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Games released on October 1

Seven games that still hold up, from Shining Force II in 1993 to The Beginner's Guide in 2015

  1. Shining Force II 1993

    Turned 33 this year Genesis

    Bowie leads the Shining Force across Parmecia after a broken seal frees the demon king Zeon, gathering allies to seal him away again.

  2. Uplink 2001

    Turned 25 this year

    A game in which you are a freelance hacker in a 2010 as the films imagine it, taking contracts, upgrading a gateway and running tools against your targets' security.

    $5.99 on GOG -50% +1 store

  3. No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way 2002

    Turned 24 this year

    The spy Cate Archer takes on the criminal organization H.A.R.M. once more, on missions from Japan and Siberia to Ohio, India and Antarctica.

  4. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin 2002

    Turned 24 this year PlayStation 2, Xbox

    Agent 47, a genetically enhanced clone who worked for the International Contract Agency, returns for levels whose goal is usually a killing, with how it is done left to you.

    $0.89 on GOG -90%

  5. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 2002

    Turned 24 this year GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox

    Exotic cars race over courses full of long shortcuts with the police on their tail, or you take the wheel of a police car and chase the speeders down yourself.

  6. Picross 3D: Round 2 2015

    Turned 11 this year Nintendo 3DS

    A puzzle game for the 3DS in which you read the numbers on a block of cubes to chisel away the empty ones and reveal a model.

  7. The Beginner's Guide 2015

    Turned 11 this year

    A narrative game in which Davey Wreden narrates a tour of incomplete, abstract games by a developer called Coda, asking you to work out what kind of person made them.