ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
January 2
The games released on this day in gaming history.
361 releases
41 Years AgoBrian Bloodaxe
Amstrad CPCEurope
A action platformer, with over 104 rooms, following the adventures of a Viking awoken in 1983 who plans to conquer Britain.
41 Years AgoFinders Keepers
ZX SpectrumEurope
Magic Knight has been sent to the Castle of Spriteland by the King of Ibsisima in order to find a special present for Princess Germintrude. If Magic Knight is successful in his quest, he may have proved himself worthy of joining the famous "Polygon Table".
41 Years Ago2010: The Graphic Action Game
ColecoVisionNorth America
2010: The Graphic Action Game is a puzzle/maze game with elements from 2010: Odyssey Two where the player must save the Discovery from crashing onto the surface of Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io.
40 Years AgoLiberator
Commodore 16Commodore Plus/4North AmericaEurope
Written by D. R. Gamon this space shoot'em up is similar to Andrew Braybrook's Uridium.
40 Years AgoNine Princes in Amber
Atari ST/STENorth America
An Interactive Fiction game based on the fantasy novel with the same name.
40 Years AgoOperation Market Garden: Drive on Arnhem, September 1944
DOSNorth America
Simulation of the largest daytime airborne operation during WWII on September 17, 1944.
40 Years AgoSouthern Belle
BBC Microcomputer SystemEurope
Southern Belle is a train simulation video game published by Hewson Consultants in 1985. Southern Belle was unique at the time of release in that it was the first 3D steam train simulator available for home computers.
35 Years AgoMurder Makes Strange Deadfellows
DOSWorldwide
A murder mystery set in a haunted mansion.
35 Years AgoF-117A Stealth Fighter
DOSNorth America
It's the F-117A Stealth Fighter. And once you fly it, you'll see why no other flight simulator compares! Incredible 3-D graphics will keep you glued to your screen as you experience the same intense pressures that gripped America's Gulf War pilots.
34 Years AgoChallenge of the Five Realms
DOSNorth America
The multi-dimensional world of Nhagardia is quickly becoming paralyzed by the evil lord Grimnoth's terrifying plague of darkness. As Prince of Alonia, you now have 100 days to keep the world from being cast into eternal despair!
34 Years AgoRodney's Wonder Window
MacNorth America
A Macintosh CD-ROM collection of animated interactive vignettes published by Voyager and created by Rodney Alan Greenblat (better known for his work as the lead artist and graphic designer on the Parappa the Rappa series).
33 Years AgoThe Seven Cities of Gold: Commemorative Edition
RemakeDOSWorldwide
A PC remake of the classic game designed by Dan and Bill Bunten.
33 Years AgoThe Labyrinth of Time
PCWorldwide
Abruptly lifted from your routine existence, you have been dropped into a realm where time and space hang in check. Through exploration and puzzle solving, you must overcome the awesome powers of Minos.
30 Years AgoHind
DOSWorldwide
From the main menu the player can choose single missions (playing either alone or in networked multiplayer), a campaign consisting of missions strung together or to undergo training at the Soviet airbase at Saratov.
26 Years AgoKiss Yori... Seaside Serenade
WonderSwanJapan
Kiss Yori... Seaside Serenade is an Adventure game, developed and published by Kid, which was released in Japan in 1999.
24 Years AgoOne Piece: Treasure Wars
WonderSwan ColorJapan
One Piece: Treasure Wars is an Action game, developed by Graphic Research and published by Bandai, which was released in Japan in 2002. In the game, the player chooses one of the Straw Hat Pirates and fights other members of the crew in the board game.
23 Years AgoPulse Racer
XboxWorldwide
Futuristic racing game. Unique orb system for speeding around turns.
23 Years AgoFreeCol
PCLinuxMacWorldwide
FreeCol is a 4X video game, a clone of Sid Meier's Colonization. FreeCol is free and open source software released under the GNU General Public License v2. FreeCol is mostly programmed in Java and should thus be platform-independent.
22 Years AgoMario Forever
PCWorldwide
If you remember the oldest of Mario games, you cannot just pass this title by! Mario Forever is a remake of the classic Super Mario Bros game, which will make you busy for long hours, even if you haven't played Mario before!
21 Years AgoMono
PCWorldwide
Mono is a freeware shooter for the PC. It was originally developed as a testing program for the developer's other projects.
21 Years AgoDeep Space
Web browserWorldwide
When you click the stage, the squirrel will go to that spot, collecting gems for points on the way there. But watch out for the bombs and that orange enemy that appears from time to time.
19 Years AgoSploder!
Web browserWorldwide
Sploder is a game maker Website launched in 2007 using the Flash Engine.
18 Years AgoKidz Sports Basketball
WiiWorldwide
Take control of your favorite Kidz Sports characters in some of the wackiest games of full-court 3-on-3 ever!
18 Years AgoSunset Studio
PCWorldwide
Help turn Sunset Studio into a box-office smash in this star-studded hidden object challenge. The Director of Sunset Studio's latest movie needs help finding the necessary props fast.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.