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what video game deserves to be in a museum?

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Submitted ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Abraxas@feddit.uk⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

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  • jaykrown@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    MechCommander (1998)

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  • ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Gris.

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    All of them.

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  • 5inister@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The Museum of Modern Art in New York has some games in their permanent collection: (Games in MoMA)[en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_video_games_in_the_Mus…]

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    • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Swap the () and []! 🩵

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  • RedFrank24@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It depends on what your museum is trying to convey. If it’s moments of gaming history and games and consoles of significance, I’d go with:

    For the earliest video games, I’d show the Tennis for Two on the DuMont Lab Ocilloscope, released in 1958.

    You should also include the life of Warren Robinett, because he was the first ever game programmer to receive in-game credit for a game he made, because Atari never gave their programmers credit, but he snuck one in as an easter egg. He then went on to found the Learning Company which made all those Reader Rabbit games.

    For the Crash of 1983, you have to include ET for the Atari 2600 as the posterboy, but “Pitfall!” should also be included. Pitfall was a good game, but it was the breakout hit of Activision and therefore proof that third-party video games were viable, leading to the glut of video games which, in combination with ET being such a colossal failure, caused the crash.

    For the resurgence after the crash, the Nintendo Entertainment System, but specifically the one that came with the little robot to help you play games. It’s essential that you convey that Nintendo intended to sell it as a toy rather than a games console because the games market in the US had completely died in the crash, but the toy market was very much alive.

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  • utopiah@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Half-life: Alyx

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Burger King: Sneak King

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  • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “List all notable video game characters”

    Oh cmon

    Might as well ask someone to list the top songs of every year since the 80’s.

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  • S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As in history, all of them
    As in art?
    Blasphemous.
    La puta madre que belleza de juego.

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  • bss03@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Everything 1Upsmanship puts on their “Celestial Hard Drive”.

    Or, Minecraft.

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  • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    NFL 2K5. It would be a somber memorial, a pedestal bearing a single copy of the (Xbox version of) the game, with a single spotlight shining down on it from above as it rotated. An eternal flame, possibly several, burn nearby. The walls would be digital, montages of all the memories. There would be mournful orchestral music playing, heavy on the clarinets and oboes.

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    • Jeffool@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And a screen where it plays YouTubers comparing it to every version of Madden for a decade-plus after. Eventually finding Madden to look better, but always finding Madden lacking in features.

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      • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        100% guarantee there are probably still YouTubers doing that in 2025. And you might be surprised how good it can look upscaled to 4K, if you haven’t tried it.

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  • jpreston2005@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Shadow of the Colossus is the first that comes to mind. I’d probably toss in Final Fantasy VII, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and DOTA 2 because I’m addicted to it

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  • huxley75@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Gestures broadly: en.wikipedia.org/…/World_Video_Game_Hall_of_Fame

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  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is a more complex question than just “what is your favorite video game,” or “what games do you consider works of art?”

    If I’m putting a game in a museum, it’s because there’s something about it that warrants preservation on a greater level than other games. To that end, my candidates are

    • Pong (1972)

    The first commercially successful video game.

    • Tetris (1985)

    Arguably the most influential game of all time

    • Rollercoaster Tycoon (1999)

    Handcrafted in assembly, serves as a lesson both in optimization and harnessing the players’ penchant for finding intrinsic value in simplistic game mechanics

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    • Jeffool@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      These three plus Doom and Shadow of the Colossus are what was I thinking.

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  • abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think the better question is what about games deserves to be in a general history museum? The advent and changes of technology and the implementation is far more important than the examples of it in use. There are very few games on their own that would qualify as “culturally impactful” to the greater world by their sheer existence. (Mario, Pokemon, and Tetris immediately come to mind).

    If we are talking about a “video game museum/exhibit” then the list broadens a lot, but it’s less about the “what” and more the “why” that needs focused.

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  • zanyllama52@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do only get to pick one?

    If so, Prince of Persia.

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    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Prince of Persia.

      but which? og? which release? I liked it on Atari ST then hated it on PC lol… but only had access to a really bad pc.

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  • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Pong, Pac-man, OXO, Mystery House, Super Mario, Battlezone, Wolfenstein, Doom.

    The classic pioneers.

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  • TwoHardCore@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Street Fighter, Mortal Combat, Sega Rally, Unreal and also Unreal Tournament

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If I had to be stuck in a timeloop, I might pick being in high-school, late night, losing untold hours to Unreal Tournament until the sun came up and/or I occasionally fell asleep at my computer. Or maybe the LAN parties from that same time.

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      • TwoHardCore@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I loved getting that damned smiley-faced flak (secondary fire mode) in the face…made me LMFAO every time, and just brought a smile to my face now ☻. Domination was awesome!

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  • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unpopular opinion, I played Elden ring for close to 10 hours and hated it. Ugly game, saw nothing but barren wastelands, got extremely annoyed with the style of fighting and the repetitiveness. I think it’s by far one of the worst games I’ve ever played

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  • lemmyknow@lemmy.today ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    None. Video games are brainrot

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    • seggturkasz@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Every opinion is valid and people can disagree with it. But have you considered that there are museums of torture devices, or substance abuse. In that spirit what are the games that could should be remembered as a cautionary tale? For me it would be heroes3, minecraft, rimworld. These took most of my life (rotted most of my brain).

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      • lemmyknow@lemmy.today ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I was actually just kidding. I don’t do much gaming myself, but I don’t actually believe games to be brainrot. As for games that should be forever remembered, Club Penguin gets my vote. Minecraft was kinda fun, until I suddenly started getting headaches from field of view or whatever it is (screen speen, no good for head).

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  • mechoman444@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Et for the Atari 2600

    Doom OG

    GTA 3

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  • throbbing_banjo@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sexy Beach 3

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  • Newsteinleo@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mario 3 Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Minecraft Portal The original DOTA that was built on Warcraft 3 World of Warcraft

    I choose these games not because they are good but because they had massive impacts on video games. Except for Mario 3, that ones just the GOAT.

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  • warmaster@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    • Journey
    • Shadow Of The Colossus
    • Shenmue 1
    • Half-Life 1 & 2
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  • Taalnazi@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Spore, even if imperfect. Minecraft. Pong. Elden Ring. Rollercoaster Tycoon. Zoo Tycoon.

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    • Newsteinleo@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Spore should be in there bit not for a good reason.

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  • Jaybird@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Splintercell.

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  • MimicJar@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Assuming a single game, Minecraft. It should be a kids museum style where you can build things. You can make each room a different biome or structure.

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  • Bosht@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Half Life Dead Space Minecraft Terraria Stardew Valley

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  • modernangel@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How about … All of them?!?

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  • mechoman444@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So many people in this thread just listing games they like and don’t know what museums are for.

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