ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
February 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
2088 releases
29 Years AgoBS F-Zero Grand Prix
Expanded editionSatellaviewJapan
BS F-Zero Grand Prix is a remixed version of the original F-Zero released only in Japan for the Satellaview attachment of the Super Famicom.
29 Years AgoChoose Your Own Nightmare: Night of the Werewolf
PCWorldwide
A choose your own adventure game based on the book of the same name. A short horror movie about a werewolf plays out with branching paths where you can choose how the next scene will play out, leading to one of multiple endings.
29 Years AgoTamagotchi Gen 2
HandheldJapan
The second version of the original Tamagotchi, also known as the "New Species Discovered!! Tamagotchi" in Japan, was produced not long after featuring new characters and a new game. The two versions are differentiated officially as "Gen 1" and "Gen 2".
29 Years AgoAtlantis: The Last Resort
Philips CD-iWorldwide
The parole officer has just made you an offer you cannot refuse... "Shut down the reactor at the heart of the Atlantis resort and you can have your freedom". Your reply... "Where's my rocket launcher?" 20 levels of mindless blasting!!
28 Years AgoGrid Shock
IntellivisionWorldwide
[Unfinished 1983] An arcade game. Carom your shots against the moving wall to fill in the pattern on the back grid. This original game by Andy Sells looked great; it had a strong 3-D effect as the moving wall swept back and forth across the screen.
28 Years AgoHypnotic Lights
IntellivisionWorldwide
[Unreleased 1983] puzzle game -- move rows and columns of squares to line up matching colors. While experimenting with Intellivision graphics, someone in the Design & Development department came up with a kaleidoscopic effect using sequenced GRAM.
28 Years AgoSpace Cadet
IntellivisionWorldwide
The looniest space battle ever. Each team is in command of a decrepit flying saucer that seems to work best as a battering ram. It's outer space demolition derby!
28 Years AgoCrazy Clones
IntellivisionWorldwide
Crazy Clones is a simple game which grew out of the canonical "first program", Killer Tomatoes. In Crazy Clones, you are the one real person in a sea of clones. You must tag as many clones as possible while avoiding the Clone Master.
28 Years AgoGrand Slam Turkey Hunt
PCWorldwide
It's time to talk turkey! North America's largest game bird awaits you in this 3-D hunting adventure. Bag the four major subspecies to achieve the Grand Slam.
28 Years AgoV-Frogger
VectrexWorldwide
Guide frogs across a busy street and then through dangerous water to get to their home, in this enhanced version of this arcade game clone by Christopher Salomon.
28 Years AgoSonic Robo Blast
PCWorldwide
Sonic Robo Blast is an early Sonic fan game from 1998, created by Sonikku, real name Johnny Wallbank, of Sonic Team Junior.
28 Years AgoLet's Pachinko: Nante Gindama
PortSatellaviewJapan
Let's Pachinko: Nante Gindama is a view-limited Downloadable game for the Satellaview that was broadcast in at least 2 runs between February 1, 1998 and November 28, 1998.
28 Years AgoGolf Daisuki! O.B. Club
SatellaviewJapan
Golf Daisuki! O.B. Club is a view-limited Downloadable golfing game for the Satellaview initially running between August 10, 1997 and August 23, 1997. The game was rebroadcast for at least 4 runs ending in March 30, 1998.
28 Years AgoSuper Tsume Shogi 1000
SatellaviewJapan
Super Tsume Shogi 1000 is a Miscellaneous game, published by Bottom Up, which was released in Japan in 1994. It was also a a view-limited downloadable game for the Satellaview that was broadcast in at least 3 runs between November 30, 1997 and Nov. 28, 1998.
28 Years AgoSuper Mahjong Taikai
SatellaviewJapan
Super Mahjong Taikai is a Miscellaneous game, published by Koei, which was released in Japan in 1992. It was also a view-limited Downloadable game for the Satellaview that was broadcast in at least 4 runs between June 29, 1997 and February 21, 1998.
28 Years AgoBarbie Adventure: Riding Club
PCWorldwide
Barbie gets her very own horse ranch. Designed for the five to nine year old age range, Barbie Adventure: Riding Club lets players care for and ride their own horse.
28 Years AgoP.A.W.S.: Personal Automated Wagging System
Philips CD-iEurope
The world's first dog simulation puts players in the cockpit of the family dog. Roam the backyard from a first-person perspective, see a comical explanation of how dogs work on the inside, or take to the city on a funny dog rescue mission.
27 Years AgoStar Fire Spirits
VectrexWorldwide
This is a clone of the Atari vector game Star Wars, which is comprised of three waves.
27 Years AgoVector Vaders Remix
VectrexWorldwide
This is Vector Vaders as it was meant to be, with simpler graphics for faster and flicker free action, along with some bug fixes and multi-channel sound effects!
27 Years Ago3-D Ultra Pinball: Thrillride
PCWorldwide
Imagine a pinball machine emulating a full amusement park, and not just any park, but Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, "The sweetest place on Earth!"!
27 Years Ago3D Frog Frenzy
PCWorldwide
Meet Froggy. He's cute, he's cool, and he's the only frog alive who can't swim! Worse yet, a crazy French chef who is trying to make a frog legs dinner is chasing Froggy!
27 Years AgoSolar Crusade
Philips CD-iWorldwide
Solar Crusade is an on-rails FMV shoot 'em up designed and published by Infogrames Multimedia, created using Softimage 3D, and modeled on Silicon Graphics workstations hardware for the Windows 95 operating system and Phillips CD-i video game console.
27 Years AgoRepulse
VectrexWorldwide
A very difficult yet addictive Vectrex game. Maneuver your ship and destroy the mother fortress, while sentry ships attack you. Avoid crashing into the fortress. Take too long and the mother ship will attack at full force!
27 Years AgoBirds of Prey
VectrexWorldwide
An excellent vertical shooter in this Vectrex compilation. Birds of Prey has 4 levels of shooting action against a fleet of alien space birds who´s sole goal is your annihilation! A 5th level puts you up against the final fleet and the mothership
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.