11. The Legend of Zelda - NES
In a time when most games took place on a single screen, or moved straight from left to right, The Legend of Zelda dropped players into a vast, open world, with only scattered clues on what to do next.
From the brain-twisting dungeons, to the legendary music, to the hundreds of hidden secrets to find, there isn't a single bad thing about this game. It truly is the definition of the word "classic." Just not quite great enough to make the top ten.