Games released on January 11

Five games that still hold up, from Resident Evil 4 in 2005 to Kirby: Triple Deluxe in 2014

1. 

   Resident Evil 4 2005

   Turned 21 this year GameCube

   Leon S. Kennedy, a U.S. government agent, fights through a rural village in Spain with the camera over his shoulder and a laser sight on every gun. That view replaced the fixed camera angles before it and influenced survival horror.

2. 

   Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction 2005

   Turned 21 this year PlayStation 2, Xbox

   One of three mercenaries takes contracts in a war torn North Korea, for profit and to stop a nuclear war, in an open world where almost any building can be flattened and five factions remember who attacked them.

3. On sale

   VVVVVV 2010

   Turned 16 this year

   A platform game drawn like a Commodore 64 game, in which Captain Viridian searches an unknown dimension for the scattered crew with no jump, only a flip of gravity.

   $1.25 on GOG -75%

4. On sale

   Crimzon Clover: World Ignition 2011

   Turned 15 this year

   A vertically scrolling bullet hell shooter that began as a dōjin game, with a lock on that turns a crowded screen into targets to choose.

   $17.59 on Fanatical -12%

5. 

   Kirby: Triple Deluxe 2014

   Turned 12 this year Nintendo 3DS

   Kirby journeys through six worlds to rescue King Dedede from Taranza, in the tenth main Kirby game, made for the 3DS.