Navagon: What's your favourite game in a genre you don't typically enjoy?
NBA Jam (SNES) and Speedball 2 (Amiga) really stand out as exceptions as I didn't just like those games, I loved them.
Lol, the post where you asked the question already contained my only answer. Speedball 2 is the only sports game I ever really enjoyed. Just like you, I didn't just like it - I loved it. I think it was 2001 when I got a replacement screen for our Amiga 500 - ages after our original screen had given up. I could finally show my best friend some Amiga greatness - to my disappointment he instantly disliked the system and almost all of my personal favourites. But then I showed him Speedball 2 and we wouldn't ever stop playing it for weeks. :D
Oh yeah, there IS another one. Plants vs Zombies. I hate 99% of all Tower Defense games I've ever tried but I instantly fell in love with this one. The gameplay, the design, the atmosphere... some of the best stuff I've ever played. :)