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Games released on November 20

10 games that still hold up, from Bosconian in 1981 to Tearaway in 2013

  1. Bosconian 1981

    Turns 45 this year Arcade

    A space fighter that shoots forward and backward at once clears round after round of enemy bases in an arcade shooter against a space pirate, with a radar showing where the rest are.

  2. Einhänder 1997

    Turns 29 this year PlayStation

    In a war between the Earth and the Moon based on the Greek myth of Selene and Endymion, a fighter flies through Square's 2.5D shooter, whose German name means a one handed sword.

  3. The Settlers III 1998

    Turns 28 this year

    Romans, Egyptians and Asians each build a settlement and an army to take rival territories, in a real time strategy game later expanded with the Amazons.

    $2.49 on GOG -75%

  4. FIFA 99 1998

    Turns 28 this year Nintendo 64, PlayStation

    A football game in which you build your own cups and leagues, and a European Dream League gathers 20 top teams, on Windows, PlayStation and Nintendo 64 in 1998.

  5. Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft 1998

    Turns 28 this year PlayStation

    Lara Croft travels the world for four pieces of a meteorite, and after India the South Pacific, London and Nevada can be taken in any order, before Antarctica and a stretch where she loses every weapon.

  6. Banjo-Tooie 2000

    Turns 26 this year Nintendo 64

    Banjo and Kazooie set out to stop the witch Gruntilda and two of her sisters from vaporizing the island's inhabitants, across worlds joined to each other, from a circus to a prehistoric land. This time the two can split up.

  7. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2006

    Turns 20 this year Xbox 360

    A new Rainbow team is sent to Las Vegas to stop the terrorist Irena Morales and her mercenaries, who keep attacking key places in the city, in the fifth main Rainbow Six.

    $2.49 on Steam -75%

  8. Mass Effect 2007

    Turns 19 this year Xbox 360

    In 2183, Commander Shepard, an elite soldier whose gender, looks and past are yours to choose, has to stop a rogue agent from opening the way for the Reapers, a machine race set on invading the galaxy.

  9. Rock Band 2007

    Turns 19 this year PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

    Harmonix's first Rock Band, in which a band plays together on controllers shaped like a guitar, a bass and a drum kit, with a singer matching the original vocals in pitch.

  10. Tearaway 2013

    Turns 13 this year PlayStation Vita

    In ValleyFold, a world made of paper, an envelope comes to life as a messenger, Iota or Atoi, and a hole in the sun links the world to You, the one holding the Vita.