8. Dragon Warrior
This was the game that forever hooked me on RPGs. Never before had I seen the concept of “leveling up” in a game to get stronger so that you could stand a chance against even stronger enemies and level up some more. Beating up on poor little slimes so that you could stand a chance against wyverns so that you could eventually beat Goldman and get rich (that's what the game was about right?)! It was such a fun and innovative concept for me at the time, never mind the lack of an engrossing plot, hours of dialogue, and multiple main characters that would be in future RPGs.