ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
March 30
The games released on this day in gaming history.
91 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
30 Years AgoResident Evil
PlayStationNorth America
Resident Evil is a survival horror classic in which a group of special forces agents, known as S.T.A.R.S, struggle against hordes of zombies and various other mutants in a mysterious mansion as they try to uncover the truth behind the terrifying infection.
26 Years AgoWorms Armageddon
Nintendo 64North America
Those intrepid invertebrates return with a vengeance in the much-loved Worms Armageddon. It’s a whole new can of worms! It’s hilarious fun that you can enjoy on your own or with all your friends.
26 Years AgoTony Hawk's Pro Skater
PlayStationJapan
Take control of real skaters and perform strings of crazy tricks in the first entry of the long-running Tony Hawk skateboarding series.
26 Years AgoMarvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
DreamcastJapan
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes is the fourth game in the Marvel vs. Capcom series of fighting games.
26 Years AgoDead or Alive 2
PS2Japan
Dead or Alive 2 is a fighting game in the Dead or Alive series.
22 Years AgoResident Evil Outbreak
PS2North America
Resident Evil Outbreak is a survival-horror game released exclusively for the PlayStation 2. The gameplay is similar to the previous Resident Evil games and consists mainly of exploring, solving puzzles, finding items and surviving.
21 Years AgoCold Fear
PS2Europe
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.
31 Years AgoSuper Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
SNESEurope
All the Adventure and Excitement of the 16-bit Game -- are you ready to challenge the dark side? Choose your Rebel warrior: Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, Chewbacca or Wicket the Ewok.
26 Years AgoFIFA 2000: Major League Soccer
PlayStationJapan
FIFA 2000 (titled FIFA 2000: Major League Soccer in North America, and FIFA 2000: Europa League Soccer in Japan) is an association football video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts. It was the seventh game in the main FIFA series.
20 Years AgoSega Rally Championship
PS2Korea
Sega Rally Championship is a 1994 arcade racing game developed by AM5 on the Sega Model 2 board.
28 Years AgoRampage World Tour
Nintendo 64North America
Rampage World Tour is a updated version of the classic Rampage. Rampage World Tour starts off at Scumlabs International where three lab technicians, George, Lizzy, and Ralph have mutated in an accident involving toxic waste.
19 Years AgoMedal of Honor: Vanguard
PS2Europe
Players take on the role of Sgt. Frank Keegan, a member of the 82nd Airborne Division, and 17th Airborne Division fighting the Axis forces of Nazi Germany and the Kingdom of Italy.
20 Years AgoSuper Princess Peach
Nintendo DSAustralia
Princess Power! Bowser's up to no good again...but this time, it's Princess Peach to the rescue! When Mario, Luigi, and the Mushroom Castle Toads get kidnapped it's up to Peach and her magical umbrella to save them.
36 Years AgoRygar
PortNESEurope
An open-world action-adventure game for the Nintendo Entertainment System that features a barbarian warrior with a distinctive "diskarmor" weapon. It is distinct from the original 1986 Arcade game Rygar, which saw numerous home console ports.
25 Years AgoLEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge
PlayStationNorth America
The Brickster is back and out to cause more mischief in this wild, racing, chasing, island-hopping sequel.
26 Years AgoTekken Tag Tournament
PortPS2Japan
Has a huge upgrade to the graphics, and even adds in stages and music that weren’t in the original.
26 Years AgoThe Typing of the Dead
PortDreamcastJapan
The Typing of the Dead is an arcade game that was developed by WOW Entertainment and published by Sega for the NAOMI hardware. The game was released in Japanese arcades in 1999 and was ported to the Sega Dreamcast in 2001 by Smilebit.
20 Years AgoPokémon Trozei!
Nintendo DSAustralia
A crazy departure from your normal Pokémon game, Pokémon Trozei is a speedy puzzle game that will send your stylus flying! Your goal is to match the faces of four Pokémon in the game board to remove them, then string together more Pokémon faces to perform big combos.
29 Years AgoReal Bout Fatal Fury Special
Neo Geo CDNorth America
The supreme trial of strength awaits! 19 of Fatal Fury's hottest heroes collide! One year since the fearsome conclusion to "Real Bout", the hungry wolves ready themselves for a new battle, "Real Bout Special" - the paramount pugilistic proving ground!
26 Years AgoRhapsody: A Musical Adventure
PlayStationNorth America
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, released in Japan as The Puppet Princess of Marl Kingdom is a tactical role-playing game for the PlayStation from Atlus USA and Nippon Ichi Software, the creators of Disgaea, and is part of the Marl Kingdom series.
20 Years AgoContact
Nintendo DSJapan
Contact is a role-playing video game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture for the Nintendo DS handheld game console.
19 Years AgoLunar Knights
Nintendo DSEurope
Descend into the gothic Sci-Fi world of Lunar Knights and take control of two warriors on a quest to reclaim the world from the vampiric legion. Spin together tornados, guide down flaming meteors, and blow together snowstorms in Kojima Productions first ever title on Nintendo DS!
20 Years AgoRaw Danger!
PS2Japan
Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 2: Itetsuita Kiokutachi is an action adventure survival game and is the sequel to Zettai Zetsumei Toshi. The game follows six characters as they try to escape a city that is being flooded by torrential rains.
32 Years AgoSaturday Night Slam Masters
SNESJapan
Slam Masters is an arcade conversion of Capcom's wrestling game of the same name. Ten wrestlers with different fighting styles and individual special attacks are available. They are controlled with three buttons; one for jumping, one for attacking and one for pinning.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.