Video Game Hall of Fame
Pong
Grand Theft Auto 3
- Originally released in 2001
- Published by Rockstar Games
- Developed by DMA Design
- Withdrawn then re-released in Australia due to the games controversy
The Last Of Us
- Released in 2013 for the PlayStation 3
- Developed by Naughty Dog
- Published by Sony Computer Entertainment
- Rereleased for the PlayStation 4 in July/August 2014 in all territories
Wii Sports
- Released in 2006 for the Nintendo Wii
- Developed by Nintendo
- The 4th highest selling game of all time
- Packaged with the Wii console
- Contained 5 games: Tennis, bowling, Baseball, Boxing and Golf
Sonic The Hedgehog
- Released in 1991 for the Mega Drive and Genesis
- Developed by Sonic Team
- Published by Sega
- Single-player platformer
- Was rated PG-13
Mortal Kombat
- First released October 8, 1992 in arcades
- Developed by Midway
- Published by Acclaim
- Controversial due to its use of blood
- Mega Drive blood cheat: A, B, A, C, A ,B, B
Halo: Combat Evolved
- First released on the 15th of November 2001
- Developed by Bungie
- Published by Xbox game Studios
- Released for the original Xbox
- Main character: Master Chief
Wipeout
- First released on the 29th of November 1995
- Developed by Psygnosis
- Released for the Playstation, Sega Saturn and PC
- Set in 2052
- controversy over the marketing due to drug culture
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 & 2
- First released on the 29th of September 1999 and the 19th of September 2000
- Developed by Neversoft
- Published by Activision
- The pilot for the first game was Bruce Willis on a skateboard
- If you 100% the second game with a created skater you can play as Spider-man
The Sims
- First released on the 4th of February 2000
- Developed by Maxis
- Published by Electronic Arts
- Sold just under 200 million copies worldwide
- Money cheat: rosebud
Tetris
- First released on the 19th of June 1984
- Designed by Alexey Pajitnov
- There was a legal battle over the ownership of the game and the rights were reverted to Pajitnov in 1996
- Over 100 million sales worldwide
Resident Evil
- First released on the 22nd of March 1996
- Developed and published by Capcom
- Created by Shinji Mikami and Tokuro Fujiwara
- Was originally known as Biohazard in Japan
- Resident Evil holds a Guinness World Record for World's Worst Dialogue
Crash Bandicoot
- First released on the 9th of September 1996
- Developed by Naughty Dog
- It was the first platformer where the camera as behind the main character
- Sonys CEO at the time hated crash
- The female bandicoot (Tawna) was based on Pamela Anderson
Half-Life 2
- First released on the 16th of November 2004
- Developed and Published by Valve
- The game has 68 load screens
- Artist: Viktor Antonov
- Writer: Marc Laidlaw
Journey
- First released on the 13th of March 2012 (US) and 14th of March 2012 (Europe) for the PlayStation 3
- Developed by Thatgamecompany Santa Monica Studio
- Published by Sony Computer Entertainment
- Artists Matt Nav and Aaron Jessie
Pac-Man
- Developed by Namco in Japan and Midway in America
- Released in July 1980 in Japan and December 1980 in America
- Ghost names Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde
- Best-selling Atari 2600 game of all time, 7 million
- Developed by Bethesda Game Studios
- Released on the 11th of November 2011
- Composed by Jeremy Soule
- Platforms:Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch
Street Fighter II
- Developed and Published by Capcom
- Released in March 1991
-The SNES sold over 6.3 million cartridges
- Sold more than 200,000 arcade cabinets
BioShock
- Published by 2K games
- Released on the 21st of August 2007
- Uses the unreal engine 2.5
- Set in 1960
- The city of rapture was built in 1940
- Released on September 13, 1985
- Published by Nintendo
- Created by Shigeru Miyamoto
- Mario was a carpenter before becoming a plumber
- Mario's original name was Jumpman
- Developed and published by: 3909 LLC
- Initially released on the 8th of August 2013 for Windows and IOS
- Released on the PS Vita on the 12th of December 2017
- The game has 20 different endings
- Released in Japan on the 27th of February 1996
- Developed by Game Freak
- Published by Nintendo for the Game Boy
- Released in Europe on the 5 of October 1999 (Pokemon Red and Blue)
- The game was originally titled "Capsule Monsters"
- Released September 1991 for the Sega Mega Drive or Genesis in the US
- Developed and published by Electronic Arts
- The Game Boy version is one of two licensed games that are incompatible with the Game Boy Color
- A SNES version was planned and then canceled
- Released on the 3rd of September 1998 for the Playstation
- Developed and Published by Konami
- Directed by Hideo Kojima
- The developers designed the levels out of Lego
- The game was originally going to be on the 3DO
- Released on the 21st of November 1998 for the N64
- Developed and Published by Nintendo
- This game runs on the same engine as Super Mario 64
- This was almost built to be a first person game
- Originally released on the 27th of March 1997 on MS-DOS
- Released February 1998 for the Playstation
- Published by Electronic Arts
- Developed by Bullfrog Productions
- It has illnesses such as: Bloaty Head, Alien DNA, Hairyitis, Spare Ribs and many more
- Released on the 20th of April 2018 for the PlayStation 4
- Developed by Santa Monica Studios
- Published by Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Kratos Won The 2010 Spike Video Game Award For "Biggest Baddass"
- Released on the 17th of August 1990 in Europe
- Developed by Konami
- The game was called teenage mutant ninja turtles in the rest of the world bar Europe
- The turtles were called: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael.
