ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
February 28
The games released on this day in gaming history.
147 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
29 Years AgoZen-Nippon GT Senshuken MAX Rev.
PlayStationJapan
Zen-Nippon GT Senshuken MAX Rev. is a Racing game, developed and published by Kaneko, which was released in Japan in 1997.
29 Years AgoMacross Digital Mission VF-X
PlayStationJapan
The year is 2047 AD, approximately two years after the Protodeviln War in which the United Nations discovered the Spiritia-enhancing potential of music.
29 Years AgoPaneltia Story: Karen no Daibouken
SaturnJapan
A 1997 RPG for the Sega Saturn released exclusively in Japan. In the game, rather than moving across a predefined fantasy world, the player dynamically builds their environment by placing and discovering tiles (referred to as "panels").
28 Years AgoTennis Arena
PlayStationNorth America
With no stat tweaking and no licenses, Tennis Arena is arcade-style tennis at its most fundamental. What you have here is single-match or tournament play for up to four players with wacky characters and a few different courts to play on.
27 Years AgoR-Type
PortPlayStationNorth America
A port of R-Type for PS1 that is included in the compilation release, R-Types.
27 Years AgoR-Type II
PortPlayStationNorth America
A port of R-Type II for PS1 that is included in the compilation release, R-Types.
27 Years AgoVR Baseball 99
PlayStationEurope
VR Baseball 99 contains all 30 major league baseball teams and stadiums. Each team consists of the 1998 opening day rosters. Play modes include exhibition, season, and home run derby.
27 Years AgoEliminator
PlayStationEurope
Eliminator puts you in control of experimental hovering craft, running the gauntlet of various courses, dodging obstacles and blowing up opponents in an attempt to reach the end before an on-board bomb blows you up and out the game.
26 Years AgoTop Gear Rally 2
Nintendo 64Europe
Top Gear Rally 2 is a racing game for the Nintendo 64. It was released in 2000, and is a sequel to Top Gear Rally.
26 Years AgoDonkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong
RemasterGame Boy ColorJapan
Fame-and-fortune seekers have flooded Donkey Kong Country in search of the fabled Lost World. You command Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong through 36 Kong-sized levels of action and adventure.
Leap day releaseMLB 2001
PlayStationNorth America
Developed by Sony Computer Entertainment America and published under the 989 Sports label. Once again, Vin Scully is the play-by-play announcer with Dave Campbell on color commentary. Chipper Jones of the Atlanta Braves was featured on the cover.
Leap day releaseArmy Men: World War
PlayStationWorldwide
16 missions await you and your green army as you wage war against the tan army through true world war environments including beaches, jungles, countrysides and war-torn cities. Each army man has a range of weapons to use, including pistols, flame throwers and the bazooka.
Leap day releaseDeception III: Dark Delusion
PlayStationNorth America
Taken against her will to Alendar Kingdom, Layna who becomes your challenge is now under the control of the evil King Frederick.
Leap day releaseTony Hawk's Pro Skater
PortNintendo 64North America
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is a skateboarding simulation in which you control a famous skate star around 3D environments. Each game area contains a plethora of objects like ramps, rails, and half-pipes which can be used to perform tricks.
25 Years AgoShooter: Starfighter Sanvein
PlayStationNorth America
Sanvein is a fast-paced top down shooter where time is of the essence and every moment counts. The main computer of the self-sufficient space colony Utopia, called St. Schutz, has gone haywire.
25 Years AgoBursTrick: Wake Boarding!!
PlayStationJapan
BursTrick: Wake Boarding!! is an extreme-sports game using gameplay similar to Wave Race 64, the main difference being that, as you are pulled by a boat when wake boarding, it is almost like an auto-scroller and you do not have nearly as much freedom of movement.
25 Years AgoTop Shop
PlayStationNorth America
Top Shop is a Board game, developed by Kid and published by A1 Games, which was released in 2001.
25 Years AgoToy Story Racer
PortGame Boy ColorNorth America
The Game Boy Color port of Toy Story Racer.
24 Years Ago
24 Years AgoNijuuei
DreamcastPlayStationJapan
Nijuuei is a visual novel adventure game set in Japan in the year 1640 centering around Futatsu-kage Sougen, a swordsman who, for reasons unknown to him, holds host to an antagonistic and violent sentient curse he dubs "Nijuuei" that causes…
24 Years AgoTennis no Ouji-sama
PlayStationJapan
Tennis no Ouji-sama is a tennis simulation based on the popular sports anime and manga.
24 Years AgoItadaki Street 3
PS2Japan
The third sequential version of the popular Japanese board game from Enix.
24 Years AgoKeyboardmania II: 2ndMix and 3rdMix
PS2Japan
Keyboardmania II combines the second and third arcade releases of the Keyboardmania series.
24 Years AgoSimple 1500 Series Vol. 86: The Onigokko
PlayStationJapan
The Onigokko is based on the child game and features up to 4 human players to play at the same time, 10 different characters (male and female ones) to play with and a really complicated control system.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.