ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
January 31
The games released on this day in gaming history.
101 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
38 Years AgoMiracle Warriors: Seal of the Dark Lord
Master SystemNorth America
Japanese RPG. Two editions exist, one for the MSX1 on cartridge, and one for the MSX2 on 3.5" diskette. The seal of the Dark Lord Terarin has been broken and Terarin has been unleashed into the world again.
34 Years AgoNightshade
NESNorth America
IT IS MANKIND'S DARKEST DAY! The shadows of doom grow long as the ancient Egyptian villain Sutekh envelops Metro City with a wave of crime. But Sutekh's seedy underworld is about to be infiltrated by a superhero unlike the world has even seen.
29 Years AgoTwinkle Star Sprites
Neo GeoJapan
Twinkle Star Sprites is a 1996 competitive scrolling shooter arcade game originally created by ADK. It was ADK's last production for the Neo-Geo platform.
29 Years AgoFinal Fantasy VII
PlayStationJapan
Final Fantasy VII (note: this is the original Japan-exclusive version) is a role-playing game set in a post-modern, steampunk world where technology and fantasy elements coexist.
38 Years AgoWonder Boy in Monster Land
PortMaster SystemJapan
The Sega Master System/Sega Mark III port of Wonder Boy in Monster Land.
35 Years AgoBalloon Kid
Game BoyEurope
Take to the skies with Balloon Kid. You'll have to think light as you float across the most unfriendly skies around. Nasty flying creatures will test your piloting skills, but don't go too low because even nastier enemies await you on the ground.
26 Years AgoECW Hardcore Revolution
Nintendo 64PlayStationDreamcastWorldwide
Often imitated, never duplicated, ECW Hardcore Revolution takes you to Hell and back with the most intense hardcore wrestling action the human body can endure. Remember, scars never heal.
40 Years AgoMy Hero
Master SystemJapan
My Hero (Seishun Scandal in Japan) is a Sega video game released via arcade in 1985 and was later ported to the Sega Master System in 1986.
37 Years AgoTex Murphy: Mean Streets
NESNorth America
The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco. You've been hired by the beautiful daughter of a university professor to uncover the facts about his death.
27 Years AgoGuardian's Crusade
PlayStationNorth America
Guardian's Crusade, known in Japan as Knight & Baby, is a 1998 role-playing video game (RPG) for the PlayStation, developed by Tamsoft and released worldwide by Activision.
26 Years AgoSaGa Frontier 2
PlayStationNorth America
Shape History or Be History Select and control decisive moments during decades of royal conflict.
18 Years AgoNeed for Speed: ProStreet
PortPS2Japan
Compete at the highest level of street racing with Need for Speed ProStreet. It’s no longer good enough to simply rule your local neighborhood; you need to dominate on a global stage.
34 Years AgoCyraid
Game BoyWorldwide
3090 A.D. Earth exists as a united and peaceful federation... Until an insanely evil scientists known as ROGUE plants to conquer Earth with an army of dangerous robots, from his fortress CYRAID, high above the capitol city Trillilium.
34 Years AgoFish Dude
Game BoyWorldwide
Players essentially get to control Fish Dude as he eats as many tiny fish in the ocean to get bigger and stronger.
25 Years AgoPuzzle Star Sweep
PortPlayStationNorth America
PlayStation Port of Star Sweep. In this vaguely Tetris-like game, players score points by eliminating "star blocks." A star block is a colored rectangle with a star on one end of it, and blocks are eliminated when the stars of two like-colored blocks touch each other.
20 Years AgoTamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop
Nintendo DSNorth America
Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop lets you assist your virtual pet in building a business. Ten different shops act as unique minigames in which you must control your Tamagotchi character and assist customers.
35 Years AgoDead Heat Scramble
Game BoyWorldwide
Players must choose between a dune buggy, a sand rail vehicle, and the incredible off-road truck. All races are strictly against the clock while the driver navigates through blockades on the road and other drivers that want to defeat the player.
34 Years AgoDouble Dribble: 5 on 5
PortGame BoyWorldwide
Compared to many sports-related Nintendo games of this era, Double Dribble resembled its sport with surprising accuracy. However, there were several quirks in the programming that are noteworthy, if only for their contribution to the overall experience of playing Double Dribble.
30 Years AgoAngel Devoid: Face of the Enemy
PlayStationSaturnNorth America
A cyberpunk point-and-click action-adventure with a dynamic attitude system used during conversations to bring forth different responses. Sticking to one "alignment" is not wise.
30 Years AgoAssault Rigs
PlayStationNorth America
Do you have what it takes to be the next World Net Champion? Grab the controls of the Zam Cam Assault Rig and enter the cyber combat zone of the future!
29 Years AgoThe Raven Project
PlayStationNorth America
This is a sci-fi shooter with gameplay similar to the Rebel Assault series. Divided into missions, you get to play in ship-to-ship combat, mechanised warrior battles, surface-planetary warfare and tail-gunning, according to the developers.
23 Years AgoJinx
PlayStationEurope
Jinx is a 3D platformer for the PlayStation in the vein of other 3D platformers like Spyro the Dragon.
38 Years AgoMaze Hunter 3-D
Master SystemJapan
You are trapped in a twenty-level creature filled maze. Your job is to make your way to the bottom and get out alive. Pick up the iron bar and use it to destroy enemies that get in your way.
35 Years AgoAero Blasters
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
Aero Blasters: Trouble Specialty Raid Unit is a 1990 horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Kaneko and licensed to Namco.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.