Games released on May 13

Six games that still hold up, from Breakout in 1976 to Deep Rock Galactic in 2020

1. 

   Breakout 1976

   Turned 50 this year Arcade

   A paddle and a ball against eight rows of bricks, in a 1976 arcade game designed by Nolan Bushnell and Steve Bristow and prototyped by Steve Wozniak.

2. On sale

   Shadow Warrior 1997

   Turned 29 this year DOS

   Lo Wang quits his job as a corporate bodyguard in a futuristic Japan to fight the creatures his boss has called up, with a katana, shurikens, sticky bombs, a railgun and tanks to drive.

   $1.99 on GOG -80%

3. 

   Aliens versus Predator 1999

   Turned 27 this year Saturn, PlayStation

   Three campaigns, one for each species, a Colonial Marine with flares in the dark, a cloaked Predator and an Alien with no weapons but claws and jaws, which runs along the walls and ceilings.

4. 

   Duck Game 2014

   Turned 12 this year

   Ducks fight to be the last one standing in rounds anyone can learn in seconds, locally or online with up to eight others, and there is a button just for quacking.

5. On sale

   Doom 2016

   Turned 10 this year PlayStation 4, Xbox One

   The Doom Slayer fights through a research facility on Mars that draws energy from Hell, and then through Hell itself, never reloading and never hiding. Health comes from finishing stunned demons up close, so the fight keeps moving forward.

   $3.59 on Fanatical -82% +1 store

6. 

   Deep Rock Galactic 2020

   Turned 6 this year Xbox One

   Up to four dwarf miners dig through the caves of an alien planet for minerals while swarms of bugs attack, each with a class and tools the others lack, in a cooperative first person shooter.