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Games released on February 21

Seven games that still hold up, from The Legend of Zelda in 1986 to Night in the Woods in 2017

  1. The Legend of Zelda 1986

    Turned 40 this year NES

    Link sets out with only a small shield to gather the eight fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom and rescue Princess Zelda from Ganon.

  2. Gate of Thunder 1992

    Turned 34 this year TurboGrafx-16

    Hawk, a space cop, flies the Hunting Dog against General Don Jingi's armada to keep a powerful energy source out of his hands, in a shooter with a heavy metal score on CD.

  3. Star Fox 1993

    Turned 33 this year SNES

    Fox McCloud and his mercenary squadron defend their homeworld Corneria from the mad scientist Andross. It was the first Nintendo game with polygonal graphics, drawn by a chip inside the cartridge.

  4. Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc 2003

    Turned 23 this year GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox

    The Black Lum André plans to take over the world with an army of hoodlums, and Rayman has to stop him and cure Globox, who swallowed André by accident.

    $1.39 on GOG -77%

  5. Asura's Wrath 2012

    Turned 14 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

    A betrayed demigod rages his way through eighteen anime style episodes, mixing brawling, rail shooting and quick time events, in a mythological science fiction action game.

  6. Year Walk 2013

    Turned 13 this year

    An adventure for iOS in which you walk a snowy Swedish forest on New Year's Eve to take part in the Year Walk, a folk ritual for seeing the future, meeting creatures from Swedish folklore.

  7. Night in the Woods 2017

    Turned 9 this year PlayStation 4

    Mae, a young cat, drops out of college and returns to Possum Springs, a town of animal people in decline, spending each evening with one of three friends.