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Games released on November 29

Nine games that still hold up, from Pong in 1972 to Parkitect in 2018

  1. Pong 1972

    Turns 54 this year Arcade

    Two paddles and a ball in a table tennis game played to eleven, built by Allan Alcorn as a training exercise set by Nolan Bushnell, in 1972.

  2. Buster Bros. 1989

    Turns 37 this year Arcade

    Players travel the world, from Mount Fuji to Easter Island by way of Paris, shooting a harpoon straight up at balloons that split as they bounce around the screen.

  3. Gothic II 2002

    Turns 24 this year

    On the isle of Khorinis, an army led by dragons has gathered in the Mining Valley, and the nameless hero has to recover the Eye of Innos before he can face them.

  4. Garry's Mod 2006

    Turns 20 this year

    A physics sandbox with no objective, made by Garry Newman as a mod for the Source engine, where you spawn and weld props and ragdolls, and other developers' modes like Prop Hunt install on top.

  5. Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box 2007

    Turns 19 this year Nintendo DS

    Layton and his self proclaimed apprentice Luke ride a train across the country to solve the mystery of a box said to kill anyone who opens it, with puzzles waiting at every stop.

  6. Far Cry 3 2012

    Turns 14 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

    After a vacation goes wrong, Jason Brody has to save his friends from the pirates who kidnapped them on the Rook Islands, by stealth or by force. Hunting, crafting and outposts to free fill the islands around him.

  7. Final Fantasy XV 2016

    Turns 10 this year PlayStation 4, Xbox One

    A role playing game ten years in the making, in which Prince Noctis drives across Lucis to his wedding with his three friends in a car that needs petrol. It began in 2006 as Versus XIII.

  8. Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth 2018

    Turns 8 this year Nintendo 3DS

    The Phantom Thieves of Persona 5 are trapped in a movie theater, where they explore labyrinths built from its films alongside the casts of Persona 3 and Persona 4.

  9. Parkitect 2018

    Turns 8 this year

    A theme park builder in which the staff who restock the shops and keep the park running need hidden walkways of their own, so the guests do not see them at work.