Games released on December 16

Six games that still hold up, from ActRaiser in 1990 to Elite: Dangerous in 2014

1. 

   ActRaiser 1990

   Turns 36 this year SNES

   A god called the Master rebuilds his world in two halves, fighting monsters through a statue in side scrolling stages and guiding the people of each land as an angel in a city building mode.

2. 

   Mega Man X2 1994

   Turns 32 this year SNES

   The X-Hunters lure the Maverick Hunter X with the body parts of his fallen partner, Zero, across eight stages that can be taken in any order.

3. 

   Harvest Moon: Back to Nature 1999

   Turns 27 this year PlayStation

   You have three years to restore your late grandfather's farm or leave town, in the first Harvest Moon on a console not made by Nintendo.

4. 

   Parasite Eve II 1999

   Turns 27 this year PlayStation

   Three years after the first game, Aya Brea is drawn into another outbreak of Neo Mitochondrial creatures, in a survival horror role playing game for the PlayStation.

5. 

   Space Channel 5 1999

   Turns 27 this year Dreamcast

   Reporter Ulala copies the dance moves of aliens and rivals in time to the music, across four stages of a rhythm game dressed in 1960s style, with a boss at the end of each.

6. On sale

   Elite: Dangerous 2014

   Turns 12 this year

   The whole Milky Way at full scale, around 400 billion star systems, to trade, hunt bounties, pirate or explore from your own ship, in the fourth Elite game.

   $18.19 on Fanatical -9%