Games released on October 31
Eight games that still hold up, from Super Castlevania IV in 1991 to Luigi's Mansion 3 in 2019
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Super Castlevania IV 1991
Vampire hunter Simon Belmont storms Dracula's castle in 1691 with a whip he can aim in eight directions and swing from rings to cross gaps, through swamps, spinning tunnels and a library.
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Torin's Passage 1995
Turned 31 this year DOS
An adventure by Al Lowe made for a parent and a child to play together, in which Torin's family is taken by the sorceress Lycentia and he goes down through the nested worlds of the planet Strata to get them back.
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Riven: The Sequel to Myst 1997
Turned 29 this year PlayStation
Having rescued Atrus in Myst, you are enlisted to free his wife from his power hungry father, Gehn, in the Age of Riven, a world falling apart under his rule.
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Age of Mythology 2002
Turned 24 this year
A real time strategy game built on Greek, Egyptian and Norse mythology rather than history, with a campaign that follows the admiral Arkantos over 32 missions.
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Neverwinter Nights 2 2006
Obsidian's sequel to Neverwinter Nights takes the Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 rules as they are, from building a character to the die roll behind every attack, with up to three companions fighting beside you.
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 2006
Victor Vance builds a criminal empire in Vice City in 1984 by taking over rival businesses, in the PlayStation Portable prequel to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
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Hellgate: London 2007
Turned 19 this year
Demons have overrun London by 2038, and its ruins are fought through in a hack and slash role playing game whose maps, monsters and loot change every time, made by a team led by people who had overseen Diablo.
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Luigi's Mansion 3 2019
Turned 7 this year Switch
King Boo lures Mario and friends to a haunted hotel, and Luigi has to rescue them floor by floor with his ghost vacuum and Gooigi, a copy of himself made of goo.
