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Pong, it was the first Videogame ever, also Pacman and Space Invaders as the base of almost all other games (Shooter, RPG, Racing games, Flight simulators, etc). Tetrix, the Snake game, inspiration of the Tron movie. These certainly belongs in a Museum of gaming history..
Just to avoid repeating the other suggestions here, Pathologic, less for historical significance or enjoyability and more for artistic significance for the time it was created. (note: I have not played it and probably never will)
Crash Bandicoot (the game) for technical achievements.
And I'm just going to mention Marble Marcher (play the community edition), a game with fractal-based physics (as opposed to basically every game ever).
Devil May Cry, definitely! Something that begun as one of many RE4's demos, ended up as an inspiration for other series, such as Bayonetta!
Dark Souls: it proved that gamers are still craving challenge and created its own genre as well.
Metroid & Castlevania: without them, we wouldn't have one of the greatest genres of all time!
Onimusha: my favourite one. It's a living proof that hope dies last. We'll get another entry after 20 years! (Dawn of Dreams was released on 2006)
All Rockstar games belong in the garbage