ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
February 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
2088 releases
37 Years AgoCosmos Club
PC-98Japan
Main character is a freshman student who gets to enter a student dormitory "Cosmos club" full of girls. He is secretly in love with one of the girls and seeks her attention.
37 Years AgoFortress
PC-88Japan
In Fortress, players build castles and attempt to control more territory than their opponent.
37 Years AgoMalaya No Hihou
MSX2Japan
Malaya no Hihou is an Action game, developed and published by Pony Canyon, which was released in Japan in 1989.
37 Years AgoRandar II: Revenge of Death
MSX2Japan
Japanese RPG. Second of the Randar series, included on the Disc Station Special 3 - Vacation Edition compilation.
37 Years AgoRandar no Bouken
MSX2Japan
Japanese RPG. First of the Randar series, included on the Disc Station Special 1 - Spring Edition compilation.
36 Years AgoChocks Away
Acorn ArchimedesWorldwide
Chocks Away is a flight simulation game for the Acorn Archimedes. It was written by Andrew Hutchings and published by The Fourth Dimension. The game is loosely set in the First World War, though many elements are simplified and anachronistic.
36 Years AgoMithos
Amstrad CPCZX SpectrumMSXAmstrad PCWDOSWorldwide
After Ulises, Mithos is the second game published by Opera Soft based on the Greek mythology. Mithos is a side-scrolling action game. In the game the player controls an archer centaur called Ahyzar, who must recover the seven lost magic coins of his god Krosar.
36 Years AgoPinball Jam
LynxWorldwide
Pinball Jam is a Lynx conversion of two pinball tables: "Elvira and the Party Monsters" (Midway, 1989), and "Police Force" (Williams, 1989).
36 Years AgoSpooky Castle
C64Worldwide
King Michael has promised the hand of marriage to Princess Clare to anyone who can save her from Spooky Castle. You, Gormless Gary has taken up the challenge and entered the castle.
36 Years AgoAdventures of Beetlejuice: Skeletons in the Closet
PCWorldwide
A truly bizarre game which was rather popular at the time.
36 Years AgoBalance of the Planet
PCWorldwide
Balance of the Planet is an environmental management simulation. It is the successor to Balance of Power. Chris Crawford seems to have a special liking for problems of global concern.
36 Years AgoDarkspyre
PCWorldwide
The Gods of War, Intelligence, and Magic have created DarkSpyre, and intimidating tower full of riddles and monsters.
36 Years AgoCaesar's World of Gambling
Philips CD-iWorldwide
A Gambling game made for the infamous Philips CD-i.
36 Years AgoPaint School II
Philips CD-iWorldwide
Paint School II has all the remarkable features of Paint School I: the use of 32,000 colors for spectacular painting, CD-quality music to color by, and sophisticated software for a "smart" program!
36 Years AgoSandy's Circus Adventure
Philips CD-iWorldwide
Sandy, the cuddly sea lion, is lost in the circus and your child is invited along! Together they can explore all the excitement, fun and adventure of the Big Top.
36 Years AgoJocky Wilson's Compendium of Darts
ZX SpectrumWorldwide
Zeppelin's second game licensed from the successful darts player has a much wider scope than the previous Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge.
36 Years AgoDie Hard
PortC64North America
This PC Engine Die Hard game starts out outside, making you wonder if the people who made it ever even saw the movie.
36 Years AgoJetFighter II: Advanced Tactical Fighter
DOSWorldwide
War erupts once again along the west coast of America, although this time it is with a drug baron.
36 Years AgoXak II: Rising of the Redmoon
MSXJapan
Xak II: Rising of the Redmoon is a Role-Playing game, developed and published by Micro Cabin, which was released in Japan in 1991.
36 Years AgoAPB
PortAmigaEurope
Put your foot on the gas and let rip as you roar through the streets of the city in a series of hilarious and wild car chases.
36 Years AgoEgghead
ZX SpectrumEurope
Single screen platformer (a la Manic Miner) for the ZX Spectrum by Jonathan Cauldwell. Released on a cover tape for Crash magazine in 1990.
36 Years AgoRandar no Bouken III: Yami ni Miserareta Majutsushi
MSX2Japan
Randar no Bouken III: Yami ni Miserareta Majutsushi is a Japanese role-playing game and the third entry in the Randar no Bouken series. It features turn-based combat and exploration in a fantasy setting.
36 Years AgoWar of the Lance
DOSWorldwide
War of the Lance is presented in a top-down view. In single player mode, the player plays the Whitestone side to fight the evil forces of the Highlord (controlled by the computer). In a two-player game, the second player will play the Highlord forces.
35 Years AgoSuper Skweek
Amstrad CPCWorldwide
Super Skweek is a game inspired by the wide success of Chip's Challenge, and shares some elements of that puzzler while combining other elements from games such as Pengo.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.