TheArtofVideoGames VotingResults

TheArtofVideoGames exhibitionwillexplorethe40yearevolutionofvideogamesasanartisticmedium,withafocuson strikingvisualeffects,thecreativeuseofnewtechnologies,andthemostinfluentialartistsanddesigners.Awebsite (www.artofvideogames.org)offeredparticipantsachancetovotefor80gamesfromapoolof240proposedchoicesin variouscategories,dividedbyera,gametypeandplatform.VotingtookplacebetweenFebruary14,2011andApril17,2011. TheexhibitionwillbeondisplayattheSmithsonianAmericanArtMuseumfromMarch16,2012throughSeptember30,2012 (www.americanart.si.edu/taovg). Visitwww.artofvideogames.orgtosignuptoreceiveupdatesaboutthisexhibition.

Era1:Start!
System AtariVCS Image Genre Action WinningGame OtherNominees PacMan ,1981,ToruIwatani/Tod HauntedHouse Frye.andNAMCOBANDAI TunnelRunner GamesInc.

Adventure

Pitfall! ,1982,DavidCrane. ActivisionPublishing.Alltrade namesandtrademarksare propertiesoftheirrespective parties.Allrightsreserved.

Adventure E.T.TheExtraTerrestrial

Target

SpaceInvaders ,1980,RickMaurer. MissileCommand YarsRevenge

Combat/Strategy

Combat ,1977,SteveMayer,Joe StarRaiders Decuir,LarryKaplan,LarryWagner. VideoChess Decuir Larry Kaplan Larry Wagner Video Chess 1978AtariInteractive,Inc.

ColecoVision

Action

DonkeyKong ,1982,Createdby JungleHunt ShigeruMiyamoto. Smurf:Rescuein GargamelsCastle

Adventure

PitfallII:LostCaverns ,1984,David Alcazar:TheForgotten Fortress Crane,adaptedbyRobert Rutkowski.ActivisionPublishing. GatewaytoApshai Alltradenamesandtrademarks arepropertiesoftheirrespective parties.Allrightsreserved. Zaxxon ,1982,DavidWeselyand DanNicholson,Programmers. AdaptedbyLawrenceSchick. SEGA.AllRightsReserved. BuckRogers:Planetof Zoom Carnival

Target

Combat/Strategy

ArtilleryDuel StarTrek:StrategicOperations Evolution Simulator ,1983(1984on Colecovision),AdaptedbySam Palahnuk.SEGA.2009 ParamountPictures.STARTREK andrelatedmarksandlogosare trademarksofCBSStudiosInc.All RightsReserved. Microsurgeon TRON:MazeAtron, 1982,Russ Haft.IntellivisionProductions,Inc. MastersoftheUniverse: CourtesyofDisney. ThePowerofHeMan

MattelIntellivision

Action

Adventure

AdvancedDungeonsandDragons , ThunderCastle SwordsandSerpents 1982,TomLoughry,.Intellivision Productions,Inc.(partial)

Target

StarStrike ,1981,DavidAkers. IntellivisionProductions,Inc.

SpaceBattle DemonAttack

Combat/Strategy

Utopia ,1981,DonDaglow,Kai ArmorBattle Tran.IntellivisionProductions,Inc. B17Bomber

Era2:8Bit
System Commodore64 Image Genre Action WinningGame Jumpman ,1983,RandyGlover. System3 OtherNominees BoulderDash ImpossibleMission

Adventure

Wasteland TheBard'sTaleIII:ThiefofFate, 1988,MichaelA.Stackpole,Brian ZakMcKrackenandthe AlienMindbenders Fargo,RebeccaAnnHeineman, BruceSchlickbernd,Designers. 2010ElectronicArtsInc.All trademarksarethepropertyof theirrespectiveowners. AttackoftheMutantCamels, 1983,JeffMinter.Llamasoft RaidonBungelingBay Paradroid

Target

Combat/Strategy

SidMeier'sPirates! 1987,Original LittleComputerPeople designbySidMeier,Arnold M.U.L.E. Hendrick.

