Games released on August 29

Six games that still hold up, from Mafia in 2002 to Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle in 2017

  1. Mafia 2002

    Turned 24 this year

    Tommy Angelo, a taxi driver who becomes a mobster, rises and falls within the Salieri crime family in Lost Heaven, an invented city of 1930s Illinois. It launched the Mafia series.

  2. Ever17: The Out of Infinity 2002

    Turned 24 this year Dreamcast, PlayStation 2

    Takeshi and a boy with no memory, the Kid, are trapped in an underwater theme park after a leak, with 119 hours before the pressure crushes it. Four heroine routes unlock a fifth that reveals the truth behind the disaster.

  3. Tales of Symphonia 2003

    Turned 23 this year GameCube

    Up to four fighters battle in real time while the rest of the party follows the orders you set for them, and a shared Unison Gauge lets the whole team strike at once, in what its producer called the first Tales in 3D.

    $4.59 on Fanatical -77%

  4. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle 2013

    Turned 13 this year PlayStation 3

    A 3D fighting game with 40 characters from the first eight story arcs of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga, among them Hamon users, Stand users and fighters on horseback.

    $8.99 on Fanatical -82%

  5. Rayman Legends 2013

    Turned 13 this year Wii U, PlayStation Vita

    In the direct sequel to Rayman Origins, up to four players run together through Rayman's worlds, freeing captured Teensies and Barbara the Barbarian Princess.

  6. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle 2017

    Turned 9 this year Switch

    A turn based tactics game for the Switch in which Mario, his friends and Rabbid versions of them save the Mushroom Kingdom from invading Rabbids, three characters to a fight.