ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
January 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1178 releases
This yearAmountle
Web browserWorldwide
The "guess how many" daily estimation game, Amountle tasks the player with guessing how many shapes are in a cylinder. Watch a pile form, trust your eyes, and call the count before the clock runs out. Five rounds, fifteen seconds each, the same puzzle for everyone on Earth.
This yearSuccess in Progress
AndroidWorldwide
Become a brave tomato soldier on a quest to invade salads! In this challenging precision platformer, falling isn’t the end—it’s part of the journey. Each splash you make clears your path to victory. Remember: failure is just Success In Progress!
9 Years AgoPhantasmat: The Endless Night - Collector's Edition
PCEurope
From best-selling developer Eipix comes the exciting continuation of a classic Phantasmat brand! In this chilling story, you're on your way to take your daughter to her high school prom when tragedy strikes. But your hometown isn't at all what it seems...
15 Years Ago
48 Years Ago10 Golf
Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000Worldwide
A DOS-based puzzle platformer in which you play a fairy godmother.
46 Years Ago
45 Years AgoGingateikoku No Gyakushu
ArcadeWorldwide
You pilot an arrowhead-shaped vessel at the bottom of the screen, facing off against four different types of enemies. Certain enemies drop 'space soldiers' when shot, if these make it to the bottom of the screen, they will try to 'spear' your ship from behind.
Dog Fight
ArcadeWorldwide
Enemy fighters arrive, wave after wave, attempting to outflank the player’s fighter jet and trap it in the path of their fire. The player can only move the jet side to side to avoid incoming fire and attempt to line up a shot on the enemy fighters.
Gorkans
ArcadeWorldwide
Move along lines, erasing them as you go, to collect flashing or spinning items. If you collide with one of the yellow dots that are moving around erasing lines or if you end up at a dead end with nowhere to go, you lose a life. You cannot go back, only forward.
42 Years Ago
41 Years AgoCreative Contraptions
DOSNorth America
Similar in concept to the later (and better known) Incredible Machine series, Creative Contraptions is all about creating silly machines from wacky parts to accomplish even wackier tasks.
41 Years AgoFire Chief
Atari 8-bitWorldwide
Help the fire chief get to the building fire before it's to late, and then help the fire chief rescue computer disks from a burning building.
X Rock
DOSAsia
X Rock is a Tetris variant. The player must eliminate balls of the same colors in vertical and horizontal directions. Balls fall in form of a cross or 'X' letter.
36 Years AgoPenthouse Electric Jigsaw
DOSNorth America
This adult version of Electric Jigsaw combines the engine of the original game with 12 pictures of Penthouse USA 1990 Pets of the Month. The jigsaw puzzle is proposed for a size from 6 pieces to 294 pieces.
35 Years Ago
34 Years AgoLegend - The Four Crystals of Trazere
AmigaWorldwide
Legend is an isometric fantasy role-playing game released in 1992 for the PC, Amiga, and Atari ST. In the game, the player controls four adventurers on a quest to save the land of Trazere from an ancient, re-awakening evil.
Get the Girl!
PCNorth America
A group of teenaged boys decide to tackle the gentle art of conversational seduction through a flirting simulator, running players through a series of interviews with virtual girls, each of whom has a different personality and hence will we…
33 Years AgoGame data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.