{"id":87582,"date":"2016-03-30T07:58:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T05:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=87582"},"modified":"2016-03-30T07:59:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T05:59:38","slug":"15-finalists-selected-for-video-game-hall-of-fame-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/87582-15-finalists-selected-for-video-game-hall-of-fame-2016","title":{"rendered":"15 finalists selected for Video Game Hall of Fame 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Strong National Museum of Play has announced its list of 2016 finalists for the\u00a0World Video Game Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/these-15-games-nominated-for-2016-gaming-hall-of-f\/1100-6436088\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gamespot<\/a><\/strong>, the games were selected due to their influence and popularity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese 15 World Video Game Hall of Fame finalists span decades, gaming platforms, and countries of origin \u2013 but what they all have in common is their undeniable impact on the world of gaming and popular culture,\u201d said Strong.<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 finalists are listed below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elite<\/li>\n<li>Final Fantasy<\/li>\n<li>Grand Theft Auto III<\/li>\n<li>John Madden Football<\/li>\n<li>The Legend of Zelda<\/li>\n<li>Minecraft<\/li>\n<li>N\u00fcrburgring<\/li>\n<li>The Oregon Trail<\/li>\n<li>Pokemon Red and Green<\/li>\n<li>Sid Meier\u2019s Civilization<\/li>\n<li>The Sims<\/li>\n<li>Sonic the Hedgehog<\/li>\n<li>Space Invaders<\/li>\n<li>Street Fighter II<\/li>\n<li>Tomb Raider<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>This article originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/159900-15-epic-video-games-selected-for-2016-hall-of-fame.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband<\/a> and is republished with permission.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to 5 insane gaming mice \u2013 SA pricing, details\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/87558-5-insane-gaming-mice-sa-pricing-details.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">5 insane gaming mice \u2013 SA pricing, details<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Games of April \u2013 Dark Souls 3, Ratchet &amp; Clank and Destiny\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/87546-games-of-april-dark-souls-3-ratchet-clank-and-destiny.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Games of April \u2013 Dark Souls 3, Ratchet &amp; Clank and Destiny<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to PlayStation VR possibly coming to PC\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/87552-playstation-vr-possibly-coming-to-pc.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">PlayStation VR possibly coming to PC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Strong National Museum of Play has announced its list of 2016 finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":87584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[10252,95,409,2664,17642,333,2179,201,17644,17640],"class_list":["post-87582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-civilization","tag-elite","tag-final-fantasy","tag-gaming","tag-hall-of-fame","tag-minecraft","tag-sims","tag-tomb-raider","tag-top-15","tag-video-game"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}