Video Game Hall of Fame

[Will E Worm]

Iowa Town to Announce Plans for Game Hall of Fame.

Billy Mitchell, the world record holder in Donkey Kong and one of gaming's original stars, will be in Ottumwa, Iowa today as the city announces its intention to create a video games hall of fame.

Mitchell, according to Walter Day of the Ottumwa-based video game sanctioning body Twin Galaxies, is lending his name and support to the Ottumwa movement. Mitchell has pledged to donate the Donkey Kong cabinet on which he set the world record in 2007 to the hall of fame, Day said.

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Video Game Hall of Fame Gains Momentum, Support

Barely a month old, the movement to place a video game hall of fame in Ottumwa, Iowa has formed a city-backed committee and is hiring legal services to incorporate itself as a nonprofit venture.

"We're going to step carefully and make sure we don't screw this up," said Terry McNitt, the executive director of the city's chamber of commerce. "This is a great opportunity. We want to

Ottumwa, an out-of-the-way city of 26,000 roughly 2 hours from Des Moines, reasserted its 27-year-old claim as "Video Game Capital of the World" at an event Wednesday, where the city also announced plans to study and pursue a game hall of fame and museum.

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[Will E Worm]

Thousands Attend Iowa Hall of Fame Launch

More than 3,500 people, including U.S. Rep David Loebsack and Iowa Lt. Gov. Patty Judge, attended a kickoff event today for the International Video Games Hall of Fame, which Ottumwa, Iowa leaders plan to build in their community.

Chris Hoeksema, a member of the Hall's exploratory committee, said the 3,500 figure represented those who donated cash to the cause, or video games and consoles that were set up in the Bridge View Center, Ottumwa's 95,000 square-foot events hall, to be played during the daylong celebration of gaming and Ottumwa's ties to it. The actual attendance figure is likely much larger, Hoeksema said.

"It's really been amazing," Hoeksema said. "We were not expecting this much outpouring of support from the community and the state. And the entire world, really. We've had donations from overseas and some people flew in from the United Kingdom to attend. It's been an amazing amount of support."

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[~~whimsy~~]

I thought Twin Galaxies took care of most of records and technically hall of a fame.

http://www.twingalaxies.com/

Either way. More power to video games! :thumbsup:

 

[PornKhaos]

MGS should be, at least, in the top three, if not number one. Probably one of the greatest games ever created. I would of loved to go to this