On This Day in Gaming: March 15

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

March 15

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 cover21 Years Ago

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

PS2Worldwide

Based on a true story. Set during the famous airdrop before the invasion at Normandy, where Sgt. Matt Baker and his squad of 101st Airborne Paratroopers were scattered over the French countryside.

Mega Man 6 cover32 Years Ago

Mega Man 6

NESNorth America

From the United States, Canada and Japan they came. The world's premier designers and their finest robotic warriors traveled to do battle in the First Annual Robot Tournament. But what began as a game suddenly took a terrifying twist!

Cold Fear cover21 Years Ago

Cold Fear

PS2North America

Tom Hansen is just another guy in the U.S. Coast Guard when his crew receives a mysterious order to undertake a hazardous rescue mission in the teeth of a winter storm. As the waves surge higher, Tom and his crewmates find the vessel, an abandoned Russian whaling ship.

Twinsen's Little Big Adventure Classic cover29 Years Ago

Twinsen's Little Big Adventure Classic

PlayStationEurope

Chilling dreams of destruction and doom fill your mind. You feel compelled to warn the world, but in so doing are imprisoned by the tyrannous Dr. Funfrock.

Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure cover24 Years Ago

Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure

Game Boy AdvanceEurope

Tired of endlessly doing battle with meddling bandicoots, the nefarious Dr. Neo Cortex shrinks the entire Earth, and Crash and Coco along with it, to the size of a wumpa fruit.

Pro Evolution Soccer cover25 Years Ago

Pro Evolution Soccer

PS2Japan

Pro Evolution Soccer, often abbreviated as PES and also known as World Soccer: Winning Eleven 5 in Japan and North America, is a football sports simulation video game released in 2001. It is the first instalment of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer series.

Snowboard Kids cover28 Years Ago

Snowboard Kids

Nintendo 64North America

The kids are arguing about their snowboarding skills. The debate escalates to the point where they decide to hold a snowboarding tournament to determine who is the best. One character, Shinobin, has no involvement whatsoever until he is unlocked by the player.

Zork cover30 Years Ago

Zork

SaturnPlayStationJapan

Zork is one of the earliest interactive fiction computer games, with roots drawn from the original genre game, Colossal Cave Adventure. The first version of Zork was written in 1977–1979 using the MDL programming language on a DEC PDP-10 computer.

Space Channel 5 cover24 Years Ago

Space Channel 5

PS2Europe

It's the 25th century and our intergalactic space reporter dives into an adventure where she must battle with a series of dastardly villains! Are you ready to save the universe through the medium of dance?

Mach Rider cover39 Years Ago

Mach Rider

NESEurope

Mach Rider is a futuristic driving video game created by Nintendo. It was first released on November 21, 1985 for the Nintendo Family Computer in Japan. The game received a North American release in mid-1986 as part of the second wave of NES releases by Nintendo.

Loaded cover30 Years Ago

Loaded

PlayStationJapan

Loaded is a violent, bloody top-down shooter which places you in the boots of one of six characters, who are all strange and deformed, from a psychotic clown to a huge baby.

Super Monkey Ball Deluxe cover21 Years Ago

Super Monkey Ball Deluxe

PS2Worldwide

This game is basically a fusion of Super Monkey Ball 1 and 2 for the PS2 and XBox. All of the levels from those two games are available in this collection, and all of the minigames are already unlocked and included.

TwinBee cover19 Years Ago

TwinBee

Nintendo DSJapan

TwinBee is a cartoon-themed vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up game. It was the very first game to run on Konami's Bubble System hardware.

Okage: Shadow King cover25 Years Ago

Okage: Shadow King

PS2Japan

Conquer your demons and you may conquer the world in this distinctly styled role-playing adventure for the PlayStation 2.

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2007 cover19 Years Ago

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2007

Nintendo DSJapan

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2007 is a trading card oriented video game based on the Yu-Gi-Oh and Yu-Gi-Oh GX anime series'.

Super Mario World cover20 Years Ago

Super Mario World

PortGame Boy AdvanceChina

The remake of Super Mario World included in Super Mario Advance 2 for the Game Boy Advance. In this refreshed version for the portable system, you can choose to play as either Mario or Luigi in single player.

Earthworm Jim: Special Edition cover31 Years Ago

Earthworm Jim: Special Edition

Expanded editionSega CDNorth America

The game's Special Edition was released for the Sega Genesis add-on, the Sega CD.

Lost in Blue 2 cover19 Years Ago

Lost in Blue 2

Nintendo DSJapan

Washed ashore after their cruise ship goes down at sea, young Jack and Amy must struggle to survive as they search for a way off a deserted island.

Street Fighter II: Movie cover30 Years Ago

Street Fighter II: Movie

SaturnJapan

Based on the movie animation of Street Fighter II, this game takes place of a cyborg that M. Bison constructed to be the final contender of Street Fitgher tournament.

Rayman: Hoodlums' Revenge cover21 Years Ago

Rayman: Hoodlums' Revenge

Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide

Rayman: Hoodlums' Revenge is an isometric platformer game based on Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc.

One Piece: Grand Battle! cover25 Years Ago

One Piece: Grand Battle!

PlayStationJapan

From TV Animation One Piece: Grand Battle! is a Japanese fighting video game developed by Ganbarion and published by Bandai. It is the first game in the One Piece: Grand Battle series and the second game to be based on the One Piece manga and anime.

Kessen II cover24 Years Ago

Kessen II

PS2Europe

The real time simulation of Kessen returns to the PS2, with a story of love and battle in the three kingdoms. It's a magnificent historical fantasy in Kessen II.

MaxPlay Classic Games Volume 1 cover22 Years Ago

MaxPlay Classic Games Volume 1

PS2Europe

A compilation of video games for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2. The collection features ten games, all unofficial remakes of classic games.

Musashi: Samurai Legend cover21 Years Ago

Musashi: Samurai Legend

PS2Worldwide

Musashi Samurai Legend marks the second chapter in the Musashi series. You'll play as Musashi, a young swordsman summoned to rescue a kidnapped princess. The journey, however, is a difficult one, as enemies of all types stand in your way.

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

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