On This Day in Gaming: March 16

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

March 16

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

International Athletics cover17 Years Ago

International Athletics

Nintendo DSWorldwide

International Athletics and features incredibly intuitive controls adapted specifically for iPhone and iTouch. The game includes 11 of the worlds most compelling Track and Field events, set within full 3D international stadiums!

Ragnarok DS cover16 Years Ago

Ragnarok DS

Nintendo DSNorth America

Ragnarok DS, known in Japan as Ragnarok Online DS, is a Nintendo DS video game based on the MMORPG Ragnarok Online and was released in Japan on December 18, 2008.

Magna Carta: Tears of Blood cover20 Years Ago

Magna Carta: Tears of Blood

PS2Australia

Magna Carta: Tears of Blood is a Korean-made RPG in Japanese style, and a sequel to Phantom of Avalanche; it is set in the same world and has the same protagonist.

Championship Manager 2007 cover19 Years Ago

Championship Manager 2007

PS2Europe

Championship Manager 2007 allows you to manage your club to glory, dealing with everything from tactics and training to transfers - everything you would expect a real-life football manager to do without owning a sheepskin coat.

Super Darius cover36 Years Ago

Super Darius

PortPC Engine CDJapan

Super Darius is a 1990 port of Darius for the PC Engine CD-ROM, and the only attempt at an accurate port of the game for many years; it even uses recordings of music and sound effects straight from the PCB!

The Genji and the Heike Clans cover36 Years Ago

The Genji and the Heike Clans

PortPC EngineJapan

Multi-style game in which you play a Japanese demon warrior with flowing red hair. It is divided into overhead areas, platform areas with small sprites and walk along hack ‘n’ slash bits with much larger characters.

Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru cover36 Years Ago

Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru

Famicom Disk SystemJapan

Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru, is a Japan-only side-scrolling platformer developed by Capcom for the Famicom Disk System. The game's mechanics were later used (with an almost complete visual overhaul), for the game Yo! Noid.

Boxyboy cover36 Years Ago

Boxyboy

PC EngineWorldwide

The player controls a worker in a warehouse. Gameplay is simple: the goal of each level is to push the crates onto specific squares marked with a yellow dot. It's very easy to get boxes trapped, so the player must carefully consider the route.

Flipull cover36 Years Ago

Flipull

PortGame BoyJapan

Game Boy port of Plotting for the Arcade.

Virtua Racing cover32 Years Ago

Virtua Racing

PortMega Drive / GenesisEurope

The hit arcade racing game is now available on the Genesis with a custom Sega Virtua Processor in the cartridge for enhanced 3D graphics! Switch your camera, view replays, or play split-screen multiplayer.

Midori No Makibao: Kuroi Inazuma Shiroi Kiseki cover28 Years Ago

Midori No Makibao: Kuroi Inazuma Shiroi Kiseki

PlayStationJapan

Midori no Makibao is an anime based Playstation game who is a mix between an adventure mode and a racing mode.

Pachi-Slot Aruze Oukoku Pocket: Ward of Lights cover26 Years Ago

Pachi-Slot Aruze Oukoku Pocket: Ward of Lights

Neo Geo Pocket ColorJapan

Pachi-Slot Aruze Oukoku Pocket: Ward of Lights is a Miscellaneous game, developed and published by Aruze, which was released in Japan in 2000.

Aitakute... Your smiles in my heart cover26 Years Ago

Aitakute... Your smiles in my heart

PlayStationJapan

Aitakute... Your smiles in my heart is a dating simulation game released for the PlayStation on March 16, 2000

Ballistic cover26 Years Ago

Ballistic

PortPlayStationJapan

Ballistic is a tile-matching arcade puzzle game.

Shanghai: Dynasty cover26 Years Ago

Shanghai: Dynasty

PortDreamcastJapan

Dreamcast port of "Shanghai: Dynasty".

Pocket Soccer cover25 Years Ago

Pocket Soccer

Game Boy ColorEurope

Pocket Soccer is a Sports game, developed by Game-Play Studios and published by Nintendo, which was released in Europe in 2001. It's time to show your soccer skills! Pocket Soccer brings the world's most popular sport direct to the palm of your hand.

Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars cover25 Years Ago

Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars

PortGame Boy ColorEurope

Heroes of Might and Magic II is a Game Boy Color game created using content from Heroes of Might and Magic I, II, and III. Most of the game's graphics are converted from Heroes of Might and Magic III, while gameplay is a mix of the three games.

Doraemon: Kimi to Pet no Monogatari cover25 Years Ago

Doraemon: Kimi to Pet no Monogatari

Game Boy ColorJapan

Doraemon: Kimi to Pet no Monogatari is a RPG game on Game Boy Color, released on 2001.

Space-Net: Cosmo Red cover25 Years Ago

Space-Net: Cosmo Red

Game Boy ColorJapan

Space-Net: Cosmo Red is a role playing game published by Imagineer for the Game Boy Color. It was released alongside Space-Net: Cosmo Blue.

Space-Net: Cosmo Blue cover25 Years Ago

Space-Net: Cosmo Blue

Game Boy ColorJapan

Space-Net: Cosmo Blue is a role playing game published by Imagineer for the Game Boy Color. It was released alongside Space-Net: Cosmo Red.

Rascal Racers cover22 Years Ago

Rascal Racers

PlayStationNorth America

Eight wild animal characters are waiting for you to jump in the driver's seat. Choose to guide Argyle the Aardvark, Paulie the Beaver or one of their friends across nine treacherous courses split over three locations. Your goal?

MLB 2005 cover22 Years Ago

MLB 2005

PS2North America

The MLB (Year#) series, is a series of Major League Baseball video games by Sony Computer Entertainment published under their 989 Sports label.

Backyard Baseball 2006 cover21 Years Ago

Backyard Baseball 2006

Game Boy AdvanceNorth America

Kid versions of Major League Baseball stars join the Backyard Kids and they all fit in your pocket! Backyard Baseball is back on the Nintendo Game Boy Advance with new players, secret bonus pros, wacky power-ups and more.

Simple 2000 Series Vol. 73: The Saiyuki Saruden cover21 Years Ago

Simple 2000 Series Vol. 73: The Saiyuki Saruden

PS2Japan

The Saiyuki Saruden: Based on the legendary Monkey series, this game requires you to protect the priestess Tripitaka from maurading demons with help of course from Pigsy, Sandy and Dragon.

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

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