Games released on July 20

Six games that still hold up, from Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake in 1990 to Death's Door in 2021

1. 

   Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake 1990

   Turned 36 this year MSX

   In 1999, Solid Snake is sent into Zanzibar Land, a territory in Central Asia, to rescue a kidnapped scientist and destroy a machine called Metal Gear D.

2. 

   Star Wars: TIE Fighter 1994

   Turned 32 this year

   A Star Wars space combat game in which you fly for the Galactic Empire as an Imperial pilot in the years between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

3. 

   ESPN NFL 2K5 2004

   Turned 22 this year PlayStation 2, Xbox

   An American football game from Visual Concepts, whose franchise mode runs a SportsCenter style show hosted by the ESPN presenter Chris Berman between the weeks of a season.

4. 

   Bastion 2011

   Turned 15 this year Xbox 360

   After the Calamity breaks the city of Caelondia into floating pieces, the silent Kid gathers Cores to rebuild the Bastion, while a narrator, Rucks, tells the story as you play it.

5. 

   TIS-100 2015

   Turned 11 this year

   A puzzle game in which you have found a broken TIS-100, a computer of the early eighties, and its manual, and the puzzles are programs in a cut down assembly language written node by node.

6. On sale

   Death's Door 2021

   Turned 5 this year Xbox One

   A crow who reaps souls for an office of death has one stolen on his first job, and has to fight through three dungeons for bigger ones, healing by planting seeds along the way.

   $4.99 on GOG -75%