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 AgoBloodshot
Sega CDEurope
Bloodshot, known as Battle Frenzy in Germany, is a Sega Mega Drive and Sega Mega-CD game developed by Domark. It is notable for being a 3D first person shooter - one of the few available for the Sega Mega Drive and the only game of this genre for the Sega Mega-CD.
32 Years AgoSuper Bases Loaded 3: License to Steal
SNESWorldwide
Super Bases Loaded 3 is the follow-up to Super Bases Loaded 2 which includes updated stats of over 700 actual MLBPA players including Barry Bonds, Kirby Puckett and Terry Gwynn, just to name a few.
32 Years AgoNo Escape
Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide
Based on the 1994 movie of the same name starring Ray Liotta, the player takes control of Liotta's character, Capt. J.T. Robbins, whose only objective of the game is to escape an island.
32 Years AgoDenjin Makai
ArcadeWorldwide
Denjinmakai is a side-scrolling beat 'em up programmed by Winkysoft and published by Banpresto that was originally released as a coin-operated arcade game on February 1, 1994.
32 Years AgoSesame Street Counting Cafe
Mega Drive / GenesisNorth America
Counting Cafe is an educational game based on the popular children's show Sesame Street. The player controls Grover, working as a waiter at a restaurant, where Mr. Johnson appears and orders various items.
31 Years AgoSterling Sharpe: End 2 End
SNESWorldwide
End 2 End is a football game with the main attraction of it being that it has the personal endorsement of former Green Bay Packer, Sterling Sharpe. Game modes consist of Exhibition, Playoff and All-Star, however there is no Season mode.
31 Years AgoBiomechanical Toy
ArcadeWorldwide
A criminal called Scrubby has escaped. He was imprisoned for trying to steal the Magic Pendulum - which brings toys to life. Relik, a cuckoo clock, guards the pendulum.
31 Years AgoSuper Dany
SNESWorldwide
A French puzzle-platformer advergame in which the player switches between Dany and friends, each with their own special ability, in order to progress through stages.
31 Years AgoEmmitt Smith Football
SNESWorldwide
A generic football game, among the many back in the day, Emmitt Smith Football has the standard Exhibition and Season modes along with multiple camera angles. It also features a 360 degree TV-style instant replay for bone-crunching and ground-breaking plays that are performed.
31 Years AgoJimmy Houston's Bass Tournament U.S.A.
SNESWorldwide
Jimmy Houston's Bass Tournament U.S.A. is a Sports game, developed by Nexus Interact and published by Sammy Studios, which was released in 1995
31 Years AgoManchester United Championship Soccer
SNESWorldwide
The game was released at the time when Manchester United was starting to dominate the English football scene. All the teams from the 1994–95 FA Premier League are represented.
31 Years AgoThe Sporting News Baseball
SNESWorldwide
The Sporting News Baseball doesn't feature a Major League license, but does feature the MLBPA license, meaning that it features some of the best players of the time, such as Ken Griffey Jr., Daryl Strawberry and John Smoltz, to name a few.
31 Years AgoDesert War
ArcadeWorldwide
A vertically scrolling shoot'em up game where the mission is to rescue the prisoners of war from enemy battlefields.
31 Years AgoFinal Lap R
ArcadeWorldwide
The last game in Namco's seminal F1 series, which began eleven years' earlier with 1982's "Pole Position". Final Lap R features the same loose handling and demanding game-play of its predecessors, but has the obligatory improved graphics, due to the more powerful host hardware.
31 Years AgoSlip Stream
ArcadeWorldwide
Slipstream is a sprite-based Formula One racing game featuring four different race tracks; Germany, Japan, Australia and the obligatory Monaco. players can chose to race in any one of eight different F-1 racing cars, with each offering diff…
31 Years AgoGo! Go! Mile Smile
ArcadeWorldwide
You are trying to collect the treasures from a maze. You can move safely around the perimeter but when you go into the maze you leave your egg. To return quickly to your egg, push the button.
31 Years AgoR-Shark
ArcadeWorldwide
R-Shark is a space themed Shoot 'Em Up developed and published by Dooyong in Korea for the Arcade platform. Many of Dooyongs arcade games were exported to Japan, but R-Shark was their first to only be released in Korea.
31 Years AgoSilver Millennium
ArcadeWorldwide
Silver Millennium was released in May 1995. 4000 units were produced at factory. This game is considered as one of the rarest video game ever developed in South Korea.
31 Years AgoSpeed Racer
ArcadeWorldwide
A racing game based on the successful anime cartoon in which the player takes on the role of the young driver Speed Racer and his super racing GT car named Mach 5.
31 Years AgoDeroon DeroDero
ArcadeWorldwide
A Tetrits-like game that you resolve blocks by making 4 of a kind.
31 Years AgoStreet Heroes
NESWorldwide
Far away in the Aotis continent, a powerful sword exists, imbued with magic. People there all have unimaginable power, so it attracts lots of warriors. Now, the best warriors - Rex, Malcolm, Roger, Big Whale, Daphne, Ned, Rock Tiger and Dark Moon - get together for a race.
31 Years AgoWWF Raw: Wrestling's Rudest and Roughest!
Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide
WWF Raw is a professional wrestling game featuring up to twelve superstars (ten in the GameGear, eight in the GameBoy version) from the World Wrestling Federation: Bret "Hit Man" Hart, Bam Bam Bigelow, 1-2-3 Kid, Diesel, Doink, Lex Luger, L…
31 Years AgoCoach K College Basketball
Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide
There are three game modes: Season, Tournament (with three save slots for both) and Exhibition, and options follow the standard set from the NBA Live series.
31 Years AgoCollege Football USA 96
Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide
College Football USA 96 features gridiron action of the college ranks with 108 Division 1-A teams complete with 45 man rosters for each team.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.