The Strong National Museum of Play announces four new inductees into their
World Video Game Hall of Fame.
The honorees are
Donkey Kong,
Halo: Combat Evolved,
Pokémon Red
and Green, and
Street Fighter II, and they say these won out over a
field of a dozen nominees that also included
Final Fantasy VII,
Microsoft Windows Solitaire,
Mortal Kombat,
Myst,
Portal,
Resident Evil,
Tomb Raider, and
Wii Sports. Previous
honorees include
DOOM,
Grand Theft Auto III,
The Legend of
Zelda,
The Oregon Trail,
Pac-Man,
Pong,
The Sims,
Sonic the Hedgehog,
Space Invaders,
Super Mario Bros.,
Tetris, and
World of Warcraft.