On This Day in Gaming: March 28

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

March 28

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Ganbare Golf Boys cover37 Years Ago

Ganbare Golf Boys

PC EngineJapan

Multiplayer golf for the PC Engine courtesy of Masaya and Dual. Ganbare! Golf Boys ("Do Your Best!

JaJaMaru Ninpouchou cover37 Years Ago

JaJaMaru Ninpouchou

FamicomJapan

"JaJaMaru Ninpouchou" is a ninja themed role-playing game. Play as Jajamaru and Princess Sakura as you explore around a world map visiting towns and dungeons. Fight against random encounters using the separate turn-based combat screen.

Mahjong Haouden: Kaiser's Quest cover34 Years Ago

Mahjong Haouden: Kaiser's Quest

PC EngineWorldwide

A mahjong game with an RPG element. Players move around a map beating monsters at mahjong. Mahjong Haouden: Kaiser's Quest ("Mahjong Overlord: Kaiser's Quest") is a mahjong game released exclusively for the PC Engine.

Honoo no Toukyuuji: Dodge Danpei cover34 Years Ago

Honoo no Toukyuuji: Dodge Danpei

FamicomJapan

Hono no Toukyuji: Dodge Danpei is a Sports game, developed and published by SunSoft, which was released in Japan in 1992.

Batman: Return of the Joker cover34 Years Ago

Batman: Return of the Joker

PortGame BoyJapan

Batman: Return of the Joker for the Game Boy is a platformer in which the Dark Knight must cross four levels to confront his arch-enemy, the Joker.

Magical Taluluto-kun: Magic Adventure cover34 Years Ago

Magical Taluluto-kun: Magic Adventure

Super FamicomJapan

Taluluto must cross levels in five worlds to reach and defeat Raivar to save Honmaru's girlfriend Iyona. Use the many powerups and the assistance from Magical Taluluto's friends to overcome all obstacles.

PGA Tour 96 cover30 Years Ago

PGA Tour 96

SNESEurope

This game takes place during the 1995 PGA Tour season. The game features many professional golfing stars and various modes from stroke play to match play and even tournament mode.

Extreme Pinball cover30 Years Ago

Extreme Pinball

PlayStationNorth America

Extreme Pinball was Epic's successor to their hit pinball game Epic Pinball. It contains four pinball tables: Rock Fantasy, Medieval Knights, Urban Chaos, and Monkey Mayhem, each with a different theme.

F1 Pole Position 64 cover29 Years Ago

F1 Pole Position 64

Nintendo 64Worldwide

The game featured all the tracks from that Formula One season, at a time when the racing began in Australia, and ended in Japan.

Scud: The Disposable Assassin cover29 Years Ago

Scud: The Disposable Assassin

SaturnWorldwide

SCUD: The Disposable Assassin is a video game based on the Rob Schrab comic series of the same name.

Professional Underground League of Pain cover29 Years Ago

Professional Underground League of Pain

PlayStationWorldwide

A combination of ice hockey, basketball, and bare-knuckle fighting, Professional Underground League of Pain is a futuristic sports game with few rules and loads of violence.

Andretti Racing cover29 Years Ago

Andretti Racing

PlayStationJapan

For the first time ever in an arcade racer, take control of either NASCAR or Indy cars and cruise around 16 detailed tracks. There are 3 views available to drive from. As well as individual races, you can play a full career.

World Series Baseball 98 cover29 Years Ago

World Series Baseball 98

SaturnJapan

This years addition of World Series Baseball has new rosters and schedules updates statistics stat tracking in 27 categories and modes of play.

Boys Be cover29 Years Ago

Boys Be

PlayStationJapan

Boys Be is a PlayStation game based off the manga of the same name.

Parlor! Mini 5 cover29 Years Ago

Parlor! Mini 5

Super FamicomJapan

Parlor! Mini 5 is a Miscellaneous game, published by Nippon Telenet, which was released in Japan in 1997.

Solid Runner cover29 Years Ago

Solid Runner

Super FamicomJapan

Solid Runner (ソリッドランナー) is a 1997 turn-based role-playing video game developed by Sting Entertainment and published by ASCII Corporation for the Super Famicom. The game was released exclusively in Japan on March 28, 1997, late in the console's life span.

Dragon Master Silk cover29 Years Ago

Dragon Master Silk

RemakeSaturnJapan

A less racy remake of the original Dragon Master Silk for the Sega Saturn. The size of the dungeons are considerably wider than the original, and the erotic contents are slightly modified for Sega Saturn.

Hanagumi Taisen Columns cover29 Years Ago

Hanagumi Taisen Columns

SaturnJapan

This game is a spin-off of Sakura Taisen and Columns. This was developed by Sega and was released in 1997 for the ST-V arcade board and the Sega Saturn in Japan. The game follows the Sakura Taisen story line and uses Columns gameplay.

Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine 97 cover29 Years Ago

Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine 97

SaturnJapan

This is a baseball game released as part of the Greatest Nine series for the Sega Saturn.

Monster Slider cover29 Years Ago

Monster Slider

SaturnJapan

The game is a competitive falling block puzzle game similar to Puyo Puyo. Pairs of differently colored blocks fall into a well. The player must arrange them so that three identically colored blocks are touching in order to eliminate them.

Cross Romance: Koi to Mahjong to Hanafuda to cover29 Years Ago

Cross Romance: Koi to Mahjong to Hanafuda to

PlayStationWorldwide

Cross Romance: Koi to Mahjong to Hanafuda to is a great mix of adventure, love, and a mahjong game. The player controls a high school student that seems to be like a mahjong hero of his town and he will meet different girls during the game that will try to defeat him.

Dark Law: Meaning of Death cover29 Years Ago

Dark Law: Meaning of Death

Super FamicomJapan

Dark Law is a Role-Playing game, developed by SAS Sakata and published by ASCII Entertainment, which was released in Japan in 1997.

Sotsugyou Crossworld cover29 Years Ago

Sotsugyou Crossworld

SaturnJapan

A visual novel game for the Sega Saturn, PS1, and PC.

J.League Live 64 cover29 Years Ago

J.League Live 64

PortNintendo 64Japan

J.League Live 64 is a soccer game for the Nintendo 64. It was released only in Japan in 1997. The game has officially licensed players and teams from Japan's J. League. The game was developed by EA and published in the west as Fifa Soccer 64.

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

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