On This Day in Gaming: January 30

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

January 30

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

My Merry May cover23 Years Ago

My Merry May

PS2Japan

Kyosuke is a high school student who lives a normal student's life in a dormitory until one day he receives a strange device from abroad. Inside the device is a female replis, an artificial human being.

Kengo 2: Sword of the Samurai cover23 Years Ago

Kengo 2: Sword of the Samurai

PS2Korea

The second game in the Kengo series was released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan on June 27, 2002. It was released in Europe on February 14, 2003 under the title Sword of the Samurai. It features a character creation feature and over 100 detailed swords to choose from.

Volleyball Xciting cover23 Years Ago

Volleyball Xciting

PS2Japan

Volleyball Xciting is a very arcade-like and light volleyball experience for those not looking for that ultra realistic feeling many sports games try to achieve.

Family Bowling cover23 Years Ago

Family Bowling

PlayStationJapan

Family Bowling (also known as Wai Wai Bowling in a later release) is a bowling game that features 2 courts at the beginning of the game (Prism Town & Liberty Planet), 12 characters (only 4 are available at the beginning of the game) & 2 gam…

Simple 1500 Series Vol. 101: The Sentou cover23 Years Ago

Simple 1500 Series Vol. 101: The Sentou

PlayStationJapan

In Simple 1500 series vol. 101 the Sentou the player takes the role of a young boy in charge of a bathhouse.

Simple 1500 Series Vol. 103: The Ganso Densha Utenshi - Densha De Go! cover23 Years Ago

Simple 1500 Series Vol. 103: The Ganso Densha Utenshi - Densha De Go!

PlayStationJapan

The player can choose from a variety of tracks and trains and will then have to drive the train to the designated stations while sticking to the tight schedule, stopping exactly at the marked positions, obeying all signs and signals, and ensuring passenger safety and comfort.

Whistle: Fuki Nukeru Kaze cover23 Years Ago

Whistle: Fuki Nukeru Kaze

PlayStationJapan

Whistle! - Fuki Nukeru Kaze is a mix between an adventure and a simulation game, since the game is divided into 2 different parts, most of the time the game is and adventure game in which the player can only see the game story after that th…

Mr. Driller G cover23 Years Ago

Mr. Driller G

ArcadeJapan

Mr. Driller G is a another entry in Namco's series of arcade puzzle games. As in the previous titles, the main objective is to control a miner character and dig through layers of multi-colored blocks to reach the deeper levels of a shaft and score points.

Powder cover19 Years Ago

Powder

Nintendo DSWorldwide

Powder is a roguelike developed specifically for the Gameboy Advance (GBA). It is not a port of an existing roguelike as the controls of the GBA are very different from the traditional keyboard and the screen imposes some additional limitations.

The Chessmaster cover28 Years Ago

The Chessmaster

PortGame BoyJapan

Top Gear Pocket 2 cover26 Years Ago

Top Gear Pocket 2

Game Boy ColorNorth America

Asterix & Cleopatra cover24 Years Ago

Asterix & Cleopatra

Game Boy AdvanceEurope

Asterix & Obelix cover24 Years Ago

Asterix & Obelix

PortGame Boy AdvanceEurope

Taxi 3 cover23 Years Ago

Taxi 3

Game Boy ColorWorldwide

Taxi 3 cover23 Years Ago

Taxi 3

PortGame Boy AdvanceEurope

22 Years Ago

Majokko Cream-Chan Gokko Series 1: Wan Nyon Idol Gakuen

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

Majokko Cream-Chan Gokko Series 1: Wan Nyon Idol Gakuen is a Strategy game, published by Culture Brain, which was released in Japan in 2003.

Luigi Puzzle cover20 Years Ago

Luigi Puzzle

Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide

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

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