Games released on April 25
Six games that still hold up, from Tobal 2 in 1997 to SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech in 2019
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Tobal 2 1997
Turned 29 this year PlayStation
A 3D fighter whose Quest Mode sends you through dungeons and a town, capturing monsters that can then fight in the rings, for a roster of over 200 characters, never released outside Japan.
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Fire Emblem 2003
Turned 23 this year Game Boy Advance
You are an unseen tactician directing an army turn by turn on a grid, where a fallen unit is gone for good and swords, axes and lances beat one another in a ring. It was the first Fire Emblem released outside Japan.
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Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2003
Turned 23 this year Game Boy Advance
The child of a famous Craftsknight enters a tournament and forges weapons from the materials found in a labyrinth, over ten days in the town of Wystern, on the Game Boy Advance.
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King's Bounty: The Legend 2008
Turned 18 this year
In the world of Endoria, a treasure hunter is drawn into a quest to save the king's daughter, commanding squadrons of troops rather than fighting himself.
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What Remains of Edith Finch 2017
Turned 9 this year PlayStation 4
Seventeen year old Edith comes back to her family's house on Orcas Island, where the bedrooms of her dead relatives have been kept as they were. In each one you play out that person's last moments, a vignette with its own look and controls.
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SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech 2019
Turned 7 this year Switch
A young knight and her friend fight with decks of punch cards, building up steam to play their strongest skills, in a hand drawn steampunk fairy tale.
