ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
March 23
The games released on this day in gaming history.
773 releases
8 Years AgoJohnny Turbo's Arcade: Gate of Doom
PortSwitchAustraliaNew Zealand
Seal the Gate Of Doom forever! Gate of Doom is a classic arcade multiplayer action RPG originally released in 1990. You and a friend take on the role of one of four heroes of prophecy, the knight Carl F.
8 Years AgoSuper Knockoff! VS
PCWorldwide
KNOCK IT OFF! It's an all-out clash between the greatest manga icons of 1999! Use your magic, energy, sporting goods, ninja tools, and more to destroy the ground beneath your friends and foes!
8 Years AgoPool Slide Story
AndroidWorldwide
Splish, splash, splosh! The time has come to create some waves and open your very own wet, wonderful (sometimes whacky) water park! Hear that?
6 Years AgoBug Academy
SwitchWorldwide
Bug Academy is a crazy action game in which you control a swarm of insects. Break through walls while delivering fridges, send rockets into space using chili sauce or catch ghosts with a vacuum cleaner.
6 Years AgoElement Space
PS4Worldwide
Element: Space is a turn-based tactical squad RPG set two hundred years in the future. You’ll step into the shoes of rogue captain Christopher Pietham and lead your crew in the fight against Tempest, an underground terrorist network wreaking havoc on the galaxy.
6 Years Ago
5 Years AgoHunting Simulator 2
Xbox Series X|SPS5North AmericaWorldwide
With your hunting dog by your side, explore the Texan desert and forests of Colorado and Europe as you track down 33 animal species. Choose your gear from over 160 official weapons, accessories and clothing items (including Browning, Winchester and Bushnell).
5 Years AgoHellbreachers
SwitchEurope
A journey to the hell and back! Hellbreachers is a retro styled action-platformer with RPG character progression system. Choose one of three heroes and than one of ten specializations, progress through spectacular locations and take on challenging bosses!
4 Years AgoAnimal Shelter Simulator
PCEurope
In Animal Shelter, your main target is to make your four-legged friends happy. Pet them, hand out treats, play with toys - and they will pay you back with great trust. Get to know the animals well enough to find them the best home!
4 Years AgoA Place for the Unwilling
Xbox OnePS4Xbox Series X|SPS5Worldwide
“A Place for the Unwilling” is a narrative adventure game where the city is the actual protagonist. No puzzles or “game over” screens, just you, the city and the dozens of stories which are taking place in there. Days pass and the fate of the city is yet to be decided.
3 Years AgoSong of Memories
SwitchWorldwide
Next-generation romance adventure game with the theme of "Ultimate selection and the story that the song plays". In addition to the huge scenario set in the school life, voice recording time of the luxury voice acting team is over 40 hours!
3 Years AgoIdea
SwitchWorldwide
Idea is a game about discovering and sharing. Explore gorgeous landscapes, roll down highways and stumble upon welcoming cottages and abandoned dumpsters. Help your ideas find their way – and share them with the world when they stop, before beginning your journey anew.
37 Years AgoZork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz
AmigaNorth America
You're on the threshold of a whole new experience, for ahead of you is the extraordinary anthology of the Great Underground Empire. Once you step through the door to Zork, you leave the world of arcade games and trite fantasies behind and enter the dimension of your imagination.
37 Years AgoStar Trader
PC-88Japan
A shmup/adventure game by Nihon Falcom where you travel to different space stations, earning money and upgrading your ship.
30 Years AgoFranko: The Crazy Revenge
DOSWorldwide
Franco is a classic game type beat'em up with the 2D graphics. The character controlled by the player moves to the right or the left side of the screen, killing everything you meet on your way. The main task of the game is to eliminate all people belonging to gangs Klock.
27 Years AgoSerial Experiments Lain Bootleg
PCJapan
Serial Experiments Lain Bootleg is the third and final soundtrack for the Serial Experiments Lain anime. A CD-ROM included with the soundtrack features a dress-up game, a shooting gallery game, wallpapers, and screensavers.
26 Years AgoFinal Lap 2000
WonderSwanJapan
Final Lap 2000 is the first hand-held incarnation of Namco's Final Lap racing games. That "Final Lap", which is a perfect fusion of the fun of a racing game and the online competition, will appear in WonderSwan with various new elements.
26 Years AgoVegas Casino
MacJapan
Known as "Super Casino Special" in Japan, Vegas Casino is a game for up to four players via multitap comprising Baccarat, Roulette, Let It Be, Black Jack, Video Poker, Keno and Slot Machines. It can be played in two modes, Ranking play or Free Play.
26 Years AgoTerraFire
PCWorldwide
TerraFire is an award-winning arcade game featuring 3D-rendered graphics, realistic gravitational physics and 360 degree parallax scrolling. Blast your ship through heavily defended underground caverns, past wind tunnels, fire-walls and subterranean lakes.
26 Years AgoMario Artist: Talent Studio
Nintendo 64DDJapan
In Mario Artist: Talent Studio, the player can create their own characters in 3D, customizing features such as hair, skin, and eye color, voice, clothes, facial features, and body size and type. The process is similar to Nintendo's later Miis, but much more detailed.
25 Years AgoAvernum 2
RemakePCWorldwide
Taking place five years after the events of the first Avernum, this game follows its party of characters fighting back against military forces being sent down to Avernum by the Empire and investigating the source of mysterious energy barriers that have begun appearing.
25 Years AgoPaso Pico McDonald's de Asobo!
RemakePCJapan
This is the PC remake of McDonald's de Asobo!
25 Years AgoWizardry Chronicle
PCJapan
Wizardry Chronicle is a Japanese Wizardry spin-off. It is a role-playing game derivative of the original Wizardry games, with a menu town and a maze below to explore, monsters to defeat and items to be found.
25 Years AgoF1 World Grand Prix 2000
PCEurope
F1 World Grand Prix 2000 is a Formula 1 racing sim designed for true fans. Considerable attention has been devoted to realism and historical accuracy.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.