Candy Crush, Mortal Kombat among finalists for Video Game Hall of Fame
LEIPZIG, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 15: A participant sits at a computer monitor to play a video game at the 2019 DreamHack video gaming festival on February 15, 2019 in Leipzig, Germany. The three-day event brings together gaming enthusiasts mainly from German-speaking countries for events including eSports tournaments, cosplay contests and a LAN party with 1,500 participants. (Photo by Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Twelve more video games have a shot at joining favorites like “John Madden Football” and “Pac-Man” in the World Video Game Hall of Fame .
The hall announced the finalists for the Class of 2019 Thursday from among thousands of nominees.
They are: “Candy Crush,” ″Centipede,” ″Colossal Cave Adventure,” ″Dance Dance Revolution,” ″Half-Life,” ″Microsoft Windows Solitaire,” ″Mortal Kombat,” ″Myst,” ″NBA 2K,” ″Sid Meier’s Civilization,” ″Super Mario Kart” and “Super Smash Bros. Melee.”
The winners will be inducted May 2 at the hall, housed at The Strong museum in Rochester, New York.
An expert committee will choose the honorees. Fans can weigh in with an online ballot through March 28.