The inductees debuted across decades, advancing technologies along the way and expanding not only the number of players, but the ages and interests of those at the controls, Hall of Fame authorities said in revealing the winners. The Hall of Fame recognizes electronic games of all types -- arcade, console, computer, handheld, and mobile. The Class of 2024 was selected by experts from among a field of 12 finalists that also included Elite, Guitar Hero, Metroid, Neopets, Tokimeki Memorial, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and You Don't Know Jack. The honor for Atari's Asteroids comes 45 years after its 1979 debut in arcades, where it was Atari's bestselling coin-operated game. The game's glowing space-themed graphics and sound effects made their way from more than 70,000 arcade units into millions of living rooms when a home version of Asteroids was made available on the Atari 2600.

The Strong National Museum of Play has revealed this year's inductees into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, SimCity and Ultima have made the cut. While that means the likes of Guitar Hero, Metroid and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater miss out from the slate of finalists, it would be hard to make a case against any of the five inductees. Games are selected for the hall of fame based on a number of criteria, including cultural impact and their influence on the industry. Asteroids absolutely fits the bill. The 1979 game was an enormous hit.

The Strong National Museum of Play has revealed this year's inductees into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. There are four games in the class of 2023: The Last of Us, Wii Sports, Barbie Fashion Designer and Computer Space. They were selected based on a number of criteria, including their influence and popularity over time. The Last of Us is the most recent one of the bunch. Naughty Dog's post-apocalyptic action adventure has rarely been out of the limelight over the last 10 years.

A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. The Strong National Museum of Play announced the 2019 inductees to the World Video Game Hall of Fame on Thursday and added four new games to its roster. Established in 2015, the World Video Game Hall of Fame honors all kinds of electric games – computer, handheld, console, arcade and mobile – and has recognized 24 games since its founding. Criteria for inductees examines four categories: the game's icon status (is it widely recognized?), longevity (is it more than a passing fad?), geographical reach (are people playing it all over the world?) and influence (has the game affected the industry as a whole, popular culture or society in general?). And the 2019 inductees are... (drumroll, please!) "Microsoft Solitaire" debuted in 1990 on the Windows 3.0 computing platform and became ubiquitous around the world, according to a news release from The Strong Museum.

Four games were inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester, N.Y., on Thursday, May 4, 2017. This undated photo provided by the Strong Museum in Rochester, N.Y., shows the 2018 inductees to the World Video Game Hall of Fame. They are from left, "Final Fantasy VII," "Spacewar!," The World Video Game Hall of Fame revealed the inductees Thursday. The inductees, dubbed the Class of 2018, were chosen from the 12 finalists revealed in March at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y., where the hall of fame is housed.

The Strong museum has announced this year's inductees to the World Video Game Hall of Fame -- Spacewar!, John Madden Football, Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy VII. They were selected from 12 finalists that also included Asteroids, Call of Duty, Dance Dance Revolution, Half-Life, King's Quest, Metroid, Minecraft and Ms. Pac-Man. "The four inductees span multiple decades, countries of origin, and gaming platforms, but all have significantly affected the video game industry, popular culture, and society in general," said The Strong museum in a statement. Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy VII were finalists last year. The four inductees will be featured in a permanent display at the museum.

The National Toy Hall of Fame left a pantheon of classic playthings out of history's toy box this week when the latest inductees were announced in upstate New York. The Clue board game and the Wiffle Ball, both five-time finalists, were inducted into the hall of fame on Thursday at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester along with a shocker: The simple paper airplane. That brings the hall's total to 65 toys, including classics such as the Rubik's Cube, Easy-Bake Oven and Silly Putty as well as stranger picks like the stick, cardboard box and blanket. A few favorites like Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots, Transformers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have come close but failed to make the cut. Others like Trivial Pursuit, Tickle Me Elmo and backgammon have never even been finalists.

Twelve video games were announced as finalists to be inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. The 2017 inductees into World Video Game Hall of Fame are from top left, "Pokemon Red and Green," "Street Fighter II," "Donkey Kong" and "Halo: Combat Evolved." The inductees were announced Thursday, May 4, 2017, at The Strong museum in Rochester, N.Y. The inductees were announced Thursday at The Strong museum. They were selected from 12 finalists that were announced in March.

From 2008: "WALL-E" trailer features the stars from "Toy Story." The results are in, and the latest laureates in the Robot Hall of Fame range from the absolutely lovable WALL-E cartoon character to the positively scary BigDog robo-runner. This year's class, announced during a Tuesday night ceremony at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, also includes the pint-sized, soccer-playing NAO humanoid robot and the PackBot bomb-disposal robot. The Robot Hall of Fame was created in 2003 by Carnegie Mellon University to recognize excellence in robotics technology. More than two dozen machines, real and fictional, have been inducted over the past nine years, but the Class of 2012 is the first to be selected by popular vote instead of a panel of judges.

Fisher-Price Little People, Dungeons & Dragons and the swing became the newest toys Thursday to be inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. Finalists that did not make the cut include Care Bears, Clue, Uno, coloring books, Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots, Transformers, Nerf foam balls, and pinball. The museum said inductees are judged on whether they are widely respected and remembered and must be more than a "passing fad." Other considerations include how the toys foster creativity and learning, and whether they profoundly change play for children. Fisher-Price Little People hit the market in 1959.