Video Game Hall of Fame Opens in New York

<p>The International Center for the History of Electronic Games has opened the world&&num;8217&semi;s first Video Game Hall of Fame&period; The first six games to be included are&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><em>Pong<&sol;em> -For launching the video game industry&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><em>Pac-Man<&sol;em>&&num;8211&semi; For making games a mass cultural phenomenon&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><em>Super Mario Bros&period;<&sol;em> &&num;8211&semi; Because it introduced gamings most recognisable character and was the best selling video game until 2006&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><em>Tetris<&sol;em>&&num;8211&semi; For its longevity and persistent popularity&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><em>Doom<&sol;em> &&num;8211&semi; Because it changed the way games are made&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><em>World of Warcraft<&sol;em>&&num;8211&semi; For reshaping the way people thought about their online lives&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>These game were chosen from a list of  15 finalists&period; The games which did not make the cut include <em>The Legend of Zelda<&sol;em> and <em>Minecraft<&sol;em>&period; You can watch the induction ceremony <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;V-m8zIOdQw4">here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The museum is now accepting nominations for next year&&num;8217&semi;s inductions&period; Do you agree with their list&quest; What games do you think should be in the Hall of Fame&quest; Let us know in the comments section below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;worldvideogamehalloffame&period;org&sol;">World Video Game Hall of Fame<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;