Games released on August 25

Seven games that still hold up, from BurgerTime in 1982 to Psychonauts 2 in 2021

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

    $2.59 on Fanatical -87% +2 stores

  5. Evoland 2 2015

    Turned 11 this year

    An action role playing game in which Kuro, a boy with no memory, and a girl called Fina travel between four periods of time to stop the end of the world, with a look and a style of play that change with the era.

    $4.99 on GOG -75%

  6. 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.

  7. 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.