The following games topped the public vote and were featured in The Art of Video Games exhibition. In addition to the 80 games below, five playable games were be included in the exhibition: Pac-Man , Super Mario Brothers , The Secret of Monkey Island , Myst , and Flower .

• Atari VCS
  Pac-Man (Action), Space Invaders (Target), Pitfall! (Adventure), Combat® (Tactics)
• ColecoVision
  Donkey Kong™ (Action), Zaxxon (Target), Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (Adventure), Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator (Tactics)
• Intellivision
  TRON: Maze‐Atron (Action), Star Strike (Target), Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (Adventure), Utopia (Tactics)
• Commodore 64
  Jumpman (Action), Attack of the Mutant Camels (Target), The Bard’s Tale III: Thief of Fate (Adventure), Pirates! (Tactics)
• Nintendo Entertainment System
  Super Mario Brothers 3 (Action), 1943: The Battle of Midway (Target), The Legend of Zelda (Adventure), Desert Commander (Tactics)
• SEGA Master System
  Marble Madness (Action), After Burner (Target), Phantasy Star (Adventure), Spy vs Spy (Tactics)
• SEGA Genesis
  Earthworm Jim (Action), Gunstar Heroes (Target), Phantasy Star IV (Adventure), Dune II: Battle for Arrakis (Tactics)
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System
  Super Mario World (Action), Star Fox™ (Target), The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Adventure), SimCity (Tactics)
• SEGA Saturn
  Tomb Raider (Action), Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei (Target), Panzer Dragoon Saga (Adventure), SimCity 2000 (Tactics)
• DOS/Windows
  DOOM II (Action), Diablo II (Target), Fallout (Adventure), StarCraft (Tactics)
• PlayStation
  Metal Gear Solid (Action), Einhander (Target), Final Fantasy VII (Adventure), Final Fantasy Tactics (Tactics)
• Nintendo 64
  Super Mario 64 (Action), Star Fox 64* (Target), The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Adventure), Worms Armageddon (Tactics)
• SEGA Dreamcast
  Sonic Adventure (Action), Rez (Target), Shenmue (Adventure), ChuChu Rocket! (Tactics)
• PlayStation 2
  Shadow of the Colossus (Action), Gradius V (Target), Ōkami (Adventure), Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Tactics)
• Microsoft XBox
  Halo 2 (Action), Panzer Dragoon Orta (Target), Fable (Adventure), Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell (Tactics)
• Nintendo GameCube
  Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Action), Star Fox™: Assault (Target), The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Adventure), Pikmin 2 (Tactics)
• Modern Windows
  Portal (Action), flOw (Target), Fallout 3 (Adventure), Minecraft (Tactics)
• Microsoft XBox 360
  Bioshock (Action), Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 (Target), Mass Effect 2 (Adventure), Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II (Tactics)
• Nintendo Wii
  Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Action), Boom Blox (Target), The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Adventure), Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure (Tactics)
• PlayStation 3
  Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Action), Flower (Target), Heavy Rain (Adventure), Brütal Legend (Tactics)

* Goldeneye 007 was the winning game in this category but cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. Star Fox 64 received the next highest number of votes.

National Tour

After the exhibition closes in Washington D.C., The Art of Video Games toured across the country to a number of museums, including: Boca Raton Museum of Art in Boca Raton, Florida (October 24, 2012 – January 13, 2013); EMP Museum in Seattle, Washington (February 16, 2013 – May 13, 2013); Phoenix Art Museum in Phoenix, Arizona (June 16, 2013—September 29, 2013); Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York (October 25, 2013 – January 19, 2014); Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York (February 15, 2014 – May 18, 2014); Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio (June 19, 2014 – September 28, 2014); Flint Institute of Arts in Flint, Michigan (October 25, 2014 – January 18, 2015); Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia (February 13, 2015 – May 10, 2015); Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis, Tennessee (June 6, 2015 – September 13, 2015); and The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University in Miami, Florida (October 9, 2015 – January 25, 2016). Learn more about our traveling exhibitions program.