ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
January 31
The games released on this day in gaming history.
978 releases
27 Years AgoBrickout!
IntellivisionWorldwide
[Unreleased 1981] GAME DESCRIPTION Use your paddle to bounce a ball against descending rows of colored bricks. Hit bricks disappear, scoring points. PRODUCTION HISTORY Brickout! was an Intellivision version of the Atari arcade and video game Breakout.
27 Years AgoAir Strike
IntellivisionWorldwide
[Unfinished 1982] You're piloting a biplane through enemy territory. Drop bombs on factories and ammunition depots. Engage enemy planes in dogfights to the death!
27 Years AgoKing of the Mountain
IntellivisionWorldwide
Head up the mountain, avoiding bears, boulders and inclement weather. But first, stock up on supplies -- you won't get far without food and shelter. But don't overpack -- the extra weight will slow you down.
27 Years AgoLand Battle
IntellivisionWorldwide
[Unreleased 1982] Land Battle is a two player war game which utilizes both strategic and tactical modes of play.
26 Years AgoBlaze & Blade: Eternal Quest
PCNorth America
Blaze & Blade: Eternal Quest is an action RPG where you control a party of four. Character creation allows you to define a player's behaviour as well as their abilities. Your goal is to venture into The Forbidden Land, formerly known as Foresia, and deliver the land from evil.
25 Years AgoCluedo Chronicles - Fatal Illusion
PCNorth America
Welcome to Fatal Illusion, Episode 1 of the Clue Chronicles Mystery Series; an expansive, richly detailed world where YOU actually solve the mystery! It's New Year's Eve 1938.
25 Years AgoAge of Sail II
PCNorth America
Age of Sail II simulates naval warfare from 1775 to 1820 with a real-time 3-D sailing and combat model. Over 1,200 historical ships and 100 historical American and British scenarios are available, including: Copenhagen, the Battle of the Nile, Trafalgar, Cape St.
25 Years AgoGekihaden
PCJapan
A unique side-scrolling shooting game in which all the graphics other than the background, such as your own plane and enemy planes, are written in kanji. Players use lock-on lasers and regular bullets to complete a total of 7 stages with a wide variety.
24 Years AgoRobot Rubble
IntellivisionWorldwide
A robot is shooting at you - lob a grenade to destroy it. Boom! But once it's gone, a tougher robot takes its place!
24 Years AgoLeague of Light
IntellivisionWorldwide
[Unreleased 1983] Maneuver down an abstract tunnel of colored light without crashing. Succeed and go on to a musical memory game: notes are randomly played that you must then play back using the hand controller keypad.
23 Years AgoJust Another Point n Click Adventure
PCWorldwide
Follow Andrew, and his brother Alistair as they go on a quest... to get a life.
23 Years AgoFootball Generation
PCEurope
Football Generation kicks lesser soccer games in to touch. A comprehensive listing of 44 international and 33 club teams from across the globe are available across game modes for 1-8 players.
23 Years AgoTottoko Hamtaro Card-e
e-Reader / Card-e ReaderJapan
Hamtaro-e is an e-Reader video game released in 2003, exclusively in Japan. Not much is known about the game, though it's possible that it gives the player extra features in the Game Boy Advance Hamtaro games (much like Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros.
23 Years AgoSeparate Blue
PCWorldwide
The game begins on June 14, Saturday, in the coffee restaurant Amica Cips. Here, the protagonist wakes up and introduces himself as a transfer student who moved from Tokyo to his uncle's home in town Mihatoya City about three months ago, in early March.
23 Years AgoSnow
PCJapan
The story of Snow starts when the main protagonist Izumo Kanata visits a small village called Ryujinmura (village of the dragon god) to help his cousin Tsugumi manage a local hotel with hot springs.
22 Years AgoThe Lord of the Rings Online Trading Card Game
PCWorldwide
Based on the physical Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game, LOTROTCG was a digital version of that game played online.
22 Years AgoTales of Mobile: Tales of Breaker
MobileJapan
Tales of Breaker is the first role-playing game in the Tales of Mobile series. The story follows the adventures of a young girl named Mika, who must travel the world in order to stop a rising evil from engulfing the land.
20 Years AgoPlantasia
PCWorldwide
Plantasia is a whimsical time-management game and was released in January 2006. The lead designer from gameLab was Nick Fortugno, the designer of DinerDash.
20 Years AgoMicrosoft Ants
Web browserWorldwide
A multiplayer strategy game where you play as an army of ants making the best nest against other players. You win by gaining the most points which is done through eating and stealing food across maps. On January 31, 2006, Microsoft's Zone retired Ants due to a lack of players.
19 Years AgoSnowboard Stunts
Web browserWorldwide
Hit the snow slopes with this adrenaline pumping snowboarding game. Perform crazy stunts on your snowboard to collect points and accolades. Pump air into your stride by timing your jumps carefully while negotiating 3 killer kickers.
19 Years AgoOüba: The Great Journey
MacWorldwide
Oüba: The Great Journey is a tile-matching game, where the objective is to release the Oübas by making horizontal or vertical matches of three or more bricks of the same color, within a time limit.
18 Years AgoThe Unfair Platformer
Web browserWorldwide
Who said platform games had to be nice and fair? Time for a little change. Arrow keys to move, try get through all the levels.
18 Years Ago
18 Years AgoHarpooned
PCWorldwide
Harpooned is a socially conscious shoot 'em up that puts you at the helm of a Japanese whaling boat. The game was created by developer Conor O'Kane to critique the Japanese government's whaling program and its claims that the practice is scientific in nature.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.