Re-Volt
This is a racing game with remote-controlled race cars, it's pretty nice. It reminds me somewhat of Mario Kart, it's whimsical and you have weapons like water balloons or fireworks rockets. The physics are weird, but they are appropriate for toy cars. You can plug in any HID controller (gamepad, racing wheel) and there is even split screen multiplayer (which is a rarity on PC) if you install the latest unofficial patch. You can also download new user-made race tracks and cars. I don't know how to judge the difficulty, the game kicks my butt, but I'm not good at racing games in general.
Theme Hospital
you manage a hospital and cure silly made up diseases like inflated heads. The game is fairly easy to pick up and increases in difficulty, but it's in English and some other European languages only, I don't know if that might be a problem. It can only be played with mouse and keyboard because it is very much driven by menus and pointing&clicking.
Rollercoaster Tycoon
I'm putting this one up just because it's a nice game as well. Much of what was said about Theme hospital applies here as well, except that you are managing a theme park instead.
Pinball Gold Pack
It's pinball, that's really all there is to it, but it's fun. The game has no controller support, but you only need three keys (left and right flipper and a key to launch the ball), so you could use the built-in DOSBox key mapper or Joy2Key or something similar to map those keys to gamepad buttons.
Post edited December 22, 2013 by HiPhish
