ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
February 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
2088 releases
41 Years AgoKonami's Baseball
MSXWorldwide
Batter up with Konami's newest sports game, Baseball! Gather your team and hit a homerun!
41 Years AgoMagical Tree
MSXWorldwide
Players must climb to the top of the tree while avoiding obstacles.
41 Years Ago
41 Years AgoSkyjet
C64Worldwide
You are the pilot of a helicopter and your mission is to explore five levels to find parts to help build a supply base on each level. Trying to stop you are various vehicles that will bomb and shoot at you, but you have a gun to fight back with.
41 Years AgoFlappy Limited '85
Expanded editionMSXWorldwide
1985 re-release of "Flappy" for the MSX, but instead of 57 levels this has 100.
41 Years AgoForbidden Fruit
MSXWorldwide
Gather all the fruit, in a specific order, and then the key which will allow you to unlock the door to the next level. Movement of foes is very predictable as they move in a circular fashion, allowing you to easily move around them.
41 Years Ago
41 Years AgoShinnyuushain Tooru-Kun
SG-1000Worldwide
Shinnyuushain Tooru-Kun is a game for the SG-1000. It was originally an arcade game by Konami known as Mikie outside Japan. An unlicensed version was released for the Sega Master System in South Korea.
41 Years AgoMurder at the Manor
ZX SpectrumEurope
A text adventure game developed by Allan Morton and Keith Bolam that was published by Gemtime in 1983.
41 Years AgoChuckie Egg II
ZX SpectrumEurope
Chuckie Egg II is a sequel to platformer game Chuckie Egg, but is very different from the original game. Whereas the original game features eight levels of one screen each, this features many more screens arranged into a maze for you to explore.
41 Years AgoTime Zone
PC-88PC-98Japan
In order to save Earth's future you are given a time machine enabling you to travel into several time periods of the distant past where you meet famous people like Robin Hood, Christopher Columbos or Cleopatra who will help you to change Earth's destiny.
41 Years AgoThe Count
PC-88PC-98Japan
You are trapped in the castle of a Transylvanian count and only have three days and nights to defeat the count. In order to do so you have to solve puzzles, find secret passageways and most importantly have to be careful not to fall prey to the creatures of the night.
41 Years AgoRally Speedway
C64North America
This racing game is viewed from above, with the circuits comprising junctions, multiple paths and a variety of corner types. There are also hazards off the road to accelerate and steer your vehicle away from. Icy and wet roads are available, which affect the car's handling.
41 Years AgoMinder
MSXEurope
Based on the British TV series of the same name, you play dodgy businessman Arthur Daley and your aim is to amass as much money as possible in two weeks by buying and selling merchandise of dubious provenance.
41 Years AgoAlien 8
ZX SpectrumEurope
Alien 8 is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Ultimate Play The Game.
41 Years Ago
41 Years Ago
41 Years AgoGhetto Blaster
C64Europe
Ghetto Blaster is a computer game that was released for the Commodore 64 in 1985. It was developed by two former employees of the software house Taskset.
41 Years AgoSeaside Special
C64Europe
You have to collect radioactive seaweed from Rotaway Beach, then travel to 10 Downing Street to throw it at the fake politicians.
41 Years AgoRocketball
C64Worldwide
Rocketball is based on the futuristic sports movie Rollerball, released in 1975. The computer game is similar to Roller Derby in that two teams on roller skates travel counter-clockwise around a banked, circular track.
41 Years AgoMad Doctor
C64Worldwide
As the Mad Doctor, you decide you'd like to build yourself a monster. To do this you must find body parts for your monster. To get these you can dig up graves or stealthily attack lone walkers late at night and beat the stuffing out of them.
41 Years AgoDoki-doki Penguin Land
SG-1000Japan
Doki-doki Penguin Land is a 1985 game initially developed by Sega for the SG-1000. It is a platform-based puzzle game, where a penguin must guide an egg down the screen making sure not to break it.
41 Years Ago
40 Years AgoRevs
C64Europe
Revs is a 1984 Formula Three simulation written initially for the BBC Micro by Geoff Crammond and is notable for its realistic simulation of the sport and as a precursor to its author's later work on Formula One Grand Prix and its sequels.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.