Games released on December 19

Four games that still hold up, from Kid Icarus in 1986 to Atom RPG in 2018

  1. Kid Icarus 1986

    Turns 40 this year NES

    Pit, armed with a bow, makes his way through the Greek inspired Angel Land to rescue the goddess Palutena, in a platformer that borrows from role playing games, with shops and a health bar that grows.

  2. Harvest Moon GB 1997

    Turns 29 this year Game Boy

    Your late grandfather's spirit asks you to take over his farm and comes back each winter to judge whether you are fit to be Ranch Master, in the first Harvest Moon you could carry in your pocket.

  3. Assetto Corsa 2014

    Turns 12 this year

    An Italian racing simulator built on laser scanned tracks and detailed tire physics, where every setting of a car is open to change, from gear ratios to tire pressures, and players can add their own mods.

    $16.59 on Fanatical -17%

  4. Atom RPG 2018

    Turns 8 this year

    In an alternate 2005, after a nuclear war in 1986, an agent of ATOM is sent across the former Soviet Union to find a squad that vanished investigating a mysterious bunker. The wastes hold gangsters, mutants, stalkers and a hidden conspiracy.

    $4.49 on Steam -70% +1 store