ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
February 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
2088 releases
44 Years AgoFinal Test Cartridge
ColecoVisionWorldwide
Final Test Cartridge was designed as a full system test of the ColecoVision in 1982.
44 Years AgoMunch Man
Texas Instruments TI-99Worldwide
Munch Man is a video game written by Jim Dramis for the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A home computer and published as a cartridge by Texas Instruments in 1982. Based on Namco's Pac-Man, Munch Man includes several variations that alter and enhance gameplay.
44 Years AgoAlpiner
Texas Instruments TI-99Worldwide
Alpiner is a third-person action game in which the player's goal is to climb safely to the top of various mountains.
44 Years AgoSubmarine Battle
Texas Instruments TI-99Worldwide
Submarine Battle is a poorer version of the Atari Classic Combat but without the variety. In this game you are a submarine shooting boats and planes as they attempt to locate and destroy your submarine. Sea material is also found in the water making this even more challenging.
44 Years AgoLoony Balloon
Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000Worldwide
In Loony Balloon, the player controls a kid carrying a swaying balloon crossing a playground. To get out of the playground, he must reduce the balloon's sway, or it will burst when he crosses the exit.
44 Years AgoThe Mousing Cat
Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000Worldwide
The Mousing Cat is another game about the eternal conflict between felines and rodents. The game consists in a series of six encounters in which the players alternate the roles of cat and mouse (three times each).
44 Years Ago4 in 1 Row
Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000Worldwide
Connect 4 ring any bells, it should do, this game is a variation on the paper/pen classic 0X0 also, all you have to do to beat your opponent is simply out manoeuvre them in a strategy game of getting 4 of your colours in one row while blocking your opponent from doing the same.
44 Years AgoDevil Fish
ArcadeWorldwide
The player controls a dog who must feed squids in order to make them trap themselves on the several passages of the maze, as they will be too fat to advance. When they are trapped, the dog must go against them and touch them.
44 Years AgoTazz-Mania
ArcadeWorldwide
You control a Q*bert-style character with a machine gun. The object of the game is to shoot all the "hoppers" (small non-moving characters) in room and then move onto the next. Each room has its own unique monster type that attacks you and the room is named accordingly.
44 Years AgoWord Zapper
Atari 2600Worldwide
Word Zapper is a one or two-player, full color, action game with 24 variations, designed to be played on the ATARI (R) Video Computer System (TM) or Sears Video Arcade. The Joystick Controller links you with a most profound vehicle of amusement, the rotary wing Word Zapper.
44 Years AgoTunnels of Doom
Texas Instruments TI-99Worldwide
One of the first graphical computer role-playing games, Tunnels of Doom puts the players in control of up to four characters in a single party, to explore the dangerous Tunnels of Doom, fight monsters, and collect treasure.
44 Years AgoAbductor
Commodore VIC-20Worldwide
Abductor is a side view single screen shooter where you control a spacecraft at the bottom of the screen, moving left or right, and you have to blast and destroy all aliens that appear in various formations above.
44 Years AgoHungry Horace
ZX SpectrumEurope
“Hungry Horace” offered gameplay based of the popular arcade game “Pac-Man”, it was celebrated as the first arcade game for the Spectrum. It was one of the few Spectrum games that were also available in ROM format.
44 Years AgoTurtle Bridge
Game & WatchNorth America
Turtle Bridge is a widescreen Game & Watch video game released in 1982 by Nintendo. In the game, you must get the character from one side of a lake to the other by jumping on the shells of turtles that are protruding from the water.
43 Years AgoSt. Nick
Texas Instruments TI-99Worldwide
St. Nick was the first title Funware released after being bought out in the Summer of 1983 by Creative Software. In 1983 there were as many as 3 companies interested in buying out Funware, those being Activision, Epyx, and Creative Software.
43 Years AgoRabbit Trail
Texas Instruments TI-99Worldwide
In "Rabbit Trail," you control the eponymous character, trying to collect all of the characters before other critters get you. You follow a static trail, using rabbit holes to climb from platform to platform. Jump to evade weasels and snag carrots.
43 Years AgoStory Machine
Texas Instruments TI-99Worldwide
Story Machine is a product aimed at children for teaching language skills. The product contains animations assigned to key nouns, and verbs. By typing phrases such as "The Girl Jumps Over the Flower" will show the player an animation of a girl jumping over a flower.
43 Years AgoTopper
Texas Instruments TI-99Worldwide
Poor Topper, the lovable little turtle who tries to liven up his universe by painting his galactic tiles. But, the mysterious Dynomite and the Renegade Rabbits will stop him if they can. It's up to you.
43 Years AgoTypo II
Texas Instruments TI-99Worldwide
Journey into the land of enhanced reality with TYPO II. This exciting educational game is by ROMOX, for your Texas Instruments 99/4A Home Computer. TYPO II is an educational and fun challenger for one player at a time.
43 Years AgoAnt Colony
Texas Instruments TI-99Worldwide
Ant Colony is a prototype game from Funware which was never released. In the game you play the role of an exterminator who much navigate through the puzzled map and clear out ants as they emerge and spread out through the map.
43 Years AgoGerm Patrol
Texas Instruments TI-99Worldwide
Germ Patrol is a game from Texas Instruments where you must defend the external membrane of a cell from an onslaught of germs as they try and enter. You take the role of a sponge type material which will absorb the germs as they attempt to enter the cell membrane.
43 Years AgoLobster Bay
Texas Instruments TI-99Worldwide
Lobster Bay is a prototype from Funware which was never released. In Lobster Bay you take the role of a scuba diver in search of missing treasure. You start the game by dismounting from your ship to further dive to greater depths.
43 Years AgoMouse Attack
Texas Instruments TI-99Worldwide
Mouse Attack is a Pac-Man type game where you are the mouse and must navigate through the map to escape the 4 cats on the screen. The path of your character, the mouse, is displayed after each section is crossed.
43 Years AgoMail Plane
VectrexWorldwide
As far as Vectrex games go, the holy grail for many collectors and gamers is the unreleased flight simulator, Mail Plane.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.