Not every game can be categorized, and not every genre has produced enough good quality games to merit their own list. The following products are all enjoyable, but something of a rarity in their field.
1. Commandos: Strike Force
The Commandos series of World War Two themed puzzlers is pushed in a new direction with 'Strike Force'. Gone is the, often beautiful, overhead view and in comes a first person viewpoint, out goes most of the team (only the Green Beret, Spy and Sniper remain) and in comes a different type of tension. Fortunately much of the strategy is present and correct.
2. Silent Hunter III
Both a simulation and a mild RPG, this game lets you live out your Das Boot fantasies/nightmares by pitching you, a German U-boat commander, against the Allied navy. Deep, gripping and generally regarded as the best simulation, let alone submarine simulation, ever. Not for the trigger happy...3. Patrician III
When I started playing on the C64 years ago, trading games were popular, but apparently not anymore; nevertheless, Patrician III is proving popular. You play a small merchant in a fourteenth century northern European town who has to trade his way to fame and fortune, while struggling with truculent foreign cities, demanding locals and the temptations of crime. The game isn’t as violent as the others on this list, but fans of the trading game should enjoy it.