What games you played that, to date, you think they're a gaming gem for all generations to come?
Games that influenced gaming industry and/or changed your mentality in a good way?

I was thinking about that yesterday and though In sharing this with this community.

Here goes my resumed list:

Super Mario (The first one, with the brown mario. lol)
Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past
Chono Trigger
Metal Gear Solid
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time & Majora's Mask
Dino Crisis 1
Star Fox 64
Syphon Filter
Crash Bandcoot
Tenchu
Monster Hunter (The very first one for PS2)

... many more.

What are yours?

I'm thinking I could make the case for the list being empty. That is, trying to declare a specific game as "best" ends up having to neglect many very good games.

In any case, a couple of my favorites are Final Fantasy 5 and SaGa 1.

Yup. It's hard. That's why I was thinking in a list of gems that we actually played in our time back then, or nowdays, etc.
There are some really old (or new, who knows?) gems that we can't even imagine.

There's also many great games that didn't influence the industry, like The Magic of Scheherezade.

Also, some bad games that did influence the industry.

Starcraft (PC, 1998) w/ Starcraft: Brood War (PC, 1998)(Expansion) - Blizzard
Super Metroid (SNES, 1994) - Nintendo
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES, 1988/SNES, 1993) - Nintendo
Mother 3 (GBA, 2006) - Brownie Brown
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (GB, 1993) - Nintendo
StarCraft II w/ Expansions (PC, 2010) - Blizzard
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES, 1995) - Nintendo
Baldur's Gate (PC, 1998) & Tales of the Sword Coast (PC, 1999)(Expansion) - Bioware
Fallout 2 (PC, 1998) - Black Isle
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (PC, 2018) - Game Atelier

Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap/Monster World II (SMS, 1989) - Westone
Metroid Fusion (GBA, 2002) - Nintendo
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (MD, 1992) or Sonic Classic Heroes (MD)(romhack) - Sega
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES, 1991) - Nintendo
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia/Heroes 3 (PC, 1999) - New World Computing
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (GB, 1994) - Nintendo R&D1
Seirei Senshi Spriggan (PCE CD, 1991) - Compile
Saturn Bomberman (SAT, 1996) - Hudson
The Typing of the Dead (ARC, 1999/DC/PC, 2000) - Sega
Unreal Tournament (PC, 1999) - Epic Games

Rocket Knight Adventures (MD, 1993)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles (MD)
Star Fox 64 (N64)
Bomberman '94/Mega Bomberman (PCE, 1993/MD, 1994) or Super Bomberman 5 (SNES)
Langrisser II (MD, 1994)
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (PC)
Thunder Force IV (MD, 1992/SAT, 1996)
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (PC, 1995) & Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal (PC)(Expansion)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War & Expansions (PC)
Starsiege: Tribes (PC)

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (PC)
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (PC) & Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (PC)?
Mega Man 2 (NES, 1988) or Mega Man 3 (NES, 1990/PS1, )
Panzer Dragoon II Zwei (SAT, 1996)
Donkey Kong Country (SNES) or DKC 2 (SNES)
Elite Beat Agents (NDS)
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! (GBA, 2003)
Terranigma (SNES, 1995)
Fantasy Zone II DX (ARC/3DS)
Power Strike II (SMS)

Donkey Kong (GB, 1994)
Panorama Cotton (MD)
SimCity 2000 (PC)
Contra: Hard Corps (MD)(JP ver.)
Gran Turismo (PS1) or Gran Turismo 2 (PS1)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert (PC)
Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole (MD, 1992)
Micro Machines: Turbo Tournament '96 (MD)


Games that influenced the gaming industry:
Starcraft (PC, 1998) w/ Starcraft: Brood War (PC, 1998)(Expansion) & StarCraft II w/ Expansions (PC, 2010) - Blizzard
Super Metroid (SNES, 1994) - Nintendo
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES, 1988/SNES, 1993) - Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (GB, 1993) & The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES, 1991) - Nintendo
Baldur's Gate (PC, 1998) & Tales of the Sword Coast (PC, 1999)(Expansion) - Bioware
Fallout 2 (PC, 1998) - Black Isle
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap/Monster World II (SMS, 1989) - Westone
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (MD, 1992)
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia/Heroes 3 (PC, 1999) - New World Computing
Bomberman/Dynablaster & Bomberman '94/Mega Bomberman
Unreal Tournament (PC, 1999) - Epic Games
Star Fox
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (PC)
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (PC, 1995) & Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal (PC)(Expansion)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War & Expansions (PC)
Mega Man 2 (NES, 1988) or Mega Man 3 (NES, 1990/PS1, )
Donkey Kong Country (SNES) or DKC 2 (SNES)
SimCity 2000 (PC)
Gran Turismo (PS1) & Gran Turismo 2 (PS1)

To me, you're kind of talking about two different things at the beginning there. Some of my favorite games didn't really influence the gaming industry at all, and I could honestly care less if I really like them. Night in the Woods, Alpha Protocol, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines or Blade Runner didn't have much of an influence on gaming as a whole but they're still some of my personal favorites, for example. And some like original Doom or the original Mario did and are also all-time favs of mine that I like to go back to, still.