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Games released on October 21

14 games that still hold up, from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins in 1992 to Battlefield 1 in 2016

  1. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins 1992

    Turned 34 this year Game Boy

    A platformer for the Game Boy in which Wario has taken over Mario Land, Mario's own island, and Mario sets out to win it back.

  2. Demon's Crest 1994

    Turned 32 this year SNES

    Firebrand, a red demon, escapes prison to win back six crests that give power over the elements and time.

  3. SSX 3 2003

    Turned 23 this year GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox

    One mountain of several peaks links every course, and freeride mode lets you board it from top to bottom without a loading screen, with some races running past 15 minutes.

  4. Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge 2003

    Turned 23 this year Xbox

    Nathan Zachary, leader of the air pirates called the Fortune Hunters, sets out to avenge a friend in an alternate 1930s ruled by planes and zeppelins, in an arcade flight game where takeoffs and landings fly themselves.

  5. Castlevania: Lament of Innocence 2003

    Turned 23 this year PlayStation 2

    Leon Belmont, a holy knight, searches a vampire's castle in 1094 for his kidnapped bride, using a whip with combos and subweapons that combine with colored orbs into spells.

  6. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia 2008

    Turned 18 this year Nintendo DS

    Shanoa belongs to an order set to defeat Dracula now that the Belmont clan has vanished, in the third Castlevania on the DS.

  7. Fable II 2008

    Turned 18 this year Xbox 360

    Five hundred years after the first game, a young hero grows up across a lifetime in Albion, buying property and businesses that earn while you play, in a 2008 Xbox 360 role playing game.

  8. Midnight Club: Los Angeles 2008

    Turned 18 this year PlayStation 3, PSP, Xbox 360

    A newcomer from the East Coast arrives in Los Angeles in a beaten up car and builds a street racing reputation across the whole city, one open map with no loading between races.

  9. Far Cry 2 2008

    Turned 18 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

    A mercenary is sent into an unnamed African country in civil war to kill the Jackal, a weapons dealer inflaming the conflict, across desert, savannah and jungle.

  10. Football Manager 2012 2011

    Turned 15 this year

    You run a professional, amateur or international football team, from signings and finances to team talks, while the club's board judges your work. Leagues can be added or removed at the end of each season, and a save can run for hundreds of hours.

  11. Just Dance 2015 2014

    Turned 12 this year Wii, Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One

    The sixth Just Dance, in which you copy the routine of an on screen dancer to each song, with a smartphone able to stand in for the controller.

  12. Dreamfall Chapters 2014

    Turned 12 this year

    An adventure in five episodes set across two parallel worlds, Stark, a cyberpunk Earth of the future, and Arcadia, its magical counterpart.

  13. Sid Meier's Civilization VI 2016

    Turned 10 this year

    In this turn based strategy game a civilization grows from a small tribe into a world power, from ancient times to the near future, each one with an ability, a unit and a district of its own.

    $59.09 on Fanatical -2%

  14. Battlefield 1 2016

    Turned 10 this year PlayStation 4, Xbox One

    A first person shooter set in the First World War, with bolt action rifles, trench clubs, gas, tanks and biplanes, and War Stories that follow soldiers across its fronts.