Games released on April 27
Nine games that still hold up, from Kirby's Dream Land in 1992 to Kerbal Space Program in 2015
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Kirby's Dream Land 1992
Turned 34 this year Game Boy
Kirby makes his debut in a Game Boy platformer where he inhales enemies and spits them out as stars, to take back the food and stars King Dedede stole from Dream Land. It was the first game of the Kirby series.
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Star Fox 64 1997
Turned 29 this year Nintendo 64
When the exiled scientist Andross attacks the Lylat system, Fox McCloud and his mercenary Star Fox team are called in to defend Corneria. It was the first Nintendo 64 game to use the Rumble Pak.
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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 2000
Turned 26 this year Nintendo 64
Link arrives in Termina and has three days to stop a moon from crashing into the world, days he can live again and again by playing the Song of Time.
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Breath of Fire IV 2000
Turned 26 this year PlayStation
Ryu, a young man who can turn into dragons, joins other warriors to stop an immortal emperor from becoming a god, in the fourth Breath of Fire.
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Power Stone 2 2000
Turned 26 this year Dreamcast
Up to four fighters grab tables, chairs and rocks in stages that change as the fight goes on, like a falling plane that turns into a skydive.
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Metal Gear: Ghost Babel 2000
Turned 26 this year Game Boy Color
Snake sneaks through an enemy base seen from above, flattening against walls and knocking to lure guards, in a 2000 Game Boy Color stealth game released as Metal Gear Solid outside Japan.
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Bomberman Tournament 2001
Turned 25 this year Game Boy Advance
Bomberman goes to the small planet Phantarion to find his friend Max, and up to four players can blast each other in eight arenas, each with its own twist, over a link cable on the Game Boy Advance.
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Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 2006
Turned 20 this year PlayStation 2
Pro Evolution Soccer 6, as it was known outside North America, adds an International Challenge where most national teams can be taken through the qualifiers, and was the first of the series on the Xbox 360.
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Kerbal Space Program 2015
Turned 11 this year
A space flight simulation in which you build rockets, planes and rovers from parts and send the Kerbals out across planets loosely modelled on our Solar System.
