Games released on July 30
Six games that still hold up, from SoulCalibur in 1998 to A Short Hike in 2019
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SoulCalibur 1998
Turned 28 this year Arcade
In this three dimensional fighter, each of the nineteen fighters carries a weapon and can run around the opponent in eight directions. It reached the Dreamcast in 1999 with Mission Battle, which unlocks costumes, stages and art.
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Star Ocean: The Second Story 1998
Turned 28 this year PlayStation
Claude, an officer from a space faring Earth, is stranded on a medieval planet where he meets Rena, and you choose which of them to play.
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Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 2008
Turned 18 this year Xbox 360
A claw shaped ship moves and fires in any direction against swarms of neon shapes, and the green geoms they drop push a score multiplier into the thousands, across six modes, one where you cannot shoot at all.
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Orcs Must Die! 2 2012
Turned 14 this year
The War Mage or the Sorceress holds the Rifts against waves of orcs with traps on the floors, walls and ceilings, a sword and spells for whatever gets through, and now a second player to share the work.
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Oxygen Not Included 2019
Turned 7 this year
Three colonists wake on an asteroid with little air and you manage them indirectly, with simulated gases and liquids, to keep a colony alive, in a Klei survival simulation.
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A Short Hike 2019
Turned 7 this year
A game made alone in Canada, in which Claire, a young bird, needs a phone signal for a call from her mother, which means climbing to the summit of Hawk Peak Provincial Park.