Nintendo Entertainment System

Action

Metroid SuperMarioBrothers3, 1988 (1990onNES),ShigeruMiyamoto, MegaMan2 TakashiTezuka,Creators.Emi Tomita,GraphicDesign.Nintendo ofAmerica,Inc.

Adventure

TheLegendofZelda, 1986(1987 onNES),CreatedbyShigeru MiyamotoandTakashiTezuka. NintendoofAmerica,Inc.

FinalFantasy Shadowgate

Target

1943:TheBattleofMidway, 1988, TopGun YoshikiOkamoto.Capcom LifeForce Entertainment,Inc.

Combat/Strategy

DesertCommander, 1989, Unidentifiedartist.Kemco

NorthandSouth Archon:TheLightand theDark

SEGAMaster System

Action

MarbleMadness, 1986(1992on Shinobi SEGAMasterSystem),MarkCerny, MickeyMouseinthe SteveLamb. LandofIllusion

Adventure

UltimaIV:Questforthe PhantasyStar, 1987,YujiNaka, LeadProgramming.RiekoKodama, Avatar HeroesoftheLance ExecutiveDesign.SEGA.All RightsReserved.

Target

AfterBurner, 1988DesignedbyYu FantasyZone Suzuki.SEGA.AllRights MissileDefense3D Reserved.

Combat/Strategy

SpyvsSpy, 1984(1986onSEGA Rampart MasterSystem),MichaelJ.Riedel. GainGround

Era3:Bitwars!
System SEGAGenesis Image Genre Action WinningGame OtherNominees SonicCD EarthwormJim ,1994,Original MichaelJackson's conceptbyDougTenNaple. StephenCrow,LeadArtist.1994 Moonwalker InterplayEntertainmentCorp. EarthwormJim,theEarthwormJim logo,Interplay,theInterplaylogo, and"ByGamers.ForGamers."are trademarksofInterplay EntertainmentCorp. PhantasyStarIV ,1993,Original Flashback:TheQuestfor storybyToruYoshida.SEGA.All Identity RightsReserved ShiningForce2

Adventure

Target

GunstarHeroes ,1993,Tetsuhiko Kikuchi,CoolCharacterCreator. HiroshiIuchi,BackgroundArt. SEGA.AllRightsReserved

RangerX Viewpoint

Combat/Strategy

DuneII:BattleforArrakis ,1994, MatthewHansel,SandyDobbs, Artists.AaronE.Powell,Joseph Bostic,Designers.

NobunagasAmbition HerzogZwei

SuperNintendo Entertainment System

Action

SuperMarioWorld ,1991,Shigeru DonkeyKongCountry Miyamoto,TakayaImamura, SuperStarWars y , y , p Creators.NintendoofAmerica,Inc.

Adventure

ChronoTrigger TheLegendofZelda:Linktothe Past ,1991(1992onSNES),Shigeru EarthBound Miyamoto,TakayaImamura, Creators.SuCholLee,Mitsuaki Araki,JokoKazuki,GameDesign. NintendoofAmerica,Inc. StarFox ,1993,Shigeru Miyamoto,TakayaImamura, Creators.TakayaImamura, TsuyoshiWatanabe,Designers. NintendoofAmerica,Inc. GradiusIII SuperSmashTV

Target

Combat/Strategy

ActRaiser SimCity ,1989(1991onSNES), OriginalconceptanddesignbyWill Syndicate Wright.2010ElectronicArtsInc. Alltrademarksarethepropertyof theirrespectiveowners.

Era4:Transition
System DOS/Windows Image Genre Action WinningGame OtherNominees DeusEx DOOMII, 1994,JohnCarmack, Unreal JohnRomero,DaveTaylor, Programming.AdrianCarmack, KevinCloud,GraphicsandArtwork. idSoftware,aZeniMaxcompany.

