Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Ms. Pac-Man Make 2022 Video Game Hall of Fame

The Strong — the self-described “national museum of play” in Rochester, New York — announced the 2022 inductees to its Video Game Hall of Fame on Friday. The inductees include: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998), Ms. Pac-Man (1982), Dance Dance Revolution (1998), and Sid Meier’s Civilization (1991).

The larger field of 12 finalists also included: Assassin’s Creed, Candy Crush Saga, Minesweeper, NBA Jam, PaRappa the Rapper, Resident Evil, Rogue, and Words with Friends.

The Strong launched the World Video Game Hall of Fame in 2015. The hall’s inaugural class of games are Pong (1972), Pac-Man (1980), Tetris (1984), Super Mario Bros. (1985), Doom (1993), and World of Warcraft (2004).

The museum describes the selection process:

Anyone may nominate a game to the World Video Game Hall of Fame. Final selections are made on the advice of journalists, scholars, and other individuals familiar with the history of video games and their role in society.
The public can vote on any one of the candidates, with the public collectively acting as one member of the voting committee.

The museum’s International Center for the History of Electronic Games is hosting a permanent display of the Hall of Fame honorees in its eGameRevolution exhibit. The museum also houses the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play, the National Toy Hall of Fame, the Woodbury School, and the American Journal of Play.

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