Games released on January 4

Three games that still hold up, from RuneScape in 2001 to Pony Island in 2016

1. 

   RuneScape 2001

   Turned 25 this year

   An online role playing game launched in the browser in 2001, set in the medieval world of Gielinor, where skills rise by gathering, crafting, fighting and cooking, with no set path.

2. 

   Hearts of Iron II 2005

   Turned 21 this year

   A grand strategy game covering the Second World War from 1936 to 1947, with any of more than 175 nations under your control.

3. On sale

   Pony Island 2016

   Turned 10 this year

   A game in which you play an old arcade game, Pony Island, that Lucifer has taken over to win your soul, with a runner inside a point and click adventure and code screens to rearrange.

   $4.39 on Fanatical -12%