Games released on August 11
Six games that still hold up, from Tetrisphere in 1997 to Risk of Rain 2 in 2020
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Tetrisphere 1997
Turned 29 this year Nintendo 64
Tetris wrapped around a sphere, where dropped shapes clear when three bricks of a kind touch, and layer after layer has to be dug away to reach a robot trapped at the core.
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System Shock 2 1999
Turned 27 this year
Ken Levine's blend of action, survival horror and role playing puts a soldier aboard a starship in 2114, trying to contain a genetic infection. It is regarded as highly influential on first person shooters.
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Paper Mario 2000
Turned 26 this year Nintendo 64
Bowser takes the Star Rod, and Mario sets out to free the seven Star Spirits with one of eight partners beside him, while Peach plays her own part between chapters.
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Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil 2002
Turned 24 this year
A red mist has covered the sky of Gensokyo in midsummer, and the shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei or the magician Marisa Kirisame weaves through curtains of bullets to find its source. It was the first Touhou for Windows.
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Risk of Rain 2 2020
Turned 6 this year
A survivor stranded on an alien planet races from teleporter to teleporter, stacking random items while the aliens grow stronger by the minute, alone or with three friends online.
