I'm going to have to say for a game with the most innovation and longevity, this would have to be the original Half Life. People are still playing the hell out of it and modded versions of it, like Counter Strike, today and it's almost 10 years old !! It was also the first game that had an AI that made you feel like you were fighting live opponents, especially when you encountered the soldiers ! They would work together against you, try to outflank you... I had times where one guy would try to flush me out of a hiding place while the rest of his squad waited in ambush..
Valve did a wonderful thing with that game. I'm hopeing that SH III will have as much longevity.
We can probably also add Pac Man to this list.
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