Metroid for the NES among twelve final contestants to join the National Video Game Hall of Fame in 2024.
Metroid for the NES among twelve final contestants to join the National Video Game Hall of Fame in 2024.
by Gargus-SCP
23 Comments
linkling1039
It’s insane how many classics are still missing from that list.
Squish_the_android
MYST or Sim City should make it over Metroid.
MYST was THE CD-ROM game that everyone was exposed to.
Sim City has huge cultural relevance. It elevated the Sim genre to something that normal people went out and bought.
insertusernamehere51
Honestly, not sure Metroid should get in based on these picks
I’m gonna say Guitar Hero, Resident Evil, SimCity and Myst are getting, maybe Ultima or Elite as runner ups
skeltord
Metroid might be revolutionary but I will say that of all the “80s games that revolutionized gaming but didn’t age the best” Metroid has aged worse than most, it’s a damn crapshoot nowadays tbh
rms141
Out of this group, it should be SimCity, Metroid, Ultima, and Asteroids. That said, I think the group is pretty weird and how they ended up with Neopets and Guitar Hero in the same group is almost inexplicable.
millbeppard
I would say Metroid, Asteroids, Resident Evil, Tokimeki Memorial should take priority but that’s just me.
Phazon_Phorager
I remember making a video for why super metroid should get in, but if the NES game is the one that gets in instead, it’s more than deserved, the influence, importance, and long lasting impact that metroid has had should easily enough to get it in the HoF.
_Homer_J_Fong
Yeah, Metroid is easily one of the least essential games on this list.
Applepitou3
Resident evil and astroids easily. By far the most important and impactful games there
kamize
Why is there only one finalist?? Why not all of these games
Sloth_4
Just finding out there’s a video game hall of fame. It’s also only 30 minutes away from me. I gotta visit it now
Caryslan
For everyone saying Metroid should not get in over the other games, it pretty much created the concept of the Metroidvania style of gameplay.
Every Metroidvania from Metroid’s own sequels to the Castlevania games like Symphony of the Night, to modern indie Metroidvanias all owe their lineage to the first Metroid.
That what makes picking only one of these games so sad. All these games have a legitimate claim to the Video Game Hall of Fame.
Simcity not only created a genre of sandbox simulation games, but the Sims spawned from it.
Myst pushed hardware boundaries on PC and CD Rom drives in the 90s.
Resident Evil popularized the survival horror game.
Ultima I is the grandaddy of both western and JRPG games with its concepts serving as the foundation of countless other RPG franchises.
JRPGs especially have a direct link to Ultima(and Wizardy) since Yuji Horii played Apple II RPGs like Ultima which was the inspiration for Dragon Quest which itself inspired other JRPG series like Final Fantasy, Earthbound, Phantasy Star, etc.
I get that most people here don’t give a shit or think Tokimeki Memorial deserve to be here, but it’s impact was pretty damn big.
mucinexmonster
Everyone is caught up in what should be admitted instead of asking “Who are these people and why are they trying to gatekeep history”
lgosvse
Interesting. Makes me wonder what games I would put in a video game hall of fame. And I think I’m gonna go with this. Anyone else want to share their own list?
