ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
February 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
2088 releases
22 Years AgoBeef Drop
Atari 5200Worldwide
Beef Drop is a port of the popular arcade game Burgertime, which Ken Siders first ported to the Atari 5200 and 8-bit computers. This version of Beef Drop beature POKEY sound support, for much better audio than the 7800 can produce without this chip.
22 Years AgoSame Game and Robots
IntellivisionWorldwide
Strategy and planning is the name of the game regardless which title you choose to test your wits against. Learn to analyze and predict how the game will unfold to achieve the most points and successful completion.
22 Years AgoRevector
VectrexWorldwide
Your goal is to out score your opponent in a 7 minute timed match. You can score points by shooting your opponent or by picking up power-up items. Revector allows you to take-on another player head-to-head, or a challenging CPU opponent.
22 Years AgoPigs on Head
Web browserWorldwide
Pigs on Head is a game made by Videlectrix. In both modes of the game, the object is to catch the pigs on Pageboy's head and give them to either Hank or Frank. If Pageboy fails to catch a pig, it's destroyed and Pageboy loses a life.
22 Years AgoDance Dance Revolution: Ultramix
XboxEurope
On November 18, 2004 Konami Digital Entertainment of America released Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 2 on the Xbox in the United States. To encourage sales, they released a limited edition music CD featuring songs from the game.
21 Years AgoPoker Squares
Atari 2600Worldwide
In Poker Squares your goal is to place 25 playing cards (from a deck of 52), one at a time, in a 5x5 grid. Your goal is to make the best ten (or twelve) poker hands, five horizontally, five vertically, and optionally the two diagonals, scoring as many points as possible.
21 Years Ago2005 Minigame Multicart
Atari 2600Worldwide
Atari 2600 fans Chris Walton (cd-w), Fred Quimby (batari), Bob Montgomery (vdub_bobby), and Zach Matley (Zach) submitted several 1K entries for the 2005 Minigame Competition.
21 Years AgoFlapPing
Atari 2600Worldwide
"The future of gaming can be summed up in two words -- Pong and Joust." ...with these prophetic words on rec.games.video.classic, "Otter" planted the seeds for the game you see before you now. FlapPing, at its core, is an oldschool Pong Deathmatch... but with a "Flap" button.
21 Years AgoGo Fish!
Atari 2600Worldwide
Go Fish! is an original game loosely based on the Intellivision game Shark! Shark! - you are a wee fish and, to survive, you must eat other, smaller fish to grow. But watch out for the shark, as he's also on the hunt for food and you could be his next meal!
21 Years AgoLegend of Mir 3
PCWorldwide
The Legend of Mir 3 is a 2004 MMORPG, hugely popular in China and Korea.
21 Years AgoNebula Commander
VectrexWorldwide
As of early 2015, Nebula Commander is still the only real time strategy game for the Vectrex. One or two players must gather up resources and create and launch weapons to destroy the other’s space station while defending their own in turn.
21 Years AgoAstral Masters
PCWorldwide
The game Astral Masters combines the best features of the computer game called Astral Tournament and collection card games. Two players compete in this turn-based game. Each of them fights against the opponent casting various spells and summoning fantastic creatures to his side.
21 Years AgoSānguó Qúnyīng Zhuán V
PCChina
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 5 is a strategic war game based on the classic Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
21 Years AgoWonder Boy: Monster Land
PortMobileJapan
A cell phone port of Wonder Boy: Monster Land released only in Japan.
21 Years AgoMagical Fantasista II
MobileJapan
The long-awaited second installment of the Magical Synthetic Role Playing "Magical Fantasista" series!
21 Years AgoAnime Bowling Babes
PCNorth America
Grab your balls and get ready for the sexiest bowlers you've ever seen. Six Gorgeous Babes! Realistic physics! Beautiful 3d graphics! Numerous bonus modes to unlock! Full-length soundtrack!
21 Years Ago
20 Years AgoMedieval Mayhem
Atari 2600Worldwide
Fans of the popular four-player Atari 2600 game Warlords (itself based on an arcade game of the same name) will be happy to learn that 2600 enthusiast Darrell Spice Jr. has created a new 2600 homebrew titled Medieval Mayhem, an updated take on Warlords.
20 Years AgoPQ: Practical Intelligence Quotient
PSPWorldwide
Based upon psychological research, your PQ score will be determined by how quickly and effectively you solve each life-like situation. Test your wits, bend your brain, and match wits with the minds of users worldwide.
20 Years AgoSpace Frenzy
VectrexWorldwide
Intense Arcade Style Gameplay, as you fight off wave after wave of ship fragments, that will form into cruisers to attack and destroy your ship. Doc with other ships after each wave to increase your firepower.
20 Years AgoDays of Memories 2: Boku no Ichiban Taisetsu na Kimi he
MobileJapan
The second Days of Memories game.
20 Years AgoIberia
PCLinuxMacEurope
A Multi-User Dungeon, or MUD, is a text-based online multiplayer game where players navigate virtual worlds, interact with each other, and engage in various activities using textual commands.
20 Years AgoTantei Kibukawa Ryousuke Jiken-tan: Eigou-kai Jiken
MobileJapan
July 1999 - The world situation has lost its balance and is in great turmoil. The circumstances and perspectives of the four characters become intricately intertwined, and the full picture of the incident soon emerges... The meeting between Ikuo and Kibukawa is also now revealed!
20 Years AgoWordJong
PCWorldwide
Enter a lush world and combine the tranquility of Mahjong with the challenge of a word puzzle, and what do you get ... WordJong! Grab tiles and remove them from the board Mahjong-style to spell the BIG words for bonus points.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.