Games released on September 1
Five games that still hold up, from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 in 1999 to Crusader Kings III in 2020
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Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 1999
Turned 27 this year SNES
Leif leads a band of units across the continent of Jugdral, in the fifth Fire Emblem, released for the Super Famicom.
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Jetpack Joyride 2011
Barry Steakfries steals a bullet powered jetpack from a secret laboratory and flies as far as he can, with one touch to fire it, past zappers, missiles and lasers.
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain 2015
Turned 11 this year PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
In 1984, the mercenary leader Venom Snake goes into Soviet occupied Afghanistan and the border between Angola and Zaire for revenge on the people who destroyed his forces and almost killed him.
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Mad Max 2015
Turned 11 this year PlayStation 4, Xbox One
An open world game with George Miller advising early on, in which Max wants the Plains of Silence and builds the Magnum Opus car piece by piece from what the wasteland gives up.
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Crusader Kings III 2020
Turned 6 this year
You rule a medieval dynasty from one generation to the next, arranging marriages, waging wars and plotting against rivals, in a grand strategy game played through the characters as much as the map.
