Video Game Stars finally getting what they deserve!

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Posted by Yan on Mar-10-2005 17:22:

Video Game Stars finally getting what they deserve!

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Originally posted by BBC NEWS
Star honours for video game icons

Pong creator Nolan Bushnell and Donkey Kong maker Shigeru Miyamoto have received the first-ever 'Walk of Game' stars for video games in San Francisco.

The two men were honoured at a ceremony on Tuesday for their services to the video game industry.

Pong was one of the first video games and was made by Bushnell while at Atari. Miyamoto's Donkey Kong helped usher in a golden age of gaming.

Video game characters Link, Mario and Sonic were also inducted.

Bungie's masterpiece Halo became the first video game to have its own star on the Walk of Game - a riff on the Walk of Fame stars in Hollywood.

"Thank you very much for this honour. It's always fun to be walked on wherever you can be," said Bushnell.

The Atari legend also said he had not lost his love of video gaming - confessing to a 16-player session of Halo at home with his children and their friends.

"What I leave behind in reaction time I make up for in stealth and guile," he said.

Pong was created in 1972 but it was not until 1981 and the arrival of Donkey Kong in arcades that video gaming began to enter the mainstream.

A variant of tennis - Pong was played with two "paddles" controlling on-screen bats to serve an electronic ball to your opponent.

Video games are now a $20 billion-a-year business and remain the fastest growing sector of the entertainment industry.

The two men had metal stars embedded into the floor of the Metreon Center, a Sony-branded shopping mall.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4332413.stm

Well that's some interesting news.

Which game star do you think will be next to get a star of their own?

I'm going to guess and say Pac Man and then Donkey Kong.

Posted by Sunsnail on Mar-11-2005 02:04:

Half-life?

Posted by DarkAngel on Mar-11-2005 02:20:

Mario and Sonic.

Posted by sleepydragon on Mar-11-2005 11:38:

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Originally posted by Sunsnail
Half-life?

thats not a character!
dont u mean gordon freeman

Posted by Dark Oracle on Mar-11-2005 20:22:

*insert any name of any Final Fantasy protagonist*

Posted by Yan on Mar-11-2005 22:38:

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Originally posted by Dark Oracle
*insert any name of any Final Fantasy protagonist*

How about 'Final Fantasy' get a star for itself?

Posted by Geoff on Mar-13-2005 03:48:

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Originally posted by Dark Oracle
*insert any name of any Final Fantasy protagonist*

Cloud owns them all

Posted by Yan on Mar-13-2005 04:56:

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Originally posted by Geoff
Cloud owns them all

If Zack were alive, Cloud'd have nothing on him.