31 Suggested Games that Students of Game Development Should Play (in alphabetical order) 

Bejeweled
Beyond Good and Evil
chess
Chrono Trigger
Coign of Vantage
Daikatana
Dungeons & Dragons
Final Fantasy VII
Galaga,
go
Herzog Zwei
Incan Gold
Magic: The Gathering
Mirror’s Edge
Missile Command
multi-user dungeon (MUD) (any)
Okami
Pac-man
Pocketful of Stars
Psychonauts
PuzzleQuest
Rogue
Settlers of Catan
Sudoku
Super Mario 64,
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Tetris
Texas Hold ’em
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Wolfenstien/Doom 1