ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
March 12
The games released on this day in gaming history.
791 releases
23 Years AgoBackyard Soccer 2004
PCWorldwide
Backyard Soccer continues the 2-D style that the backyard sports games are known for. It also includes MLS players as kids.
22 Years AgoDancing Stage Unleashed
XboxWorldwide
Dancing Stage Unleashed, or DS Unleashed, was released by Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH to the European Xbox audience on March 12, 2004.
22 Years AgoTaikou Risshiden V
PCJapan
Taikou Risshiden V is the latest title of a Japanese video game series Taikou Risshiden (turn-based sandbox role-playing video games/turn-based strategy) produced by Koei. It was released on PC and PlayStation 2 in 2004 followed by a port to PlayStation Portable in 2009.
22 Years Ago
21 Years AgoFollow Hoothoot
e-Reader / Card-e ReaderNorth America
A Pokemon version of simon, accessed on the GBA through the use of the E-Reader.
20 Years AgoHelherron
PCMacWorldwide
Helherron is an old-school freeware fantasy role playing game. You will create a party of eight heroes in an attempt to save the island of Helherron and its sister islands from the evil powers of chaos.
20 Years Ago
19 Years AgoDouble Dungeons
WiiNorth America
Summoned by the King, you are the last hope of a once peaceful land. Journey deep within the earth on your quest to destroy a strange, unnatural force.
19 Years AgoAdvanced Sorcerian
RemakeMobileJapan
Advanced Sorcerian is an enhanced remake of the classic computer action RPG Sorcerian. It features the original game's scenario along with the Sengoku and Pyramid add-on disk scenarios.
19 Years AgoTrogdor!
WiiWorldwide
Trogdor! is a game based on the character of Trogdor from the Strong Bad Email dragon. Trogdor squishes peasants and burninates cottages, all while avoiding knights and archers.
19 Years AgoTecmo Bowl
PortWiiNorth America
The newer re-releases of the NES version of Tecmo Bowl doesn't have the NFL Players Association license, so it the intro removed and changes to the roster. It is based on the Famicom version of the game.
18 Years AgoCastle Crashing the Beard
Web browserWorldwide
Tom Fulp, creator of Newgrounds.com and programmer for "The Behemoth" has vowed not to shave his face until the release of his next console game "Castle Crashers" for the X-Box 360 live-arcade.
17 Years AgoPhantom Brave: We Meet Again
WiiJapan
The protagonist of Phantom Brave is a 13 year old girl named Marona. Having lost her parents at a young age, Marona lives on Phantom Isle in the land of Ivoire with a phantom named Ash.
17 Years AgoVertigo
PortWiiEurope
Race your Xorb through 48 challenging tracks across 9 different environments. Wii version is balance board compatible with optional Balance Board connectivity.
17 Years AgoDrift Runners
Web browserWorldwide
Great skiddy flash driving game. Race round tracks, defeating opponents to unlock further tracks. But that’s just the beginning.
17 Years AgoToki Hako Time Capsule
PCJapan
A summer vacation day. Main heroine digs up a time capsule buried as a child with two friends. Surprisingly, there is also a fourth person belongings inside the capsule, and none of the three friends have any recollections of that person.
16 Years AgoRace Driver: Grid Reloaded
Xbox 360EuropeAsia
An enhanced edition of Race Driver: GRID - a game developed by Codemasters and released in 2008. The enhanced edition was created specifically for console users. The game does not bring any changes to the visuals or gameplay mechanics of the original product.
16 Years Ago
16 Years AgoOrder of War: Challenge
Standalone expansionPCWorldwide
A downloadable stand-alone multiplayer game of wargaming.net's WWII Real Time Strategy Order of War.
15 Years AgoArmy of Darkness Defense
iOSAndroidWorldwide
In this tug-of-war, casual defense game based on the MGM classic movie, you play Ash, the time-traveling, evil-fighting, S-Mart sales clerk as you defend Lord Arthur’s castle and the Necronomicon from the oncoming hordes of evil undead. Of course, you can’t do it alone!
15 Years AgoJason and Medea
Web browserWorldwide
A small game written for the IF Demo Fair at PAX East 2011. It showcases a competitive conversation system: as Medea, you are attempting to get the choir on your side in your verbal debate with Jason.
14 Years AgoEpic Adventures: Cursed Onboard
PCWorldwide
The sequel of Epic Adventures, "Epic Adventures: Cursed Onboard" takes you to a derelict ship stranded in the middle of the Great Amazon jungle. The recently discovered ship set sail in the 1970s but it never reached its destination.
14 Years AgoAeon Avenger
AndroidJapan
Aeon Avenger is a RPG where you can experience space-time travel. You can time-travel across thousands of years through the past, present and future. The map, characters, associations, and people’s relationships change over time!
14 Years AgoMass Effect Datapad
iOSWorldwide
Companion Game for Mass Effect 3, released on iOS, it has since been discontinued, but is still available in a browser based version at Bioware's N7 HQ website.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.