Video Game Hall of Fame

 

Did you hear that there was now a World Video Game Hall of Fame?  Well there is!  It opened in April 2015 at the The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York.

To me it seems about time we had a Video Game Hall of Fame to celebrate all the amazing games that made all the games that we (and our kids) now enjoy!

The Strong’s World Video Game Hall of Fame^TM recognizes individual electronic games of all types—arcade, console, computer, handheld, and mobile—that have enjoyed popularity over a sustained period and have exerted influence on the video game industry or on popular culture and society in general.

In order to make the Hall of Fame you need to fit the criteria they have set out:

• Icon-status: the game is widely recognized and remembered.
• Longevity: the game is more than a passing fad and has enjoyed popularity over time.
• Geographical reach: the game meets the above criteria across international boundaries.
• Influence: the game has exerted significant influence on the design and development of other games, on other forms of entertainment, or on popular culture and society in general. A game may be inducted on the basis of this criterion without necessarily having met all of the first three.

They just finished the selection process, and have inducted the first 6 games into the inaugural class:

DOOM

Pac-Man

Pong

Super Mario Bros.

Tetris

World of Warcraft

I loved and played 5 out of the 6 of those games! I wasn't into DOOM, but my hubby sure was!  I think they have picked and amazing first class.

What do you think of the first class?