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Mortal Kombat, Microsoft Solitaire and more join World Video Game Hall of Fame

Bullet Club

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Mortal Kombat, Microsoft Solitaire and more join World Video Game Hall of Fame

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Four new games have joined the ranks of the World Video Game Hall of Fame, joining the likes of Pong and Sonic the Hedgehog in the Strong museum’s showcase of influential titles.

As announced on the Museum of Play website, this year’s inductees are Colossal Cave Adventure, Microsoft Solitaire, Mortal Kombat, and Super Mario Kart. Each joins the ranks of 20 games that have been brought into the hall of fame since its start in 2015.

The organization aims to highlight games that have had a significant impact on the video game industry, popular culture, or society. So far, those games have included titles like The Sims, Pac-Man, and Grand Theft Auto III.

Overall, 12 titles were nominated for the hall of fame this year. Outside of the four that made it in, the titles considered for 2019 were Candy Crush, Centipede, Dance Dance Revolution, Half-Life, Myst, NBA 2K, Sid Meier’s Civilization, and Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Source: Gamasutra
 

Scopa

The Tribe Has Spoken
Candy Crush was considered alongside Sid Meier’s Civilization...

If you need anymore evidence of how low our favourite pastime has fallen...

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petran79

Banned
They nominated Street Fighter 2 previously, but it should have been Virtua Fighter after this, instead of Mortal Kombat. But had to go with the times
 
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Bullet Club

Member
Candy Crush was considered alongside Sid Meier’s Civilization...

If you need anymore evidence of how low our favourite pastime has fallen...
Yep yep.

As a game it's nowhere near Civ level, but it has made over $4b, so it's up there when it comes to popular culture impact.
 

Northeastmonk

Gold Member
A lot of games should be in there before we add F2P games. I'm glad MK and Solaraire are in there. I wonder if any of those anti-violence in games people look back and laugh at how they reacted.
 

Sub_Level

wants to fuck an Asian grill.
To think MK could have been a generic licensed Bloodsport game that nobody would have given a shit about 30 years later. History itself would've been different.

These moments where life could've been drastically different apply on a personal level too to each of us. Crazy to think about.
 
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