- Released on the 18th of November 1994 in the UK for the Super Nintendo
- Developed by Rare and Published by Nintendo
- It began as a boxing game
- It was originally intended for the N64
- Cranky Kong is actually the original Donkey Kong
- Came out on the PC on the 18th of August 2020
- Released on the Xbox Serise X and S on the 27th of July 2021
- In game there are over 1.5 billion buildings and 2 trillion trees
- Its a full version of the world so you can fly anywhere you like
- Released on the 18th of April 2011
- Platforms: PlayStation 3, macOS, Xbox 360, Windows and Linux
- The game was originally going to have no Chell, no GLaDOS and no portals
- A Wheatly decal was added to an ISS supply ship. So technically he went to space!
- Released on the 25th of August 2009
- Developed by Rocksteady Studios
- One person spent 2 years working on Batman's cape.
- Only 60 developers worked on the game in total
- Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Ouya and Mac OS
- Released on the 14th of August 2014
- Developed and Published by Konami
- When demo was delisted people were selling PS4s with copies of the demo for up to £1,200
- A version of this demo was created in dreams
- The lady of the house is called Lisa
- Developed by Insomniac Games
- Published by Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Release Dates:
PlayStation 4: the 7th of September 2018
PlayStation 5: the 12th of November 2020
- There's a picture of uncle ben at F.E.A.S.T.
- On A Wall At F.E.A.S.T., There Are Pictures Of The Developers
- Published by Atari Games and Midway Games
- Released in February 1985
- Released on the Atari system 2
- You deliver a paper called The Daily Sun
- Paperboy made cameos in Wreck-It Ralph and Pixels
- Developed by Guerrilla Games
- Published by Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Initial release date: 28th of February 2017
- The Game Is The Biggest Piece Of Media Ever Produced In The Netherlands (cost 47 million euros)
- Aloy was originally going to ride a horse in game
- Developed by Reflections Interactive
and Looking Glass Studios (N64)
- Published by Psygnosis and THQ (N64)
- Platforms: PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64
- Released on the 20th of October 1995
- Unlock the Ruined Monastery cheat: REFLECT!
- There was a fake cheat that was supposed to make all competitors start smoking: DERBYMAN
- Developed by Namco
- Released in the Arcade on the 20th of March 1997 and for the PlayStation on the 12th of September 1998
- To unlock Tiger Jackson you need to beat the story mode 16 times
- Yoshimitsus hobbies are Watching Sumo Wrestling and playing video games
- Developed by Rare and Published by Nintendo
- Platform: Nintendo 64
- Released on the 25th of August 1997
- The game had a ZX Spectrum emulator built-in
- Over 8 million copies of the game have been sold
- Developers planned to use the Rumble Pak to reload weapons by unplugging and re-inserting
- First released on the 12th of February 1999 in the arcades and released in 2000 for the Dreamcast
- There were two attempts to make this into a film
- Product placement locations in-game: Pizza Hut, KFC, FILA, and more
- In the 2010 release on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 the brands were replaced by fakes
- Developed by Rockstar San Diego, Published by Rockstar Games
- Released on the 21st of May 2010 in PAL regions
- Developed on the RAGE engine
- The game ended up selling over 15 million copies
- It Was Originally In Development With Capcom (what a different game it could have been...)
- Released on the 18th of November 2011
- Developed and Published by Mojan
- It was originally called Cave Game
- Minecraft has sold 238 million copies since launch
- Creepers began as a coding error
- The sounds that Ghasts make comes from a sleeping cat
- Released on the PlayStation on the 26th of September 1997
- Produced and Designed by Masaya Matsuura
- It had a tv series, songs, movies, and even a musical!
- The name "PaRappa" is a play on Japanese words meaning "paper thin"