Games that need to be part of the World Video Game Hall of Fame
A list of the video games, arcades, computer games, and mobile games I think are good enough to be inducted.
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- DirectorJoe McDermottStarsRobert HirschboeckDouglas KnappMichael PocaroAn unidentified man finds himself in the foyer of an old mansion that was once the property of a well known toy maker, a Mr. Stauf. As the man explores the mansion, he discovers that the mansion is haunted by six ghosts.
- DirectorMasamichi AbeMitsuhiro TakanoStarsDon BeaverJohn HallHiro YamadaWith five different boarders, eight different Lamar snowboards, more than twenty-five tricks, a half-pipe and six different courses, this is as close as you'll get to the real thing without hopping on the next ski lift.
- DirectorTohru NarihiroStarsAndyWhen Blue Moon troops enter Orange Star territory, the Commanding Officers of the Orange Star army plan a campaign to expel the enemy from their country.
- The player controls a square avatar whose quest is to explore an open-ended environment to find a magical chalice and return it to the golden castle. Three dragons and an item-stealing bat roam the castle as well.
- DirectorBruce ShelleyLead an ancient culture from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, forge a civilisation, and destroy your enemies.
- DirectorPaul DeNigrisStarsGary MoodySpencer ProkopRic SpiegelThe Age of Kings is set in the Middle Ages and contains thirteen playable civilizations.
- StarsSusie BrannRoger JacksonJarion MonroeA game with an all new story that takes place after Lewis Carroll's stories. Alice must return to Wonderland and defeat the Queen of Hearts once and for all.
- DirectorFrédérick RaynalFranck de GirolamiKiyoshi OhkawaJeremy Hartwood, owner of Derceto has died recently. As either Edward Carnby or Emily Hartwood, explore the now abandoned mansion to discover why Jeremy committed suicide and what terrible secret lies within the walls.
- DirectorMichael ElyStarsCarolyn DahlYu LuYuri NesterovCrash-landing on a world orbiting Alpha Centauri, 7 colonist factions of widely differing ideology must contend for dominance not only with each other, but also with a mysterious power called "The Voice of Planet".
- A centurion who was killed in battle is resurrected years later by Zeus who commands him to save his daughter, Athena, from Neff, an underworld Demon God who has kidnapped Athena.
- StarsA.M. DriverA group of birds attempt to attack sheltered enemy pigs while creating as much damage as possible.
- DirectorMasamichi SekiStarsScott McGregorPeter BayhamMichael SousaTeen-age hero Spike must journey through time and capture superintelligent monkeys in an attempt to foil their plans for world domination.
- StarsMatt MullinsAn alien virus at Area 51 military base has infected the workers, and the aliens are quickly spreading. As part of the elite S.T.A.R.R. special forces team, you are dropped into live-fire combat being exchanged between S.T.A.R.R. soldiers and aliens. You have only a few hours to take down the alien threat before it can leave the base and infect the rest of the world.
- StarsKristen BellPhilip ShahbazNolan NorthA man enters a machine called the Animus that lets him relive the memories of his ancestor, a 12th century assassin named Altair.
- DirectorSylvain BernardShea WagemanStarsRoger Craig SmithKristen BellNolan NorthDesmond Miles is trained to become a modern-day Assassin through the resurrected memories of ancestor Ezio Auditore da Firenze, who uncovers a massive Templar conspiracy in Renaissance Italy leading to the new Pope.
- DirectorFeargus UrquhartStarsDee Bradley BakerMichael BellJeff BennettThe main character, ward of mystical monk Gorion, whose name, sex, race and class are defined by the players, leaves his order's keep for the first time and starts a journey to discover his true identity. But someone wants him dead.
- The goal of the game is to juggle the balls and make sure that they don't hit the ground.
- DirectorGregg MaylesStarsChris SutherlandGrant KirkhopeEveline FischerThe witch Gruntilda has captured Banjo's beloved sister, intending to leech the girl's youth and beauty through black magic and mad science. Banjo and Kazooie set out across nine worlds to get her back.
