The National Museum of Play is now accepting nominations for the inaugural class of the World Video Game Hall of Fame. Nominations are open until March 31, 2015, and the induction(s) will take place in June (also of 2015).

Selection Criteria

The World Video Game Hall of Fame recognizes individual electronic games of all types—arcade, console, computer, handheld, and mobile—that meet the following criteria:

• Icon-status: the game is widely recognized and remembered.
• Longevity: the game is more than a passing fad and has enjoyed popularity over time.
• Geographical reach: the game meets the above criteria across international boundaries.
• Influence: The game has exerted significant influence on the design and development of other games, on other forms of entertainment, or on popular culture and society in general. A game may be inducted on the basis of this criterion without necessarily having met all of the first three.

It’s probably the case that several Ultima games have been nominated already; certainly, Ultima 1 graces the cover image above (which was taken from the World Video Game Hall of Fame front page). But hey…I can only assume that the more nominations a game gets (within reason), the better shot it has at being in the inaugural class.