SaysWho? Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Video game hall of fame inducts Computer Space, Barbie Fashion Designer | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM The class of 2023 includes two particularly legendary PC titles. Quote Computer space was the first true commercial videogame, released in 1971 as a coin-operated arcade cabinet and designed by Atari co-founders Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney with computer-makers Nutting Associates. While it wasn't a best-seller, or a real commercial success, it did bring videogames out of university and research computer labs and into the broader cultural sphere. Barbie Fashion Designer, meanwhile, released in 1996 for PC. As much a design program and what we'd now call an interactive toy as a game, Barbie Fashion Designer let players design clothes for their dolls and print them out. It sold over half a million copies in its first two months—this is during a time when PC games were almost exclusively marketed towards male players and when a million copies sold was enough to get you on the list of absolute best-selling games for that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Two of those games make sense for their cultural importance and impact, the other two are Barbie and TLoU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 8 minutes ago, gamer.tv said: Two of those games make sense for their cultural importance and impact, the other two are Barbie and TLoU. I don’t know how anyone thinks TLoU doesn’t deserve to be there. That’s ridiculous.TLoU is more culturally important than Wii Sports. Wii Sports,every copy of that should be burned and it’s remains buried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted May 8, 2023 Author Share Posted May 8, 2023 Between its quality, its influence on other games and the genre in general, its popularity, its jump in dialogue quality in the video game medium, and its TV series that is now one of the most popular shows, it's hard to argue Last of Us isn't deserving. It certainly is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 28 minutes ago, gamer.tv said: Two of those games make sense for their cultural importance and impact, the other two are Barbie and TLoU. Barbie broke through the gender barrier and sold well on PC in 1996 so it is a cultural milestone in a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 4 hours ago, BloodyHell said: I don’t know how anyone thinks TLoU doesn’t deserve to be there. That’s ridiculous.TLoU is more culturally important than Wii Sports. Wii Sports,every copy of that should be burned and it’s remains buried. I also hate Wii Sports... like a lot. Fuck that game. But you cannot deny it's massive cultural impact. It 100% deserves a spot in something like this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 18 minutes ago, ort said: I also hate Wii Sports... like a lot. Fuck that game. But you cannot deny it's massive cultural impact. It 100% deserves a spot in something like this. Yeah. Wii Sports is single-handedly responsible for the Wii's success, imo. It introduced gaming to millions of people, including elderly people, etc. Everyone knew about the Wii when it came out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Did Superman 64 make the cut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Nutting Associates is an incredible name for a company. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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