Adventure

Fallout, 1997,JasonD.Anderson, Baldur'sGateII: ShadowsofAmn LeonardBoyarsky,GaryPlatner, LeadArtists.BethesdaSoftworks,a GrimFandango ZeniMaxcompany.

Target

DiabloII, 2000,VariousArtists. StarWars:TIEFighter 2000BlizzardEntertainment,Inc. CrimsonSkies Allrightsreserved.Diabloisa trademarkorregisteredtrademark ofBlizzardEntertainment,Inc.

Combat/Strategy

StarCraft, 1998,VariousArtists. CommandandConquer 1998,BlizzardEntertainment,Inc. Uplink:HackerElite Allrightsreserved.StarCraftisa trademarkorregisteredtrademark ofBlizzardEntertainment,Inc.

Nintendo64

Action

SuperMario64 ,1996,Shigeru Miyamoto,GameDirector. Miyamoto Game Director NintendoofAmerica,Inc.

BanjoKazooie StarWars:Shadowsof Star Wars: Shadows of theEmpire

Adventure

TheLegendofZelda:Ocarinaof Time, 1998,ShigeruMiyamoto, Producer.NintendoofAmerica, Inc.

TheLegendofZelda: Majora'sMask PaperMario

Target

Goldeneye007 ,1997,Martin StarFox64 Hollis,Director.KarlHilton,Scenic Pilotwings 64 ArtDirector.

Combat/Strategy

WormsArmageddon ,1999(2000 TomClancy'sRainbow onN64),DanCartwright,Lead Six Artist.Team17 OgreBattle64:Personof LordlyCaliber

SEGADreamcast

Action

SonicAdventure ,1998(1999on CrazyTaxi JetGrindRadio SEGADreamcast),Kazuyuki Hoshino,ArtDirector.SEGA.All RightsReserved

Adventure

Shenmue ,2000,YuSuzuki,Story. PhantasyStarOnline KeijiOkayasu,GameDirector. SkiesofArcadia SEGA.AllRightsReserved

Target

Rez ,2001,TetsuyaMizuguchi, Producer.SEGA.AllRights Reserved

TheTypingoftheDead ToyCommander

Combat/Strategy

ChuChuRocket!, 1999,YujiNaka, RhapsodyofZephyr(The Director.YujiUekawa,ArtDirector. WarofGenesis) SEGA.AllRightsReserved PanzerFront

SEGASaturn

Action

TombRaider ,1996,TobyGard, HeatherGibson,NealBoyd, GraphicArtists.

NiGHTSintoDreams ClockworkNight

Adventure

PanzerDragoonSaga, 1998,Yukio BlazingDragons Futatsugi,DesignerandDirector. DarkSavior KatsumiYokoto,Artist.SEGA.All RightsReserved PanzerDragoonII:Zwei, 1996, BlackFire YukioFutatsugi,ManabuKusunoki, WingArms OriginalDesign.KentaroYoshida, O i i lD i K Y hid ArtDirector.SEGA.AllRights Reserved SimCity2000, 1993(1995onSEGA CommandandConquer BlazingHeroes Saturn),Originalconceptand designbyWillWrightandFred Haslam.2010ElectronicArtsInc. Alltrademarksarethepropertyof theirrespectiveowners. MetalGearSolid, 1998,Hideo Kojima,originaldesign.Yoji Shinkawa,characterand mechanicaldesign.KonamiDigital Entertainment,Inc. Oddworld:Abe's Oddysee CrashBandicoot: Warped

Target

Combat/Strategy

SonyPlayStation

Action

Adventure

FinalFantasyVII ,1997,Yoshinori Lunar:SilverStarStory Kitase,Director.YusukeNaora,Art Complete Director.YoshitakaAmano,Image Grandia Illustrator.TetsuyaNomura, CharacterDesign.1997SQUARE ENIXCO.,LTD.AllRightsReserved. CHARACTERDESIGN:TETSUYA NOMURA.

