Games released on December 15
Seven games that still hold up, from Dungeon Master in 1987 to Lisa: The Painful in 2014
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Dungeon Master 1987
Turns 39 this year Atari ST
A first person dungeon crawl fought in real time, with dynamic lighting and sounds that warn of a creature nearby, made for the Atari ST in 1987.
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Last Alert 1989
Turns 37 this year TurboGrafx-16
Guy Kazama, the only survivor of his unit, is sent by the CIA after an international arms ring, in an overhead run and gun that was one of the first games on the PC Engine CD.
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Herzog Zwei 1989
Turns 37 this year Genesis
A transforming mech flies over the battlefield, buying ground units and airlifting them where they are needed, in one of the early real time strategy games.
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Suikoden 1995
Turns 31 this year PlayStation
The son of a general of the Scarlet Moon Empire is destined to seek out 108 warriors, amid the empire's political struggles, in the first Suikoden.
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Tales of Phantasia 1995
Turns 31 this year SNES
Fights play out in real time on a strip of ground wider than the screen, with the hero under your hand and the rest of the party left to the computer, in the game that began the Tales series.
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Tales of the Abyss 2005
Turns 21 this year PlayStation 2
Luke fon Fabre lives a pampered life until the Order of Lorelei comes after him as the key to a prophecy, and he sets out with companions of his own. In its real time battles he can run freely in any direction.
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Lisa: The Painful 2014
Turns 12 this year
In search of Buddy, his adoptive daughter, Brad Armstrong, a balding man in middle age with a troubled past, crosses the wasteland of Olathe, in a role playing game whose themes are heavy by design.
