On This Day in Gaming: January 31

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

January 31

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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Robothorium cover7 Years Ago

Robothorium

SwitchNorth America

Robothorium is a futuristic turn-based RPG combining rogue like gameplay and turn-based combat. Lead a robotic uprising by playing the AI, choose your allies by taking decisions and manage your team of robots to free them from the Human domination.

Conception Plus: Maidens of the Twelve Stars cover7 Years Ago

Conception Plus: Maidens of the Twelve Stars

RemasterPS4Japan

The baby boom is back as this star-filled RPG is reborn on PlayStation 4! The main protagonist, Itsuki Yuge, is summoned to the magical world of Granvania to save it from evil Impurities.

Mole Game cover6 Years Ago

Mole Game

PCWorldwide

You are a Mole. Collect sunflowers throughout the year and achieve serenity.

Saboteur! cover6 Years Ago

Saboteur!

RemasterPS4North America

A classic retro hit. SimFabric in cooperation with Clive Townsend prepared a special remastered version of Saboteur! A game originally created in 1985 by Clive Townsend for the 8-bit computer ZX Spectrum.

Divine Miko Koyori cover6 Years Ago

Divine Miko Koyori

PCWorldwide

As an exorcist who commands powers of the divine, Koyori is sent to a remote village to exorcise the area as part of her training. However, what should have been a simple task soon escalates to unforeseen magnitudes as the dark plot behind the whole incident begins to unfold…

8-Bit Adventures 2 cover3 Years Ago

8-Bit Adventures 2

PCWorldwide

8-Bit Adventures 2 is everything you love about NES, SNES and PS1-era JRPGs - with all of the charm, heart and soul, but none of the inconvenience. Dynamic turn-based battles & pixels with personality!

Pursuit cover51 Years Ago

Pursuit

ArcadeNorth America

Forward-facing cockpit point-of-view, move your crosshairs over jet planes you are pursuing and gun them down! You play as a World War I flying ace who tries to shoot down enemy planes.

Videocart-8: Magic Numbers - Mind Reader & Nim cover49 Years Ago

Videocart-8: Magic Numbers - Mind Reader & Nim

Fairchild Channel FWorldwide

Mind Reader is a one-player game, you against the computer. The object is to guess the number the computer is thinking of. The number can be 2 to 5 digits long.

Nightraiders cover43 Years Ago

Nightraiders

Atari 8-bitNorth America

A vertical scrolling shoot'em up written by Peter Filiberti and published by Datamost for the Atari 8-bit home computers.

On the oche cover42 Years Ago

On the oche

Amstrad CPCZX SpectrumEurope

On the Oche is a Sports game, developed and published by Artic Computing Ltd., which was released in Europe in 1984.

El Dorado Denki cover41 Years Ago

El Dorado Denki

FM-7Japan

Your friend has been murdered. His sister has been kidnapped. You have to save her! In order to do so, you'll have to go to El Dorado, the land of the Amazonekos, or cat girl amazons.

Championship Tennis cover40 Years Ago

Championship Tennis

IntellivisionWorldwide

You can play alone, against your Intellivision unit or with another player either in singles or in doubles. You can even let your Intellivision take both sides and just watch. Go ahead conquer Paris, New York, and Wimbledon if you can.

World Cup Soccer cover40 Years Ago

World Cup Soccer

IntellivisionWorldwide

Play against the computer or play against a friend. With the optional ECS Computer Adaptor three or four players can play or two can play against the computer. World Cup Soccer is an advanced version of the original, successful Soccer.

Frank Bruno's Boxing cover40 Years Ago

Frank Bruno's Boxing

Commodore 16Commodore Plus/4Europe

"Super Punch-Out" clone.

World Championship Baseball cover39 Years Ago

World Championship Baseball

IntellivisionWorldwide

You're the home team in blue, engaged in the most realistic home video baseball game around. You've got to hit the fast-breaking curve balls or smoking fastballs. But don't pop up, this game features fly balls as well a grounders.

Shadow Knights cover35 Years Ago

Shadow Knights

DOSWorldwide

As a ninja with a mission to "redeem Naipusan, the once peaceful land that was destroyed by the northern armies", you have to defeat the evil Shogun of Death.

Dragon Knight II cover35 Years Ago

Dragon Knight II

MSXJapan

Dragon Knight II is the predecessor to Knights of Xentar, the only Dragon Knight game that was ever translated into English. This is a first-person game that is mainly dedicated to dungeon exploring.

Gomenne Angel: Yokohama Monogatari cover34 Years Ago

Gomenne Angel: Yokohama Monogatari

PC-98FM TownsJapan

One day the hero picks up a notebook and it turns out to be a possession of a girl student of St. Francis girls academy where his fiance is teaching. All three of them meet in a cafe, but girl looks very anxious.

Skunny Kart cover32 Years Ago

Skunny Kart

PCWorldwide

Skunny Kart plays much like Mario Kart for the SNES. The player races around the track trying to finish the race in first place. Along the way there are traps scattered around the tracks as well as some power ups.

Doukyuusei 2 cover31 Years Ago

Doukyuusei 2

PC-98Japan

The sequel to the dating sim that rocked the world (maybe) in 1992! Doukyuusei 2 is a 1995 classic erotic love adventure, a genre that is also referred to as "dating simulations". It has a new location and new protagonist.

Allied General cover30 Years Ago

Allied General

PCNorth America

Imagine that you are an Allied General. You are the commander of the Allied troops in Europe during World War II, and are the best hope of defeating the Axis forces which have captured Europe and North Africa.

Princess Maker cover29 Years Ago

Princess Maker

X68000Japan

After defeating an evil demon, the player is in charge of raising a war orphan, Maria.

Magical Girl Pretty Samy Part 1: In the Earth cover29 Years Ago

Magical Girl Pretty Samy Part 1: In the Earth

PCJapan

Based on Magical Girl Pretty Sammy anime TV series which focuses on magical girl Sasami from the Tenchi Muyo! universe.

Boom cover29 Years Ago

Boom

MacWorldwide

Described by the creators as "Bomberman meets Doom", Boom vigorously thrusts 80 levels directly into your cranium.

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

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