- DirectorSefton HillStarsMark HamillKevin ConroyArleen SorkinBatman battles his archenemy, the Joker, who instigates an elaborate plot to seize control of Arkham Asylum, trap Batman inside with many of his incarcerated foes, and threaten Gotham City with hidden bombs.
- DirectorHideki KamiyaIsao NegishiStarsHellena TaylorGrey GriffinChick VenneraA trigger happy witch wakes up with no recollection of who or where she is, when a flashback takes her 500 years back in time and leads her on a quest to retrieve artifacts known as "Eyes of the World".
- DirectorTheMeatlyStarsTheMeatlyDavid EddingsAaron LandonHenry, a former traditional animator, gets a strange note from a friend that invites him to his old workplace. Henry finds the place abandoned and discovers a mysterious ink machine creating all sorts of abominations.
- DirectorMichel AncelStarsJodi ForrestDavid GasmanRobert BurnsOn the small island civilization of Hillys, the DomZ creatures are a ruthless alien race which have invaded the Hillyan people. The government has set up the Alpha Section, which is a society "devoted to the safety of Hillys".
- DirectorDavid CageStarsElliot PageWillem DafoeEric WinterLive the life of Jodie Holmes, a young woman who possesses supernatural powers through her psychic link to a mysterious invisible entity.
- DirectorKen LevineStarsJohn AhlinGreg BaldwinJane BellerIn 1960, a lone survivor of a plane crash named Jack discovers an abandoned underwater utopia, only to find out that the mystery behind its creation is much more sinister than he first believed.
- DirectorPeter MolyneuxStarsMarc SilkShelley BlondHugo MyattYou are a god of a land known as Eden, you choose a creature, which you must train and look after. As you progress through the story, your creature will increase in size and knowledge. Your townspeople will worship you through fear or through peace, depending on how you have brought up your creature and/or how you treat the people yourself...
- DirectorJoseph D. KucanStarsMartin AzarowMark BenninghoffenWarren BurtonYou play a blade runner investigating a series of violent replicant crimes, only to discover far more than you bargained for.
- DirectorHidetaka MiyazakiStarsDaniel FineJoe SimsWilliam VanderpuyeA hunter awakens in the plagued lands of Yharnam, where the denizens have succumb to beast hood, in an attempt to learn the truth and how to end the plague, unbeknownst of the true horror lurking within the city.
- Bomberman is a robot engaged in the production of bomb manufacturing. Along with other robots, he is forced to work in an underground compound by evil forces. Bomberman found this life to be dreary and unbearable. One day Bomberman heard a rumor that if a robot were to escape the underground compound, then that robot will be able to become a human being. Bomberman decided to take a chance by trying to escape to the surface of the outside world. Escaping the compound however is no easy task, when every enemy is alerted about Bomberman's betrayal. The only defense Bomberman has against the hoards of enemies are the bombs he helped manufacture. Will Bomberman escape to the surface? Or will he die trying?
- DirectorMatthew ArmstrongStarsJulio Cesar CedilloColleen ClinkenbeardRene CoronadoFour courageous adventurers land on the planet of Pandora, a barren wasteland filled with dangerous creatures, in search of The Vault, a mysterious relic that contains untold technology, and only opens every 200 years.
- DirectorJonathan BlowA man, Tim, goes on a quest to save a princess from an evil monster.
- You must use a horizontally-sliding paddle to bounce a ball against colorful bars at the top of the screen. Each segment of the bars touched by the ball disappears. The object is to keep the ball ricocheting between your paddle and the bars above until the bars are completely gone and you "break out". You get points for each bar segment you get rid of. If the ball drops below your paddle, you lose a life.
- DirectorTim SchaferStarsElijah WoodJack BlackMasasa MoyoA point-and-click adventure that tells the story of two young people leading parallel lives. A boy lives alone on an all-too-secure spacecraft, and a girl's village has planned to sacrifice her to a monster.
- Bub & Bob, twin dinosaur brothers, begin a fantastic journey to recover the food stolen from their people by the evil Baron Von Bubba.
- Classic arcade game where the player as Chef Peter Pepper must run around platforms placing hamburger ingredients together as fast as possible while avoiding enemy ingredients like Mr. Hot Dog, Mr. Pickle and Mr. Egg.
