Games released on September 12

Six games that still hold up, from Hudson's Adventure Island in 1986 to Tooth and Tail in 2017

1. 

   Hudson's Adventure Island 1986

   Turned 40 this year NES

   Master Higgins runs through Hudson's platformer against a health gauge that keeps draining, topping it up with fruit and milk, while a hidden fairy called Honey Girl lends him a few seconds of invincibility.

2. 

   Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life 2003

   Turned 23 this year GameCube

   You inherit an abandoned farm in Forget-Me-Not Valley, where an old friend of your father's gives you a house, some seeds and a cow, in a life told in up to six chapters.

3. 

   Pokémon SoulSilver Version 2009

   Turned 17 this year Nintendo DS

   A Nintendo DS remake of Gold and Silver, a journey through the Johto region to catch new Pokémon and earn its badges, and every copy came with the Pokéwalker, a pedometer that earns watts as you walk.

4. 

   The Room 2012

   Turned 14 this year

   A mysterious box sits in a room, and letters from its author describe a strange material called Null as each puzzle gives way.

5. 

   Arma 3 2013

   Turned 13 this year

   A tactical shooter simulation on the fictional islands of Altis and Stratis, with campaigns about a war in 2035 and a Zeus mode in which a player runs multiplayer as a game master.

6. 

   Tooth and Tail 2017

   Turned 9 this year PlayStation 4

   In a 19th century society of animals with chronic food shortages, four factions led by their commanders go to war over what there is to eat.