Top 5 (or 7, or 10) Formative Games

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Platform Genre - Super Mario All-stars + World, DK Country 3, Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie, Space Station: Silicon Valley, Sonic the Hedgehog, Alex Kid in Miracle World, Bubble Bobble, Sonic Adventure.
Survival Horror - Alone in the Dark (Original) Resident Evil 1, 2, 3, 1 remake, 0.
Open World (& pseudo Open World) - Zelda: Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, OoT, MM, Fallout 3 Red Dead Redemption, Infamous 1 & 2, N64 Platformers with overworlds.
AAA - Resident Evil 4, 5, Metal Gear Solid 4, The Last of Us.
JRPG - Terranigma, Tales of Symphonia, FF7 & traditional 3D Zeldas.
Puzzle - Tetris (Gameboy), Kirby's Ghost Trap ('Kirby's Avalanche' in America), The Logical Journey of the Zoombinies, Lemmings.
Simulation - Animal Crossing, The Sims
Metroidvania - Metroid Prime, Also the traditional 3D Zeldas, Resident Evils & N64 Platforms with overworlds.
Creative - Chuchu Rocket, Minecraft, Lemmings.
Strategy - Command and Conquer, Worms, Fire Emblem (GBA).
Party - Warioware Inc (GameCube).
VR - Resident Evil 7, Intruders Hide and seek, Wipeout Omega Collection.
Fighting - Soul Calibur 2, Tekken, Super Smash Bros Melee, Streets of Rage.
Action - Revenge of Shinobi, Castlevania 64, Samurai Jack (GameCube), Devil May Cry 4, Metal Gear Solid Rising: Revengence.
Racing - Carmageddon 64, Star Wars Episode 1/Pod Racer, Various Mario Karts, F-Zero GX, Wipeout Omega Collection.
FPS - Doom.
MMO - Xenimus.
MOBA - League of Legends.
Battle Royale - Kirby Air Ride

I've went on a bit of a tangent... again. I thought it would be easier to list them per genre, but some genres have had a split influence.