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
41 Years Ago
41 Years AgoIndoor Soccer
ArcadeWorldwide
Indoor Soccer is a Sports game, developed and published by Universal, which was released in 1985.
41 Years AgoCrazy Rally
ArcadeWorldwide
A top-down, vertical scrolling racing game in the style of other rally games. The route consists of three stages with a variety of obstacles including tight turns, accidents on the highway and oncoming traffic.
41 Years Ago
41 Years AgoBogey Manor
ArcadeWorldwide
You play as a young ghost hunter boy who runs around a haunted house.
40 Years AgoZwackery
ArcadeWorldwide
A fantasy-type game with all the fairy tale elements. Jump around and preserve all the pages of Zak's "Book of Life" from the Gholum.
40 Years AgoBaluba-louk no Densetsu
ArcadeWorldwide
Baluba-louk No Densetsu is a platform arcade game released by Able in 1986. An explorer must get all the treasure chests while avoiding the monsters.
40 Years AgoLode Runner - Teikoku Karano Dasshutsu
ArcadeWorldwide
In 1986, Irem released their fourth and final arcade conversions of Lode Runner. Like the previous two, it contained 30 selected levels from the 150 original levels. However, it is the only version to contain a new mode of play: two player cooperative.
40 Years AgoHexa
ArcadeWorldwide
Blocks in groups of three will descend from the top of the screen. They are aligned vertically and will have a colored symbol within. You must place them on the stack so as to have three of a kind in rows in any direction.
40 Years AgoLast Mission
ArcadeJapan
The players assume the role of an alien-humanoid space pilot who has been exiled from their home galaxy for committing an unlearned crime.
40 Years AgoChampionship Sprint
ArcadeNorth America
Championship Sprint is an arcade game that was released in 1986 and was the sequel to Super Sprint
39 Years AgoHissatsu Buraiken
ArcadeWorldwide
Also known as Avengers outside of Japan. Hissatsu Buraiken is a beat-em-up with a twist: a twist of the camera, to be precise, with the usual left-to-right action replaced by a top-down perspective.
39 Years AgoKid no Hore Hore Daisakusen
ArcadeWorldwide
Before the SNES adaptation, Nichibitsu had actually licensed the Heiankyo Alien game in order to create its Kid no Hore Hore Daisakusen series. Although it features hole digging/enemy trapping mechanic, it's hardly the trap-'em-up that Heiankyo Alien is.
39 Years Ago
39 Years Ago
39 Years AgoFast Lane
ArcadeWorldwide
In this driving/maze game, you control a vehicle who must drive through the entire maze to progress. There is another vehicle who tries to stop you so to aid your progress, you must drive through the beach ladies in order to gain power-ups which you can use on the other vehicle.
39 Years AgoGaryo Retsuden
ArcadeWorldwide
Choose one of 3 characters and shoot at all advancing enemies in this top-down vertical-scrolling action game. Collect items to increase your speed and firepower.
39 Years AgoHyper Crash
ArcadeJapan
Player driving a black night rider like car to race against many red cars and ultimately can crash them into oil barrels or walls.
39 Years AgoHigh School Kimengumi
Master SystemWorldwide
Adventure game based on the manga by Motoei Shinzawa with the same name.
38 Years AgoThe Main Event
ArcadeWorldwide
The Main Event is a professional wrestling arcade game. A player selects two different wrestlers as their tag team, and they wrestle another tag team. If the player wins, his team moves on to another match.
38 Years AgoCrazy Climber 2
ArcadeWorldwide
Crazy Climber 2 (クレイジークライマー2?) is a 1988 arcade game developed and published by Nichibutsu. It is the sequel to the 1980 arcade game Crazy Climber. The gameplay is mostly identical to that of its predecessor, but there some significant differences.
38 Years AgoF-1 Dream
ArcadeWorldwide
F-1 Dream (Japanese: F1ドリーム?) is an automobile racing arcade game released by Capcom exclusively in Japan in 1988. It also had a PC Engine port released on August 25, 1989.
38 Years AgoDead Angle
ArcadeWorldwide
Armed only with your trusty Tommy gun, you must exterminate all the main gangster families in order to reach the main kingpin so you can save your girl. Beware, they are waiting for you and will not go down without putting up a fight in this challenging shoot'em up.
38 Years AgoGold Medalist
ArcadeWorldwide
Based on the Seoul Olympics, this is a multi-event track and field game for up to four players and featuring nine different events.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.