Games released on November 7
Seven games that still hold up, from Myth: The Fallen Lords in 1997 to Battlerite in 2017
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Myth: The Fallen Lords 1997
Turned 29 this year
Bungie's real time tactics game leaves out the base, the resources and the new units, so every battle begins with the army you have, and keeping it alive is the whole game for the Light side.
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Mario Kart: Double Dash!! 2003
Turned 23 this year GameCube
A GameCube Mario Kart that puts two characters on every kart, one to drive and one on the back to throw the items. It is the fourth main Mario Kart.
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Gears of War 2006
Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad make a last ditch effort to end the war against the Locust Horde, which rose from underground on the planet Sera. It helped popularize the cover system.
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Guitar Hero II 2006
Turned 20 this year PlayStation 2
In this rhythm game, notes scroll toward you to be played on a guitar shaped controller, holding the frets and hitting the strum bar, now with better hammer-ons and pull-offs and three note chords worth triple points.
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Gears of War 2 2008
Turned 18 this year Xbox 360
Sergeant Marcus Fenix leads Delta Squad into the depths of the planet Sera to stop the Locust, who are trying to sink every city on it. It introduced Horde, a mode in which five players hold out against wave after wave.
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Rayman Fiesta Run 2013
Turned 13 this year
The sequel to Rayman Jungle Run for the iPhone and Android, with Rayman running on his own on the UbiArt Framework, the engine and drawn look of Rayman Origins and Legends.
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Battlerite 2017
Turned 9 this year
A free to play arena game in which teams of two or three champions fight two minute rounds with no towers to destroy and no items to buy, until a Sudden Death boundary pushes the survivors together.
