Games released on November 19

Nine games that still hold up, from Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos in 1993 to Uncharted: Drake's Fortune in 2007

1. 

   Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos 1993

   Turns 33 this year Master System, Game Gear

   Doctor Robotnik has stolen the Chaos Emeralds, and Sonic or Tails, each playable on his own, goes after them across six zones built for speed.

2. 

   Half-Life 1998

   Turns 28 this year

   Gordon Freeman, a theoretical physicist, fights his way through the Black Mesa Research Facility after an experiment leaves it overrun by aliens, in a story told without a single cutscene.

3. 

   R-Type Delta 1998

   Turns 28 this year PlayStation

   In 2164 three ships take on the Bydo, each with its own Force pod and cannon, in an R-Type that moves to 3D graphics but is still played from the side.

4. 

   Mobil 1 Rally Championship 1999

   Turns 27 this year

   Drive on rally stages built from real Ordnance Survey maps, with no invisible walls, in a 1999 game licensed to the British Rally Championship, released for Windows and the PlayStation.

5. 

   Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned 1999

   Turns 27 this year

   Gabriel Knight and Grace Nakimura follow a kidnapped child to the Languedoc region of France, where the mystery draws in vampires, the Knights Templar and the Holy Grail.

6. 

   Manhunt 2003

   Turns 23 this year PlayStation 2

   A stealth game set in Carcer City, where a death row inmate hides in the shadows and executes the gangs sent to hunt him, rated on camera for how brutal each kill is.

7. 

   The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 2006

   Turns 20 this year GameCube, Wii

   Link tries to keep Hyrule from being swallowed by the Twilight Realm, a corrupted parallel dimension, with the help of an imp named Midna and a second form as a wolf.

8. 

   Unreal Tournament III 2007

   Turns 19 this year PlayStation 3

   An arena shooter with eight modes, from Warfare with vehicles to Betrayal and Greed, plus an offline tournament ladder, built on Unreal Engine 3 by Epic Games.

9. 

   Uncharted: Drake's Fortune 2007

   Turns 19 this year PlayStation 3

   An action game in which Nathan Drake, who claims Sir Francis Drake as an ancestor, goes after El Dorado with Elena Fisher and Victor Sullivan, climbing ruins between gunfights.