It's cool that you mention the brown box — I actually went to this museum last year and if I remember correctly they actually have 2 of them there, 1 of which is hooked up! So, while it didn't make it into the hall of fame the museum still recognizes it which I thought was really cool.
I agree that the inaugural induction class should have had more games in it.
Robbing Space Invaders of the honor is inexplicable, given its historical significance. Look at the amount of money the coin-ops made. It was the first third-party coin-op conversion for the Atari 2600 and not only boosted the sales of VCS hardware… but also set cartridge sales benchmarks. It spawned multiple clones, as well as variations (including Namco's Galaxian and Galaga).
The problem is… what do you remove out of the games that got in to make room for Space Invaders? You should't have to remove anything. Expand the inaugural class of inductees to ten. Add Space Invaders, Zelda, Pokemon, and FIFA; then, for successive classes, go back to classes of six.
Space Invaders deserved this honor, and it's a travesty that it got left out. I have no doubt that the game eventually gets in, but there's only one inaugural induction class… and the Museum voters missed on this one.
Yah …. Tetris wasn't the first puzzle game, but it was the first hugely successful …. DOOM wasn't the first …. but it was the first PC game that had the big consoles bending over backwards to get it on their systems!! …. Sega built the 32X and ruined their company just to be able to play DOOM!!
Just realized why did they pick Doom over Wolfenstein 3D? Wolfenstein 3D came out a year before Doom. Was Doom that much more revolutionary in comparison?
Love all the people crying about WoW. Are you serious? Of course EQ and UO came first but WoW is far FAR more important then either of those games. WoW turned a niche genre into one of the biggest in the world and was a cultural phenomenon for nearly half a decade and STILL the biggest game within it's genre to this day. Then you have it's impact on Esports in the west. It was one of the first games in the west people routinely just watched other people play. One of the first Esports (be it arena or world first boss kills) people were interested in (again, IN THE WEST).
I don't even play WoW and I'm well aware of it's impact. Just because you don't like something doesn't make it less important. Also by the logic that EQ or UO should be in WoW's place none of these games should be on the list except pong and maybe pac-man because everything else wasn't the first in it's genre.
They nailed it, honestly. I think I would have put Space Invaders in place of Pac-Man, but both deserve the spot. Much more relevant than the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame lately.
You know, I was going to comment with "if I had chosen I'd have picked…," but no. These selections are absolutely perfect. Not only are all the games historically significant, but they all share one other common feature: all six of them are still imminently playable. Mario has never lost its luster, Pac Man Pong and Tetris all rely on incredibly simple but relatively universal mechanics that keep them from growing stale, and between all the platforms it's been released to there's doubtless a version of Doom available for a fan of any possible control scheme, with the basic gameplay being simple but engrossing. Wow is, well, it's WoW: I can't stand MMO's, but for those who do play them many still hail it as being a great experience, so that has to speak some positive for it.
This is a great selection that spans a broad width of game genres and over 30 years of industry history right out of the gate. I can't wait to see what they pick next year!
All great games… I'm only a bit pissed off that as most times when talking about gaming history people totally ignore the PS1 era. I feel bad because that's the generation I've grown up the most with, yet it seems people only get to be nostalgic about NES and SNES all the time. Well, PS1 had its share of very influential and fenomenal games such as Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy VII… How can we ignore them?
Ultima Online should have been in place of World of Warcraft … first mmo to reach 100000 subs is a pretty big feat … same reasoning behind super mario bros. revolutionizing the platformer. WoW is just a refinement and copy of many MMOs that went before it and while it is hugely popular and a great game; it is not as worthy to be there as UO is. (BTW this is just my opinion so don't go all crazy about it, just throwing an idea out there for you so fan boys just relax).
If I had to pick 3 to add I would say Street Fighter 2 (or some other fighting game), Metroid, and I kinda want to pick Portal but I feel people will disagree even though I personally think it was a very original and innovative game. So for my third I guess I'll say Final Fantasy 6.
#CUPodcast: The first inductees for the Video Game Hall of Fame have been chosen!
Pat is too egotistical to be a judge for this. It was a good selection. If Pat nominated games there would be Sqoon in the HOF
It's cool that you mention the brown box — I actually went to this museum last year and if I remember correctly they actually have 2 of them there, 1 of which is hooked up! So, while it didn't make it into the hall of fame the museum still recognizes it which I thought was really cool.
I agree that the inaugural induction class should have had more games in it.
