Games released on October 26

Nine games that still hold up, from Ghostbusters in 1984 to Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018

1. 

   Ghostbusters 1984

   Turned 42 this year Commodore 64

   Rather than playing the film's heroes, you run a Ghostbusters franchise of your own on a bank loan, driving to each haunting and trapping ghosts before the city's energy peaks, in David Crane's game of the film.

2. 

   TimeSplitters 2000

   Turned 26 this year PlayStation 2

   Characters from across a hundred years chase objects past an alien race called the TimeSplitters, in a first person shooter with four player Arcade matches and a map maker, a PlayStation 2 launch title.

3. 

   Pikmin 2001

   Turned 25 this year GameCube

   Captain Olimar crash lands on a strange planet and has 30 days to recover his ship's missing parts, using native creatures called Pikmin, in Shigeru Miyamoto's strategy game.

4. 

   Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2004

   Turned 22 this year PlayStation 2

   A former gangster, Carl Johnson, comes home after his mother's murder to find his old street gang in decline, in a state whose three cities are based on Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas.

5. On sale

   Anno 1701 2006

   Turned 20 this year

   A city builder in which you found a colony in the New World under a queen, with citizens climbing from pioneers to merchants as their wants are met.

   $3.39 on GOG -74%

6. 

   The Witcher 2007

   Turned 19 this year

   Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunting Witcher out of Andrzej Sapkowski's novels, fights with a steel sword for people and a silver one for monsters. His choices come back acts later, so reloading a save does little to undo them.

7. 

   Guitar Hero World Tour 2008

   Turned 18 this year Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

   Drums and a microphone join the guitars for the first time in Guitar Hero, so four players can form a whole band, and a Music Studio lets you write songs of your own and share them.

8. 

   Rock Band 3 2010

   Turned 16 this year Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

   Up to seven players share a song on guitar, bass, drums, keyboard and three part harmonies, and Pro mode asks for the real notes and chords, with lessons developed with the Berklee College of Music.

9. 

   Red Dead Redemption 2 2018

   Turned 8 this year PlayStation 4, Xbox One

   In 1899, as the Wild West comes to an end, the outlaw Arthur Morgan rides with the Van der Linde gang across five fictional states, in a prequel to Red Dead Redemption.