Target

Einhander, 1998,YujiAsano,Main ColonyWarsIII:RedSun Designer.1997,1998SQUARE PointBlank ENIXCO.,LTD.AllRightsReserved.

Combat/Strategy

FinalFantasyTactics, 1998,Hiroshi CommandandConquer: Minagawa,ArtDirection.1997, RedAlert CarnageHeart 1998SQUAREENIXCO.,LTD.All RightsReserved.

Era5:NextGeneration
System MicrosoftXBox Image Genre Action WinningGame Halo2, 2004,PaulBertone,Jaime Griesemer,DesignLeads.Marcus Lehto,ArtDirector. OtherNominees Psychonauts JSRF:JetSetRadio Future

Adventure

Fable, 2004,PeterMolyneux,Dene IndigoProphecy Carter,BenHuskins,MarkWebley, ShenmueII Designers.

Target

PanzerDragoonOrta, 2003, SniperElite:Berlin1945 Variousartists.SEGA.AllRights Xyanide Reserved.

Combat/Strategy

TomClancy'sSplinterCell, 2002, HugoDallaire,ArtDirector.Steve Dupont,LeadAnimator.Nathan Wolff,LeadGameDesigner.

SidMeier'sPirates! SteelBattalion

MicrosoftXBox360

Action

Bioshock ,2007,KenLevine,Story Halo3 andCreativeDirection.Scott GearsofWar2 Sinclair,ArtDirector.

Adventure

MassEffect2, 2010,Preston TheElderScrollsIV: Watamaniuk,LeadDesigner.Derek Oblivion Watts,ArtDirector.2010 Limbo ElectronicArtsInc.Alltrademarks arethepropertyoftheirrespective owners. GeometryWars:RetroEvolved2 , 2008,StephenCakebread,Game DesignandProgramming.Bizarre Creations Ikaruga AssaultHeroes2

Target

Combat/Strategy

LordoftheRings:BattleforMiddle HaloWars EarthII, 2006,MattJ.Britton,Art Darwinia+ Director.2010ElectronicArts Inc.Alltrademarksarethe propertyoftheirrespective owners.

ModernWindows

Action

Portal, 2007,Variousartists. Valve.

HalfLife2 CallofDuty:Worldat War

Adventure

Fallout3, 2008,ToddHoward, GameDirector.EmilPagliarulo, LeadWriterandDesigner.Istvan Pely,LeadArtist.Bethesda Softworks,aZeniMaxcompany.

WorldofWarcraft StarWars:Knightsofthe OldRepublic

Target

flOw ,2006,JenovaChen,Nicholas Shatter EverydayShooter Clark,GameDesign.Sony ComputerEntertainmentAmerica LLC. Minecraft ,2010,MarkusPersson. StarCraftII:Wingsof MojangSpecifications. Liberty AgeofEmpires3

Combat/Strategy

Nintendo GameCube

Action

MetroidPrime2:Echos, 2004, MarkPacini,GameDirector.Jason Behr,KarlDeckard,MikeWikan, SeniorDesign.Nintendoof America,Inc.

PrinceofPersia:The SandsofTime EternalDarkness: Sanity'sRequiem

Adventure

TalesofSymphonia TheLegendofZelda:TheWind Waker, 2003,ShigeruMiyamoto, PaperMario :The ThousandYearDoor Producer.YoshikiHaruhana, SatoruTakizawa,Masanao Arimoto,DesignManagers. NintendoofAmerica,Inc. StarFox:Assault, 2005, YoshinobuShimada,LeadCG Design.YoshihikoArawi,Artand StoryboardDesign.Manabu Okano,LeadBackgroundDesign. NintendoofAmerica,Inc. AlienHominid P.N.03

Target

Combat/Strategy

Pikmin2, 2004,ShigeruMiyamoto, FireEmblem :Pathof TakashiTezuka,Producers.Hiroaki Radiance Takenaka,TotalDesignManager. BattalionWars NintendoofAmerica,Inc.

