ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1195 releases
21 Years AgoWhom the Telling Changed
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
The people had always gathered on moonless nights to hear the stories, since the time of their ancestors' ancestors. The heat of the fire and the glow in the storyteller's eyes made the past present, and the path to the future clear.
21 Years AgoSangokushi Nendaiki DX
MobileJapan
A country game of the Three Kingdoms era that anyone can easily enjoy! It is an easy-to-play game set in the Three Kingdoms era of China.
20 Years AgoRollerBall Fantasy Island
PCWorldwide
RollerBall Fantasy Island it's an arcade game in which you need to guide a ball through gates in order to pass the level.
20 Years AgoNoitu Love and the Army of Grinning Darns
PCWorldwide
A 2D retro-styled platformer. Navigate through six large levels over the course of an hour or so, beating up a robot army and using “evomatic” machines to change forms and gain new powers used both for combat and platforming puzzles.
19 Years AgoDROD: The City Beneath
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
You begin as a rather ugly man named "Beethro" who travels deep beneath the ground. There are other people down there too, citizens of a mysterious "Rooted Empire", that are carving tunnels and building things. Beethro just wants to know why, but it's hard to get a useful answer.
19 Years AgoRevenge of the Sunfish
PCWorldwide
Revenge of the Sunfish is a game made by Jacob Waldemar Buczynski.
19 Years AgoQP Kiss
PCJapan
QP Kiss is a game developed by Orange_Juice for April Fools' day 2007. It's a parody of their QP Shooting series, featuring genderbent characters in a mock-BL game.
19 Years Agoİstanbul Kıyamet Vakti
PCWorldwide
İstanbul: Kıyamet Vakti is a 3D MMORPG developed by Sobee Studios. It's the first MMORPG developed in Turkey.
19 Years AgoGame, Game, Game, and again Game
Web browserWorldwide
Game, game, game and again game is a digital poem, retro-game, an anti-design statement and a personal exploration of the artist's changing worldview lens.
19 Years AgoHorse & Pony: My Riding Stables
WiiEurope
The riding stable at the old mill is going to shine with a new gleam: the condition of the riding hall is alarming, there's a draught in the stall and no one wants to live in the guest house.
19 Years AgoBroken Hearts
PCWorldwide
Fantasy RPG from Czech Republic. The game follows the fate of Chrono, a soldier from Ishbal, who was raised by a general, but is starting to doubt, if he is on the right side. The gameplay is similar to early Final Fantasy games.
19 Years AgoFSKN
PCEurope
From an agent embedded in a group of Russian mafia, serving the drug cartels, the FDCN of Russia receives information about the supply of heroin by sea.
18 Years AgoRiot Zone
WiiJapan
Riot Zone is a side-scrolling fighting game that follows two heroes as they fight to take down an evil organization. The crime syndicate Dragon Zone has kidnapped Hawk's girlfriend and it's up to him and his partner detective, Tony, to get her back.
18 Years AgoThe Legend of Valkyrie
WiiJapan
The Legend of Valkyrie (originally titled Valkyrie no Densetsu) is an action game released by Namco in 1989. It is a follow-up to the Family Computer game Valkyrie no Bouken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu.
18 Years AgoBeetle Ju 3
PCWorldwide
Compared to Beetle Ju & Beetle Ju 2 your goal is to retrieve all children from the all 100 levels in this game.
18 Years AgoSky Kid
PortWiiJapan
The NES Port of Sky Kid. You are the legendary Red Baron, flying a plane through a horizontal side-scrolling scenery set during World War I.
17 Years AgoBridge Baron
iOSWorldwide
Rated "A" by the American Contract Bridge League Internet READY!!! Play Online with your partner against the computer or players from around the Globe. iPad READY!!!
17 Years AgoTsukihime: Fool's Errand
PCNorth America
A few months after the end of Tsukihime, life at the Tohno mansion has more or less returned to normal.
17 Years AgoMalstrum's Mansion
Web browserWorldwide
"Something sinister happens every night in a cursed mansion in Vienna.
17 Years AgoEquilibrio
iOSWorldwide
Equilibrio is an action/puzzle game where players need to get a ball to the exit to finish a level. To move the ball the playfield needs to be tilted. In the Wii version, tilt the Wii Remote (or lean on the Wii Balance Board) and the playfield will move.
17 Years AgoAmelie's Cafe
PCWorldwide
Manage a busy cafe and keep your famished customers fed in Amelie's Cafe, a fast-paced new time management game. Help Amelie keep her cooks busy, her customers full, and her cafe sparkling in more than 50 levels of frenzied fun.
17 Years AgoThe Great Attic Escape
Web browserWorldwide
The Great Attic Escape is a escape the room type game. You are locked in the Attic. Look around, search for items, escape form the Attic!
16 Years AgoGeometry Wars: Touch
PortiOSWorldwide
Bizarre Creations' dual-joystick shooter for the iPhone and iPad.
16 Years AgoPhase Shift
PCWorldwide
Phase Shift is a rhythm game created for Windows PC. The project is currently in open beta, it features single player and multiplayer gameplay modes, including LAN and Online play. The game is focused around community driven content, supporting user created songs and mods.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.