Games released on March 3

Four games that still hold up, from Descent in 1995 to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in 2017

1. 

   Descent 1995

   Turned 31 this year DOS

   In 2169 a virus has taken the mining robots of the Solar System, and you fly a ship into the mines to destroy their reactors. It is credited with starting the subgenre of six degrees of freedom shooters.

2. On sale

   Empire: Total War 2009

   Turned 17 this year

   A strategy game of the 18th century with a turn based campaign across Europe, India and the Americas and real time battles on land and at sea, the fifth Total War.

   $4.69 on Fanatical -77%

3. On sale

   Helldivers 2015

   Turned 11 this year PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita

   Four soldiers of Super Earth drop onto alien planets, call in airstrikes with d-pad codes and accidentally kill each other, in a twin stick co-op shooter with short missions.

   $18.39 on Fanatical -8%

4. 

   The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2017

   Turned 9 this year Wii U, Switch

   An amnesiac Link wakes on the Great Plateau and sets out to save Princess Zelda and stop Calamity Ganon, across a Hyrule open to explore in almost any order.