Ha! My daughter REALLY got into video games with Galaxian! Then Galaga. My cousin has a Galaxian cab and she and I played it for hours (we neglected other human beings, which wasn't the best lesson). 
I didn't force her to play stuff in chronological order, though. But I did keep her grounded in, mostly, 80's and early 90's arcade/console games. 
She totally appreciates the old stuff.