Games released on September 23
Six games that still hold up, from The Legendary Axe in 1988 to Defense Grid 2 in 2014
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The Legendary Axe 1988
Turned 38 this year TurboGrafx-16
Gogan goes after the cult of Jagu to rescue Flare, armed with a legendary axe named Sting that hits harder the longer its meter charges, in a 1988 PC Engine platformer.
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System Shock 1994
Turned 32 this year DOS
In 2072, an unnamed hacker fights the AI SHODAN aboard Citadel Station, a station explored largely out of order, where the story is told only through logs and emails.
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Donkey Kong Land 2 1996
Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong cross Crocodile Isle to rescue Donkey Kong from the Kremling Krew, in a Game Boy version of Donkey Kong Country 2 with its own level designs. Only one Kong is on screen at a time.
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Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway 2008
Turned 18 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Staff sergeant Matt Baker and his team of the 101st Airborne go after the bridges and the city of Eindhoven in the opening of Operation Market Garden, sending squads to pin the enemy and to flank.
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LEGO Batman: The Videogame 2008
Turned 18 this year Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Batman and Robin round up the villains of Gotham City, and the villains get chapters of their own, in the first Lego game by Traveller's Tales with an original story rather than a film's.
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Defense Grid 2 2014
Turned 12 this year PlayStation 4, Xbox One
A tower defence game in which waves of aliens come to steal your power cores, and the towers you build also shape the path the aliens take.
