http://www.pcgamer.com/most-important-pc-games/
Here's the list, but there are some interesting quotes to go along with each entry.
The most important PC games of all time changed how we make games. How we play games. And they changed us. To celebrate them, we did something a bit different on the following pages of this feature. We reached out to game designerslook out for Richard Garriott, John Carmack, Sid Meier, Chris Avellone, Jane Jensen, Tim Schafer, Cliff Bleszinski, Warren Spector and moreplus many former PC Gamer editors and a few other writers you may recognize to help celebrate the legacy of the PC. Enjoy!
Here's the list, but there are some interesting quotes to go along with each entry.
Spacewar! (1962)
The Oregon Trail (1971)
Colossal Cave Adventure (1976)
Rogue (1980)
Zork (1980)
Wizardry (1981)
Pinball Construction Set (1983)
King's Quest (1984)
Ultima IV (1985)
SimCity (1989)
Commander Keen (1990)
The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)
Civilization (1991)
Dune II (1992)
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss (1992)
Wolfenstein 3D (1992)
Myst (1993)
Frontier: Elite 2 (1993)
Doom (1993)
Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994)
UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-COM: UFO Defense) (1994)
Quake (1996)
Tomb Raider (1996)
Diablo (1996)
Ultima Online (1997)
Half-Life (1998)
StarCraft: Brood War (1998)
Starsiege: Tribes (1998)
Thief: The Dark Project (1998)
Baldur's Gate (1998)
Everquest (1999)
Counter-Strike (1999)
System Shock 2 (1999)
Quake III: Arena (1999)
The Sims (2000)
Deus Ex (2000)
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002)
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002)
Battlefield 1942 (2002)
DotA (2003)
EVE Online (2003)
Second Life (2003)
Half-Life 2 (2004)
World of Warcraft (2004)
Dwarf Fortress (2006)
Team Fortress 2 (2007)
Spelunky (and Spelunky HD) (2008 / 2013)
Minecraft (2009)
League of Legends (2009)
Broken Age (2014)
Honorable mentions:
Microsoft Flight Simulator (1982)
M.U.L.E. (1983)
Wasteland (1988)
Prince of Persia (1989)
Another World (1991)
Outcast (1999)
America's Army (2002)
Unreal Tournament 2004 (2004)
Crysis (2007)
Mass Effect (2007)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
Dark Souls (2012)
Kerbal Space Program (2015)