Games released on December 4
Six games that still hold up, from Mega Man 5 in 1992 to Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden in 2018
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Mega Man 5 1992
Turns 34 this year NES
Proto Man seems to be leading a robot army and has kidnapped Mega Man's creator, so Mega Man has to face his own brother across eight stages, with a robotic bird to unlock by finding hidden letters.
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Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure 1999
Turns 27 this year Neo Geo Pocket
Sonic runs through the stage themes of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the Neo Geo Pocket Color, with new layouts, time trials, hidden puzzle pieces and a link cable race against Tails.
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Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy 2001
Turns 25 this year PlayStation 2
A 3D platformer from Naughty Dog in which Jak sets out to turn his friend Daxter, now a creature called an ottsel, back into himself, across an open world.
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428: Shibuya Scramble 2008
Turns 18 this year Wii
Several people in Tokyo's Shibuya act in parallel without knowing each other, in a mystery that only their combined stories can solve. A choice in one story changes the others, across more than a hundred paths and 87 endings.
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Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom 2018
Turns 8 this year Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Jin is turned into a pig and sets out after five animal orbs to lift the curse, in a Metroidvania made with Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the Wonder Boy series.
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden 2018
Turns 8 this year PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Three mutants, among them Dux, a duck hybrid with a crossbow, cross the Zone, in a tactical role playing game based on the tabletop game Mutant Year Zero.
