Games released on August 15

Five games that still hold up, from Starflight in 1986 to Observer in 2017

1. 

   Starflight 1986

   Turned 40 this year DOS

   In 4620 a starship sets out from Starport with a crew hired from five species, free to mine, fight, trade or talk to aliens, in a space role playing game with no set path through the galaxy.

2. 

   Dust: An Elysian Tail 2012

   Turned 14 this year Xbox 360

   Dust wakes with no memory and, with a sentient sword and its guardian Fidget, fights General Gaius in a 2D action role-playing game made almost entirely by Dean Dodrill.

3. On sale

   Gone Home 2013

   Turned 13 this year

   Katie comes home from a year in Europe in 1995 to her family's house in rural Oregon and finds it empty, with a note from her sister Sam asking her not to look for her.

   $4.49 on GOG -70% +1 store

4. On sale

   Sonic Mania 2017

   Turned 9 this year Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

   A platformer built in the style of the Mega Drive Sonic games, with thirteen zones, eight rebuilt from the older games and five new ones, in which you play Sonic, Tails or Knuckles.

   $4.69 on Fanatical -77%

5. On sale

   Observer 2017

   Turned 9 this year PlayStation 4, Xbox One

   A cyberpunk detective voiced by Rutger Hauer hacks the minds of residents in a locked down Krakow apartment block while looking for his son, in a first person horror game.

   $26.99 on Fanatical -10%