Starflight is probably still ahead of its time. It does such an amazing job of capturing that feeling of being an explorer in a strange universe trying to unrav

Starflight is probably still ahead of its time. It does such an amazing job of capturing that feeling of being an explorer in a strange universe trying to unravel a mystery against a perceived time limit - though there is none, even if you take forever and Arth gets hit by the anomaly, the game happily continues on. The first time you discover the 'special planet' (avoiding spoilers for a 30 year old game lol) after slowly piecing together those clues, and then eventually understanding what it all means. That sort of curve ball, but one that makes absolutely perfect sense for everything you've learned to date, to say nothing of the extreme moral ambiguity in what you eventually do (and have been doing) - it gave a feeling like nothing I've ever experienced again in 30 years of gaming. If anybody hasn't played Starflight, I couldn't recommend it more. IMO, the version on the Sega Genesis is the best - and easily obtainable with an emulator.