Games released on March 30

Six games that still hold up, from H.E.R.O. in 1984 to Thimbleweed Park in 2017

1. 

   H.E.R.O. 1984

   Turned 42 this year Apple II

   Roderick Hero goes down the mineshafts of Mount Leone to rescue miners trapped by volcanic activity, in a 1984 Atari 2600 game by John Van Ryzin.

2. 

   Tachyon: The Fringe 2000

   Turned 26 this year

   Jake Logan, a mercenary pilot voiced by Bruce Campbell, is framed for a bombing and exiled to the Fringe, a lawless corner of the 26th century where he chooses which missions to fly and whose side to take.

3. On sale

   Syberia II 2004

   Turned 22 this year

   Kate Walker and the eccentric Hans Voralberg travel together in search of the last mammoths, in a third-person adventure where you cannot die or get stuck, the direct sequel to Syberia.

   $2.59 on GOG -80%

4. On sale

   Penumbra: Overture 2007

   Turned 19 this year

   Following a letter from his supposedly dead father, a physicist ends up trapped in an abandoned mine in Greenland, in a first person horror game where you have no gun and hiding in the dark is usually the better idea.

   $2.49 on GOG -75%

5. On sale

   Mount & Blade: Warband 2010

   Turned 16 this year

   In Calradia, with no set objective, you might end up a mercenary, a lord's vassal or the ruler of a faction of your own, and Warband added multiplayer for up to 200 players.

   $16.88 on Fanatical -16%

6. 

   Thimbleweed Park 2017

   Turned 9 this year Xbox One

   Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, the designers of Maniac Mansion and The Secret of Monkey Island, go back to the verb driven adventure, with five characters you can switch between at any moment.