Author Topic: Smithsonian Musuem - Video Game Exhibition  (Read 1856 times)


This is essentially a small exhibitive collection of video games from five eras that include anything from Atari all the way up to Xbox 360, so go ahead and vote.

oooh, may have to go :D

some of the games categorized together are bizarre, but whatever lol. voted for like, oblivion and minecraft, and a few others i cant remember.

Lalalalalala, Katamari Damacy!

nonono they did the groupings all wrong
they shouldn't have Windwaker with Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door

i mean, my vote obviously goes to WW but thousand year door was a great game.
BLASPHEMY.

bump for the progress for MAN and one large leap for VIDEOGAMES.


Represent the industry, people, unless you're actually SATISFIED with people calling out videogames as a bullstuff waste of time, which you doubtless may feel inclined to do.

bump for deadline being extended

Oh man, I voted in this months ago because an Admin at BioShock Wiki pointed out BioShock was in the running. Did it make it into the exhibit?

I don't think so, sadly. I remember they put BioShock up against the biggest games of the past 11 years. Obviously, it is impossible for a single player game to compete with the biggest multiplayer games in the industry. starfishs.

Here are my votes. I have played most of these, the ones in bold are the ones I voted for, and I definitely did play them.

ERA ONE: Atari VCS
Tunnel Runner ~ Haunted House ~ Pac-Man
Adventure ~ Pitfall! ~ E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Space Invaders ~ Missile Command ~ Yars' Revenge
Combat ~ Star Raiders ~ Video Chess

ERA ONE: ColecoVision
Donkey Kong ~ Jungle Hunt ~ Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle
Alcazar: The Forgotten Fortress ~ Gateway to Apshai ~  Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns
Carnival ~ Zaxxon ~ Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
Evolution ~ Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator ~ Artillery Duel

ERA ONE: Mattel IntelliVision
Microsurgeon ~ TRON: Maze-Atron ~ Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons ~ Swords and Serpents ~ Thunder Castle
Demon Attack ~ Star Strike ~ Space Battle
Armor Battle ~ B-17 Bomber ~ Utopia


ERA TWO: Comadore 64
Impossible Mission ~ Boulder Dash ~ Jumpman
Wasteland ~ The Bards Tale III: Thief of Fate ~ Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Attack of the Mutant Camels ~ Paradroid ~ Raid on Bungeling Bay
M.U.L.E. ~ Little Computer People ~ Sid Meier's Pirates!

ERA TWO: Nintendo Entertainment System
Mega Man 2 ~ Super Mario Brothers 3 ~ Metroid
Final Fantasy ~ The Legend of Zelda ~ Shadowgate
1943: The Battle of Midway ~ Top Gun ~ Life Force
Archon: The Light and the Dark ~ Desert Commander ~ North and South

ERA TWO: SEGA Master System
Shinobi ~ Mickey Mouse in the Land of Illusion ~ Marble Madness
Phantasy Star ~ Heroes of the Lance ~ Ultima IV: Quest for the Avatar
Fantasy Zone ~ After Burner ~ Missile Defense 3D
Gain Ground ~ Spy VS. Spy ~ Rampart


ERA THREE: SEGA Genesis
Earthworm Jim ~ Sonic CD ~ Micheal Jackson's Moonwalker
Phantasy Star IV ~ Flashback the Quest for Identity ~ Shining Force 2
Gunstar Heroes ~ Viewpoint ~ Ranger X
Herzog Zwei ~ Dune II: Battle for Arrakis ~ Nobunaga's Ambition

ERA THREE: Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Star Wars ~ Super Mario World ~ Donkey Kong Country
Chrono Trigger ~ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past ~ EarthBound
Gradius III ~ Star Fox ~ Super SmashTV
SimCity ~ Syndicate ~ Act Raiser


ERA FOUR: DOS/Windows
Deus Ex ~ DOOM II ~ Unreal
Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn ~ Grim Fandango ~ Fallout
Star Wars: TIE Fighter ~ Crimson Skies ~ Diablo II
StarCraft ~ Uplink: Hacker Elite ~ Command & Conquer

