I've left a lot off because my experience with it suggested that it either wasn't particularly novel or interesting or didn't really support the unique flavor of the setting. Some games I've listed because they do one of these things, some rare games because they do both. Or, as they played out at the table taught a lesson (see Call of Cthulhu). Instead of simply being a rules set, the mechanics and background in the game showed the players something about the world. Second, the magic system deepened the ideas, themes and background of the game setting. As you'll see in some cases I'm reaching back a bit to look at games which affected later developments.
First, they provided a new or novel mechanical approach to handling magic- not the basic spell list or generic track. I want to talk about RPGs which do one or both of two things. A parallel track came from generic systems- like GURPS and HERO- allowing players to adapt the system to any purpose with a point build. Later versions added things like feats, sub-types, class abilities and so on. Many games follow a classic D&D approach: big lists of spells, some distinction based on caster type, but a fairly generic approach to the magic (even if some spells have cool names. Most fantasy games deal with magic, and most of those have some form of spell-caster: mage, wizard, druid, sorcerer, cleric and so on.
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