News The Strong Museum of Play has inducted four new video games into their hall of fame (Wii Sports, Last of Us, Computer Space, Barbie Fashion Designer.)

[Krvavi Abadas]

you're probably wondering how a Barbie game ended up on the list, but it's fairly simple to understand.
it was a massive commercial success despite being ostracized as a "girl game". being the sixth highest selling game of 1996, beating out heavy hitters like Command & Conquer: Red Alert and Quake. as well as inspiring a large boom of similar girl games.

astoundingly, the Museum had previously included it in a poll a few weeks prior. a move which would have probably killed it's chances if it wasn't for the fact it accounted for one of the selected games. with the other three being selected by an internal committee.

 

[KilgoreWolfe]

The article about Barbie Fashion Designer on the museum's website is very good, very much justified it's inclusion.

Barbie Fashion Designer - The Strong National Museum of Play

Inducted: 2023 In 1996, at a time when most games were marketed toward male players, Barbie Fashion Designer proved that a game designed for girls could succeed. Widely acknowledged as the first market success in games for girls, in two months the game sold over 500,000 copies, outselling...

www.museumofplay.org

 

[Dizzle]

It's a pretty cool museum, despite being for-profit (which I'm skeptical of). I recommend going if you happen to be in, uh, Rochester. Listen, it's not too far from Toronto.

 

[Tangerine_Cookie]

Barbie Fashion Designer definitely deserves it, and the article about it @KilgoreWolfe linked is a strong reason why. Wii Sports and Computer Space are also incredibly solid additions.

All three games are very solid entries, yeah.

 

[LiamRobertson]

Big ups to the Strong. Great place.

 

[Brock Reiher]

Wii Sports and Barbie well deserved

 

[Aurc]

The Last of Us in there makes total sense. Great game. The sequel was even better though, imo.