Games released on September 17
Six games that still hold up, from Boulder Dash EX in 2002 to Hades in 2020
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Boulder Dash EX 2002
Turned 24 this year Game Boy Advance
Boulder Dash remade for the Game Boy Advance, in which Alex digs through tunnels for gems to rescue his friend Sonya from the Dark King, under rocks that fall as soon as the ground beneath them is gone.
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Star Wars: Battlefront 2004
Turned 22 this year PlayStation 2, Xbox
A shooter in which you fight as a soldier in battles across both Star Wars trilogies, for the Republic, the Separatists, the Rebels or the Empire, while heroes such as Darth Vader join for a while.
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Grand Theft Auto V 2013
Turned 13 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Michael, a retired bank robber, Franklin, a street gangster, and Trevor, a drug dealer and gunrunner, pull off heists in Los Santos under pressure from a corrupt government agency and powerful criminals.
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MechWarrior Online 2013
Turned 13 this year
A free to play game of the BattleTech universe's walking tanks, in which teams of mechs fight other players in deathmatch, king of the hill and conquest.
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AI: The Somnium Files 2019
Turned 7 this year Switch, PlayStation 4
The detective Kaname Date investigates serial killings in near future Tokyo by entering suspects' dreams, with his AI assistant Aiba, in a story that branches into several endings.