* Tennis for Two (1958, Analog Computer)
* Spacewar! (1962, PDP-1)
* Pong (1972, Arcade)
* Zork (1977, PDP-10)
* Space Invaders (1978, Arcade)
* MUD (1978, PDP-10)
* Rogue (1980, all Unix-based platforms)
* Pac-Man (1980, Arcade)
* Pole Position (1982, Arcade)
* Tetris (1984, Electronika 60)
* Elite (1984, BBC Micro and Acorn Electron)
* Super Mario Bros. (1985, Nintendo Entertainment System)
* The Legend of Zelda (1986, Famicom Disk System)
* Metroid (1986, Famicom Disk System)
* Ninja Gaiden (1988, NES)
* Prince of Persia (1989, Apple II)
* SimCity (1989, Cross-platform)
* Minesweeper (1989, various platforms)
* The Secret of Monkey Island (1990, any PC able to run a SCUMM engine)
* Pilotwings (1990, SNES)
* John Madden Football (1990, Genesis)
* Wing Commander (1990, MS-DOS)
* Civilization (1991, various PCs)
* Sonic the Hedgehog (1991, Sega Genesis)
* Street Fighter II (1991, Arcade)
* Lemmings (1991, Amiga)
* Super Mario Kart (1992, Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
* Ultima VII: The Black Gate (1992, DOS)
* Mortal Kombat (1992, Arcade)
* Alone in the Dark (1992, MS-DOS)
* Ultima Underworld II (1993, DOS)
* NBA Jam (1993, Arcade)
* Myst (1993, Mac OS)
* Doom (1993, MS-DOS)
* Star Wars: TIE Fighter (1994, PC)
* UFO: Enemy Unknown (1994, MS-DOS and Amiga)
* System Shock (1994, PC)
* Chrono Trigger (1995, Super NES)
* Command & Conquer (1995, PC)
* Diablo (1997, PC)
* Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow Versions (1996, Game Boy)
* Tamagotchi (1996, self-contained)
* Tomb Raider (1996, Sega Saturn)
* Dungeon Keeper (1997, MS-DOS and Windows 95)
* Ultima Online (1997, Microsoft Windows and Linux)
* Final Fantasy VII (1997, PlayStation)
* Fallout (1997, PC)
* Goldeneye 007 (1997, Nintendo 64)
* Half-Life (1998, PC)
* Thief: The Dark Project (1998, Microsoft Windows)
* Metal Gear Solid (1998, PlayStation)
* StarCraft (1998, PC)
* Planescape: Torment (1999, Microsoft Windows)
* Counter-Strike (1999, Microsoft Windows)
* King of Dragon Pass (1999, PC and Mac)
* The Sims (2000, Microsoft Windows)
* Deus Ex (2000, Microsoft Windows)
* Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (2000, PlayStation)
* Shogun: Total War (2000, Microsoft Windows)
* Grand Theft Auto III (2001, PlayStation 2)
* Halo: Combat Evolved (2001, Xbox)
* Animal Crossing (2001, Nintendo 64)
* Super Monkey Ball (2001, GameCube)
* Uplink (2001, PC)
* Jet Set Radio Future (2002, Xbox)
* The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002, Microsoft Windows)
* Battlefield 1942 (2002, Microsoft Windows)
* Eve Online (2003, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS)
* Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003, Xbox)
* Defense of the Ancients (DotA) (2003, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X)
* Beyond Good & Evil (2003, cross-platform)
* PlanetSide (2003, Microsoft Windows)
* WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! (2003, Game Boy Advance)
* World of Warcraft (2004, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS)
* Monster Hunter (2004, PlayStation 2)
* Singstar (2004, PlayStation 2)
* Shadow of the Colossus (2005, PlayStation 2)
* Guitar Hero (2005, PlayStation 2)
* Resident Evil 4 (2005, GameCube)
* Wii Sports (2006, Wii)
* Dwarf Fortress (2006, PC)
* BioShock (2007, Windows and Xbox 360)
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007, cross-platform)
* Mass Effect (2007, Xbox 360)
* Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (2007, PlayStation 3)
* Portal (2007, Windows and Xbox 360)
* Team Fortress 2 (2007, Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360)
* Assassin’s Creed (2007, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360)
* Peggle (2007, PC)
* S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007, Microsoft Windows)
* Spelunky (2008, Microsoft Windows)
* Braid (2008, Xbox 360)
* LittleBigPlanet (2008, Xbox 360)
* Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360)
* Angry Birds (2009, Maemo and iOS)
* Minecraft (2009, PC)
* To the Moon (2011, Microsoft Windows)
* SpaceChem (2011, Microsoft Windows)
* The Walking Dead (2012, cross-platform)
* Papers, Please (2013, Windows and OS X)
folstar
Asteroids, Metroid, and SimCity were transformative games that spawned entire genres in the web of gaming.
Myst was more or less a tech demo.
YDKJ, Tony Hawk, Ultima, and Resident Evil were excellent games, but kind of hard to group them with that first category.
rjln109
Out of all the GH games, why World Tour? GH1-3 are so much more iconic.
