Games released on December 29

Three games that still hold up, from GG Aleste in 1991 to Dead or Alive 4 in 2005

1. 

   GG Aleste 1991

   Turns 35 this year Game Gear

   Ellinor Waizen flies the Galvanic Gunner against the invading Moon Child army in a vertical shooter made for the Game Gear, where the ship has no bombs but takes the whole screen with it when it is shot down.

2. 

   Shenmue 1999

   Turns 27 this year Dreamcast

   Ryo Hazuki hunts his father's killer through Yokosuka in 1986, where shops and buses keep schedules and every resident has a routine. It is credited with pioneering open worlds and popularizing the quick time event.

3. 

   Dead or Alive 4 2005

   Turns 21 this year Xbox 360

   Helena Douglas takes over DOATEC to fight its corruption, in a war between the Mugen Tenshin ninja clan and the company, in the fourth Dead or Alive.