Your favourite game franchise getting a bit forgotten? Have no fear, because someone else will make a legally distinct homage to it. Hell, maybe the original developers will tell their publisher to sod off and then do it themselves somewhere else.

However they come about, spiritual successors can be equally as, if not more, special as their original inspiration, and we've got four amazing examples to nominate for the Video Game Hall of Fame.

Once you've heard the nominees, head over to @vg_hof on Twitter or @vghof on BlueSky and vote in the poll to decide which one gets inducted.

Oh, and send an email to videogamehof@gmail.com

This is a copyright-free re-upload of the original episode from 7th July 2026. In it, we nominated four Dreamcast games for the Video Game Hall of Fame.

The poll's over, but go make sure you follow @vg_hof on Twitter or @vghof on BlueSky to vote in the future polls.

STRIKER! We've got football pie all over our shirts in this episode as, to celebrate the start of the 2026 World Cup, we're nominating liquid football games to go into the Video Game Hall of Fame.

We've also got a sweepstakes, where the winner gets to induct a previously-nominated game of their choice, some predictions on the tournament itself and, as mentioned, four absolutely bangin' footie games for you to vote on.

To do that vote, go to @vghof on BlueSky for a poll or @vg_hof on Twitter for something akin to a poll. Don't forget you can send your emails to videogamehof@gmail.com.

This a copyright-free re-upload of the original episode. In it, we celebrated our 100th Hall of Fame inductee by nominating games from the Metacritic Top 100.

The poll's over now, but make sure you go follow us @vg_hof on Twitter and @vghof on BlueSky so you can vote in future polls.

It's time for the category you all voted for: spin-off games! This time we're nominating games that deviate from their existing IP to create something different. There were an insane amount of games to choose from - especially when you consider Mario himself is a spin-off of Donkey Kong!

Once you've heard the pod, head over to @vg_hof on Twitter and/or @vghof on BlueSky to vote in the poll for your favourite nominee and help get it into the Hall of Fame.

Don't forget to enter our competition to win copies of Volume 1 and 2 of ON magazine by sending your answer to videogamehof@gmail.com and go back Volume 3 of the mag at on.games/on3 to save 20% off its RRP.

It's spreadsheet time, lads. Lots of things to do in this episode and, as always, that means lots of new inductees into the Hall of Fame.

Each host gets one free hit - a previous losing pick from episodes 61-69 they can put straight into the HOF. A fifth inductee can be chosen from any previous nomination by the winner of Simon's quiz.

We also pick a bunch of awesome new categories - you'll be picking one of them, dear listener - and chat about what we've been playing recently because we were so damn efficient with the admin.

Go vote for the category @vg_hof on Twitter, @vghof on BlueSky and @tvghof on Instagram.

The outro music in this episode is Boomer Kuwanger Stage from the soundtrack 'Capcom Music Generation - Rockman X1~6' and is composed by Yuko Takehara.

Sure, some games are so hard they make you lob your controller through a window or insult some poor American teenager's mother, but that doesn't mean that difficult games can't be incredible, Hall of Fame-worthy classics.

We've got four such examples for you here, and you can vote your favourite of them into via one (or all) of the polls @vg_hof on Twitter, @vghof on BlueSky or @tvghof on Instagram.

Send us an email to videogamehof@gmail.com

Perm your hair and run from the Terminator, or something else equally '80s, as we're going back to the time when the video game industry crashed and then sorted itself back out again - the 1980s.

There are some arcade and early home console classics for you to vote on here. Also there's the game Steve picks. Whatever you decide, you can go and vote in the polls at the following places:

Twitter: @vg_hof

BlueSky: @vghof

Instagram: @tvghof