Games released on February 17
Six games that still hold up, from Windjammers in 1994 to Dead or Alive 5 Last Round in 2015
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Windjammers 1994
Turned 32 this year Arcade
Data East's arcade sport for the Neo Geo, in which two players throw a flying disc at each other's goal zone, faster with every throw until someone scores.
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Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening 2005
Turned 21 this year PlayStation 2
A younger Dante climbs the Temen-ni-gru to stop his twin brother Vergil from opening a portal to the Demon World. It has been called the game that established the combat formula for 3D sword action games.
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Catherine 2011
Turned 15 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Vincent Brooks, involved with more than one woman, spends his days at the Stray Sheep bar and his nights climbing deadly block towers in his nightmares, in a 2011 puzzle game.
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Dead or Alive 5 Last Round 2015
Turned 11 this year PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Team Ninja's fighting game, in its Last Round version, built on a triangle where strikes beat throws, throws beat holds and holds beat strikes.





