ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
February 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
2088 releases
38 Years AgoSyvalion
ArcadeWorldwide
Syvalion is an arcade shooter video game released by Taito in 1988 and designed by Fukio Mitsuji, creator of Bubble Bobble. The player controls a golden metal dragon which flies around, breathing fire at its enemies while collecting power-ups to recharge its fire.
38 Years AgoHot Rod Racing
ArcadeWorldwide
Hot Rod is a top-down arcade racing game developed by Sega. It allows up to four players simultaneously, and the player competes in races with three other cars. It is possible to upgrade the car at a Parts Shop.
38 Years AgoHeavy Unit
ArcadeWorldwide
Heavy Unit is a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game developed by Kaneko and published by Taito in 1988. It was ported to the PC Engine and Sega Mega Drive by Taito and was released on December 22, 1989.
38 Years AgoBlasted
ArcadeWorldwide
Using your high-powered scope rifle, blast aliens and other bad guys who have invaded an apartment complex, but be careful not to shoot the tenants or get hit by return fire. In two-player mode, you shoot at your opponent's building and he shoots at yours.
38 Years AgoFisher-Price: Firehouse Rescue
NESWorldwide
In Fisher-Price: Firehouse Rescue, the player controls a fireman driving a firetruck. Both the fireman and the firetruck bear the familiar style of the popular Fisher-Price toy line.
38 Years AgoChampions of Europe
Master SystemWorldwide
Your chance to be a champion has arrived! Compete against Europe's finest teams in the football game for 1992. Fast-paced action, multiple options, "instinctive" controls and superb animation make Champions of Europe - The official game of UEFA '92 rock solid soccer!
38 Years AgoReggie Jackson Baseball
Master SystemWorldwide
Ever wanted to play in the big leagues? Now is your chance. Step up to the plate with Sega's Reggie Jackson Baseball.
38 Years AgoDevastators
ArcadeJapan
Devastators (餓流禍 Garuka?) is a 1988 third-person shoot 'em up arcade game by Konami.[1] Devastators was made available on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs on December 22, 2010.
38 Years AgoGangBusters
ArcadeJapan
Gang Busters is an Action game, developed and published by Konami, which was released in Japan in 1988.
38 Years AgoHard Head
ArcadeNorth America
Although the official Title Hard Head was the same in every region, SunA's second game used to be known in Korea as "Jjanggu Baksa" (Dr. Bulgehead)3. It is incredible how many elements from other games are squeezed into a surprisingly fun melange platformer.
38 Years AgoBonze Adventure
ArcadeJapan
The player controls a Buddhist monk, Bonze Kackremboh. His weapons are Buddhist prayer beads, called "mala" beads, which can be powered up until they become almost as large as the player. The monk battles snakes, giant eyeballs, ghosts and other enemy creatures.
38 Years AgoJumbo Ozaki no Hole in One Professional
PortFamicomJapan
A golf sim for the NES developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 1988 in Japan only. It uses the likeness of prolific Japanese professional golfer Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki.
38 Years AgoFire Bam
Famicom Disk SystemJapan
Bam is a fifteen years old courageous boy. Like every boy his age, Bam must pass the village's test and bring back an insect's shell from the forest. But as he returns, and to his surprise, most of the village has been destroyed and his parents turned into demons.
37 Years AgoWorld Class Baseball
PC EngineWorldwide
This game belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Nothing takes you out to the ballgame like World Class Baseball! It tests all your baseball knowledge and skills.
37 Years AgoMad Motor
ArcadeWorldwide
Mad motor is a 2D side-scrolling biker-themed beat 'em-up game that puts players in the shoes of a motor driver on a highway. You have to beat-up enemies driving different types of motors and cars as well enemies on gliders.
37 Years AgoCaliber .50
ArcadeWorldwide
Caliber .50 is a 1989 scrolling shooter arcade game developed by SETA Corporation. Players control a United States Air Force pilot who was taken as a prisoner of war in Vietnam in 1972. The pilot must escape the prison compound by battling enemy soldiers with guns and grenades.
37 Years AgoBottom of the Ninth
ArcadeWorldwide
One or two players choose a ballclub from cities like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, or Boston and compete either against the computer or each other in this baseball game. A wide variety of picthes can be thrown and batters can change their stance and angle of swing.
37 Years AgoDouble Dungeons
PC EngineWorldwide
Summoned by the King, you are the last hope of a once peaceful land. Journey deep within the earth on your quest to destroy a strange, unnatural force.
37 Years AgoS.P.Y. Special Project Y
ArcadeWorldwide
Once again an evil madman has the world to ramson involving nuclear warheads, and it's up to one man (or two if playing with a friend) to fight and shoot his Goons over various locations to get to the madman's complex on an island in the mi…
37 Years AgoOmega Fighter
ArcadeWorldwide
Omega Fighter is a vertical scrolling shooter developed for the arcades by UPL in 1989.
37 Years Ago
37 Years AgoHippodrome
ArcadeWorldwide
This is a mythologically-themed gladiator game with simple controls, allowing players to move left and right, jump, and attack.
37 Years AgoVapor Trail
ArcadeWorldwide
Vapor Trail is a shoot-'em-up that features 2 players controlling the jet fighters simultaneously for battle across numerous levels.
37 Years AgoGame data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.