wanted direction).A cannon shoots a ball, the ball turns on a switch, the switch sets a factory line in motion and the motion spills a bucket with another ball coming out etc. Sounds simple and maybe a bit too retro as an idea for a game now, but it's another highly addictive game that stood the test of time with its unique concept.The navigation is easy, the playability is extremely high, the icons are beautiful. Of course,  Incredible Machine 1 set the foundation for the entire series, with IM 2 introducing new levels , better graphics ,less irritating sounds,new parts for machines etc, All the later versions  failed to introduce something new and take players somewhere else.

Absolutely worth your time.