Games released on September 9
Four games that still hold up, from Battle City in 1985 to The Beatles: Rock Band in 2009
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Battle City 1985
Turned 41 this year NES
Your base, a phoenix symbol, sits at the bottom of a map seen from above, and twenty enemy tanks a stage drive in from the top to shoot it, among walls of brick and steel.
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Crash Bandicoot 1996
Turned 30 this year PlayStation
Crash, a genetically enhanced bandicoot, sets out to foil Doctor Neo Cortex's plans for world domination and rescue his girlfriend Tawna, in Naughty Dog's platformer.
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Spyro the Dragon 1998
Turned 28 this year PlayStation
Gnasty Gnorc has trapped the other dragons in crystal, and Spyro and his dragonfly friend Sparx cross open levels and hidden flight stages to free them, in a 1998 PlayStation platformer.
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The Beatles: Rock Band 2009
Turned 17 this year Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
A Rock Band game played on guitar and drum controllers and microphones along to 45 songs by the Beatles, with a story mode that follows the band's history in order.
