Games released on September 4

Four games that still hold up, from Dune 2000 in 1998 to Outlast in 2013

1. 

   Dune 2000 1998

   Turned 28 this year

   Three Houses fight for the spice on the desert planet Arrakis, harvesting it under the threat of sandworms, in a 1998 real time strategy game, a partial remake of Dune II.

2. On sale

   Blackwell Unbound 2007

   Turned 19 this year

   Lauren Blackwell, a sarcastic medium in 1970s New York, and Joey, her ghost guide, look into two hauntings, a murdered saxophone player and a woman who haunts a building site, in the prequel to The Blackwell Legacy.

   $4.49 on GOG -70%

3. 

   Spore 2008

   Turned 18 this year

   Will Wright's god game follows a species from a single cell to a civilization among the stars, each stage played a different way, and every creature, vehicle and building designed by you and shared online.

4. On sale

   Outlast 2013

   Turned 13 this year

   A horror game in which Miles Upshur, a journalist, follows a tip into Mount Massive Asylum and cannot fight anything in it, with a camcorder as the only light. It was its makers' first game.

   $3.74 on PlayStation -75% +1 store