Steel Panthers made regimental military command accessible to the average gamer, and was the ideal board game to computer game conversion. Made specifically by Strategic Simulations Inc. for that purpose, as a remake of Kampfgroupe.
Although not a DOS game, to my knowledge anyway, Garrison. It took arcade Gauntlet style games, significantly improved upon it, and made it a fun computer game conversion.
Just because someone else will say it eventually, Wolfenstein 3D. Created the first viable fully 3D engine for computer games. While not as well known as Doom, Wolfenstein 3D was the first completely 3D game.
Dungeon Master came very close, but would more accurately be called 2.5D, but it was the inspiration for a full 3D design.
Doom, simply because it was cloned almost as much as Dungeon Master, and showed the world that a 3D engine was viable for game graphics.
Simcity, the game that launched the company Maxis. A great city builder game that showed even simple things can be fun if done correctly.
Maxis created all the Sim(insert name) games and created the interesting game SPORE.
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I grew up with the games themselves, and watched many a good company disappear. If it wasn't for many dedicated people, all these games would be lost to the ravages of time.
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