Games released on October 10
Seven games that still hold up, from Doom II: Hell on Earth in 1994 to Middle-earth: Shadow of War in 2017
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Doom II: Hell on Earth 1994
Turned 32 this year DOS
The marine returns to Earth to find that demons have opened a portal and invaded it. It was the first Doom sold in shops rather than as shareware.
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Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game 1997
Turned 29 this year DOS
Decades after a nuclear war, the Vault Dweller climbs out of an underground shelter to search the wasteland for the one computer chip that can fix its failed water supply.
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Spyro: Year of the Dragon 2000
Turned 26 this year PlayStation
An evil sorceress has stolen the dragon eggs, and Spyro goes to the Forgotten Realms to recover them across 37 levels linked by hubs.
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Team Fortress 2 2007
Turned 19 this year Xbox 360
RED and BLU, two teams drawn in the style of mid century commercial illustration, fight with nine classes in the tone of a 1960s spy film. It laid the groundwork for the hero shooter.
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Thumper 2016
Turned 10 this year PlayStation 4
A rhythm game playable in VR in which a beetle like creature races along a track through unsettling worlds, hitting lit notes in time with the music.
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Middle-earth: Shadow of War 2017
Turned 9 this year PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Talion, the Gondorian Ranger bonded with the wraith of Celebrimbor, forges a new Ring of Power with him against Sauron, in the sequel to Shadow of Mordor.