ERA FOUR: Nintendo 64
Super Mario 64 ~ Banjo-Kazooie ~ Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ~ The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask ~ Paper Mario
Pilotwings 64 ~ Star Fox 64 ~ GoldenEye 007 (I wish I could change my vote to GoldenEye)
Worms Armageddon ~ Tom Clancy's Ranbow Six ~ Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber

ERA FOUR: SEGA Dreamcast
Jet Grind Radio ~ Sonic Adventure ~ Crazy Taxi
Shenmue ~ Phantasy Star Online ~ Skies of Arcadia
Toy Commander ~ Typing of the Dead ~ Rez
ChuChu Rocket! ~ Panzer Front ~ Rhapsody of Zephyr

ERA FOUR: SEGA Saturn
NiGHTS into Dreams ~ Tomb Raider ~ Clockwork Night
Blazing Dragons ~ Dark Savior ~ Panzer Dragoon Saga
Panzer Dragoons II: Zwei ~ Black Fire ~ Wing Arms
SimCity 2000 ~ Blazing Heroes ~ Command and Conquer

ERA FOUR: Sony Playstation
Metal Gear Solid ~ Crash Bandicoot: Warped ~ Oddworld: Abe's Oddsee
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete ~ Final Fantasy VII ~ Grandia
Einhander ~ Colony Wars II: Red Sun ~ Point Blank
Final Fantasy Tactics ~ Carnage Heart ~ Command & Conquer: Red Alert


ERA FIVE: Microsoft Xbox
Halo 2 ~ Jet Set Radio Future ~ Psychonauts
Fable ~ Indigo Prophecy ~ Shenmue II
Panzer Dragoon Orta ~ Zyanide ~ Sniper Elite: Berlin 1945
Steel Battalion ~ Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell ~ Sin Meier's Pirates!

ERA FIVE: Microsoft Xbox 360
Gears of War 2 ~ Halo 3 ~ BioShock
Mass Effect 2 ~ Limbo ~ The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 ~ Ikaruga ~ Assault Heroes 2
Halo Wars ~ Darwinia+ ~ The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II

ERA FIVE: Modern Windows
Half-Life 2 ~ Portal ~ Call of Duty: World at War
World of Warcraft ~ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic ~ Fallout 3
Shatter ~ Everyday Shooter ~ fl0w
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty ~ Age of Empires 3 ~ Minecraft

ERA FIVE: Nintendo GameCube
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time ~ Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem ~ Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker ~ Tales of Symphonia ~ Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
P.N.03 ~ Star Fox: Assault ~ Alien Hominid
Battalion Wars ~ Pikmin 2 ~ Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

ERA FIVE: Nintendo Wii
Super Mario Galaxy 2 ~ Metroid Prime Trilogy ~ Disney Epic Mickey
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess ~ Super Paper Mario ~ Monster Hunter Tri
Boom Blox ~ Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy ~ Sin and Punishment: Star Successor
Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure ~ Little King's Story ~ Battalion Wars 2

ERA FIVE: Sony Playstation 2
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 ~ God of War ~ Shadow of the Colossus
Final Fantasy X ~ Kingdom Hearts II ~ Okami
Silpheed: The Lost Planet ~ Espgaluda ~ Gradius IV
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty ~ Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown ~ Armored Core 3

ERA FIVE: Sony Playstation 3
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves ~ Call of Duty: Black Ops ~ LittleBigPlanet 2
Dragon Age: Origins ~ Final Fantasy XIII ~ Heavy Rain
Flower ~ Super Stardust HD ~ PixelJunk Shooter
Brutal Legend ~ Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Commander's Challenge ~ Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

Ew, how dare you vote Red Alert 3 above Civilization Revolution?

I'm not a big fan of Turn-Based Strategy.

Oh, and everyone feel free to copy my post and change the bolds to what you voted. It took me a while to type all that manually.
« Last Edit: April 07, 2011, 06:34:46 PM by IsaacKronenFaust »

Even worse. You voted Starcraft II over Minecraft. I know it's your opinion, but what the hell is wrong with you?

I'll vote pretty much anything over an indie game. Especially something that sold over three-million copies on the first month of its release, is considered a part of national pastime in South Korea, and has at least 4/5 or 9/10 with every major review site and magazine. What the loving Hell is wrong with you?