The Strong National Museum has announced the nominees for the 2024 World Video Game Hall of Fame. Every year since 2015, the museum inducts 4 games into The Strong’s World Video Game Hall of Fame.
The museum recognizes individual electronic games of all types including arcade, consoles, computer, handheld, and mobile. The criteria for nomination is that the game must have “enjoyed popularity over a sustained period and have exerted influence on the video game industry or on popular culture and society in general”.
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This year, a total of 12 games have been nominated for The Strong’s World Video Game Hall of Fame in the Player’s Choice Ballot. The games nominated for this year’s prestigious recognition include;
- Asteroids
- Elite
- Guitar Hero
- Metroid
- Myst
- Neopets
- Resident Evil
- SimCity
- Tokimeki Memorial
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
- Ultima
- You Don’t Know Jack
Voting started on March 14 and will end on March 21, 2024. According to the museum, “the public will collectively act as one member of the committee”. The top three games that receive the most votes from the public will be submitted on one ballot. The games will join the top three submissions from members of the International Selection Advisory Committee.
“Which video games do you think are most worthy of joining icons such as Pong, Super Mario Bros., and Legend of Zelda in the World Video Game Hall of Fame?” asked The Strong Museum.
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Last year, Barbie Fashion Designer, Computer Space, The Last of Us, and Wii Sports, were inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. Visit here for a full list of games inducted into the Hall of Fame since 2015. The 2024 inductees will be revealed on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Follow this link to cast your votes.
This year’s World Video Game Hall Of Fame will be the 10th class
This year’s World Video Game Hall will also mark the 10 years since the beginning of the recognition. In a statement, Jon-Paul C. Dyson, The Strong’s International Center for the History of Electronic Games director said there are a lot of deserving games on the list.
“Even 10 years in, there’s no shortage of deserving contenders that have had enormous influence on pop culture or the game industry itself,” said Dyson in a statement.
“These games span decades. Asteroids is an icon of the late 70s arcade. Myst showed the potential of CD-ROM technology in the 90s. Neopets became a staple of browser-based, free games as we entered the 2000s. And Guitar Hero, which is less than 20 years old, has already proven its staying power.”
The Strong Museum preserves the memories of Margaret Woodbury Strong who was born into a wealthy family of collectors. Margaret grew up to be a collector too, and the majority of her collections were related to play.
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As her collection grew, she started to think of her collections as a museum. In 1968, she obtained a provisional charter from the New York State Board of Regents for the “Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum of Fascination”.
After her death at 72, Margaret left her collections and most of her financial resources for a museum, according to her will. Thirteen years later, the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum opened to the public at One Manhattan Square in downtown Rochester.
Two decades later, the museum grew tremendously in facilities, collections, and resources. Now known as The Strong, the museum occupies over 285,000 square feet and serves global audiences both on-site and online.
Which four games do you think will make it to the World Video Game Hall Of Fame class 10 inductees? Share your thoughts in the comment box below.
