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[BlindMonk]

This isn't just a top ten list. This news story was announced under the guise of a Ten Most Important Games of all times, but really it's the first ten games to be added in this preservation project.

Mr. Lowood’s canon was closely modeled on the work of the National Film Preservation Board, which every year compiles a list of films to be added to the National Film Registry, managed by the Library of Congress since 1989 (a consequence of the National Film Preservation Act, passed in 1988). The first list of films included “Casablanca,” “Citizen Kane,” “The Searchers” and “Nanook of the North.”[/b]

Just as "The Searchers" and "Nanook" are rarely seen at the top of lists (if ever), likewise some of these titles aren't considered the best of their kind or wouldn't factor in too heavily in topping off our usual Top Tens/Hundreds/etc. But this is more about historical weight and what these titles birthed or inspired in the way of modern culture and subsequent game design, art, or gameplay.