10. Karateka (Apple 2)

I do believe this game is the first ever to have cutscenes. At least well produced ones that made you want to keep playing. Yes, they look crude by today’s standards, but the animation for the time was amazing, and the “tug on your ego” moments of seeing the princess fall to the floor in desperation made me keep going. In my days of homebrew Apple 2 game making, this is the one that caused me to put extra-long movie-style credits in the beginning. It’s the first really cinematic game there was.