Gaming 2016: The Anniversaries

[Neon Ignition]

It's almost 2016 and with its arrival there will be another bout of gaming related anniversaries.
Below are some of the key landmarks the new year will bring in...

The 35^th Anniversaries of Mario and DK’s first appearances in Donkey Kong and Frogger



The 30^th Anniversaries of The Legend of Zelda,Dragon Quest, Metroid, Bubble Bobble, Outrun, Castlevania, Alex Kidd and Kid Icarus










The 25^th Anniversaries of Road Rash, Lemmings,Street Fighter II, Sonic the Hedgehog and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past as well as Bungie, id Software and Blizzard Entertainment










The 20^th Anniversaries of Duke Nukem 3D, Guardian Heroes, Pokemon, Time Crisis, Resident Evil, Metal Slug, Super Mario 64, NiGHTS into Dreams, Crash Bandicoot, Dead or Alive, Tomb Raider, Diablo as well as Valve and the Nintendo 64










The 15^th Anniversaries of Paper Mario, Conker’s Bad Fur Day, Onimusha, Red Faction, Max Payne, Ico, Grand Theft Auto III,Burnout, Project Gotham Racing, Halo, Crazy Taxi, Pikmin, Luigi’s Mansion and the Gameboy Advance, Gamecube and Xbox as well as Sega’s exit from the console hardware business










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The 10^th Anniversaries of Dead Rising, Saints Row, Bully, Gears of War, Resistance, the last core Ridge Racer (7), Motorstorm





The 5^th Anniversaries of Dead Island, Payday,Skyrim and the Nintendo 3DS




What are your favourites and memories for this years big anniversaries?

[Nu-Eclipse]

Sorry [MENTION=345]Superman Falls[/MENTION], F-Zero turned 25 years old this year.

The SFC/SNES original was first released in Japan on November 21, 1990.

[Neon Ignition]

Fixed the F zero bit and tidied it all up a little

[Nu-Eclipse]

Fixed the F zero bit and tidied it all up a little

Super Mario World also turned 25 in 2015.

Also a November 21st, 1990 release in Japan.

[fuse]

Probably a little OT, but just scrolling down that first post, I can't help but be taken back at just how lovely Link to the Past still looks. It stands out like a (beautiful) sore thumb.

[jim g]

Now I feel old... Was it really 25 years go I walked into Mean Machines in Machester to collect my USA copy of Sonic ?!!!

[Neon Ignition]

Re-amended

[Goemon]

WTF!? 10 years since Dead Rising and Gears? You've got to be kidding me. Where does the time go?

[DeathAdder]

I'm sure Crazy Taxi was out before 2001.

[briareos_kerensky]

You missed the Wii, came out in all regions in 2006.

[Team Andromeda]

Looking forward to Sonic 25th Ann myself . Think the game will look and play amazing . Really hope EA would give is all the Road Rash games from the Mega Drive and 3DO to download on XBLA and PSN

[briareos_kerensky]

Pokemon too, out in Japan during 1996.

[Nu-Eclipse]

Today marks the 30th Anniversary of the release of Zelda no Densetsu - The Hyrule Fantasy for the Famicom Disk System in Japan.

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