- StarsMark HildrethJules de JonghCarima AmaroucheWelcome to Paradise City, a huge racing battle ground with plenty of traffic to wreck and billboards to smash.
- DirectorHitoshi AkamatsuIn the late 15th century, vampire slayer Simon Belmont must destroy Count Dracula by infiltrating his sanctuary, Castlevania.
- StarsJoe CiprianoSwitch the candies to match them.
- DirectorKeith AremStarsSteve BlumJason StathamGiovanni RibisiYou play as three different Allied nations: the Americans, the British, and the Russians. From 1944 to 1945, you must answer the call of duty and defeat the domination-bent Germans.
- DirectorMasato KatoFor Serge, the truth is all too disturbing when he stumbles into another dimension, a dimension where he is long dead. Now the fate of two worlds hangs in the balance and Serge is the only hope.
- DirectorYoshinori KitaseAkihiko MatsuiTakashi TokitaCrono, a young boy, is thrust to adventure by destiny to destroy an oncoming threat that will destroy the world in 1999.
- DirectorMichael ElyJeffery L. BriggsStarsBrad HowardThomas SeibertSpencer HummTurn-based strategy game Civilization II introduces an isometric view, new concepts such as firepower and hit points, and changes to some units' abilities and strengths.
- DirectorHifumi KônoJennifer & her friends will have a hard time escaping their "new home". Especially because of a scissor-wielding psycho lurking throughout a secluded, medieval mansion up in the norwegian mountains.
- DirectorJoseph D. KucanStarsEric MartinJoseph D. KucanLes CollinsWhen a new and powerful mineral, the Tiberium, is discovered, two organizations start a war for its control: the criminal Brotherhood of NOD and the UN derived GDI forces.
- DirectorJoseph D. KucanStarsArthur RobertsBarry KramerJohn MilfordIn an alternative Earth, where Hitler was eliminated from history, you play either side of a new war of the Soviet Union vs. the Allies.
- DirectorCrispin HandsOwen HurleyStarsAmir TalaiAndré SogliuzzoBrandon KeenerThis game tells the stories of the American army in WWII fighting the Germans in Normandy.
- Computer Quiz is an electronic I.Q. test presented as a boxed shape cabinet with a blue panel. Computer Quiz gives out at least 2500 different questions for the player to answer. The questions are displayed on a screen while the multiple choices for an answer can be selected by the push of a button.
- DirectorKoji HiroshitaA terrorist organization named Red Falcon declares war on humanity and tries to take over the Earth. Two soldiers, Bill Rizer and Lance Bean, are sent to stop the Earth's destruction.
- DirectorAndrew S. GavinJason RubinStarsBrendan O'BrienKappei YamaguchiShôzô ÎzukaCrash Bandicoot is on a quest to rescue his girlfriend from the evil Dr. Neo Cortex.
- DirectorKenji KannoStarsBryan Burton-LewisKent FrickLisle WilkersonAn arcade game where you drive a taxi cab through a virtual San Francisco. Your goal is to try and earn big cab fares, by picking up passengers and dropping them off at their destination spots before you run out of time.
- DirectorChad MoldenhauerJared MoldenhauerStarsLuke de AyoraDenise HattonAlana BridgewaterAn anthropomorphic cup embarks on a journey and fights a series of bosses to repay a debt to the devil.
- DirectorJonathan AckleyLarry AhernStarsDominic ArmatoAlexandra BoydEarl BoenAfter unwittingly turning his true love Elaine into solid gold with a cursed engagement ring, Guybrush Threepwood must find a map, a ship and a crew, sail to Blood Island and track down an uncursed diamond ring to reverse the curse.
- DirectorAdam BadowskiStarsCherami LeighGavin DreaKeanu ReevesIn Night City, a mercenary known as V navigates a dystopian society in which the line between humanity and technology becomes blurred.
- DirectorKenji EnoTaking place in 1997, Laura Harris investigate a hospital after learning her father went on a mass murdering spree and barricaded himself inside. The hospital morphs into a castle upon her arrival, which she must explore to find her father.
