ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
February 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
2088 releases
19 Years AgoFall Down
Atari 2600Worldwide
Fall Down pits the ever-opposed forces of Red and Blue against each other in an ultimate battle to capture scrolling platforms! The first player to fall past a platform captures it and scores a point.
19 Years AgoBee-Ball
Atari 2600Worldwide
In the animal kingdom, bees are widely known as efficient workers. But there's an interesting fact that we as humans don't know--bees enjoy having fun! Every year bees from many places gather in one spot to play in a competitive tournament of Bee-Ball!
19 Years AgoPitcher's Duel
VectrexWorldwide
Pitcher's Duel was sold both as cart only and cartridge with manual and full color printed GCE Style cardboard box. Approximately, 250-300 are believed to exist, of which somewhere around 200 were sold complete.
19 Years Ago
19 Years AgoSispri Gauntlet
PCJapan
This game is a doujin game based upon "Sister Princess", a japanese light novel written by Sakurako Kimino. The gameplay premise is inspired by "Gauntlet", a 1985 hack and slash arcade game by Atari Games.
19 Years AgoNuclear Creatures
PCEurope
Nuclear Creatures is a surreal adventure game about a talking dog Bruno, in the role of which the player will act. With excellent black humor, the action takes place in a stylish, drawn environment.
19 Years AgoCall of Duty 3
PortMobileWorldwide
The mobile port of Call of Duty 3 by Hands-On Mobile (formerly MFORMA) which is played from a top-down perspective.
19 Years AgoExcellent Bifurcation
PCWorldwide
A single player split-screen shoot 'em up where you control both ships at the same time. The left ship is built for taking down many weak enemies, while the right is best for bosses. You can swap the ships at any time depending on the needs of each side.
18 Years AgoBattlestrike: Force of Resistance
PCAustralia
Battlestrike: Force Of Resistance is an Action game, developed and published by City Interactive, which was released in Australia in 2008.
18 Years Ago
18 Years AgoCoil
PCWeb browserWorldwide
Coil is an experimental "autobiographical" game that plays out more like a song or painting then an actual "game".
18 Years AgoSHiFT
Web browserWorldwide
Is the floor the roof? Is the roof the floor? And whats with that in game timer? Find the answers to all the above questions and more in this original puzzle platformer!
18 Years AgoThe Angry Video Game Nerd: The Angry Video Game
PCWorldwide
The Angry Video Game Nerd: The Angry Video Game is a retro-styled platformer based on the Angry Video Game Nerd comedy web series. The premise is that the angry video game nerd is playing a bad NES game - starring himself!
18 Years AgoProtoganda II
PCWorldwide
Protoganda II is a shoot 'em up game and a sequel to Protoganda: Strings, with retro-styled graphics. The player controls a small spaceship which faces a number of powerful battleships, one by one.
18 Years AgoSD Gundam Gaiden: Knight Gundam Monogatari
PortMobileJapan
SD Gundam Gaiden: Knight Gundam Monogatari is a Role-Playing game, developed by TOSE and published by Angel (Bandai).
18 Years AgoRockman Dash: 5tsu no Shima no Daibouken!
MobileJapan
Rockman Dash: 5tsu no Shima no Daibouken! is a video game in the Rockman Dash series released in 2008 for mobile phones via the i-mode Internet service. The game has a total of five islands, each with seven areas to explore.
18 Years AgoNeed for Speed: ProStreet
PortWiiJapan
Compete at the highest level of street racing with Need for Speed ProStreet. It’s no longer good enough to simply rule your local neighborhood; you need to dominate on a global stage.
17 Years AgoThe Legend of Princess
PCWorldwide
The Legend of Princess is a fan game by Joakim "Konjak" Sandberg that pays homage to the Legend of Zelda series. The player controls Bind, a hero in a green tunic, who sets out to rescue the princess from inside the Dirt Temple, the game's only level.
17 Years AgoPuyo Puyo Fever Touch
PortiOSAndroidMobileJapan
Puyo Puyo Fever Touch is a puzzle game published by Sega for Android, iOS and Windows Mobile 6.5 devices. It is part of the Puyo Puyo series and is based on Puyo Puyo Fever, which was released on consoles and PC.
17 Years AgoRockmen R: Dr. Wily no Gyakushuu
PCJapan
Rockmen R is a doujin game where Mega Man is kidnapped by the evil Dr. Wily. It is up to his little sister, Roll, to save him!
16 Years AgoBlow Out
IntellivisionWorldwide
[Unreleased 1984] Two roller-skating dancers drop darts from a scaffold onto rising balloons. An easy enough task, except these rude guys keep bumping into each other and knocking each other off the scaffold.
16 Years AgoSpace Patrol
IntellivisionWorldwide
Considered one of the best games released for the Intellivision, Space Patrol is an immediate classic. After years of coding the game, Joe Zbiciak has made every effort to bring you the best product possible.
16 Years AgoDig-N-Rig
PCWorldwide
Dig-N-Rig is a 2D mining simulation created by DigiPen students. Players dig toward the center of the earth, collect resouces and build complex harvesting machines.
16 Years AgoTumblebugs 2
WiiNorth America
Tumblebugs 2 is a color matching game. Like its predecessor, the objective is to clear moving rows of bugs by matching three or more of the same color. A stationary giant beetle shoots bugs towards the rows.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.