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The World Video Game Hall of Fame 2017 Inductees (polygon.com)
Dave Knott writes: The 2017 World Video Game Hall of Fame inductees have been announced. The Hall Of Fame "recognizes individual electronic games of all types -- arcade, console, computer, handheld, and mobile -- that have enjoyed popularity over a sustained period and have exerted influence on the video game industry or on popular culture and society in general." The 2017 inductees are: Donkey Kong, Halo: Combat Evolved, Pokemon Red and Green, and Street Fighter II. These four titles join the inaugural 2015 class, which included Pong, Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros., Tetris, Doom and World of Warcraft, and the 2016 class which included Grand Theft Auto 3, The Legend of Zelda, The Oregon Trail, The Sims, Sonic the Hedgehog and Space Invaders.
Ok I found the list but not via links, i had to guesstimate it in the browser url bar.
My thoughts on their list:
No Civilization. No Simcity. No Prince of Persia, No Monkey Island, No Super Mario Kart.
Doom should be Doom 2 or Wolfenstein. Wolfenstein was the first FPS to be popular with everyone. Doom was bigger than that but Doom 2 exploded on the scene. There was not one home computer back in Doom 2's time that didn't have Doom 2 on it. No other game can EVER beat that without bundling.
Halo was popular. It was a xbox system seller and something pc/mac fans were waiting for until microsoft did the dirty and turned it xbox only. But this game wasn't revolutionary in terms of gaming as a whole. When this game came out PC gamers had Unreal, Quake, Call Of Duty, Battlefield 1942, Thief, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Soldier of Fortune etc. This spot should be Half Life or System Shock or Deux Ex.
Street Fighter 2 should be Street Fighter 2 Turbo. SF2T was SF2 with bug fixes and more moves turning it into a way better game. Everything about SF2T was better. More characters, more stages and it sold more copies too.