Games released on November 1
Seven games that still hold up, from Alex Kidd in Miracle World in 1986 to Owlboy in 2016
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Alex Kidd in Miracle World 1986
Turned 40 this year Master System
A martial artist named Alex Kidd punches his way through 17 stages to save a prince and a princess, and the villain's henchmen settle many showdowns with rock, paper, scissors rather than a fight.
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Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain 1996
Turned 30 this year PlayStation
An action adventure in which Kain, a nobleman slain, is brought back as a vampire and sets out for revenge and a cure through Nosgoth.
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Super Mario Galaxy 2007
Turned 19 this year Wii
Mario goes into space, where each small planet has its own gravity and running round one can leave him upside down. Rosalina's Comet Observatory leads to 42 galaxies, all of them built around that gravity.
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Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception 2011
Turned 15 this year PlayStation 3
Two years after Among Thieves, Nathan Drake and Sully search for the lost city of Iram, from London and France to Syria and Yemen.
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To the Moon 2011
Two doctors offer to grant a dying man's last wish with artificial memories, working back through his life in a story driven game made in RPG Maker.
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Sonic Generations 2011
Turned 15 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Sonic and Tails team up with their past selves for the series' twentieth anniversary, running each remade zone twice, once side on as in the Mega Drive days and once in 3D with a boost.
