ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
January 18
The games released on this day in gaming history.
49 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
38 Years AgoStick Hunter: Exciting Ice Hockey
FamicomWorldwide
Stick Hunter: Exciting Ice Hockey is a game for the Famicom released only in Japan in 1987. It was never released in North America. Stick Hunter was the first actual ice hockey game created for a Nintendo gaming system.
38 Years AgoUltraman 2: Shutsugeki Katoku Tai
Famicom Disk SystemJapan
You are in charge of a Tokyo defense team of military experts who find ways of repelling kaiju. Find a way to hurt the monsters and deploy vehicles such as tanks and jets that are able to shoot them down before they destroy any critical buildings.
35 Years AgoCadash
PortPC EngineJapan
Cadash is an early example of what would become a fairly common trend in Japanese-made arcade games of the early 1990s: the "platform-RPG".
33 Years AgoF1 Circus '92
PC EngineWorldwide
A Formula One racing game for the PC Engine. The last of the F1 Circus games to be released for the system. F1 Circus '92, sometimes known as F1 Circus '92: The Speed of Sound, is a racing game for the PC Engine and part of Nichibutsu's F1 Circus series.
33 Years AgoR.B.I. Baseball 4
Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide
R.B.I. Baseball 4 is the sequel to R.B.I. Baseball 3.
33 Years AgoBishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
PortGame BoyJapan
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon was a video game developed by Arc System Works and published for the Nintendo Game Boy by Angel (Bandai) in 1992. It was one of the first Sailor Moon-related video games to be released. In this game, the player controlled Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon.
33 Years AgoGambler Jiko Chuushinha 2 Gekitou! Tokyo Mahjong Land-hen
Sega CDJapan
Gambler Jiko Chuushinha 2: Gekitou! Tokyo Mahjong Land-hen is a Sega Mega-CD sequel to Gambler Jiko Chuushinha.
31 Years AgoBomberman: Panic Bomber
PortNeo Geo MVSNeo GeoJapanNorth America
The Neo Geo port of Panic Bomber. It is a "falling blocks" puzzle game based on the Bomberman franchise. The goal of the game is essentially to cause your opponent to lose by causing their gameplay field to fill to the top with objects.
27 Years AgoLooney Tunes: Carrot Crazy
Game Boy ColorEurope
Coming home after a long day at work, Bugs and Lola find their garden ransacked and all of their carrots stolen. Now the two must explore the Warner Bros. Lot to discover the identity of the carrot thief.
26 Years AgoDead or Alive 2 Millennium
Expanded editionArcadeJapan
Dead or Alive 2 is a fighting game in the Dead or Alive series, developed by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo. It debuted in arcades in 1999 and was later ported for the Dreamcast and the PlayStation 2 in 2000.
25 Years AgoGiga Wing 2
DreamcastJapan
Giga Wing 2 (ギガウイング2?) is a 2000 vertical scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Takumi and published by Capcom on Sega's NAOMI arcade system board and later ported in 2001 to the Dreamcast console.
25 Years AgoColorful Logic 2
PlayStationJapan
Puzzle game series which recorded the popular "logic puzzle", "Colorful Logic" 2nd. The recorded 300 questions in total, it looks bright "color logic", NO ease play. You can enjoy the logic of three 1 "black-and-white logic", the debut of "Dialogic".
25 Years AgoLEGO Racers
PortGame Boy ColorNorth America
Game Boy Color port of the racing game based on the popular LEGO toys, this game allows the player to construct a character and car (limited to three pieces in this version) to take on all of the champions of the LEGO world, eventually faci…
25 Years AgoYamasa Digi Guide: Faust
PlayStationJapan
Yamasa Digi Guide - Faust is a gambling machine simulator. It faithfully emulate the Faust gambling machine with a good presentation, 3 different levels of zoom and the player can configurate all the options in the machine.
22 Years AgoSimple 2960 Tomodachi Series Vol. 4: The Trump - Minna de Asoberu 12 Shurui no Trump Game
Game Boy AdvanceJapan
The Trump is a Miscellaneous game, developed by Access and published by D3Publisher, which was released in Japan in 2003.
22 Years AgoMermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch - Pichi Pichi Party
Game Boy AdvanceJapan
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Party is a licensed game developed by Konami and published for the Game Boy Advance platform. It is a version of Mario Party using characters, locations, items, and storylines from the anime series of the same name.
19 Years AgoDetective Evangelion
PS2Japan
Detective Evangelion (Meitantei Evangelion), an adventure/strategy PS2 game published by Broccoli, follows Shinji Ikari, a detective hired by Nerv, as he attempts to uncover the truths behind a series of murders.
19 Years AgoDragon Shadow Spell
PS2Japan
Dragon Shadow Spell is a strategy RPG from Flight Plan, better known as the developers of the Summon Night games until they went bankrupt in 2010.
19 Years AgoWorld Soccer: Winning Eleven 10 - Liveware Evolution
Expanded editionPS2JapanKorea
An expanded version of World Soccer: Winning Eleven 10 with online capabilites.
19 Years AgoNintendo DS Browser
Nintendo DSAustralia
A web browser for the Nintendo DS that runs on Opera 8.5
16 Years AgoMe and My Dogs: Friends Forever
Nintendo DSiNorth America
Dream of having your own cute dog? Thanks to Me and My Dogs: Friends Forever, you can have up to three of the cutest pups imaginable and take them with you everywhere you go!
16 Years AgoChronos Twins
Nintendo DSiNorth America
Chronos Twins is an action-adventure game that plays on the concept of time travel in a reassuringly unique manner as it is interwoven as a main game play element.
16 Years AgoStarship Defense
Nintendo DSiNorth America
Starship Defense is a tower defense game set in space developed by Q-Games for DSiWare.
25 Years AgoGame data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.