ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
February 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
563 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
32 Years Ago9 Ball Shootout
ArcadeWorldwide
9 Ball Shootout! is a 1 or 2-player 3D pool arcade game released by E-Scape EnterMedia in 1993, licensed to Bundra for distribution. You can select from either Nine Ball, Eight Ball or Straight Pool. If you win, a better computer player steps up to challenge you.
32 Years AgoGreat 1000 Miles Rally: Evolution Model!!!
Expanded editionArcadeWorldwide
This is the minor version up of the original Great 1000 Mile Rally featuring additional vehicles.
32 Years Ago
32 Years AgoTrolls on Treasure Island
NESWorldwide
In this puzzle game, the player controls one of the trolls as they bounce back and forth across the screen trying to acquire the jewels on the playfield. The one caveat is that the players troll has to match the color of the jewel he or she is trying to collect.
32 Years AgoKids on Site
Sega CDWorldwide
Remember the days as a kid when you were fascinated with these big machines on the building site? With this game you have the opportunity to try them out! You can use either the excavator, bulldozer, steamroller or wrecking ball.
32 Years AgoLoadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine
Sega CDWorldwide
Loadstar is a rail-shooter concerned with shooting enemies while navigating your ship, much like Sewer Shark. You're actually on rails in this game, as you travel in a truck/train called Loadstar along a magnetic rail network covering the moon.
32 Years AgoBouncers
Sega CDWorldwide
Arcade basketball game where YOU are the ball. You can't jump high enough on your own to go through the hoop, so you must bounce off other players. Supports up to four simultaneous players.
32 Years AgoRapid Deployment Force: Global Conflict
Sega CDWorldwide
RDF (Rapid Deployment Force) is a first-person 3D tank shooter with the player going up against a plethora of enemies including other tanks, missile launchers, helicopters among many others.
32 Years AgoThe Masked Rider: Kamen Rider ZO
Sega CDWorldwide
The Masked Rider is a Japanese super hero, a man who has become genetically altered to be a man/grasshopper who rides a motorcycle. This FMV game adapts scenes from the movie Masked Rider ZO, and creates a Dragon's Lair style experience.
32 Years AgoThird World War
Sega CDWorldwide
Third World War is a "hypothetical/what if" wargame with a twist. Set sometime in the late 20th century, when conflicts all over the world have erupted, and world peace is but a thing of the past.
32 Years AgoBrett Hull Hockey 95
Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide
AL MICHEAELS CALLS THE PLAY-BY-PLAY! Brutal Checks. Awesome Stick Saves.
32 Years AgoLiberty or Death
Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide
The European Wars against Spain and France have been costly to the British Empire. In order to gain additional funds for the war effort, the Crown raise taxes from the New World colonies without representation.
32 Years AgoNormy's Beach Babe-O-Rama
Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide
Normy is one popular surfer, especially with the ladies on the beach, however one day a UFO appears and kidnaps all the ladies on the beach and it is up to Normy to travel to 29 different alien worlds to bring them back to Earth.
32 Years AgoRichard Scarry's Busytown
Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide
This early version is different from its PC counterpart with this version featuring six different stages to choose from and each with their own type of gameplay.
32 Years AgoTecmo Super Hockey
Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide
Tecmo Super Hockey features the license from the NHLPA, having the top players of the game at the time. It offers exhibition and regular games as well as playing a season with updated stats and the ability to play in the All-Star game as well.
32 Years AgoRap Jam: Volume One
SNESWorldwide
This game combines basketball with some of the most popular rappers of the time as choose-able players. Some of the artists included are: Public Enemy, LL Cool J, Naughty By Nature, Queen Latifah (!), Yo-Yo, House of Pain, Onyx, Warren G. and Coolio.
32 Years AgoAV Bishoujo Senshi Girl Fighting
FamicomJapan
AV Bishoujo Senshi Girl Fighting is a fighting game running on the Street Fighter II engine.
32 Years AgoThe Jetsons: Invasion of the Planet Pirates
SNESNorth America
George Jetson was about to run out to work when his pal Captain Zoom appears out of thin air. Zoom tells him that Zora, the leader of SPREE ("Space Pirates Revelling in Evil Enterprises"), is planning on looting this solar system of all its resource!
32 Years AgoJurassic Boy 2
FamicomChina
In the year 2193, '"Dinosaur" becomes a popular subject again. Scientists all work for making dinosaur revive. 'Nevertheless, they still lack of a special gene.
32 Years AgoSuper International Cricket
SNESEurope
The sequel to International Cricket on the NES, it was developed by Melbourne House (as Beam Software) and published by Nintendo. It features much improved graphics over International Cricket and gameplay superior to all modern cricket games.
32 Years AgoESPN Speed World
Mega Drive / GenesisNorth America
ESPN Speed World is a generic racing game that is made to resemble NASCAR. The player is given a stock car and can tune the car from the angle of the spoiler, to the setting of the shocks, and up to the pressure of the tires.
32 Years AgoBest Bout Boxing
ArcadeJapan
Best Bout Boxing is a boxing arcade game released by Jaleco in 1994, where boxers have to compete for the fictional "1993 World Freeweight Championship" (no weight limitation). It was never released outside Japan.
32 Years AgoKart Fighter
FamicomChina
Kart Fighter is an unlicensed 2D fighting game produced for the Nintendo Famicom. The game features unauthorized appearances by Nintendo's mascot Mario and the rest of the cast of Super Mario Kart in a port of Street Fighter II.
32 Years AgoESPN NBA HangTime '95
Sega CDNorth America
NBA HAngtime '95 takes it to the hoop with the ultimate in 2-on-2 half-court action. Choose from 81 of the hottest players in the NBA from all 27 teams.
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