PyrosFists
Super Metroid was probably more influential on game design
Montresoring
The fact that Metroid isn’t in there all ready completely invalidates the “National Video Game Hall of Fame”
23 Comments
It’s insane how many classics are still missing from that list.
MYST or Sim City should make it over Metroid.
MYST was THE CD-ROM game that everyone was exposed to.
Sim City has huge cultural relevance. It elevated the Sim genre to something that normal people went out and bought.
Honestly, not sure Metroid should get in based on these picks
I’m gonna say Guitar Hero, Resident Evil, SimCity and Myst are getting, maybe Ultima or Elite as runner ups
Metroid might be revolutionary but I will say that of all the “80s games that revolutionized gaming but didn’t age the best” Metroid has aged worse than most, it’s a damn crapshoot nowadays tbh
Out of this group, it should be SimCity, Metroid, Ultima, and Asteroids. That said, I think the group is pretty weird and how they ended up with Neopets and Guitar Hero in the same group is almost inexplicable.
I would say Metroid, Asteroids, Resident Evil, Tokimeki Memorial should take priority but that’s just me.
I remember making a video for why super metroid should get in, but if the NES game is the one that gets in instead, it’s more than deserved, the influence, importance, and long lasting impact that metroid has had should easily enough to get it in the HoF.
Yeah, Metroid is easily one of the least essential games on this list.
Resident evil and astroids easily. By far the most important and impactful games there
Why is there only one finalist?? Why not all of these games
Just finding out there’s a video game hall of fame. It’s also only 30 minutes away from me. I gotta visit it now
For everyone saying Metroid should not get in over the other games, it pretty much created the concept of the Metroidvania style of gameplay.
Every Metroidvania from Metroid’s own sequels to the Castlevania games like Symphony of the Night, to modern indie Metroidvanias all owe their lineage to the first Metroid.
That what makes picking only one of these games so sad. All these games have a legitimate claim to the Video Game Hall of Fame.
Simcity not only created a genre of sandbox simulation games, but the Sims spawned from it.
Myst pushed hardware boundaries on PC and CD Rom drives in the 90s.
Resident Evil popularized the survival horror game.
Ultima I is the grandaddy of both western and JRPG games with its concepts serving as the foundation of countless other RPG franchises.
JRPGs especially have a direct link to Ultima(and Wizardy) since Yuji Horii played Apple II RPGs like Ultima which was the inspiration for Dragon Quest which itself inspired other JRPG series like Final Fantasy, Earthbound, Phantasy Star, etc.
[Public voting here](https://www.museumofplay.org/players-choice-ballot/), seems to not have opened yet but check back in a couple of days I guess.
I get that most people here don’t give a shit or think Tokimeki Memorial deserve to be here, but it’s impact was pretty damn big.
Everyone is caught up in what should be admitted instead of asking “Who are these people and why are they trying to gatekeep history”
Interesting. Makes me wonder what games I would put in a video game hall of fame. And I think I’m gonna go with this. Anyone else want to share their own list?
