Games released on November 8
10 games that still hold up, from Sonic the Hedgehog in 1991 to Death Stranding in 2019
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Sonic the Hedgehog 1991
Turned 35 this year Master System, Game Gear
Sonic sets out to rescue the animals of South Island before Doctor Robotnik turns them into robots, across six zones of two acts each on the Master System and Game Gear.
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Guitar Hero 2005
Turned 21 this year PlayStation 2
A rhythm game played on a guitar shaped controller, holding the right frets and strumming as each note arrives, with four difficulty levels for every song. It launched the Guitar Hero series.
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The Movies 2005
Turned 21 this year
A Hollywood studio is built and run from the 1930s into the future, managing the stars' careers and making films of your own, in a business simulation designed by Peter Molyneux.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 2011
Turned 15 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
The campaign picks up right after the last mission of Modern Warfare 2 and tells its war in three acts, from the point of view of several characters in turn.
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Animal Crossing: New Leaf 2012
Turned 14 this year Nintendo 3DS
You move into a town of animal villagers and are mistaken for the mayor, with ordinances to pass and public works to fund if you want them. It runs on the real clock and calendar, so the shops, wildlife and events change with the hour and the season.
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Angry Birds Star Wars 2012
Turned 14 this year
Angry Birds fling themselves at pigs in Stormtrooper helmets on Tatooine, Hoth and the Death Star, with Luke's lightsaber and Han's blaster as bird powers, in a Star Wars crossover.
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Project Zomboid 2013
Turned 13 this year
A survival game set in 1993 in the zombie infested exclusion zone of Knox County, Kentucky, in which you survive for as long as you can before inevitably dying. It has been in early access since December 2013.
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Risk of Rain 2013
Turned 13 this year
A crash survivor fights through random stages while the monsters grow stronger every minute, hunting for a teleporter, in a roguelike platformer with online co-op.
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Transport Fever 2016
A transport business game that starts in 1850 and runs on through more than 150 years of buses, trains, ships and planes, released as they were invented.
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Death Stranding 2019
Turned 7 this year PlayStation 4
Hideo Kojima's courier game sends Sam Porter Bridges across a ruined America with cargo on his back, reconnecting isolated towns while other players' bridges and roads appear along the way.
