This wasn't as well-covered as other aspects of Leipzig (like sausage-eating or wolf hunger), so we'll give it a little post-GC shout-out here. As part of the Leipzig celebrations, a bunch of German gaming journalists (and one games collector) sat down, drank some beer, spoke, argued, wildly gesticulated, then came up with their list of the sixteen most important, seminal videogames of all time.

1972 Pong
1978 Space Invaders
1979 Pac-Man
1980 Ultima
1984 Elite
1985 Tetris
1985 Super Mario Bros.
1986 The Legend of Zelda
1987 Maniac Mansion
1989 SimCity
1991 Civilization
1993 Doom
1996 Tomb Raider
1999 Counter-Strike
2000 The Sims
2004 World of WarCraft

Elite? Maniac Mansion? Well done, lads, well done.

Telespiele 1972-2007 Picks Most Influential Games [GameSetWatch]