- DirectorKenji EnoLani MinellaStarsMiyoko AsôDeem BristowMoriya EndoLeft stranded in a vast snowy landscape after a meteor strikes her airplane, Laura finds herself in a cabin with a mysterious woman named Kimberly. Outside, horrifying creatures roam the area as the two are left to fend for themselves.
- DirectorTatsuya MarutaniStarsMegumi OgataMakiko ÔmotoTakahiro Sakurai15 elite high school students are trapped in school and forced to participate in a sadistic killing game - Either remain in confinement forever or murder someone without being detected in order to escape, but risk death if they are caught.
- DirectorHidetaka MiyazakiStarsAdam SoppAndy GathergoodBlake RitsonAfter narrowly escaping a doomed fate in an asylum, an undead warrior fights his way through the desolate remains of Lordran, once a sprawling utopia lead by the gods, to seek his purpose and fulfill a centuries old prophecy.
- DirectorDave GrossmanTim SchaferStarsDenny DelkJane JacobsNick JamesonA disembodied tentacle is accidentally exposed to nuclear waste, giving it human abilities and an ambition to take over the world.
- DirectorToshihiro NagoshiYoshiaki KoizumiStarsDavid LeytzeOne of the highest grossing arcade games of all time, Daytona puts the player behind the wheel of a stock car. The player's objectives are to outrun the competing cars, and complete the race before time runs out.
- DirectorYoshinori KawanoStarsTerence J. RotoloKim Mai GuestLaura NapoliPhotojournalist Frank West finds himself trapped in a shopping mall overrun by flesh eating zombies.
- DirectorTomonobu ItagakiStarsBin ShimadaHideyuki HoriToshio FurukawaThe first Dead or Alive game in the series.
- DirectorMichael CondreyStarsTonantzin CarmeloJ.G. HertzlerIyari LimonEngineer Isaac Clarke and his crew get stranded on a large, abandoned mining ship. There, Clarke needs to repair the giant ship while battling nasty aliens and solving the mystery of what happened to the ship.
- DirectorSweryStarsMelissa HutchisonAmy ProvenzanoAmy RubinateEccentric FBI agent Francis York Morgan has been called in to investigate the ritualistic murder of Anna Graham in the small town of Greenvale. With every clue he finds, the surreal mystery deepens.
- DirectorRobert BriscoeDan PinchbeckStarsNigel CarringtonPlayer is exploring an uninhabited Hebridean island, while in the same time voiced-over letters can be heard, directed to a woman name Esther. As the player continues throughout the game, more and more fragments of this story are revealed.
- Defend the human population from swarms of attacking aliens.
- DirectorJason JonesStarsPeter DinklageBill NighyLauren CohanYears in the future, a group of space-born humans fight to remove the Earth of alien invaders.
- DirectorWarren SpectorStarsJay Anthony FrankeBrent AndersonRalph BarbagalloIn a dark cyberpunk future where poverty, disease, oppression and terrorism are widespread, J.C. Denton, a new cybernetically-enhanced special agent, finds evidence of a massive conspiracy when his brother, also an agent, goes rogue.
- StarsJon PertweeDonna BaileyIan DuryTake control and follow the life of a "defect", which takes the shape of a human body that was formed inside a machine. The defect goes through all stages of life from cells to senility, as it grows and evolves it must avoid the defect police who try to detain it.
- DirectorHideki KamiyaStarsDrew CoombsKenji HataHironobu HagiharaAfter losing his brother and mother to demon lord Mundus, demon hunter Dante and his new friend Trish embark on a quest to confront Lord Mundus.
- DirectorMark SchwarzStarsMichael HaleyGlynnis TalkenMichael GoughIt is a horrible era for the formerly peaceful town of Tristram. Prince Albrect is missing, King Leoric is dead, and demonic raids are now commonplace. You are one of the heroes, who visits Tristram to slay whatever is causing this horror.
- StarsFrank GorshinLiana YoungJames HarperEvil has survived. Diablo, the Lord of Terror, now seeks to free his demonic brothers. The armies of the High Heavens are forbidden to interfere with Diablo's plan.
