Games released on June 23

10 games that still hold up, from Super Mario 64 in 1996 to Batman: Arkham Knight in 2015

1. 

   Super Mario 64 1996

   Turned 30 this year Nintendo 64

   In Mario's first game in 3D, Bowser has taken over Peach's castle and hidden its Power Stars inside paintings that open onto other worlds. It is widely cited as the template for 3D platformers.

2. 

   Deus Ex 2000

   Turned 26 this year

   JC Denton, an agent with cybernetic enhancements, is drawn in 2052 into a struggle between factions for control of the world. Every mission can be done by stealth, hacking or assault, and it is cited as a prominent example of the immersive sim.

3. 

   Fur Fighters 2000

   Turned 26 this year Dreamcast

   General Viggo, an evil cat, has kidnapped the Fur Fighters' families, scattering the babies around the world and turning the spouses into robotic beasts, and the animals take up arms to get them back.

4. 

   Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising 2003

   Turned 23 this year Game Boy Advance

   Sturm brings the Black Hole army back to Macro Land, and the Allied Nations answer across five continents, in turn based battles you can take in any order. Eight new commanding officers each bring a power that builds up over the fight.

5. 

   Advance Wars: Dual Strike 2005

   Turned 21 this year Nintendo DS

   In Omega Land, the Black Hole army returns under a new commander, Von Bolt, in the third Advance Wars, where two commanding officers can lead one army together.

6. 

   LocoRoco 2006

   Turned 20 this year PSP

   Tsutomu Kouno's game for the PSP, in which you tilt the world to guide the LocoRoco, jelly like blobs that squash, split and merge back into one.

7. 

   The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass 2007

   Turned 19 this year Nintendo DS

   Link sails from island to island and explores their dungeons on foot to save Tetra from Bellum, in a Zelda for the DS with a map you can write notes on.

8. 

   Battlefield: Bad Company 2008

   Turned 18 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

   Private Preston Marlowe's squad goes after mercenary gold in a war between the United States and Russia, in the first console Battlefield, where buildings, trees and the ground can be destroyed.

9. 

   Pokémon Black Version 2 2012

   Turned 14 this year Nintendo DS

   Two years after Black and White, a new trainer sets out from Aspertia City, in the southwest of Unova, while Neo Team Plasma plans to take over the world.

10. On sale

    Batman: Arkham Knight 2015

    Turned 11 this year PlayStation 4, Xbox One

    Nine months after Arkham City, Scarecrow forces Gotham to evacuate and, with the mysterious Arkham Knight, unites its criminals to finally destroy Batman.

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