Games released on December 6
12 games that still hold up, from Mega Man 4 in 1991 to Kenshi in 2018
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Mega Man 4 1991
A scientist from Russia named Cossack unleashes eight new Robot Masters on the world, and Mega Man answers with a shot he can charge for the first time, in a 1991 NES platformer.
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Final Fantasy V 1992
Turns 34 this year SNES
In the fifth Final Fantasy, a wanderer called Bartz and his companions look into a fallen meteor while the sorcerer Exdeath threatens the four elemental Crystals.
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PaRappa the Rapper 1996
Turns 30 this year PlayStation
Flat paper characters in a 3D world rap along with a teacher, the button presses shown as symbols on screen, across six stages each built on its own rap. It set the template for later rhythm games, Harmonix's and Just Dance among them.
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Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue 2002
Turns 24 this year Game Boy Advance
In this tactical role playing game, the boy Lan lives in the real world while MegaMan.exe fights in the cyber world, where most of the play happens. This is the Blue version, with an extra Navi, Punk, to challenge.
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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords 2004
Turns 22 this year Xbox
The Exile, a Jedi Knight cast out of the Jedi Order, travels five years after the first game with companions whose loyalty rises and falls with what you say and do. It shipped unfinished, and a fan made mod restores most of what was cut.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth 2004
Turns 22 this year
A real time strategy game with campaigns drawn from all three Lord of the Rings films, and four factions, Rohan and Gondor for good and Isengard and Mordor for evil.
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Lost Odyssey 2007
Turns 19 this year Xbox 360
Kaim, a thousand year old immortal who has lost his memory, looks into a meteor shower that kills everyone around him and into the true purpose of the immortals.
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No More Heroes 2007
Turns 19 this year Wii
An action game by Goichi Suda in which Travis Touchdown, an otaku who won a beam katana in an auction, has to kill the ten assassins ranked above him.
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Gran Turismo 6 2013
Turns 13 this year PlayStation 3
The sixth Gran Turismo gathers over 1,200 cars on circuits from Silverstone and Spa to Mount Panorama, the series' first Australian track.
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The Last Guardian 2016
Turns 10 this year PlayStation 4
A boy befriends Trico, a giant creature that does not always obey at once, and the two escape the ruins of an ancient civilization together.
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun 2016
In feudal Japan the samurai Mugen is sent by the shogun to unmask a warlord called Kage-sama, and recruits four allies for missions of espionage, sabotage and assassination.
