Games released on June 21
Nine games that still hold up, from Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom in 1991 to Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled in 2019
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Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom 1991
Ryu Hayabusa climbs walls, springs off them and, new to the NES series, hangs from pipes and ivy overhead, in stages built to be crossed upwards as much as forwards.
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Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis 2001
In 1985 a rogue Soviet army invades the fictional islands of Everon and Malden, and American troops fight back, often with a squad of up to eleven under their command.
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Gitaroo Man 2001
Turned 25 this year PlayStation 2
An awkward boy named U-1 picks up a legendary guitar and fights in musical battles, tracing lines with the analog stick to play each riff, in a 2001 rhythm game for the PlayStation 2.
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Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis 2001
Turned 25 this year Game Boy Advance
Alphonse Loeher, a soldier of Lodis, learns how his country is oppressing the land of Ovis, in a tactical role playing game that is a prequel to the rest of the Ogre Battle series.
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Battlefield 2 2005
Turned 21 this year
A modern battlefield for up to 64 players, as the US Marines, the People's Liberation Army or the Middle Eastern Coalition, in a 2005 shooter made mainly for multiplayer.
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Destroy All Humans! 2005
Turned 21 this year PlayStation 2, Xbox
An alien called Crypto lands in the America of 1959 to harvest DNA from human brain stems, in an action adventure that parodies the period and lets you level its towns on foot or from a flying saucer.
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VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action 2016
Jill tends a dive bar in dystopian Glitch City, mixing drinks from five ingredients for patrons who confess their lives across the counter. There are no dialogue choices, and the story branches on the drinks you serve.
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Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled 2019
Turned 7 this year Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Beenox's remake of the 1999 Crash Team Racing, rebuilt with new visuals and sound and with the tracks of Crash Nitro Kart added.
