Halo for sure. Civilization should be in there soon enough.
It’ll be interesting how they handle sports games. Obviously Madden should be in there but the last 12 years have completely sucked. NHLPA '94 is a shoe-in as well.
Can’t believe Zelda didn’t make the cut.
Galaga, Tron, Mortal Kombat…
And, honestly, how did GTA III (or all of them) not make the list? That’s probably the biggest oversight.
I think a game should be up for HOF consideration if you can still play them to this day and be entertained. Games like Starcraft, NHL 94, Mario Kart 64, and GTA come to mind. Wolfenstein was also a game changer in it’s day, although it’s hard to play any of the old FPS with the new games/technology/graphics these days.
edit: NBA Jam and Worms are two more that just came to mind.
I would add to that list, some version of GTA or whoever started the whole “open world” concept. Also, an early RTS like Command and Conquer or the original Warcraft.
most of the “hall of fame” games tend to be simple minded and easy to pick up. not surprising, much like mobile gaming taking off because they’re easy to start/stop/pick up with your cell phone waiting for a subway or on the toilet, the average simpleton isn’t going to learn warcraft stategy builds or pour hours in GTA.
Truly revolutionary games deserve to be on that list, wolfenstein, Halo, CS all deserve merits in 1st person shooters, GTA free range, command & conquer for original strategy, then starcraft and warcraft following that
i totally agree that C&C, GTA, Wolf, Halo, Zelda, Pokemon, MGS, SF2 and Goldeneye should be in the HoF very soon.
i think the tough thing with sports games is that they tend to build on each other. nobody talks about NHL Hockey '91, NHLPA '93 or NHL Stanley Cup but they all were revolutionary games at the time, more so than NHL '94 and built most of the basis of NHL '94. NHL '94 was just more popular. I actually might prefer NHLPA 93 for the reason that it feels unique and it lacks the cheapness that one-timers brought to NHL video games and NHL '94 feels the same as NHLs '95-'03. The reason why NHLPA 93 is featured in the movie ‘Swingers’, released in '96, and not the widely popular NHL '94 is because it is considered much better by those who actually like hockey and video games.
i would add to the list Final Fantasy, ahead of Pokemon b/c it’s basically the same concept but several years ahead and equally as good, as well as FF7, which was probably the best game for 3 or 4 years running.