Games released on July 9

Three games that still hold up, from Donkey Kong in 1981 to The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures in 2015

  1. Donkey Kong 1981

    Turned 45 this year Arcade

    Mario climbs a New York construction site to rescue Pauline from the giant gorilla Donkey Kong, jumping the barrels he throws. It was Mario's first appearance in a video game.

  2. Dota 2 2013

    Turned 13 this year

    A remake of Defense of the Ancients, the Warcraft III mod, with two teams of five heroes on one map, an Ancient to destroy in each base and nothing to buy to play.

  3. The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures 2015

    Turned 11 this year Nintendo 3DS

    A courtroom adventure set between Meiji era Japan and Victorian London, in which Ryunosuke Naruhodo takes on cases through investigations and trials, with the detective Herlock Sholmes building theories that are almost right.

    $13.99 on Fanatical -65%