Games released on February 28
Five games that still hold up, from Contra III: The Alien Wars in 1992 to Ape Out in 2019
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Contra III: The Alien Wars 1992
Turned 34 this year SNES
Bill Rizer and Lance Bean fight off an alien invasion of Earth across six stages, alone or together, two of them seen from above and turned with Mode 7.
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Super Bomberman 5 1997
Turned 29 this year SNES
Emperor Terrorin, who controls time, frees criminal Bombers from orbital prisons, and White Bomber and Black Bomber set out to defeat them before facing him. It was the last Super Bomberman on the Super Famicom.
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Praetorians 2003
Turned 23 this year
Caesar's campaigns in Gaul and Britain, Crassus's in Parthia and the civil war, fought by Rome, the Egyptians or a barbarian tribe, in a tactics game with no base to build.
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Horizon Zero Dawn 2017
Turned 9 this year PlayStation 4
In the 31st century, robotic machines rule what was the American West and people live in tribes, and Aloy, an outcast of the Nora, sets out to uncover her own past.
