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

Driving Emotion Type-S cover25 Years Ago

Driving Emotion Type-S

PS2North America

Driving Emotion Type-S takes advantage of the power of the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system to bring you real-world physics, and realistically rendered cars and tracks.

Castle Shikigami 2 cover22 Years Ago

Castle Shikigami 2

PS2Japan

Sequel to Shikigami no Shiro, SS2 is a vertical-scrolling shooter with sci-fi elements.

Rhapsody of Zephyr cover22 Years Ago

Rhapsody of Zephyr

PS2Japan

A side-story to Korean "War of Genesis series", The Rhapsody of Zephyr loosely adapts Alexandre Dumas' novel The Count of Monte Cristo, with protagonist Cyrano Bernstein, a young nobleman looking forward to his wedding to his beloved Merced…

Simple 2000 Series Vol. 44: The Hajimete no RPG - Densetsu no Keishousha cover22 Years Ago

Simple 2000 Series Vol. 44: The Hajimete no RPG - Densetsu no Keishousha

PS2Worldwide

The region of Lordenias has seen a peaceful era for the last 400 years thanks to a single hero. However, this time was coming to an end. The king of Magura who controls the south-east island "Sylvania" was fascinated by demons and planned to revive the god of evil.

Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! 2 - Victorious Road cover22 Years Ago

Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! 2 - Victorious Road

PS2Japan

Victorious Road is the sequel to Victorious Boxers. Unlike its predecessor and successor, this installment did not see release outside of Japan.

Dance Dance Revolution X cover17 Years Ago

Dance Dance Revolution X

PS2Japan

Dance Dance Revolution X is a music video game, part of the Dance Dance Revolution series. DDR X was announced by Konami in 2008 for Japan and on May 15, 2008 for the North American PlayStation 2.

Vampire Knight DS cover17 Years Ago

Vampire Knight DS

Nintendo DSJapan

A DS game based on the popular shoujo manga/anime series of the same name.

Soul Eater: Battle Resonance cover17 Years Ago

Soul Eater: Battle Resonance

PS2Japan

Wrought your weapon into a death scythe in the fighting game Soul Eater: Battle Resonance, find 99 souls born from the egg of the kishins and one witch's soul.

Puzzle League Express cover17 Years Ago

Puzzle League Express

PortNintendo DSiJapan

A mini version of Planet Puzzle League.

Fukakutei Sekai no Tantei Shinshi: Akugyou Futaasa no Jiken File cover17 Years Ago

Fukakutei Sekai no Tantei Shinshi: Akugyou Futaasa no Jiken File

PortPS2Japan

Port of Fukakutei Sekai no Tantei Shinshi, heavily censored from the PC release and new content.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 cover17 Years Ago

Pro Evolution Soccer 2009

PortPS2Japan

The PlayStation 2 port of Pro Evolution Soccer 2009.

Quiz Taxi cover17 Years Ago

Quiz Taxi

Nintendo DSEurope

Quiz Taxi is based on the German TV show of the same name. In the show passengers entering a perfectly harmless-looking taxi cab suddenly find themselves in a quiz show. The cab is rigged with cameras and the driver acts as the quiz master.

Electroplankton Luminarrow cover16 Years Ago

Electroplankton Luminarrow

Nintendo DSiEurope

Luminarrow plankton are famous for their habit of perfectly following arrow-shaped formations.

Electroplankton Sun-Animalcule cover16 Years Ago

Electroplankton Sun-Animalcule

Nintendo DSiEurope

Sun-Animalcule plankton get their name from their tendency to emit light in a sphere around them.

Legends of Exidia cover16 Years Ago

Legends of Exidia

Nintendo DSiEurope

An action RPG by Gameloft originally called Might and Magic II when the game first released on mobile platfroms. The game has since been re-released on both DSiWare and iPhone under the name "Legends of Exidia."

Janshin Densetsu: Quest of Jongmaster cover32 Years Ago

Janshin Densetsu: Quest of Jongmaster

Neo Geo MVSNeo GeoJapanNorth America

30 Years Ago

Kyouraku: Sanyo - Toyomaru Parlor! Parlor! 4

Super FamicomJapan

Kyouraku: Sanyo - Toyomaru Parlor! Parlor! 4 is a Miscellaneous game, published by Nippon Telenet, which was released in Japan in 1995.

BackGuiner: Yomigaeru Yuusha-tachi - Hishou-hen Uragiri no Senjou cover28 Years Ago

BackGuiner: Yomigaeru Yuusha-tachi - Hishou-hen Uragiri no Senjou

PlayStationJapan

Sega Saturn de Hakken!! Tamagotchi Park cover28 Years Ago

Sega Saturn de Hakken!! Tamagotchi Park

SaturnJapan

BackGuiner: Yomigaeru Yuusha-tachi - Kakusei-hen Guiner Tensei cover28 Years Ago

BackGuiner: Yomigaeru Yuusha-tachi - Kakusei-hen Guiner Tensei

PlayStationJapan

26 Years Ago

Neo Twenty One

Neo Geo Pocket ColorJapan

Neo 21 is a Miscellaneous game, developed and published by Dyna Corporation, which was released in Japan in 1999.

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

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