Solitaire From Microsoft And Mortal Kombat Accepted The International Hall Of Fame Of Video Games

The Strong – National Museum of Games in New York with the Hall of Fame. Every year there are interactive entertainment, which managed to influence the mass culture or the video game industry. On the eve of the museum announced four more legends, which will appear in the Hall of Glory.

Nominate the game worthy of the Hall of Fame, maybe any1. But the list of candidates who fall into the final part of the competition determines the advice of journalists, scientists and other people closely acquainted with the history of video games and their role in society.

This year 12 games made their way to the final, including candy Crush Saga, Centipede, Dance Dance Revolution, Half-Life, Myst, NBA 2K, Sid Meier’s Civilization And Super Smash Bros. Melee. However, there were only four winners.

Comments on the winners – from the staff of The Strong and jury members.

● Colossal Cave Adventure 1976. Text game, who managed to create a deep interactive fantasy world, although computer technologies were then primitive. Inspired by the developers Adventureland And Zork – two other pioneers, which helped run the commercial video game industry.

● Microsoft Solitaire (we are also known as “Solitaire””) 1990. One of the games for Windows 3.0, over the years I managed to get to 200 regions around the world and get a translation into 65 languages. The representative of the jury of the Hall of Glory believes that “Solitaire” from Microsoft largely helped to form the market of casual entertainment.

● Mortal Kombat 1992. The emergency cruelty of the game led to the creation of the ESRB age commission, and also became the basis for a powerful franchise with characters and gameplay, which cling to the audience for more than two decades.

● SUPER MARIO KART 1992. Created a whole subsoance of racing games and for many gamers has become an excellent company entertainment that unites friends, families and fans of all ages.

Hall of Fame collects the best of the best since 2015. You can familiarize yourself with other games that have been honored in our previous notes: 2015th, 2016th, 2017th and 2018.