Robbing Space Invaders of the honor is inexplicable, given its historical significance. Look at the amount of money the coin-ops made. It was the first third-party coin-op conversion for the Atari 2600 and not only boosted the sales of VCS hardware… but also set cartridge sales benchmarks. It spawned multiple clones, as well as variations (including Namco's Galaxian and Galaga).
The problem is… what do you remove out of the games that got in to make room for Space Invaders? You should't have to remove anything. Expand the inaugural class of inductees to ten. Add Space Invaders, Zelda, Pokemon, and FIFA; then, for successive classes, go back to classes of six.
Space Invaders deserved this honor, and it's a travesty that it got left out. I have no doubt that the game eventually gets in, but there's only one inaugural induction class… and the Museum voters missed on this one.
Fantastic picks. Like these games or not but they're all revolutionairy in their own way.
Yah …. Tetris wasn't the first puzzle game, but it was the first hugely successful …. DOOM wasn't the first …. but it was the first PC game that had the big consoles bending over backwards to get it on their systems!! …. Sega built the 32X and ruined their company just to be able to play DOOM!!
Just realized why did they pick Doom over Wolfenstein 3D? Wolfenstein 3D came out a year before Doom. Was Doom that much more revolutionary in comparison?
A Grand Theft Auto game has to be right outside that top15. Love it or hate it, very revolutionary in more ways than one.
I induct these 4 SNES games into my hall of fame:
1.Zelda: A Link To The Past
2.Super Metroid
3.Chrono Trigger
4.Mega Man X
Love all the people crying about WoW. Are you serious? Of course EQ and UO came first but WoW is far FAR more important then either of those games. WoW turned a niche genre into one of the biggest in the world and was a cultural phenomenon for nearly half a decade and STILL the biggest game within it's genre to this day. Then you have it's impact on Esports in the west. It was one of the first games in the west people routinely just watched other people play. One of the first Esports (be it arena or world first boss kills) people were interested in (again, IN THE WEST).
I don't even play WoW and I'm well aware of it's impact. Just because you don't like something doesn't make it less important. Also by the logic that EQ or UO should be in WoW's place none of these games should be on the list except pong and maybe pac-man because everything else wasn't the first in it's genre.
They nailed it, honestly. I think I would have put Space Invaders in place of Pac-Man, but both deserve the spot.
Much more relevant than the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame lately.
I think Myst could easily be a 1st or 2nd year inductee
First time I saw these six games, I thought LoZ would definitely fit as well…. goood to hear it was a runner-up ha.
Wat bout atari? I thought they would deserve a spot
You know, I was going to comment with "if I had chosen I'd have picked…," but no. These selections are absolutely perfect. Not only are all the games historically significant, but they all share one other common feature: all six of them are still imminently playable. Mario has never lost its luster, Pac Man Pong and Tetris all rely on incredibly simple but relatively universal mechanics that keep them from growing stale, and between all the platforms it's been released to there's doubtless a version of Doom available for a fan of any possible control scheme, with the basic gameplay being simple but engrossing. Wow is, well, it's WoW: I can't stand MMO's, but for those who do play them many still hail it as being a great experience, so that has to speak some positive for it.
This is a great selection that spans a broad width of game genres and over 30 years of industry history right out of the gate. I can't wait to see what they pick next year!
All great games… I'm only a bit pissed off that as most times when talking about gaming history people totally ignore the PS1 era. I feel bad because that's the generation I've grown up the most with, yet it seems people only get to be nostalgic about NES and SNES all the time. Well, PS1 had its share of very influential and fenomenal games such as Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy VII… How can we ignore them?
Ian have you ever heard of my hometown outside of Rochester "Newark NY" ?
Im gonna shit myself if he has!
Ultima Online should have been in place of World of Warcraft … first mmo to reach 100000 subs is a pretty big feat … same reasoning behind super mario bros. revolutionizing the platformer. WoW is just a refinement and copy of many MMOs that went before it and while it is hugely popular and a great game; it is not as worthy to be there as UO is. (BTW this is just my opinion so don't go all crazy about it, just throwing an idea out there for you so fan boys just relax).
Should have more early 80's arcade games and more U.K. and European games. Otherwise great list.
If I had to pick 3 to add I would say Street Fighter 2 (or some other fighting game), Metroid, and I kinda want to pick Portal but I feel people will disagree even though I personally think it was a very original and innovative game. So for my third I guess I'll say Final Fantasy 6.