Games released on October 30
Nine games that still hold up, from Vampire Killer in 1986 to Assassin's Creed III in 2012
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Vampire Killer 1986
A parallel version of the first Castlevania for the MSX2, in which Simon searches 18 maze-like stages for the key to each exit.
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Landstalker 1992
Turned 34 this year Genesis
In this isometric action role playing game, Nigel, a treasure hunter, goes after the legendary treasure of King Nole with Friday, a wood nymph, beside him all the way.
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Grim Fandango 1998
Turned 28 this year
Manny Calavera, a travel agent in the Land of the Dead, is drawn into a four act noir mystery about a conspiracy over arriving souls. There is no way to die or get stuck, and the afterlife is drawn from the Day of the Dead.
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 2001
Turned 25 this year GameCube, PlayStation 2
Neversoft's third Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, with thirteen pro skaters and guest characters. It was the first in the series with online play.
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Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 2001
Turned 25 this year PlayStation 2
Raziel, a ghostly former vampire, sets out for revenge on Kain, his murderer and former master, and travels through history to uncover the truth about his own past.
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Bomberman Online 2001
Blast opponents in mazes with timed bombs across modes such as Survival, Hyper Bomber, a real time Battleship and Panel Paint, in a Dreamcast Bomberman built for online play.
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Sid Meier's Civilization III 2001
An empire is built from 4,000 BC to just past the modern day on a map of square tiles, with each city working the tiles around it as its population grows, and Wonders of the World to raise along the way.
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LEGO The Lord of the Rings 2012
Turned 14 this year Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
The three films of Peter Jackson's trilogy in bricks, with eighteen levels, six a film, and an open Middle-earth between them.
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Assassin's Creed III 2012
Turned 14 this year Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Connor, the half Mohawk son of a British Templar, becomes an Assassin to protect his people and fights the Templars' hold on the American Revolution, across Boston, New York and the frontier.
