World Video Game Hall of Fame 2016 Nominees Announced

I'd like to see GTA 3, Zelda, Pokemon Red and Green, The Sims and Tomb Raider win it. Final Fantasy, Minecraft, Sonic the Hedgehog and Space Invaders are also great choices.

Oregon Trail is the clear winner as it was a game with very few winners.

Zelda and Street Fighter, as well as Oregon Trail and Civ.

Meh...don't really care for any of them...soooooo....

Too bad that they did not make a real internet poll... I would have voted for the following top 3 : The Legend of Zelda, Sid Meier's Civilization and Street Fighter II (these are the games that had most impact on my gamers life lol...).

Final Fantasy? I think Dragon Quest would be a better nominee, as it was the "first" real JRPG.

If the second class will be 6 titles too,my nominations are

Sonic the Hedgehog
Street Fighter 2
Space Invaders
John Madden Football
The Legend of Zelda
Sid Meier's Civilization

Sonic will hopefully be one of the winners, it's made an impact on the gaming world alright ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@TobiasAmaranth I'm one of the few winners then, at the start of the game, I bought nothing but pounds of bacon, and made it to the end, LOL!

Sonic the Hedgehog,The Legend of Zelda and Street Fighter 2

I hope Minecraft and GTA dont win.

If they're going to pick another 6 the obvious choices (at least for me) are Elite, Grand Theft Auto III, The Legend of Zelda, Street Fighter II, The Oregon Trail, Space Invaders.

@OorWullie haha, we both basically said the same thing but with different games. Maybe it isn't so predictable after all.

If it has 6 games like last year then i think it be the following

1 Final fantasy
2 The legend of zelda
3 Pokémon Red and Green
4 Sonic the Hedgehog
5 Space Invaders
6 Tomb Raider

And personality don't believe minecraft should win this year compared to the other titles

@Krisi

Yes but it not about who came first but what games that are genre defining or innovative and while it sad what game series is more know in the world final fantasy or dragon quest.

Besides i doubt they won't ever get into the hall just not this year

Zelda

It's very rare I get to mention my favourite game of all time on a Nintendo site, Tomb Raider.

While I had it for the Saturn originally (still do), I had to get a PlayStation for TR2, as the whole world went Lara mad. It's the 20th anniversary this year, so it'd be nice to see them win.

I'd also be happy with Sonic, Zelda, Pokemon and GTA 3, in that order.

So are they going to pick 6 winners out of those 15 nominees?

Zelda's got to be in there for sure.

Nürburger for sure.

@Arnold-Kage That's what I'm talking about, Dragon Quest was pretty much THE genre defining, more impactful game. Final Fantasy heavily was heavily influenced by Dragon Quest 1 and 2.

And we're clearly not talking about what games are well-known... I mean most people have heard of Dragon Quest, but who has heard of Nürburgring? Not me, that's for sure, and I consider myself decently educated in video game history.

I'd choose:
Grand Theft Auto III
The Legend of Zelda
Sonic the Hedgehog
Space Invaders
Street Fighter II
Tomb Raider

I think most of those are viable winners, but as already mentioned, Final Fantasy should probably be replaced by Dragon Quest.

And is Sonic really that influential, or even considered great?

Pokemon! Pokemon! Pokemon! Wynaut?!

I really hope Zelda wins. It really deserves it, but I'm sure considering how much sales and popularity, minecraft is bound to win.

I think you can make a case for all of these games to be in the Hall of Fame. They all deserve to be there.

They are all winners.

But I suspect Minecraft.

I'd argue for Elite, Grand Theft Auto III, The Legend of Zelda, Space Invaders, and Street Fighter II. And maybe a couple of others, but those five are too important to be overlooked.

Pokemon first and foremost.

I really don't see how red and green could get nominated. Overated games in my opinion and very buggy. I'd like to see street fighter 2, sonic the hedgehog and tomb raider get nominated tho.

Although pokemon red is a very influential game for the industry...

Zelda, Minecraft.

Still trying to figure out why about half of these aren't already in the HOF.

Pokemon and Zelda deserve to get in. I'd throw inStreet Fighter II, The Sims, Space Invaders and Final Fantasy too. Minecraft is way too new to be considered for the Hall of Fame. Maybe 15 years from now.

Let's see...
1. Zelda
2. Pokemon
3. Space Invaders
4. Street Fighter 2
5. Sanic
6. Final Fantasy (surprised it's the first one and not 7, to be honest.)

Good choices this year. But I think Pokemon Red and Green gets my vote. Specifically Red... I hate Green... I have my reasons.

@Randomname19 why not? GTA III was easily the best of the several iconic games by Rock star and Minecraft is THE most creative game ever. Minecraft most definitely should be one of the top games.

