Games released on June 29
Six games that still hold up, from Banjo-Kazooie in 1998 to Inside in 2016
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Banjo-Kazooie 1998
Turned 28 this year Nintendo 64
The witch Gruntilda kidnaps Banjo's sister Tooty to steal her beauty, so Banjo and Kazooie climb through the witch's lair and into nine worlds to get her back.
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Icewind Dale 2000
Turned 26 this year
In the frozen north of the Forgotten Realms, a party of up to six adventurers you create yourself signs on as caravan guards and stumbles on a plot against the region.
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Persona 2: Eternal Punishment 2000
Turned 26 this year PlayStation
Maya Amano, a magazine reporter, tracks the Joker Curse through the city of Sumaru, where rumors and wishes come true, in a 2000 PlayStation role playing game that follows Innocent Sin.
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Jet Grind Radio 2000
Turned 26 this year Dreamcast
A gang of inline skaters, the GGs, tag graffiti across Tokyo against a timer while the police close in, to a soundtrack by Hideki Naganuma, in a 2000 Dreamcast game with 102 designs to unlock.
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Spider-Man 2 2004
Turned 22 this year GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Peter Parker juggles his life and the mask while his mentor, Otto Octavius, becomes Doctor Octopus, in a game of the film whose Manhattan is open to swing across with no loading.
