On This Day in Gaming: January 29

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

January 29

The games released on this day in gaming history.

69 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years

Resident Evil 2 cover28 Years Ago

Resident Evil 2

PlayStationJapan

Resident Evil 2 is a sequel to the first Resident Evil title.

Pokémon FireRed Version cover22 Years Ago

Pokémon FireRed Version

RemakeGame Boy AdvanceJapan

Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version are a pair of core series Generation III games that are set in the Kanto region.

Pokémon LeafGreen Version cover22 Years Ago

Pokémon LeafGreen Version

RemakeGame Boy AdvanceJapan

Pokémon LeafGreen Version and Pokémon FireRed Version are a pair of core series Generation III games that are set in the Kanto region.

Oni cover25 Years Ago

Oni

PS2North America

An intense action anime thriller comes to life in Oni. As an elite member of the tech crimes task force, Konoko is an agent on a mission to fight the evil Syndicate. But things are not always as they seem...

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne cover22 Years Ago

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne

Expanded editionPS2Japan

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniax, released in America as Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne is an expanded game of the original Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne released only in Japan.

Harvest Moon cover28 Years Ago

Harvest Moon

SNESEurope

Ever wanted to live life on a farm, with nothing but the sun, the fresh scent of your crops, the muddy fields underneath, and cows and chickens to keep you company?

WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain cover22 Years Ago

WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain

PS2Japan

WATCH YOUR BACK Relive the drama like never before in SmackDown! Here Comes The Pain. Create, play and develop your own Superstar through storylines developed exclusively by WWE writers.

Phantasy Star Online cover25 Years Ago

Phantasy Star Online

DreamcastNorth America

Pioneer 2 finally completed it's long voyage to the new home world. But as the ship entered orbit, an enormous explosion shook the entire planet, and all contact with the thousands of people already there was lost.

Panzer Dragoon Saga cover28 Years Ago

Panzer Dragoon Saga

SaturnJapan

Enter the world of Panzer Dragoon Saga and experience a game like no other: a fusion of classic Panzer action with the most technologically advanced RPG to come to Saturn. Board your morphing dragon and behold as the mysteries of the Panzer world unfurl across four massive CDs.

The Last Blade cover28 Years Ago

The Last Blade

Neo GeoJapanNorth America

The Last Blade is a fighting game developed and published by SNK and released in arcades in 1997. It is set in a fictional version of late 19th-century Japan and features a roster of sword-wielding characters.

Bomberman World cover28 Years Ago

Bomberman World

PlayStationJapan

Bomber worlds. To complete the areas, you must control Bomberman and set bombs to destroy enemies and obstacles that will lead to the exit. To be able to complete each level, the player must locate and pick up all of the Crystals on the map.

Krusty's Fun House cover33 Years Ago

Krusty's Fun House

SNESJapan

Krusty the Clown's Fun House has been overrun by rats. You must help him to herd the rats into trap machines to clear them out. In order to do so, Krusty must manipulate his environment to set up pathways so that the rats are headed in the right direction.

MTV's Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity cover28 Years Ago

MTV's Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity

PlayStationJapan

Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity is a point and click adventure computer game based on the American animated television series created by Mike Judge, Beavis and Butt-Head, that was developed by ICOM Simulations and published by Viacom New Media.

Neo Turf Masters cover30 Years Ago

Neo Turf Masters

ArcadeJapanNorth America

Neo Turf Masters is a golf video game by Nazca for the Neo Geo, released in 1996. This is also one of the first two titles by Nazca, the other being the popular Metal Slug before & between being acquired by SNK. The game is a fast paced, arcade-style golf game.

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - Echoes of Time cover17 Years Ago

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - Echoes of Time

Nintendo DSJapan

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time is an installment in the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series.

Bust A Groove cover28 Years Ago

Bust A Groove

PlayStationArcadeJapan

Bust a Groove is a hybrid music/fighting game combined PaRappa the Rapper-like rhythm-based gameplay with fighting game elements, including special moves designed to damage the opponent and a focus on head-to-head competitive play.

Best of the Best: Championship Karate cover33 Years Ago

Best of the Best: Championship Karate

Mega Drive / GenesisJapan

Best of the Best: Champion Karate is an earlier fighting-style game. It focused on the kick-boxing style of fighting, and incorporated a championship-style linear play.

James Bond 007 cover28 Years Ago

James Bond 007

Game BoyNorth America

An arms smuggling ring threatens to create a new world order.

Ford Racing cover25 Years Ago

Ford Racing

PlayStationNorth America

The Ford cars that you know and love have come to the PC in FORD RACING. You can drive the entire line of Ford vehicles including the Ka, Escort, Fiesta, Taurus, F-150, Explorer, Mustang, and GT90.

Bomberman Land Touch! 2 cover18 Years Ago

Bomberman Land Touch! 2

Nintendo DSWorldwideNorth America

BOMBERMAN LAND Touch! 2 is the follow up sequel to IGN's Best Online Multiplayer 2006 Game of the Year on the Nintendo DS.

Eggerland cover39 Years Ago

Eggerland

Famicom Disk SystemJapan

Peace lasted for many years in the beautiful realm of Eden Land. The people were at peace and everything was well.

Ultraman: Kaijuu Teikoku no Gyakushuu cover39 Years Ago

Ultraman: Kaijuu Teikoku no Gyakushuu

Famicom Disk SystemJapan

The player controls Hayate, a member of the Science Special Search Party, which protects the earth from invasions of large hostile aliens. He must run across each stage, defeating enemies with his ray gun. He must also collect energy orbs to fill a meter on the screen.

Ultraman Club 3: Mata Mata Shiyutsugeki!! Ultra Kyoudai cover34 Years Ago

Ultraman Club 3: Mata Mata Shiyutsugeki!! Ultra Kyoudai

FamicomJapan

Ultraman Club 3: Mata Mata Shiyutsugeki!! Ultra Kyoudai is a Role-Playing game, published by Yutaka, which was released in Japan in 1991.

Ninja Commando cover34 Years Ago

Ninja Commando

Neo GeoJapanEuropeNorth America

Ninja Commando is a vertically scrolling action game released by ADK in 1992.

Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.

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