Antarctic Adventure

Yes, yes, it's nothing special gameplay-wise, but I really admire how peaceful this game is. The guys at Konami understood the importance of good presentation.

You play a penguin in an endless runner, moving left and right to dodge obstacles, and that's the whole game. You have to reach the end goal in every level before the time runs out, and in later levels especially it becomes tough, almost asking you to use some exploits by which you can pass through obstacles more easily.

The MSX, Colecovision and NES versions of the game are all the same graphically and functionally, but I'll recommend the NES port as it has added difficulty options plus a really useful propeller hat power-up(Really it's amazing how faithful the NES port is, you don't see that kind of thing often). There are ten levels in total which loop, but if you beat just the first two, you've essentially seen everything the game can offer.