NintendoWii

Action

SuperMarioGalaxy2, 2010,Kenta MetroidPrimeTrilogy Motokura,DesignDirector. DisneyEpicMickey NintendoofAmerica,Inc.

Adventure

SuperPaperMario TheLegendofZelda:Twilight Princess, 2006,SatoruTakizawa, MonsterHunterTri ArtDirector.NintendoofAmerica, Inc.

Target

Combat/Strategy

Sin&Punishment :Star BoomBlox, 2008,Steven Spielberg,CreativeDirector.Ken Successor BlastWorks:Build, Harsha,ArtDirector.2010 ElectronicArtsInc.Alltrademarks Trade,Destroy arethepropertyoftheirrespective owners. Zack&Wiki:QuestforBarbaros LittleKing'sStory Treasure, 2007,HiroshiYuugen, BattalionWars2 ArtDirector.HarukiSuetsugu,Lead Designer.CapcomEntertainment, Inc. GodofWar ShadowoftheColossus, 2005, TonyHawk's FumitoUeda,GameDesign. Underground2 ShunpeiSuzuki,HitoshiNiwa, CharacterDesign.SonyComputer EntertainmentAmericaLLC kami, 2006,HiroshiShibata,Lead KingdomHeartsII Planner.CapcomEntertainment, FinalFantasyX Inc.

SonyPlayStation2

Action

Adventure

Target

GradiusV, 2004,HiroshiLuchi, AtsutomoNakagawa,Game PlanningandDirection.Konami DigitalEntertainment,Inc.

Silpheed:TheLostPlanet Espgaluda

Combat/Strategy

MetalGearSolid2:SonsofLiberty, ArmoredCore3 TomClancy'sRainbox 2001,OriginalconceptbyHideo Six:Lockdown Kojima.KonamiDigital Entertainment,Inc.

SonyPlayStation3

Action

Adventure

Uncharted2:AmongThieves, 2009,BruceStraley,Game Director.AmyHennig,Creative Director.ErickPangilinan,Robh Ruppel,ArtDirection.Sony ComputerEntertainmentAmerica LLC HeavyRain, 2010,Writtenand DirectedbyDavidCage.Sony ComputerEntertainmentAmerica LLC

LittleBigPlanet2 CallofDuty:BlackOps

DragonAge:Origins FinalFantasyXIII

Target

Flower, 2009,JenovaChen, SuperStardustHD CreativeDirector.JohnEdwards, PixelJunkShooter LeadEngineer.Developedby thatgamecompany,LLC.Sony ComputerEntertainmentAmerica LLC BrtalLegend, 2009,TimSchafer, WriterandDirector.LeePetty,Art Director.2010ElectronicArts Inc.Alltrademarksarethe propertyoftheirrespective owners. SidMeier'sCivilization Revolution Command&Conquer: RedAlert3 Commander'sChallenge

Combat/Strategy

AdditionalGames
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Era Era1:Start!

Image

Game PacMan(arcade) ,1980,Tru Iwatani.TM&NAMCOBANDAI GamesInc.

Era2:8Bit

SuperMarioBrothers ,1985, ShigeruMiyamoto,Director. NintendoofAmerica,Inc.

Era3:Bitwars!

TheSecretofMonkeyIsland ,1990, OriginalConceptandDesignby RonGilbert.TimSchafer,Dave Grossman,Designers.COURTESY OFLUCASARTS,ADIVISIONOF LUCASFILMENTERTAINMENT COMPANYLTD. Myst ,1993,RandMiller,Robyn Miller,Designers.RobynMiller, ChuckCarter,Graphicsand Animation.Copyright1993, 1994,1995,2000Cyan,Inc.All rightsreserved.Mystisa registeredtrademarkofCyan,Inc. WorldofWarcraft ,2004,Various Artists.2004,Blizzard Artists 2004 Bli ard Entertainment,Inc.Allrights reserved.WorldofWarcraftisa trademarkorregisteredtrademark ofBlizzardEntertainment,Inc.

Era4:Transition

Era5:Next Generation

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