ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
February 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
2088 releases
39 Years AgoTypo Man
Texas Instruments TI-99Worldwide
Typo Man appears very similar to Typo II. In this Pac-Man style clone you must navigate the map through correct keystrokes displayed on the map. Once all objectives are completed the map is cleared and a new map is displayed. Watch out for the ghost gloves!
39 Years AgoSpiderdroid
Atari 2600Worldwide
It's the future, when droids do battle. You send your Spiderdroid in to capture a building by covering the structure with its unbreakable Droidweb. Your Spiderdroid lays down a web strand as it crawls along each girder.
39 Years AgoSea Hunt
Atari 2600Worldwide
You are diving for treasure in perilous waters infested with man-eating fish and vicious sea monsters! You must be careful to choose just the right moment to dive into the water because you cannot defend yourself while you are diving.
39 Years AgoMean Streak
C64Worldwide
In the future, most people travel using Matter Transporters, but to Rebels this is dull. They have taken the abandoned orbital road and turned it into the Battletrack.
39 Years AgoChip Shot: Super Pro Golf
IntellivisionWorldwide
Chip Shot: Super Pro Golf is 1-2 player golfing game where you play 9 or 18 holes, choosing from 1 of 5 courses of varying difficulty. Play with a bag of 14 clubs. Shoot over trees, sand traps, and water hazards.
39 Years AgoDiner
IntellivisionWorldwide
In this unofficial sequel to the arcade game BurgerTime, the Rotten Foods (Hot Dogs, Cherries, Bananas, and their leader Mugsy, the Mug o' Root Beer) have thrown lunch all over the diner and Peter Pepper has to get it back on the plate.
39 Years AgoLearning Fun I
IntellivisionWorldwide
MATH MASTER: You are a gorilla strolling along the banks of a river. Your path is suddenly blocked by an animal! Under the animal is a math problem.
39 Years AgoSlam Dunk: Super Pro Basketball
IntellivisionWorldwide
At the time, this was the only sports game cartridge that let you own & manage your team.
39 Years AgoTriple Challenge
IntellivisionWorldwide
Triple Challenge features three previously released games on one cartridge: chess (formerly USCF Chess), checkers, and backgammon (formerly ABPA Backgammon).
39 Years AgoDeadly Dogs
IntellivisionWorldwide
Deadly Discs fan Dave Warhol put together his own private version of the game, replacing the enemy warriors with the hot dogs from BurgerTime. He called the result Deadly Dogs.
39 Years AgoF-1 Spirit: the Way to Formula-1
MSXWorldwide
F-1 Spirit: The Way To Formula-1 is a top down Formula One Racing game, developed and published by Konami, which was released for the MSX in Japan and Europe in 1987. The game engine is very similar to Konami's Road Fighter.
39 Years AgoA Life M36 Planet
MSXWorldwide
It's an action-adventure game where the player has to find out if the planet M36 is suitable for a human colony.
39 Years AgoAngleball
MSXWorldwide
Angleball is a variation on Pool, using a hexagonal table with 6 pockets and 6 sides. The ball can rebound off these at unusual angles, making the outcomes of shots harder to predict.
39 Years AgoAshGuine Story II: Kokuu no Gajou
MSXWorldwide
The time had come to put an end to the long and unproductive battle. This was brought about by the Azumural, the third race that came from the heavens.
39 Years AgoAshGuine: Densetsu no Seisenshi
MSXWorldwide
The evil Banutracus had destroyed the great civilization of the planet Nepenthus and brought it down to a primitive state. War broke out between the planet's humble Eletrian people and Banutracus's barbarous Cooligan invaders.
39 Years AgoAshGuine Story III: Fukushuu no Honoo
MSXWorldwide
Seven years ago, the father and mother of the Reptile-Human ASHGUINE were killed by the Ghouls. But now, changing his appearance with the help of an old machine, Ashguine is the only one to launch a counter-attack on the enemy armies. It's time for revenge.
39 Years AgoKnither Special
MSXWorldwide
Knither is the sequel to Demon Crystal. The gameplay is similar - collect keys to open locked areas, find the big key and then the exit, only now you also have to collect 3 passwords per world, otherwise you cannot advance to the next world.
39 Years AgoT.N.T
MSXAtari ST/STEWorldwide
The game is similar in style to the game 'Commando', in that your navigating a terrain while facing numerous enemy soldiers. Your equipped with a machine gun, and with grenades that you can throw. The game story starts when a helicopter leaves you in the middle of the action ...
39 Years AgoMashou no Yakata Gabalin
MSXWorldwide
Mashou no Yakata Gabalin is an adaptation of the 1986 American horror–comedy film House. It follows the story of Roger Cobb, a writer and Vietnam War veteran who returns to his late aunt’s mansion in search of his missing son, Jimmy.
39 Years AgoOne-on-One Basketball
Atari 7800Worldwide
You're out on a dream court for a hot game of One-on-One. You're the Bird. Or you're Dr.
39 Years AgoStar Dust
MSXAmstrad CPCZX SpectrumDOSWorldwide
The Biodroid Empire has launched a mass attack on Earth. Fortunately, its entire network of ships use shields powered remotely from a single generator located on their homeworld. As a feared pilot, you must fly your Astrohunter spaceship through hostile territory to destroy it.
39 Years AgoSuper Runner
MSXWorldwide
Sports type running game with a twist. This game can be played with two players or against the computer. You need to pick up an object that resembles an American Football and be the first to cross the finish line.
39 Years AgoAfter Burner
PortZX SpectrumAmstrad CPCMSXWorldwide
After Burner - You've played the arcade smash - now experience the white-knuckled realism of a supersonic dogfight at home! Using your heat-seeking missiles and laser anti-aircraft fire, can you be top gun against a seething supersonic swarm?
39 Years AgoAddicta Ball
MSXEurope
Addicta Ball is a Breakout clone with a twist. Players control a paddle to break down a wall of different block by bouncing a ball against them, but instead of removing them to clear a level, players need to make a path for the paddle to pass through.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.