Games released on June 17

Four games that still hold up, from Blaster Master in 1988 to Silent Hill 4: The Room in 2004

1. 

   Blaster Master 1988

   Turned 38 this year NES

   Jason drives the tank Sophia the 3rd across eight levels of radioactive mutants in search of his frog Fred, and climbs out to explore top-down labyrinths on foot.

2. 

   Survival Kids 1999

   Turned 27 this year Game Boy Color

   A child is stranded on a deserted island and has to keep hunger, thirst and fatigue at bay, merging what it finds into tools, a vine and a bent stick into a bow. It began the series known as Lost in Blue.

3. 

   Descent 3 1999

   Turned 27 this year

   A first person shooter in which a mercenary pilot helps a research team against robots infected by a virus, free to turn and move along all three axes.

4. 

   Silent Hill 4: The Room 2004

   Turned 22 this year PlayStation 2

   A horror game in which Henry Townshend tries to escape from his own apartment, the only safe place, through holes that open into other places, in the fourth Silent Hill.