Games released on December 18

Four games that still hold up, from Final Fantasy in 1987 to Astro Boy: Omega Factor in 2003

1. 

   Final Fantasy 1987

   Turns 39 this year NES

   A role playing game in which four Warriors of Light each carry one of four crystals darkened by four Fiends, crossing the world on foot, by ship, by canoe and by airship.

2. 

   Grandia 1997

   Turns 29 this year Saturn

   Justin, a boy from the port town of Parm who dreams of being an adventurer like his father, inherits a magic stone that sends him far to the east in search of Alent.

3. 

   Mario Party 1998

   Turns 28 this year Nintendo 64

   A board game for four players, any of whom can be human, in which Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Wario and Donkey Kong roll dice across themed boards and settle each round with a minigame.

4. 

   Astro Boy: Omega Factor 2003

   Turns 23 this year Game Boy Advance

   Astro Boy punches, kicks and flies through a beat 'em up full of characters from across Osamu Tezuka's work, and every character he meets makes him stronger, in a 2003 Game Boy Advance game.