Games released on October 14
Eight games that still hold up, from Circle of Blood in 1996 to Downwell in 2015
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Circle of Blood 1996
On holiday in Paris, the American George Stobbart is caught up in a conspiracy over a secretive cult and a hidden treasure, which takes him and the photojournalist Nicole Collard across Europe and the Middle East.
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Toy Commander 1999
Turned 27 this year Dreamcast
Neglected toys rebel against a boy and his new army toys, and you command planes, helicopters and tanks across the rooms of a house, in a Dreamcast action game of small missions.
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Jak II 2003
Turned 23 this year PlayStation 2
After two years of experiments, Jak hunts Baron Praxis through Haven City, an open world he crosses on a Jet-Board or in stolen Zoomers, with a Morph-Gun and a Dark Jak form.
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WarioWare: Twisted! 2004
Turned 22 this year Game Boy Advance
A Game Boy Advance game of microgames on a cartridge with a gyro sensor, so many of them are played by turning the whole console.
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Saints Row 2 2008
Turned 18 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Your gang leader wakes from five years in a coma to find the 3rd Street Saints gone and Stilwater carved up by three syndicates, and sets out to rebuild the gang, with a second player able to join for the whole story.
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Kirby's Epic Yarn 2010
Turned 16 this year Wii
A platform game for the Wii made of fabric, in which the sorcerer Yin-Yarn turns Kirby to yarn and drops him into Patch Land, and Kirby cannot die in a level.
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The Age of Decadence 2015
Turned 11 this year
A low magic world after a collapse modelled on the fall of Rome, where quests have several solutions and choices carry consequences.
