Games released on August 25
Seven games that still hold up, from BurgerTime in 1982 to Psychonauts 2 in 2021
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BurgerTime 1982
Turned 44 this year Arcade
Chef Peter Pepper runs the platforms and ladders of a maze of giant burger parts, building each burger on its plate while a hot dog, a pickle and an egg chase him.
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Magic Knight Rayearth 1995
Turned 31 this year Game Gear
A Rayearth game for the Game Gear, an RPG based on the CLAMP manga and bundled with a limited edition red console. It is a different game from every other Rayearth release of the time.
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Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow 2005
Turned 21 this year Nintendo DS
Soma Cruz, Dracula's reincarnation, enters a copy of Dracula's castle a year after Aria of Sorrow to stop a cult.
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Batman: Arkham Asylum 2009
Turned 17 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
The Joker takes over Arkham Asylum, off the coast of Gotham, and threatens the city with hidden bombs, in a script by Paul Dini with most of the animated series' voice cast. It began the Batman: Arkham series.
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Until Dawn 2015
Turned 11 this year PlayStation 4
Eight young adults have to survive on Blackwood Mountain until dawn, in a horror game where choices, from picking up a book to deciding a fate, decide who lives.
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Psychonauts 2 2021
Turned 5 this year PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Raz, a young psychic who ran away from the circus, joins an agency of psychic spies and jumps into other people's minds, where every level is built from the troubles of the person it belongs to.






