The Strong Museum has announced the contenders for placement in the Video Game Hall of Fame - among them Resident Evil (1996), Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (1999) and Ultima (1981)
New York's The Strong Museum has announced the contenders for induction into the Video Game Hall of Fame.
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Games are chosen based on a variety of criteria, including cultural impact, significance to the industry, fame and popularity. Most importantly, games must be iconic, recognisable, recognised by millions of gamers and critics, and influential to the video game industry and popular culture.
A strict jury selects the most deserving interactive entertainment from thousands of applicants.
Don't be surprised that the list of annual nominees does not include modern blockbusters, as it is extremely difficult to assess their impact on the industry at the moment.
The following games are nominees for placement in the Hall of Fame in 2024:
- Asteroids (1979) - one of Atari's most successful games, extremely technologically advanced and complex for its time;
- Elite (1984), one of the first space simulators to combine elements of commerce, combat, and social interaction, a pioneer among open-world games. Many of Elite's concepts have formed the basis for modern games;
- Guitar Hero (2005) - an iconic rhythm game that allowed gamers to play a vast array of tunes using a guitar-like controller;
- Metroid (1986) - Nintendo's iconic game, was the originator of the popular metroidvania genre and combines elements of platformer, open-world game, narrative action and even a shooter;
- Neopets (1999) - a browser-based free-to-play game that showed the possibilities and influence of the Internet on the development of digital interactive entertainment;
- Myst (1993) - the famous quest from Cyan Studios was one of the first games to be sold on CD-ROM;
- Resident Evil (1996) - a survival horror that needs no introduction, the game laid the foundation for one of the most popular franchises;
- SimCity (1989) - a famous city-building simulator that captivated gamers of all ages and set the fashion for similar games;
- Tokimeki Memorial (1994) - one of the first dating simulators that was never officially released outside of Japan, but had a major impact on the entire industry. Thanks to it, RPGs, visual novels, and other closely related genres began to focus more on character relationships;
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (1999) - the most popular skateboarding simulator, which won a huge love of the public, and the revenue from the sale of the series approached $1.5 billion;
- Ultima (1981) - became a pioneer of deep RPGs, combining fantasy and science fiction elements and giving gamers a huge (for its time) freedom of action. Many famous game designers were inspired by Ultima;
- You Don't Know Jack (1995) is a game interpretation of the popular television show, whose sequels and spin-offs are still popular today.
Everyone can take part in the online voting, which will run until 21 March. The opinion of gamers will be taken into account in determining the winners, who will be announced by a strict jury on 9 May.
Source: The Strong
