ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 8
The games released on this day in gaming history.
45 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
23 Years AgoTom Clancy's Splinter Cell
PS2North America
Infiltrate terrorists' positions, acquire critical intelligence by any means necessary, execute with extreme prejudice, and exit without a trace! You are Sam Fisher, a highly trained secret operative of the NSA's secret arm: Third Echelon.
22 Years AgoMetroid: Zero Mission
RemakeGame Boy AdvanceEurope
The full story of Samus Aran's first mission finally unfolds... The first Metroid game just scratched the surface of the cataclysmic events on planet Zebes, and at long last the rest of the tale has come to light.
38 Years AgoDonkey Kong
PortFamicom Disk SystemJapan
Donkey Kong has kidnapped Pauline, and it is up to Mario, the fearless carpenter, to come to her rescue. Throwing fate to the wind, Mario tries desperately to climb the labyrinth of structural beams from the top of which Donkey Kong taunts him.
27 Years AgoPopulous: The Beginning
PlayStationNorth America
Populous: The Beginning is a strategy and god-style video game. It is the third entry in the Populous video game series, developed by Bullfrog Productions in 1998.
32 Years AgoWindjammers
Neo GeoJapan
Windjammers (also known as Flying Power Disc in Japan) is a fast paced sports arcade game released by Data East on the Neo Geo arcade system in 1994 and later on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on June 22, 2010.
38 Years AgoDouble Dragon
PortFamicomNESJapan
The NES version of Double Dragon takes a wide range of liberties with the interpretation. The entire graphical style is more in line with Technōs’ Kunio-kun series, with characters that go for exaggerated expression rather than gritty realism.
27 Years AgoDevil Summoner: Soul Hackers
PlayStationJapan
Soul Hackers delivers a first-person, dungeon-crawling RPG experience set in a future where technology and otherworldly forces meet in a macabre fusion of cyberpunk futurism and gothic horror.
25 Years AgoDr. Mario 64
Nintendo 64North America
The flu season has come about, and it's Dr. Mario's duty to use his Megavitamins to heal the people of the land. However, Wario, wanting to have the fame that Dr.
40 Years AgoThe Goonies
Famicom Disk SystemJapan
The Goonies is a 1986 platform game. The main theme for most of the game is a chiptune rendition of Cyndi Lauper's "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough". The game was previously released only in Japan, but was later released as an Arcade Playchoice-10 title in North America.
22 Years AgoJet Li: Rise to Honor
PS2Europe
Kit Yun (character model after Jet Li), soon finds himself in non-stop action, due to following a dying man's wish.
37 Years AgoTecmo World Cup '90
ArcadeWorldwide
Tecmo World Cup '90 is a football (soccer) arcade game released in 1989 by Tecmo. An unofficial bootleg of the game named Euro League featuring European club teams was also released.
22 Years AgoOutlaw Volleyball
PS2Worldwide
Outlaw Volleyball is the second game in Simon & Schuster's growing Outlaw franchise. As the title suggests, you play various games of volleyball with shady and dirty characters, from a slutty biker to an ex con to a pair of strippers. There are sixteen players in total.
22 Years AgoAll-Star Baseball 2005
PS2North America
The All-Star Baseball baseball video game series was developed and published by Acclaim Entertainment. The series began in 1997 with the release of All-Star Baseball '97 Featuring Frank Thomas, the successor to Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball.
18 Years AgoBaroque
RemakePS2North America
An updated remake of Baroque, a post-apocalyptic RPG game in which all hell has literally broke loose on earth.
16 Years AgoDr. Mario Express
Nintendo DSiChina
Dr. Mario Express features the general gameplay of earlier Dr. Mario puzzle games, which focus on eliminating colored viruses from the playing field by matching them with colored capsules.
38 Years AgoJekyll Hakase no Houma ga Toki
FamicomJapan
The original Famicom version of the game known in the West as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The original version has a different stage order when compared to the international version, and it is also more difficult.
35 Years AgoNamcot Mahjong III: Mahjong Tengoku
FamicomJapan
Namcot Mahjong III: Mahjong Tengoku is a Miscellaneous game, developed and published by Namco, which was released in Japan in 1991.
32 Years AgoF1 Circus CD
Sega CDJapan
F1 Circus CD (Ｆ１サーカスＣＤ) is a formula one racing game released for the Sega Mega-CD exclusively in Japan. It is the sequel to F1 Circus MD.
32 Years AgoSuper Igo Go-ou
Super FamicomJapan
Super Igo Go-ou is a Miscellaneous game, published by Naxat Soft, which was released in Japan in 1994.
32 Years AgoShien's Revenge
Super FamicomJapan
Shien and Aska were swift ninjas fighting in a civil war. Having defeated hundreds of enemy soldiers, monsters suddenly appear and kidnap Aska. It is up to Shien to defeat them and rescue Aska from these creatures beyond the Time Gate.
32 Years AgoPower Instinct 2
ArcadeJapan
The original Arcade version of Power Instinct 2 released in Japan in October 1994. The game adds 5 new characters to the series but doesn't retain the extra modes added to the console ports of the previous title.
28 Years AgoJudge Dredd
PlayStationArcadeNorth AmericaEurope
Arcade rail-shooter game that used a Light Gun. Dredd must save the mayor, who is being held hostage by a former judge. Live-action cutscenes were played at the conclusion to each stage.
27 Years AgoYuusha-Ou GaoGaiGar: Blockaded Numbers
PlayStationJapan
An adventure game containing two original stories presented as TV episodes set within the GaoGaiGar universe.
27 Years AgoNBA in the Zone '99
Nintendo 64PlayStationNorth America
Konami's second attempt of NBA basketball features all the options from the '98 title plus new motion captured moves, an icon passing system, on the fly play calling and up-to-date rosters and stats for the 98/99 NBA season.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.