10 Video Games You Didn't Realise Are 10 Years Old

9. Burnout 3: Takedown

Switching gears to one of the most visceral and immediately satisfying games of all time, Burnout's unique mix of high-octane carnage and superbly tight controls is still easily playable today just as much as it was when it landed, producing enough of a bang to define a wealth of copycats (Split/Second anyone?). Whereby previously in the first two games it was extremely important to dodge every vehicle in your way, and the slightest knock at the wrong angle from your opponent would send you careening over a cliff-edge, in Takedown having a full nitrous bar meant being able to ram everybody out the way - with specific bonuses and slow-motion cutaway-cameras when you got it just right. Needless to say it's the perfect blend of arcade sensibilities and semi-realistic physics models, put through the ringer of a game engine that prioritises speed over everything else. If you've lasted this long and somehow not played this, get rooting through your local bargain bin - you'll never be able to blink the same way again.