TORONTO — In honour of the unveiling of the World Video Game Hall of Fame inductees on Thursday, we thought we’d see what iconic video games are your favourite.
In April, 15 video games that have engrossed gamers for untold hours were named finalists to the new hall of fame. Let us know which of the 15 nominees you love most by voting in the poll below. If your favourite isn’t on the list, tell us your top pick in the comments section.
Only six of the 15 made it through to the inaugural class on Thursday, after being chosen by an international selection committee of journalists, scholars and other video game experts.
They include: “Pong,” launched in 1972, “Doom,” from 1993, and 1985’s “Super Mario Bros.” are arcade draw “Pac-Man” (1980); Russian import “Tetris” (1984); and “World of Warcraft” (2004), which has swallowed millions of players into its online virtual universe.
You can now submit your nomination for the hall of fame’s class of 2016. The nominations will close in March 2016.
To make it into the hall of fame, games must have icon status, prove to be more than a passing fad and leave a mark on other games or forms of entertainment, pop culture or society in general.
With files from The Associated Press
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