I like Shenmue, but it's crazy slow and I can definitely see why people would hate it. Also the english voices are... awkward to say the least.
"Do you know where Sailors hang out?"
The arcade stuff is cool and you really don't see stuff like it very often. Pac Man 2 I believe has an arcade where you can play the original Pac-Man, and Animal Crossing has stuff like the NES games you can collect and play.