Space Invaders and Sonic added to gaming hall of fame

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Space Invaders has been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, almost 40 years after its release.

The 1978 space shooter was honoured alongside Sonic the Hedgehog, The Legend of Zelda, The Oregon Trail, Grand Theft Auto III and The Sims.

They join the six inaugural titles from 2015: Doom, Pong, Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros, Tetris and World of Warcraft.

Titles are selected for the US-based museum based on their status among players, longevity and influence.

Hall of fame games become permanent exhibits at The Strong museum of play in Rochester, New York.

The winning games were selected from 15 finalists, which included Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider and the original Pokemon games.

The inductees span genres, decades and platforms but "all have significantly affected the video game industry, popular culture, and society in general," the museum said.

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FrodoFragins

Rochester NY being the home of the museum is pretty lame. Great selection of games though.

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FrodoFragins said:

Rochester NY being the home of the museum is pretty lame. Great selection of games though.

The museum website: http://www.museumofplay.org/

GrumpyHobbit

Torval said:

I can't believe they weren't in the first round along with Zelda. WoW before any of those? Doom I can sort of see, but not WoW.

Not only that but if you are talking about a hall of fame you are talking historical titles. Pong and Pac-man - 100% agree. The other titles...not so much... at least not before other great games like asteroids, the original star wars, Tron..the list is huge. But WOW being there already???? Man it sounds like the people were not even there when video arcades were actually in fashion so having them in charge of the hall of fame...odd.