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Games released on February 27

Seven games that still hold up, from Pokémon Red Version in 1996 to Into the Breach in 2018

  1. Pokémon Red Version 1996

    Turned 30 this year Game Boy

    A trip across Kanto to beat eight Gym Leaders and the Elite Four and fill a Pokédex of 151, which can only be finished by trading over a cable, since each version has Pokémon of its own. North America got it as Red and Blue.

  2. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages 2001

    Turned 25 this year Game Boy Color

    A Game Boy Color Zelda released alongside Oracle of Seasons, in which Link uses the Harp of Ages to move between the past and the present of Labrynna and gather eight Essences of Time.

  3. Star Ocean: Till the End of Time 2003

    Turned 23 this year PlayStation 2

    In the 29th century, 400 years after Star Ocean: The Second Story, magic like symbology sits beside advanced technology in a galaxy under one government.

  4. Peggle 2007

    Turned 19 this year

    A puzzle game inspired by pachinko and bagatelle, in which you fire a ball from the top of the screen to clear every orange peg on the board.

  5. Ib 2012

    Turned 14 this year

    Ib, a young girl, visits an art gallery with her parents and finds herself alone in another one, where the paintings have come out of their frames. Her health is a red rose that loses a petal at every catch, and the ending depends on whom she stays close to.

  6. Stories Untold 2017

    Turned 9 this year

    Four episodes set in England in 1986 seem to be separate games, from a text adventure on a ZX Spectrum to decoding radio messages on old equipment, and turn out to be one story.

    $1.99 on GOG -80%

  7. Into the Breach 2018

    Turned 8 this year

    In the far future, pilots of giant mechs defend civilian buildings from the Vek, an army of giant monsters, and a lost battle can send one pilot back in time to try again.