World Video Game Hall of Fame
This is the complete list of all of the games currently inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame at the Museum of Play in Rochester, NY. Established on June 4, 2015 with the purpose of highlighting the games that have made an impact to the world.
Games I did voted for to be inducted:
Spacewar! (1962) in 2018
Centipede (1980) in 2020
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time & Ms. Pac-Man in 2022
Computer Space & Last of Us in 2023
Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, & SimCity in 2024
Oldest game to be inducted: Spacewar!
Newest game to be inducted: Last of Us
Most prominent decade: 1990's with a total of 17 games.
Most prominent release year for a game: 1996 with a total of 6 games.
The number of years each game was released in total: 51
Most prominent video game developer: Nintendo with 10 games inducted.
Most prominent video game character: Mario appearing in 3 games.
Games I did voted for to be inducted:
Spacewar! (1962) in 2018
Centipede (1980) in 2020
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time & Ms. Pac-Man in 2022
Computer Space & Last of Us in 2023
Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, & SimCity in 2024
Oldest game to be inducted: Spacewar!
Newest game to be inducted: Last of Us
Most prominent decade: 1990's with a total of 17 games.
Most prominent release year for a game: 1996 with a total of 6 games.
The number of years each game was released in total: 51
Most prominent video game developer: Nintendo with 10 games inducted.
Most prominent video game character: Mario appearing in 3 games.
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- DirectorKatsuya EguchiHisashi NogamiA game in which players live a second life in a virtual town - decorating their houses, interacting with fellow villagers, and more.Selected in 2021.
- DirectorEd LoggYour spaceship is trapped in an asteroid belt. Watch out for enemy spacecraft and maneuver your way out.Selected in 2024.
- StarsChris Anthony LansdowneA fashion designer computer game which allows a player to design new clothes for their Barbie doll. The fashion styles include wedding, casual, party, date, work and beach. Plus all forms of clothing are able to be colored and edited to the player"s preferences. Once the design is finished the player can see their design being worn by a Barbie doll within the game modeling in the outfit on a catwalk. The clothing design can also be printed on a special printable fabric paper allowing the player"s own Barbie doll to wear the actual customized clothing that the player designed.Selected in 2023.
- Take control of a rocket ship as it travels across reaches of outer space. The mission assigned to the rocket is to shoot a pair of flying saucers while avoiding their line of fire. along with firing rockets, the rocket is able to travel in a clockwise rotation, counterclockwise rotation, as well as performing a forward thrust.Selected in 2023.
- StarsMatt LaganDance your way through 10 songs by Mitsu-O! and JTPlayaz. This is the game that started it all.Selected in 2022.
- DirectorShigeru MiyamotoArcade video game and the first in the "Donkey Kong" series in which Jumpman (later retconned to be Mario) runs and jumps on platforms and climbs ladders to ascend a construction site and rescue Pauline from a giant gorilla, Donkey Kong.Selected in 2017.
- DirectorJohn CarmackTomohiko SatoStarsKevin CloudDavid KoserubaChristopher MurveyIn the future, an unnamed marine fights for survival on a space station on Mars where the Union Aerospace Corporation accidentally opened up a physical portal to Hell.Selected in 2015.
- DirectorYoshinori KitaseYasushi MatsumuraMasato YagiA former soldier from an evil company joins a mercenary clan to fight the company he once served.Selected in 2018.
- StarsFrank VincentJoe PantolianoMichael MadsenA young bank robber escapes from police custody and works his way up through the mafia ladder of crime-ridden Liberty City, USA.Selected in 2016.
- StarsJen TaylorPete StackerTim DadaboSuper-soldier John-117, Master Chief of the United Nations Space Command, must battle a genocidal alien race known as the Covenant following his violent crash-landing on Halo, an ancient and mysterious ring-world.Selected in 2017.
- StarsScott CronceThe first entry of the long line of Madden football video games. As the player you have the option of customizing your team, the weather, and game rules.Selected in 2018.
- DirectorRoberta WilliamsThe king of Daventry, King Edward, is dying. He sends his best knight Sir Graham to find 3 treasures to prove himself worthy of the throneSelected in 2020.
- DirectorNeil DruckmannBruce StraleyStarsTroy BakerAshley JohnsonHana HayesIn a hostile, post-pandemic world, Joel and Ellie, brought together by desperate circumstances, must rely on each other to survive a brutal journey across what remains of the United States.Selected in 2023.
- DirectorShigeru MiyamotoTakashi TezukaFollows the story of a young boy named Link that must save a kidnapped princess from the evil, demonic Ganon, who put a spell on his lair which can only be removed with the 3 pieces of the Triforce, a golden triangle with mystical powers.Selected in 2016.
- DirectorEiji AonumaYoichi YamadaYoshiaki KoizumiStarsNobuyuki HiyamaFujiko TakimotoJun MizusawaA young Kokiri boy discovers that his destiny is to free the Seven Sages and save the land of Hyrule from the treacherous sorcerer Ganondorf.Selected in 2022.
- Ever wanted to actually fly a plane but never had the time or money to learn through flying lessons? Look no further, as Microsoft Flight Simulator is the closest you"ll ever get to fly a plane within a simulation of piloting a Cessna 182 across four different regions of the USA.Selected in 2021.
- DirectorAgnes LarssonStarsPierre CoffinKatie CrownCW21Welcome to the world of Minecraft where you can build, brew potions, enchant your armor and tools and adventure other biomes. Visit the Nether, or even defeat the Ender Dragon in the End.Selected in 2020.
- DirectorEd BoonJohn TobiasStarsDaniel PesinaRichard DivizioCarlos PesinaSeven martial artists from Earth must battle in sorcerer Shang Tsung"s super secret tournament.Selected in 2019.
- DirectorRand MillerRobyn C. MillerHiroshi YamadaStarsRand MillerRobyn C. MillerThe player is the Stranger, an unknown person mysteriously transported to the island of Myst. Alone and without clues, the Stranger must solve the mysteries and discover the secrets of this strange place.Selected in 2024.
- StarsRichard Ellman KennedyThe player takes on the role of a wagon leader guiding a group of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon"s Willamette Valley on the Oregon Trail via a covered wagon in the year 1848.Selected in 2016.
