ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1195 releases
27 Years AgoSci-Fi Pinball
PCNorth America
Aliens, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Predator, and The Fly — four of the hottest sci-fi franchises in any universe make for the coolest pinball challenge ever. Rack up your score as over 100 movie clips and sound bites let you relive your favorite scenes.
27 Years AgoJimmy White's 2: Cueball
PCEurope
Licensed by snooker player Jimmy White, this game is a simulation of not only the British game of snooker, but also of the three main variations of pool.
27 Years AgoBattle of Britain
PCEurope
Battle of Britain is a 1999 computer wargame developed and published by TalonSoft. It was designed by Gary Grigsby and Keith Brors.
27 Years AgoLegal Crime
PCWorldwide
It's the Roaring Twenties in Chicago: Build a crime empire, gain political and economic control over the whole city, and crush other gangs via cleverly timed attacks and legal bills. Strategize in real time over the Internet.
26 Years Ago
26 Years AgoEnemy Engaged: Comanche vs Hokum
PCWorldwide
Enemy Engaged: Comanche vs Hokum is an attack helicopter simulation game. The game was a follow up to Enemy Engaged: Apache vs Havoc, and interconnectable with it. It was developed by Razorworks. Enemy Engaged 2 is its sequel.
26 Years AgoJumpStart Artist
PCWorldwide
Introduce children to art fundamentals with a complete set of easy-to-use design and media tools that include 40 printable activities and 60 project starters.
26 Years AgoSverigespelet
PCEurope
The band Tripple & Touch is without a drummer and it is up to you to find them one somewhere in Sweden. Use Flight, Train, Bus, or Boat. In order to buy the ticket, you must either win it or earn it (by answering questions, with three answer options).
26 Years Ago
26 Years AgoEnemy Engaged: RAH-66 Comanche vs. Ka-52 Hokum
PCEurope
The sequel to Razorwork's 1998 release Enemy Engaged: Apache vs Havoc, Comanche vs Hokum allows you to pilot two of the most advanced helicopters ever made.
25 Years AgoPoint of View
PCDVD PlayerNorth America
Point of View is a feature-length, interactive movie divided in twelve chapters. Each chapter ends in a series of questions probing your interpretations of the events you've witnessed, with your impressions shaping the course and outcome of the movie.
25 Years AgoThe Oregon Trail: 5th Edition
RemakePCNorth America
The Oregon Trail: 5th Edition is a remake of The Oregon Trail II. It was published and released in 2001 by The Learning Company, and included some of the enhancements from The Oregon Trail: 3rd Edition and The Oregon Trail: 4th Edition.
24 Years AgoAlfred Hitchcock Presents: The Final Cut
PCWorldwide
Robert Marvin-Jones is a billionaire recluse who decides to pay homage to Alfred Hitchcock by making a film in his backyard; however his film crew have gone missing and possibly been brutally murdered. Meanwhile, private detective Joseph Shamley has psychic power.
24 Years AgoSavoir-Faire
PCMacLinuxWeb browserWorldwide
The beautiful life is always damned, they say. As for you, you've overexpended yourself: fifteen years of prominence, champagne, carriage rides in the Tuileries, having your name whispered behind manicured hands, getting elegant ladies out of elegant fixes - and you're in debt.
24 Years AgoAshen Empires
PCWorldwide
Ashen Empires is a classic MMORPG set in the fantasy world of Dransik. Dransik has been besieged by the sinister forces of Talazar, preying on mortals. Play with your friends, battle your foes, complete quests, defeat powerful bosses, pursue tradeskills in a player-driven market.
24 Years AgoEdenya
Web browserEurope
Edenya is French online role-playing game, 100% free, in which you play a character in a completely original medieval-fantasy world. You'll encounter many players from different places and cultures on the site forums or on Discord.
23 Years AgoLunar Jetman
PCWorldwide
Lunar Jetman is a fan remake of the game with the same name for the ZX Spectrum, made by Andy Noble.
23 Years AgoMoorfrog
PCEurope
This adaptation of Frogger has Crazy Chicken 3's original Moorfrog character traverse various streets and rivers to reach his spawning ground, having to evade larger animals or man-made objects while eating insects to increase the score.
23 Years AgoDevil May Cry Dead Shot
MobileJapan
A 2D top-down shooter spin-off game in the Devil May Cry series
22 Years Ago.kkrieger: Chapter 1
PCWorldwide
.kkrieger is a first-person shooter video game created by German demogroup .theprodukkt (a former subdivision of Farbrausch), which won first place in the 96k game competition at Breakpoint in April 2004.
22 Years Ago
22 Years Ago.Hack//Vol. 1 LG-Telecom
MobileKorea
This is the 2004 flip phone game .hack//Vol. 1 produced for the LG Telecom line of phones ez-i. Developed by Mobile Entertainment Net21 in South Korea, published by GAVA Plus and licensed by Bandai of Korea.
21 Years AgoDROD: Journey to Rooted Hold
PCWorldwide
Swordplay and puzzles combine in this thinking man's dungeon crawl. It's simple to learn, with just a handful of commands to master. But the unique gameplay provides an amazing depth.
21 Years AgoGame data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.