- DirectorSean ClarkStarsRobert PatrickMari WeissSteve BlumThree humans trapped on a distant planet discover its deadly secret which could be their undoing.
- DirectorMasahisa IkegamiIn the video game DigDug you are the character Doug who has been sent to clear this underground area of all the enemies.
- DirectorShinji MikamiStarsStephanie MorgensternRichard YearwoodAdrian TrussOn a remote island, scientist Doctor Kirk has been exploring the deeper reaches of science. After disaster strikes, commando Regina and her three teammates are deployed on the island to search for answers.
- StarsCasey RobertsonTheresa LubeleyDavid RosenthalIn 2004, the government announced the successful creation of Stiver Island, an artificial island off the coast built as a test for creating islands all over the world. One year later, Keith, a news reporter on his way to his first assignment on Stiver Island, barely survives a horrific earthquake that destroys the monorail he is riding on, falling unconscious. He awakens an unknown amount of time later to find the city all but deserted, and rescue operations are underway as Stiver Island slowly begins to sink into the ocean. Keith must make it through the collapsing city, meeting unusual people and uncovering a terrible plot to destroy the city. Only if he survives will he be able to write his disaster report.
- DirectorRaphael ColantonioHarvey SmithStarsSusan SarandonLena HeadeyCarrie FisherAfter being framed for the murder of the Empress he swore to protect, a once trusted bodyguard with supernatural abilities is forced to become a masked assassin in order to seek revenge on those who conspired against him.
- dnd, or The Game of Dungeons, is a terminal-access CRPG originally hosted on the PLATO network, and as of 2004 has been hosted on the Cyber1 network in an emulated form. Like pedit5 (1975), developed either before it or concurrently with, it is a pure dungeon crawler, heavily inspired by the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game published only a year before it. You generate a character with randomly chosen stats including Strength, IQ, Wisdom, Dexterity, and HP, which are initially each set between 3 and 18, but can increase or decrease based on events in the game. Your goal is to explore a 20-level dungeon, find gold (which increases your HP and spell points), gain XP to gain more character levels, find magic equipment, and eventually become strong enough to kill a dragon on the lower floors of the dungeon, take its magical orb, and survive the trip back to the surface as the orb gathers the attention of extremely strong monsters. Encounters with monsters may be resolved by fighting, escaping, or casting spells. Your spell stock is limited, but is often the best way to kill monsters without suffering damage in a straight fight. Gold is found everywhere, lying in piles around the dungeon, and the deeper you venture, the bigger the piles, but the more gold you carry, the stronger the monsters that you will attract. Even bigger piles of gold may be found in randomly found treasure chests, but chests are sometimes trapped, and opportunities to detect or disarm traps are limited. Beware, for the death of your character is final, and there is no way to recover except by starting from the beginning again.
- DirectorTakahiro HaradaHitoshi YamagamiMario takes up the helm of a doctor in Mushroom Hospital. Three new types of viruses threaten healthy life, so "Doctor" Mario formulates multi-colored vitamins ready for microscopic battle.
- StarsKevin CloudBobby PrinceJohn RomeroDoom 2 follows the story of Doom-Guy, killing hell creatures, for the future of mankind.
- DirectorGeorge AndreasStarsKevin BaylissDennis FaltEveline FischerDonkey Kong must retrieve his monkey friends and 200 golden bananas from the evil King K. Rool who is plotting to destroy DK Island with a machine called the Blast O' Matic.
- DirectorTim StamperWaking to find his banana hoard clean gone, Donkey Kong sets out with his nephew Diddy Kong through jungle and cavern, past temples and reef, across pine forests, factories, and mountains to rid the island of the wicked Kremlings and reclaim his bananas.
- DirectorShigeru MiyamotoArcade platform game and the sequel to "Donkey Kong", but with the roles reversed compared to its predecessor: Mario (formerly named "Jumpman") is now the villain and Donkey Kong Jr. is trying to save his kidnapped father.
- DirectorYoshihisa KishimotoShinichi SaitouMartial arts siblings Billy and Jimmy Lee must battle a tough gang known as the Black Warriors in order to rescue Billy's girlfriend, Marian.
