Here, I'll start. When I was 8 years old, my parents went to a dinner party and plonked me down in front of the host's computer so I'd stay out of their way. The game they booted up to keep me occupied was Space Quest II. Little did they know what impact that would have on me...
Well, a graphical port of the OG adventure game. The guy who made Adventure would go on to use the same engine to create Rocky's Boots and Robot Odyssey.