ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 10
The games released on this day in gaming history.
743 releases
18 Years AgoProfessor Layton and the Curious Village
Nintendo DSAustralia
In the curious village of St. Mystere, townsfolk speak to each other in riddles, lock their doors with sliding puzzles and hide their secrets within brainteasers. When a wealthy baron passes away, his will reveals an elusive treasure hidden someplace inside the village.
26 Years AgoPokémon Trading Card Game
Game Boy ColorNorth America
Your goal in life is to become a Pokemon Card Master. In order to do that, you must pick a deck from three starter packs of cards based on Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur and travel to the eight card clubs and defeat their leaders.
27 Years AgoGex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
PlayStationEurope
When Gex is watching TV one day, he discovers that Rez has kidnapped Agent Xtra (the agent from Gex: Enter the Gecko's backstory), head of the TV Terrorist Defense Unit, to get to him.
33 Years AgoYoshi's Cookie
NESNorth America
Yoshi's Cookie is a puzzle game similar to Tetris, in which the player is given a playing field populated with cookies of five various types arranged in a rectangular grid. The player moves randomly placed cookies into rows and columns of cookies with similar patterns.
27 Years AgoDance Dance Revolution
PlayStationJapan
Dance Dance Revolution (ダンスダンスレボリューション Dansu Dansu Reboryūshon?), abbreviated DDR and also known as Dancing Stage in earlier games in Europe and Australasia, and some other games in Japan, is a music video game series produced by Konami.
21 Years AgoTom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3
PortPS2Japan
The console version of Rainbow Six 3 features similar mission locations and layouts to the PC version, but an entirely different plot.
17 Years AgoThe King of Fighters XII
ArcadeJapan
The twelfth installment of the famous fighting game series, The King of Fighters XII, is a massive reinvention of the franchise rebuilt from the ground up both technically and visually to celebrate the series' 15th anniversary.
23 Years Ago.Hack//Quarantine
PS2Japan
.Hack//Quarantine is the fourth of a series of four games, titled .hack//Infection, .hack//Mutation, .hack//Outbreak, and .hack//Quarantine, features a "game within a game"; a fictional massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG…
29 Years AgoThe Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga
SaturnPlayStationDOSWorldwide
True to the comic books, the Hulk relies on no other weapons than his massive muscles to punch, kick and crush his enemies. When he has accumulated enough gamma energy, he may use powerful special moves like a Vortex Spin or the Floor Hammer.
39 Years AgoRush'n Attack
PortFamicom Disk SystemNESJapanNorth America
The NES port of Rush'n Attack, a run & gun shooter by Konami, also known by the title Green Beret, in which the player takes the role of a soldier infiltrating a military base.
23 Years Ago
36 Years AgoWrath of the Black Manta
PortNESNorth America
In the game, the player goes through five levels, using throwing stars and special ninjutsu abilities called the "ninja arts", to stop a gang and the evil mastermind behind a slew of kidnappings, El Toro. One of the kidnapped is a student of the Black Manta's sensei, Taro.
17 Years AgoBlue Dragon Plus
Nintendo DSEurope
A direct sequel to Blue Dragon that takes place a year after the first games events. The game uses a real-time strategy style with characters being moved around a map using the stylus on the bottom screen and fighting enemies when they are close enough to attack.
20 Years AgoFord Bold Moves Street Racing
PS2Australia
This entry in the Ford Racing series sees the racing move onto the streets of Los Angeles, with a unique team racing experience included that puts the player in control of their own Ford Racing three-car team, allowing them to race and also…
16 Years Ago100 Classic Book Collection
Nintendo DSWorldwide
100 Classic Book Collection turns your Nintendo DS into a portable library containing must-read novels from iconic authors such as Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, and many more.
29 Years AgoSentient
PlayStationPCDOSNorth America
Sentient is a first-person adventure developed by Psygnosis and released on the PlayStation in 1997. It was also released for the PC the same year.
39 Years AgoRelics: Ankoku Yousai
Famicom Disk SystemJapan
At some point in the early history of earth, the forces of darkness known as HELL were at war with the forces of light known as HEAVEN, and the took this battle to our planet. The HELL forces quickly enslaved human beings, and the earth was cast in darkness and despair.
39 Years AgoCocona World
Famicom Disk SystemJapan
You control a young witch who wanders throughout various parts of the kingdom. There are many animal inhabitants to interact with, some of which are good and some of which are evil. There are also a number of activities to perform and mini-games to play.
34 Years AgoHeavy Nova
Mega Drive / GenesisSharp X1North AmericaJapan
Heavy Nova is a 1991 action game for the Sharp X68000 by Micronet. It was ported to the Sega Mega-CD as one of the system's two launch titles (the other being Wolf Team's Sol-Feace); the Mega-CD port was not released outside Japan.
34 Years AgoA-Ressha de Ikou MD
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
A-Ressha de Ikou MD is an entry in Artdink's A-Ressha de Ikou series of railroad simulation games, otherwise known as Take the A Train or simply A-Train.
30 Years AgoChaos Control
PlayStationJapan
Chaos Control, a super-production designed entirely on Silicon Graphics, takes you to the heart of a fantastic epic that blends cyberculture, virtual travel and manga graphics.
29 Years AgoScorcher
SaturnEurope
Scorcher is a futuristic racing video game for the PC and the Sega Saturn. The game focuses on special motorcycles that reach up to 450 km/h racing through dangerous tracks in a dystopian year 2021.
28 Years AgoBust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition
PortGame BoyJapan
Bub and Bob are back! Like in Tetris in reverse, you shoot bubbles at an array of different-colored bubbles stuck in an ever descending ceiling, attempting to match them up three by three to make them disappear.
26 Years AgoVanark
PlayStationNorth America
Vanark is, at its core, a shooter. Sure, it's a 3D shooter "on rails" in the grand tradition of Star Fox or the Saturn's Panzer Dragoon series, but the difference here, is that it's the PlayStation's first great example of one.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.