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Games released on August 21

Seven games that still hold up, from Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six in 1998 to Guacamelee! 2 in 2018

  1. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 1998

    Turned 28 this year

    Rainbow, a top secret international counterterrorist group, rescues hostages and defuses bombs in missions planned down to each operative, in the first Rainbow Six, from Tom Clancy's novel.

    $2.49 on GOG -75%

  2. Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura 2001

    Turned 25 this year

    You survive a zeppelin crash in a world of magic and many races that is moving into an age of steam engines and firearms, in Troika's first game.

  3. Wario Land 4 2001

    Turned 25 this year Game Boy Advance

    Wario has to gather four treasures to unlock a pyramid and save Princess Shokora from the Golden Diva, through passages themed on nature, machines, toys and games, and horror.

  4. BioShock 2007

    Turned 19 this year Xbox 360

    Jack stumbles on Rapture, an underwater city built in the 1940s by Andrew Ryan, and tries to escape it past its mutated and mechanical inhabitants. It popularised audio diaries as a way to tell a story.

    $19.29 on Fanatical -4%

  5. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 2012

    Turned 14 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

    Terrorists plant a bomb and Counter-Terrorists try to stop them in short rounds, where the money from kills and objectives buys better weapons for the next. Competitive play is five against five over 30 rounds.

  6. Motorsport Manager 2014

    Turned 12 this year

    A racing team is run from the headquarters to the pit wall, where drivers have to get on with their mechanics and with each other, and a race is followed live from above, tyres, fuel and weather included.

    $3.99 on Steam -80%

  7. Guacamelee! 2 2018

    Turned 8 this year PlayStation 4

    The luchador Juan Aguacate has to save the Mexiverse from a corrupted luchador called Salvador, in this platformer for up to four players.

    $4.99 on GOG -75%