-The Legend of Zelda
-Street Fighter II
-Oregon Trail
-Space Invaders
-Pokemon Red & Green
-Grand Theft Auto III

It won't win, but my vote goes to Civilization... Best time sinker ever

Aww, they still haven't nominated Myst? That game really was extremely influential, specifically in helping CDs become the new standard. It really deserves more recognition than it gets these days, but sadly I feel like it's been forgotten by most. Hopefully Obduction will help bring the genre back!

-Legend of Zelda
-Final Fantasy (Just a better game than DQ, in my opinion. This game blew my mind back in the day.)
-Space Invaders
-John Madden Football
-Tomb Raider
-Civilization

Honorable Mention: Sonic, Street Fighter II, Pokemon

Crossing my fingers for Zelda and Sims. All the other picks are fantastic, too. GTA3 and DOOM should get some love (especially the former)

Actually, forget Zelda; Nürburgring is where it's at.

@Randomname19 Aw, at least give GTA3 some credit for being the sandbox game that arguably made 3D open worlds as loved as they are today.

I'm more appalled that The Legend of Zelda wasn't included last year. Zelda definitely deserves the spot over Sonic, should it come to that.

Zelda, Pokemon, Tomb Raider, Space Invaders, Street Fighter II. Those should win this year.

Space Invader, Zelda and GTA are the obvious 3 to me. Space Invader is #1, due to it's obvious place in video game history.

I'm going to go with:

The Sims
Final Fantasy
Street Fighter II
Sonic the Hedgehog
The Legend of Zelda
Pokemon Red and Green

Honorable Mentions: John Madden Football, Sid Meier's Civilization and Space Invaders

There are some good ones there. How many of the 15 make it in?

I much prefer the original Grand Theft Auto!

So many good games, but I have to hope for Sonic to win. Pokemon would be my 2nd choice though. Lol

Minecraft and GTA are fine games, but I feel like they're too contemporary. Like electing an athlete who is still playing.

What?!...no Undertale?!..

The Oregon Trail

Go Sonic!
Then Zelda and Pokemon.

NL should do an official poll!

The Legend Of Zelda!

@Krisi

Actual the succes of dragon quest was why final fantasy was made it was not inspired by it as it was inspired by Ultima and Wizardry.

So while they may have bin the reason the game was giving the green light be made it was not a source of inspiration

I would replace final fantasy with dragon warrior and madden with madden '94

Why FF over DQ? Ask yourself this: DOOM or Wolfenstein?
DQ was first, but to say DQ (which had it's name changed in Western regions) was of greater influence and impact is reaching.
It's like arguing for Street Fighter, because Street Fighter 2 came 2nd. That's ridiculous.
The argument for Minecraft is simple: no language barriers, no creativity restrictions, gameplay entirely based on user input.
Tomb Raider, for properly introducing 3rd person, 3D gameplay.
Civilization, for revolutionizing world builders (and RTS in general).
Madden, for popularizing sports games.
The industry owes, literally billions annually, to these 3 titles.
Zelda, Space Invaders, et al were wonderful precursors, but calling out a predecessor as superior is a cop-out. Pong preceded Zelda and the industry just about didn't survive.
When the industry needed to advance, only select games truly moved gaming forward.
Many of these titles moved gaming along, but few truly changed the business. It may not be obvious now, but these 3 titles' impact will still be felt 20 years from now.

Il be sick in my mouth a lil bit if madden or sims gets in.

Of all the games I feel minecraft is the least deserving of of it's place but it's choice is an understandable one as it is the prototype of the user experience-game but it is too young to see how it's legacy fares outside of hype and merchandising because in that regard angry birds should be there too. and as some stated that minecraft is the most creative game.. is saying that a box of lego brick is creative in itself. It did prove that games don't need epic narrative or highscores to be entertaining to people but I feel the games legacy has only begun we don't know where it leads now that microsoft owns it.

All the other games have long legacies of highs and lows and certainly inlfuenced, inspired, frustrated many a live for over decades.

@nodesfornoids I wouldn't say tomb raider properly introduced 3rd person 3D gaming,I'd say Mario 64 did but I don't deny TR did make quite an impact back in the day.

How are Zelda and Oregon Trail not in there already?

Madden absolutely does not deserve to be even a nominee. "Notable Video Games of the Decade," maybe but "Video Game Hall of Fame" which covers EVERYTHING for the past 4 or so decades? Yeah, no.

If Minecraft wins, I'm gonna puke. Otherwise, it's a pretty good class. Makes you realize just how many hugely important games there are when the Legend of Zelda, Space Invaders, Sonic and Street Fighter 2 are all in the SECOND class of important games.

"Street fighter II", "Civilization", "Legend of Zelda" and "Final Fantasy" would be my choices, each kicked off a genre of games that is still going today...

1. Legend of Zelda
2. Final Fantasy
3. Red and Green
4. Sonic
5. Space Invaders
6. Tomb Raider
I kind of want to go and see these and previous entries in the museum. Also Minecraft seems a bit young to be considered already.