The latest inductees to the Strong National Museum of Playing's World Video Game Hall of Fame include Asteroids, Ultima, Resident Evil, and the SimCity series, landmark works recognized for their importance to video games and interactive entertainment as a whole. It has been added to the mist. .
However, there is one notable omission that may bother many fans across multiple generations. It's “Metroid”. Nintendo's space adventure, which began with his 1986 Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System, was not a hit. This is despite Nintendo's nearly 40-year publishing history with the series, and despite its origins in the name Metroidvania, its own subgenre of video games. Although it depicts a side-scrolling adventure consisting of, it must be completed in a linear manner.
Who is the newest member of the Video Game Hall of Fame?
We'll probably have to wait another year for Metroid. This year's Hall of Fame class is equally deserving of the award. Asteroids was first released as a vector graphics shooter in 1979 and has undergone numerous improvements since then. This work is the subject of the pop music hit “Hyperspace”, which was included on Buckner & Garcia's 1982 album Pac-Man Fever, and plans have been in the works since 2009 to turn it into a screenplay. It is said that
When released in 1993, Myst was a hypercard stacking game that utilized emerging CD-ROM technology. It has long been remembered for its challenging visual puzzles and cutting-edge graphics. It was created by Robyn and Rand Miller for Broderbund Software.
Resident Evil hardly needs any introduction, but here it is anyway. Capcom's survival horror adventure series dates back to his 1996 and has since gone through dozens of sequels, starting his one of the longest running (and most complex) canons in video games. His two latest releases, 2021's Resident Evil Village and his 2017 Resident Evil 7: Resident Evil, join his three remakes for modern hardware. This series has become the envy of most video game publishers.
First developed by Maxis in 1989, SimCity not only started the city-building genre, but also spawned many other life simulations derived from this title. That legacy includes “The Sims,” which was inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame in 2016.
And Ultima was one of the first role-playing games released for computers, starting in 1981 and followed by eight sequels, but none since 1999. The creator is Richard Garriott, himself a member of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. Hall of Famer Ultima's deep influence is still felt through his one of the core genres of video games.
The Strong National Museum of Play, headquartered in Rochester, New York, is dedicated to collecting and celebrating the history of toys, entertainment, and popular culture. The World Video Game Hall of Fame he opened in 2015. This is his 10th inductee.
