Pick #11. Time to make some music. I pondered whether I should take guitar hero here, but I want to really make some music, not just play something that someone else already plays. So I'm going for a dark horse pick here, which I hope is legal. It's really a software application, but it is so fun and versatile, that it should count as a game.
Pick #11: Apple's GarageBand w/ MIDI Keyboard (Mac/PC) 2004
Includes Jam Packs for: Remix Tools, Rhythm Section, Symphony Orchestra, World Music, and Vocals
Since it comes with equipment required to play the game, I would also need a guitar, piano, and drums. Or I could just use the digital instruments.
GarageBand can play virtual software instruments for creating songs or playing music live using 50 sampled or
synthesized instruments which can be played using a
MIDI keyboard connected to the computer, or using an on-screen
virtual keyboard. Additional instruments are available in the five
GarageBand Jam Packs, separate products offered by Apple Inc.; each expansion pack costs approximately $100 USD and adds dozens of virtual instruments.
More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GarageBand
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/