If I told everyone my 10 games I'd also be revealing around 4-7 of the biggest intentional game design influences on my own new computer game (under development): Slartboz
my 10 does include... NetHack
and... Infocom's HHGG
in the work I did in my most recent dev session on Slartboz, in fact, if one was looking over my shoulder, you would totally "get it". that I love NetHack and HHGG. I have both subtle and not so subtle nods & homage to both in it