Games released on March 21
13 games that still hold up, from Phantasy Star II in 1989 to Valkyria Chronicles 4 in 2018
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Phantasy Star II 1989
Turned 37 this year Genesis
A thousand years after the first game, the government agent Rolf sets out with a party chosen from eight characters, in Sega's science fantasy role playing game for the Genesis.
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Kirby's Dream Land 2 1995
Turned 31 this year Game Boy
Dark Matter has stolen the Rainbow Bridges that join seven islands, and Kirby sets off to win them back with a hamster, an owl and a sunfish, stealing powers from the enemies he swallows.
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Blast Corps 1997
Turned 29 this year Nintendo 64
A runaway nuclear missile carrier is leaking radiation, and your team has to level everything in its way, swapping between bulldozers, bikes and robots, in a 1997 puzzle action game for the Nintendo 64.
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Pokémon Snap 1999
Turned 27 this year Nintendo 64
A photography game on rails in which you take up to 60 pictures a course from the Zero-One, and Professor Oak rates each Pokémon's shot on size, pose and framing.
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Wario Land 3 2000
Turned 26 this year Game Boy Color
Wario is pulled into a music box and has to find five magical music boxes to get out, coming back to old stages with new abilities for the chests he could not reach before.
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Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim 2000
Turned 26 this year
You rule a fantasy kingdom in a parody of role playing games, handing out quests rather than taking them, and you cannot order the heroes, only offer them gold to do what you want.
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Mega Man Battle Network 2001
Turned 25 this year Game Boy Advance
Lan Hikari in the outside world and MegaMan.EXE inside the Net open each other's way forward, in a launch title for the Game Boy Advance.
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Konami Krazy Racers 2001
Turned 25 this year Game Boy Advance
Dracula, a ninja from Metal Gear and the Moai from Gradius race on courses based on Konami games, collecting bells for weapons and speed boosts, in a 2001 kart racer for the Game Boy Advance.
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Serious Sam: The First Encounter 2001
Sam Stone is sent back to ancient Egypt in 1378 BCE to learn about the Sirians, fighting waves of enemies across open plains and enclosed halls, in a 2001 first person shooter.
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Castlevania: Circle of the Moon 2001
Turned 25 this year Game Boy Advance
Nathan Graves, an apprentice vampire hunter, explores Dracula's castle to find his mentor, collecting cards that combine into a hundred different powers, in a Game Boy Advance launch title.
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Bruce Lee: Return of the Legend 2003
Turned 23 this year Game Boy Advance
As Hai Feng, a student whose master was murdered, Bruce Lee fights through a beat 'em up built to play like one of his films, with flip kicks, a bo staff and nunchakus.
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Infamous: Second Son 2014
Turned 12 this year PlayStation 4
Delsin Rowe takes on the Department of Unified Protection in a fictionalized Seattle with the power of Smoke, learning new powers as he goes, with choices that push him toward good or evil.
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Valkyria Chronicles 4 2018
Turned 8 this year PlayStation 4
Claude Wallace leads Squad E of the Federation Army into the Empire in turn based battles where each soldier you pick is played as a third person shooter, in a 2018 game.
