On This Day in Gaming: March 1

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

March 1

The games released on this day in gaming history.

147 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years

Midnight Run: Road Fighter 2 cover30 Years Ago

Midnight Run: Road Fighter 2

ArcadeWorldwide

Midnight Run: Road Fighter 2 is an arcade racing game and the sequel to Road Fighter. It was released worldwide in arcades in March 1996, and later on the PlayStation but only in Japan and Europe.

Tsukikomori cover30 Years Ago

Tsukikomori

Super FamicomJapan

Tsukikomori is an Adventure game, developed by Pandora Box and published by Banpresto, which was released in Japan in 1996.

Scorcher cover29 Years Ago

Scorcher

SaturnNorth America

Scorcher is a futuristic racing video game for the PC and the Sega Saturn. The game focuses on special motorcycles that reach up to 450 km/h racing through dangerous tracks in a dystopian year 2021.

Densha de GO! cover29 Years Ago

Densha de GO!

ArcadeJapan

Densha de GO! is a 1997 train simulator arcade game developed and published by Taito in Japan. Players are tasked with driving a train, adhering to the schedule and obeying signals and speed restrictions.

Hexen: Beyond Heretic cover29 Years Ago

Hexen: Beyond Heretic

PortPlayStationEurope

The PlayStation version has the FMV scenes and audio music from the PC CD-ROM version, but no multiplayer mode. The scripting and animation is slower, enemies have only their front sprites and lack gory deaths when attacked by strong hits or weapons, and the frame rate is slower.

Kosodate Quiz My Angel 2 cover29 Years Ago

Kosodate Quiz My Angel 2

ArcadeJapan

KOSODATE QUIZ : MY ANGEL 2 is the second sequel of unique quiz simulation games in where players can enjoy assuming the role of a couple of newly parents who must raise their newborn daughter from the age of 0 until the age of 25.

NBA in the Zone '98 cover28 Years Ago

NBA in the Zone '98

PlayStationWorldwide

NBA IN THE ZONE ¿98 is a traditional five-on-five basketball game that follows the lead of its predecessors, NBA IN THE ZONE and NBA IN THE ZONE 2. In the original game, the emphasis was on an arcade look and feel.

Evidence: The Last Report cover28 Years Ago

Evidence: The Last Report

PlayStationEurope

You play as Channel Z reporter Daniel Singer, who has become the prime suspect in the murder of his recent ex-girlfriend. You only have a limited amount of time to solve the crime and clear your name.

Men in Black: The Series cover27 Years Ago

Men in Black: The Series

Game Boy ColorNorth America

The scum of the universe continue to slip through the cracks in the system and arrive on earth. As a Men in Black agent, it's your job to stop them.

Airline Pilots cover27 Years Ago

Airline Pilots

ArcadeWorldwide

Airline Pilots is a flight simulator released for Sega NAOMI arcade hardware in 1999. The game simulates flying a Boeing 777 aircraft, and was developed with the input of engineers and pilots from Japan Airlines. Two different cabinet models were manufactured.

Paperboy cover27 Years Ago

Paperboy

PortGame Boy ColorNorth America

Game Boy Color port of Paperboy.

Killer Loop cover27 Years Ago

Killer Loop

PlayStationEurope

The game takes place in a future where gasoline powered vehicles and paved roads have been replaced with electromagnetic vehicles and metal highways. Such vehicles are used for intense racing where vehicles could drive on bending, twisting tracks.

MTV's Beavis and Butt-head cover27 Years Ago

MTV's Beavis and Butt-head

PortGame BoyNorth America

Game Boy Port of MTV's Beavis and Butt-head.

Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs cover26 Years Ago

Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs

Expanded editionNintendo 64Worldwide

Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs is a port of the PC game Battlezone with extra missions.

Fighting Mania: Fist of the North Star cover26 Years Ago

Fighting Mania: Fist of the North Star

ArcadeWorldwide

This was an arcade game released in 2000 by Konami (also known as Punch Mania: Hokuto no Ken)

Telefoot Soccer 2000 cover26 Years Ago

Telefoot Soccer 2000

PortGame Boy ColorEurope

This is the Game Boy Color port of the Nintendo 64 game Telefoot Soccer 2000. It was released as a tie-in game.

Super Momotaro Dentetsu II cover26 Years Ago

Super Momotaro Dentetsu II

PortGame BoyJapan

Super Momotaro Dentetsu II is a Miscellaneous game, developed by Make and published by Hudson, which was released in Japan in 1992.

Charge 'n Blast cover25 Years Ago

Charge 'n Blast

DreamcastWorldwide

Charge 'N Blast is a shooting game where you play as one of three marines who have to rid the earth of alien scum. The gameplay is similar to Cabal, you move left and right dodging enemies while charging up you weapons to blast them away.

KuruKuru MaruMaru cover25 Years Ago

KuruKuru MaruMaru

PlayStationJapan

Kurukuru Marumaru is a cartoony driving game where your character is taking driving lessons.

Mary-Kate and Ashley: Winners Circle cover25 Years Ago

Mary-Kate and Ashley: Winners Circle

PlayStationWorldwide

MARY-KATE AND ASHLEY: Winners Circle for the Game Boy Color is a unique racing title that pits players against a plethora of obstacles while riding horseback. There are four different horses to choose from, each with a distinct look and style.

Kickboxing cover25 Years Ago

Kickboxing

PlayStationNorth America

Players choose one of 14 martial arts experts to lead to ultimate victory in this 3D fighting game from A1. Players can customize such details as fighting style, toughness, and even glove weight to find a fighter who matches their preferences.

An American Tail: Fievel's Gold Rush cover24 Years Ago

An American Tail: Fievel's Gold Rush

Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide

Fievel Mousekewitz, a rodent with an immigration card, is heading west in An American Tail: Fievel's Gold Rush.

Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles cover24 Years Ago

Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles

PortGame Boy AdvanceEurope

Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles follows the story of Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The Game Boy Advance port featured 3 playable characters as opposed to 5 on the PS1 and Dreamcast, with only Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon, and Mace Windu being playable.

Initial D Arcade Stage cover24 Years Ago

Initial D Arcade Stage

ArcadeJapan

Initial D Arcade Stage is a 2002 arcade racing game based on the Initial D series. It is the first game in the Initial D Arcade Stage series.

Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.

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