Five new games inducted into Upstate New York's Video Game Hall of Fame

Metaphorical white smoke rose from the World Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester as five classic video games were named to the Class of 2024.

The Video Game Hall of Fame is located within the Strong National Museum of Play, and although the Video Game Museum opened in 2009, the Hall of Fame was not introduced until 2015.

Since then, four to six classic video games have been inducted into the Hall of Fame every year. These video games were released in very different eras.The oldest inductee was in 1962. Space war!the most recent Hall of Fame inductee was in 2013. the last of us.

As documented by Upstate New York, the Class of 2024 was introduced by Hall last week. Scroll down to learn more about her five Hall of Fame inductees.

Game #1: Asteroid

asteroid The game was released by Atari in 1979 and requires players to control a single spaceship through an asteroid field that is occasionally invaded by flying saucers.

The game became very popular in video arcades, and a home version was later released.

Game #2: Mist

mist was first released for Macintosh (Mac) computer users in 1993 by video game company Cyan. The game requires users to solve puzzles to travel between different worlds or eras, with each “era” presenting unique challenges for the player.

of mist The franchise spawned five different games, released from 1993 to 2005.

Game #3: Resident Evil

The first game of resident evil The series was created by Shinji Mikami and Tokuro Fujiwara and released for the PlayStation in 1996. A mainstay of the horror video game genre, players must navigate a world infested with zombies and other terrifying creatures.

of resident evil The series is one of the biggest in video game history, with seven “official” versions of the games released. There are also online games, smaller sub-games, a series of movies, a TV series, and more.

Game #4: SimCity

first sim city The game was released on multiple consoles, including PC, from 1989 to 1991. This is an open-ended city-building game where players can act as the “mayor” of their city and control construction projects and the overall development of the city.

There were a total of 15 entries. sim city Unfortunately, the series may have ended as the game's developer, Maxis Emeryville, shut down in 2015.

This closure is believed by many to be related to negative reviews for its 2013 relaunch. Sim City.

Game #5: Ultima

first version of altima Released by Origin Systems in 1981. There was also a game released by the same designer in 1979, Akarabes: World of DoomMany believe it to be a prequel to. altima franchise.

More than, altima is the name people remember most and is a giant of the open-world fantasy genre. This franchise ran from his 1981 to his 1999, in which he released nine games divided into three parts.