- DirectorDan TudgeStarsSteve ValentinePeter RenadayKate MulgrewAfter four hundred years since the last Blight, a new Archdemon seeks to destroy the land of Ferelden. It is up to the player - as one of the remaining Grey Wardens - to unite the divided armies of Ferelden and save humanity.
- DirectorKoichi NakamuraA knight becomes entrusted with the impossible mission to rescue the abducted Princess Gwaelin and vanquish the Dragonlord.
- DirectorDon BluthTony BozekStarsDan MolinaVera PachecoMichael RyeA valiant knight, Dirk the Daring is on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon.
- DirectorNeil DodwellStarsTony DillonDee GrahamJohn HainesRyan, a bartender from a dystopian future can't sleep peacefully for months. His nights are sequences of nightmares and strange dreams, days with frequent black-outs with strange visions, until one night a figure in monk attire appears to him, and tells him the story of the seven evil ones, uniting to destroy to Dreamweb, the only barrier between the world and darkness. The monk makes a proposition: Ryan becomes the "deliverer": the one who would keep the Dreamweb safe by killing those who try to destroy it.
- StarsBradley LavelleEnn ReitelKenny AndrewsA former race car driver turned NYPD detective goes undercover to infiltrate an underground, organized crime family.
- Light gun shooter video game in which the player must hit a minimum number of targets (either ducks or clay pigeons) to advance to the next round or else get a game over. If the player loses, a dog appears to mock the player.
- DirectorGreg MaloneStarsLani MinellaJon St. JohnLee JacksonBlonde action hero Duke Nukem takes on murderous aliens and mutated Los Angeles police officers that have taken over Los Angeles.
- DirectorRemi HerbulotStarsKim Michelle BroderickJerry Di GiacomoPatrick FloersheimDune is an adventure strategy video game, based upon Frank Herbert's science fiction novel of the same name.
- DirectorLyle J. HallAaron PowellRobb AlveyStarsFrank KlepackiGlenn SperryDonna J. BundyThe honourable Atreides, the violent Harkonnen and the insidious Ordos fight a war for the control of Arrakis, the only planet where the valuable Spice can be found.
- DirectorDoug BellMany have been sent to the quest to recover Librasulus' firestaff. The player is Theron, the apprentice of the Grey Lord, that goes into the dungeon with the task to resurrect four champions to find the firestaff and defeat Lord Chaos.
- DirectorShigesato ItoiStarsShigesato ItoiYukari SaitoHirokazu KoyanoNess, a boy from Onett, Eagleland, teams up with new friends to defeat an Evil Destroyer named Giygas. During the epic pursuits, Ness and his allies attempt to find the sacred Eight Melodies.
- DirectorDavid PerryStarsDoug TenNapelAfter a spacesuit falls on Jim, it mutates him into an earthworm hero thus Earthworm Jim is born. He must now defeat the evil Queen Slug-for-a-butt and rescue her sister, Princess What's Her Name.
- The classic space trading game. You and your Cobra Mk III battle wagon have to become 'Elite.' but this is only achieved if you do very suicidal things You start the game with the rating 'Harmless,' and must work your way up the ranks by trading and blowing the rocket fuel out of everything you see.
- DirectorDenis DyackStarsMichael BellEarl BoenCam ClarkeOver the course of two millenia, twelve men and women are linked together by an accursed book known as the Tome of Eternal Darkness.
- MMORPG in which players create their avatars, choose a race, and venture into the medieval fantasy world of Norrath.
- DirectorShigeru MiyamotoParticipate in a motocross championship. Ride your bike through excitingly designed circuits full of ramps and jumps.
- DirectorKazunobu ShimizuA futuristic racing game where players compete in a high-speed hovercar racing tournament. In the year 2560, multi-billionaires with lethargic lifestyles created a new form of entertainment based on the Formula One races called "F-Zero".
- DirectorPeter MolyneuxStarsAdjoa AndohGeorg BackerEmma ButcherOnce a young boy has obtained a gift for his sister's birthday, bandits attack his home village of Oakvale. A member of the Hero's Guild, Maze, stumbles upon the boy, saves him and takes the boy to the Guild to be raised as a hero.