On This Day in Gaming: April 9

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

April 9

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Riven: The Sequel to Myst cover28 Years Ago

Riven: The Sequel to Myst

SaturnJapan

Riven: The Sequel to Myst is a graphic adventure puzzle game developed by Cyan and released in 1997. It continues the story of Myst, following the player’s journey to rescue Atrus’s wife, Catherine, from a decaying world.

Midnight Club II cover23 Years Ago

Midnight Club II

PS2North America

Midnight Club II is a racing video game developed and published by Rockstar San Diego (formerly Angel Studios). It is the first sequel to Midnight Club: Street Racing, published for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows.

Soccer cover41 Years Ago

Soccer

FamicomJapan

Experience the first ever football game for the NES. Enjoy 'real football' as you direct your team up and down the field.

Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis cover27 Years Ago

Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis

PlayStationEurope

Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis is a tennis video game featuring the likeness of professional tennis player Anna Kournikova. The game features two practice modes, tournaments and exhibition matches.

Cake Mania cover19 Years Ago

Cake Mania

Nintendo DSNorth America

Welcome to Cake Mania! Jill, our hero, has returned from culinary school, only to find her beloved grandparents' bakery closed down. Business has taken a drastic downturn because a new Mega-Mart store opened in the neighborhood.

G-Darius cover28 Years Ago

G-Darius

PlayStationJapan

G-Darius is a shoot'em up arcade game, released by Taito in 1997. It is the fourth arcade installment of the Darius series and the first in the entire series to feature three-dimensional polygonal graphics.

Dream Chronicles cover16 Years Ago

Dream Chronicles

Nintendo DSWorldwide

Set in a mystical world where mortal and fairy realms collide, the game tells the story of a mortal woman named Faye who is the only being able to awaken from a powerful fairy's dream spell.

Firefighter F.D.18 cover22 Years Ago

Firefighter F.D.18

PS2Worldwide

Experience all the excitement and danger of fighting fires in Firefighter F.D. 18. As a firefighter, you'll break down doors with axes, use high-powered fire hoses to smother flames, and avoid collapsing floors while looking for trapped civilians.

Brahma Force: The Assault on Beltlogger 9 cover29 Years Ago

Brahma Force: The Assault on Beltlogger 9

PlayStationNorth America

A mech-based FPS; pilot your Bipedal Robotic Assault Heavy Mechanized Armor (built by Bronx Industries, of course) through the Beltlogger 9 excavation colony... ...discover what happened to the Beltlogger 9 colony- it may be related to the…

Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride cover23 Years Ago

Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride

Game Boy AdvanceNorth America

Race against the clock as you pick up passengers and white-knuckle it through busy streets and back alleys. And time is money! So get a grip on the wheel and put the pedal to the metal.

AlphaBounce cover16 Years Ago

AlphaBounce

Nintendo DSiEurope

A brick-breaking game with RPG elements. The goal is to find your way back to Earth through the walls of bricks blocking your path.

Crayon Shin-Chan Ora to Shiro ha Otomodachi Da yo cover33 Years Ago

Crayon Shin-Chan Ora to Shiro ha Otomodachi Da yo

Game BoyJapan

Crayon Shin-Chan: Ora to Shiro ha Otomodachi Dayo is a platforming game based off the Crayon Shin-Chan manga, mostly popular in Japan although translated and published in a couple of other countries.

Action Pachio cover33 Years Ago

Action Pachio

Super FamicomJapan

The player takes control of a white Pachio and tries to make his way through all the side-scrolling levels. In between each level is a cut scene that updates the story for the player. Players can collect coins in the game; collecting 100 of them results in an extra life.

Street Combat cover33 Years Ago

Street Combat

PortSNESNorth America

KNOCK-OUT ACTION FOR 2 PLAYERS AT ONCE! Your Mission...Seek out and destroy a group of ruthless villains who'll stop at nothing to wipe you off the map. Each brutal renegade is a wizard at martial arts and trick moves.

Ultraman cover33 Years Ago

Ultraman

PortMega Drive / GenesisJapan

Home console port of the Arcade release. Based on the popular television show from 1967, Ultraman directly follows the story of its source material. Cast in the role of the titular Ultraman, the player must defeat many of the same monsters that appeared in the original series.

Tennis Arena cover28 Years Ago

Tennis Arena

SaturnJapan

With no stat tweaking and no licenses, Tennis Arena is arcade-style tennis at its most fundamental. What you have here is single-match or tournament play for up to four players with wacky characters and a few different courts to play on.

Kojin Kyouju: La Lecon Particuliere cover28 Years Ago

Kojin Kyouju: La Lecon Particuliere

PlayStationJapan

A dating simulation game released in 1998 by Mycom.

Sotsugyou III: Wedding Bell cover28 Years Ago

Sotsugyou III: Wedding Bell

SaturnJapan

Sotsugyou III: Wedding Bell is the third game in the Sotsugyou graduation series. The game is a dating simulation first person adventure game.

Power Stakes 2 cover28 Years Ago

Power Stakes 2

PlayStationJapan

Power Stakes 2 is the third (and last) game in Tose Software game series featuring the new data of the new season over the previous game. The game again features the 3d engine to watch the race in different camera angles that the player select in the game main menu.

Nobunaga no Yabou: Sengoku Gunyuuden cover28 Years Ago

Nobunaga no Yabou: Sengoku Gunyuuden

RemasterSaturnJapan

Nobunaga no Yabou - Sengouku Gunyuuden (Nobunaga's Ambition II) is the sequel to Nobunaga's Ambition. The setting is 16th century feudal Japan, a period when ruthless daimyo (feudal lords) contended with each other for dominance.

Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gihren no Yabou cover28 Years Ago

Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gihren no Yabou

SaturnJapan

Turn-based strategy game set in the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, in Universal Century 0079.

Suchie-Pai Adventure: Doki-doki Nightmare cover28 Years Ago

Suchie-Pai Adventure: Doki-doki Nightmare

PlayStationJapan

Doki Doki Nightmare ("The Throbbing Nightmare") is a Japanese-style adventure game with dating elements. The game is a spinoff of the popular Suchie-Pai strip-mahjong series.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire cover28 Years Ago

Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire

PortSaturnJapan

Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire (Sangokushi IV in Japan) is the fourth game in Koei's Romance of the Three Kingdoms series.

Nobunaga no Yabou Game Boy-ban 2 cover27 Years Ago

Nobunaga no Yabou Game Boy-ban 2

Game Boy ColorJapan

The warlords start moving lively! A masterpiece depicting the Sengoku period is powered up!

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

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