Games released on September 16

Eight games that still hold up, from Pole Position in 1982 to Peggle Nights in 2008

1. 

   Pole Position 1982

   Turned 44 this year Arcade

   A Formula One car first has to qualify with a timed lap at Fuji Speedway, then race seven others from the grid. It was the first racing game with a real circuit and with a qualifying lap.

2. On sale

   Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar 1985

   Turned 41 this year Apple II

   This Ultima has no villain to defeat, and the goal is to become the Avatar by living up to eight virtues. The virtues rise and fall with what you actually do, so giving alms or fleeing a fight both count.

   $2.49 on GOG -50% +1 store

3. 

   Track & Field II 1988

   Turned 38 this year NES

4. 

   Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy 2003

   Turned 23 this year

   Jaden Korr, a new student at Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy, builds a first lightsaber and is sent out on missions across the galaxy. Before some of them you choose light or dark Force skills, and the final battle follows the side you took.

5. 

   Homeworld 2 2003

   Turned 23 this year

   Hiigara answers a new enemy, the Vaygr, in the sequel to Homeworld, a space strategy game where fleets move freely in three dimensions.

6. 

   The Simpsons: Hit & Run 2003

   Turned 23 this year GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox

   Homer, Bart, Lisa, Marge and Apu look into mysterious vans and crop circles in Springfield, racing, collecting and wrecking cars across seven levels.

7. On sale

   Indigo Prophecy 2005

   Turned 21 this year PlayStation 2, Xbox

   Lucas Kane commits a murder in a New York diner while possessed, and you play both him and the two detectives investigating it, Carla Valenti and Tyler Miles.

   $9.64 on Fanatical -4%

8. 

   Peggle Nights 2008

   Turned 18 this year

   A Peggle follow up with 60 new levels and a new Peggle Master, Marina, in which you clear every orange peg on a board with balls fired from the top of the screen.