Games released on July 25

Five games that still hold up, from Max Payne in 2001 to Pyre in 2017

1. On sale

   Max Payne 2001

   Turned 25 this year

   A former New York detective goes after the people behind his family's death, slowing time to aim while the bullets crawl through the air. It was one of the first games to use bullet time.

   $8.99 on PlayStation -40%

2. 

   F-Zero GX 2003

   Turned 23 this year GameCube

   Up to thirty machines race through tubes, cylinders and jumps in an intergalactic Grand Prix, in a futuristic racer that Nintendo and Sega made together.

3. 

   Dragon's Crown 2013

   Turned 13 this year PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita

   Adventurers from six classes fight through the dungeons of Hydeland for the Dragon's Crown, with loot appraised in town and up to three companions, in a Vanillaware action role-playing game.

4. On sale

   Shadowrun Returns 2013

   Turned 13 this year

   A recorded message from a dead partner pulls you into a case in 2054, with magic back in the world, played out in turn based fights with a crew you hire for each job.

   $3.75 on GOG -75% +1 store

5. 

   Pyre 2017

   Turned 9 this year PlayStation 4

   You guide a band of exiles across a high fantasy world, through Rites in which three of them face three opponents in an arena, in a role playing game with a sport at its heart.