ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
January 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1178 releases
43 Years AgoMissile Defender
Dragon 32/64Europe
The invaders are attacking the Earth with their new hyper missiles which never miss. It is up to you to defend the world and the people.
43 Years AgoDanger Ranger
Dragon 32/64Worldwide
Another winner from Kenneth Kalish (Author of Phantom Slayer, Escape and Invader's Revenge). Danger Ranger must collect ten keys from the Chamber of Pasha, whilst warding off the Floating Urns, Radioactive Bats and Roving Eyes.
43 Years AgoEggor
ArcadeWorldwide
Early multi-directional Pacman-like game featuring an ostrich Eggor where you are shooting bullets at vultures while collecting eggs.
43 Years AgoGas Hog
Atari 2600Worldwide
You are in your vehicle which has terrible fuel efficiency. A real gas hog. You are trying to travel along but there is one or more ships above you that are trying to bomb you.
43 Years AgoFirebug
Atari 2600Worldwide
With only a slingshot in hand our mighty little Hero is set to fight the mighty flame throwing Alien. Only by using his immense strength can our endangered Hero spin and hurl his arsenal of fireballs to successfully destroy the enemy.
43 Years AgoCrazy Bugs!
ZX SpectrumWorldwide
You are in a maze in which you must get the eggs laid by the bugs, put them in a box, and exit the maze. Although you are faster than the bugs, they are intelligent and will trap you. The screens increase in difficulty.
43 Years AgoOrly Kuukou Satsujin Jiken
FM-7Japan
Kanae and Akina went to France for the first time abroad and got involved in a murder case. A Southern Tourist tour operator is killed, and Kanae follows the victim's schedule from arrival to Paris till return.
43 Years AgoMisty
MSXJapan
You are a high school student. One day your classmate Miyuki suddenly loses his memory. An investigation leads to his girlfriend who suspiciously disappeared a year ago.
43 Years AgoMelody Blaster
IntellivisionWorldwide
The musical version of the popular video game, Astrosmash. And a fun, new way to learn musical notation. As musical notes fall from the sky in the pattern of a popular song, you must play the right keys to shoot them down.
43 Years AgoDonkey Kong
PortTexas Instruments TI-99North America
The Texas Instruments TI-99/4A of Donkey Kong was developed by Atari, Inc., under the Atarisoft label.
43 Years AgoMidnight Building
MSXJapan
In Midnight Building you control a man who is running around in a dark labyrinth. You'll start at floor eight and work all the way down to floor one.
43 Years AgoButamaru Pants
MSXJapan
Pig Mock is an action game where you, Pig Mock, must catch dropped eggs and transfer them to funnels at the side of the screen. The eggs are dropped by Thunder Pants who are some creatures living in the clouds.
43 Years Ago
43 Years AgoRam It
Atari 2600North America
From the left and right sides of the screen colored columns stretch towards the center of the screen in order to connect with their counterpart on the opposite side.
43 Years AgoSqueeze Box
Atari 2600North America
Squeeze Box is a single player, full color game designed to be played on the Atari Video Computer System or the Sears Video Arcade. There are six game variations to test your skill and judgment. Squeeze Box is the ultimate escape game.
43 Years AgoPicnic
Atari 2600North America
You call this a picnic!!?? Just when you are ready to sit down and eat your juicy cheeseburgers, a swarm of nasty bugs comes along intent on beating you to the munch. They start eating and you start swatting, and the battle has begun.
43 Years AgoVan-Van Car
ArcadeWorldwide
Van-Van Car is an arcade game that was released by Sanritsu, in 1983, and licensed to Karateco for EU manufacture and distribution; as with Dream Shopper and Dr.
42 Years AgoDommy
ArcadeWorldwide
A maze game where you push blocks into place in a chain reaction.
42 Years Ago
42 Years AgoRoller Aces
ArcadeWorldwide
Fighting Roller / Roller Aces is all about holding forward to jet down the racetrack and avoiding all the dang obstacles you can. All tracks are littered with all sorts of crap: Speed bumps, rocks, cylindrical columns, and gaping pits.
42 Years AgoSuper Cross Force
ColecoVisionWorldwide
There’s a new menace in the galaxy! It’s the evil Morplus from the planet Tzoris. Morplus are without question the fiercest warriors east of the Libra Super-Galactic Cluster.
42 Years Ago
42 Years AgoStock Car
C64BBC Microcomputer SystemAcorn ElectronEurope
Stock Car is an overhead-view racing video game written by A. W. Halse and published in the UK by Micro Power.
42 Years AgoDnieper River Line
PC-88Japan
The Dnieper River Line is a fictionalized engagement between German and Russian forces in the Southern Ukraine in late 1943. As the Germans you are challenged to repel Russian efforts to breach your critical defensive position.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.