* Tennis for Two (1958, Analog Computer)
* Spacewar! (1962, PDP-1)
* Pong (1972, Arcade)
* Zork (1977, PDP-10)
* Space Invaders (1978, Arcade)
* MUD (1978, PDP-10)
* Rogue (1980, all Unix-based platforms)
* Pac-Man (1980, Arcade)
* Pole Position (1982, Arcade)
* Tetris (1984, Electronika 60)
* Elite (1984, BBC Micro and Acorn Electron)
* Super Mario Bros. (1985, Nintendo Entertainment System)
* The Legend of Zelda (1986, Famicom Disk System)
* Metroid (1986, Famicom Disk System)
* Ninja Gaiden (1988, NES)
* Prince of Persia (1989, Apple II)
* SimCity (1989, Cross-platform)
* Minesweeper (1989, various platforms)
* The Secret of Monkey Island (1990, any PC able to run a SCUMM engine)
* Pilotwings (1990, SNES)
* John Madden Football (1990, Genesis)
* Wing Commander (1990, MS-DOS)
* Civilization (1991, various PCs)
* Sonic the Hedgehog (1991, Sega Genesis)
* Street Fighter II (1991, Arcade)
* Lemmings (1991, Amiga)
* Super Mario Kart (1992, Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
* Ultima VII: The Black Gate (1992, DOS)
* Mortal Kombat (1992, Arcade)
* Alone in the Dark (1992, MS-DOS)
* Ultima Underworld II (1993, DOS)
* NBA Jam (1993, Arcade)
* Myst (1993, Mac OS)
* Doom (1993, MS-DOS)
* Star Wars: TIE Fighter (1994, PC)
* UFO: Enemy Unknown (1994, MS-DOS and Amiga)
* System Shock (1994, PC)
* Chrono Trigger (1995, Super NES)
* Command & Conquer (1995, PC)
* Diablo (1997, PC)
* Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow Versions (1996, Game Boy)
* Tamagotchi (1996, self-contained)
* Tomb Raider (1996, Sega Saturn)
* Dungeon Keeper (1997, MS-DOS and Windows 95)
* Ultima Online (1997, Microsoft Windows and Linux)
* Final Fantasy VII (1997, PlayStation)
* Fallout (1997, PC)
* Goldeneye 007 (1997, Nintendo 64)
* Half-Life (1998, PC)
* Thief: The Dark Project (1998, Microsoft Windows)
* Metal Gear Solid (1998, PlayStation)
* StarCraft (1998, PC)
* Planescape: Torment (1999, Microsoft Windows)
* Counter-Strike (1999, Microsoft Windows)
* King of Dragon Pass (1999, PC and Mac)
* The Sims (2000, Microsoft Windows)
* Deus Ex (2000, Microsoft Windows)
* Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (2000, PlayStation)
* Shogun: Total War (2000, Microsoft Windows)
* Grand Theft Auto III (2001, PlayStation 2)
* Halo: Combat Evolved (2001, Xbox)
* Animal Crossing (2001, Nintendo 64)
* Super Monkey Ball (2001, GameCube)
* Uplink (2001, PC)
* Jet Set Radio Future (2002, Xbox)
* The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002, Microsoft Windows)
* Battlefield 1942 (2002, Microsoft Windows)
* Eve Online (2003, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS)
* Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003, Xbox)
* Defense of the Ancients (DotA) (2003, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X)
* Beyond Good & Evil (2003, cross-platform)
* PlanetSide (2003, Microsoft Windows)
* WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! (2003, Game Boy Advance)
* World of Warcraft (2004, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS)
* Monster Hunter (2004, PlayStation 2)
* Singstar (2004, PlayStation 2)
* Shadow of the Colossus (2005, PlayStation 2)
* Guitar Hero (2005, PlayStation 2)
* Resident Evil 4 (2005, GameCube)
* Wii Sports (2006, Wii)
* Dwarf Fortress (2006, PC)
* BioShock (2007, Windows and Xbox 360)
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007, cross-platform)
* Mass Effect (2007, Xbox 360)
* Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (2007, PlayStation 3)
* Portal (2007, Windows and Xbox 360)
* Team Fortress 2 (2007, Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360)
* Assassin’s Creed (2007, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360)
* Peggle (2007, PC)
* S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007, Microsoft Windows)
* Spelunky (2008, Microsoft Windows)
* Braid (2008, Xbox 360)
* LittleBigPlanet (2008, Xbox 360)
* Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360)
* Angry Birds (2009, Maemo and iOS)
* Minecraft (2009, PC)
* To the Moon (2011, Microsoft Windows)
* SpaceChem (2011, Microsoft Windows)
* The Walking Dead (2012, cross-platform)
* Papers, Please (2013, Windows and OS X)
Asteroids, Metroid, and SimCity were transformative games that spawned entire genres in the web of gaming.
Myst was more or less a tech demo.
YDKJ, Tony Hawk, Ultima, and Resident Evil were excellent games, but kind of hard to group them with that first category.
Out of all the GH games, why World Tour? GH1-3 are so much more iconic.
Super Metroid was probably more influential on game design
The fact that Metroid isn’t in there all ready completely invalidates the “National Video Game Hall of Fame”
I’d go Sim City or Myst over NEStroid
Metroid, Sim City, Myst, and Tony Hawk.
This is a thing?