ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 16
The games released on this day in gaming history.
784 releases
33 Years AgoCool Spot
Mega Drive / GenesisNorth America
Cool Spot is a mascot for 7 Up, introduced in 1987. During this time, the red spot in the 7 Up logo was anthropomorphized: given arms, legs, a mouth, and sunglasses.
27 Years AgoR4: Ridge Racer Type 4
PlayStationEurope
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 is the fourth game in the Ridge Racer series. It includes eight tracks (with reverse variants, for a total of 16 layouts) and 321 vehicles, all of which are fictional.
22 Years AgoTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
XboxPS2Europe
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) is a beat 'em up game based on the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television series, following the events of a handful of season one episodes. The player can play as either Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo or Raphael.
34 Years AgoTop Gear
SNESNorth America
"Top Gear sends players over eight countries around the world with one of four cars, facing sharp turns, pit stops, and debris in this arcade-style racing game."
20 Years AgoBrain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Nintendo DSNorth America
Brain Age keeps the brain active through a series of mathematical questions, Stroop tests and Sudoku.
28 Years AgoDarkstalkers 3
Expanded editionSaturnJapan
Darkstalkers 3 is the second sequel in the Darkstalkers series of fighting games by Capcom, originally released for the arcades in 1997.
28 Years AgoMystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Nintendo 64North America
The story follows Goemon's struggles to prevent the Peach Mountain Shoguns gang from turning Japan into a Westernized fine arts theater.
30 Years AgoNBA Hangtime
ArcadeNorth America
Hangtime was the third basketball game by the original development team behind the NBA Jam series. The title was changed due to the NBA Jam name being acquired by Acclaim Entertainment, the publisher of the games for the home market.
28 Years AgoTheme Hospital
PortPlayStationNorth America
The PlayStation port of Theme Hospital has a a different menu system to accomodate the controller, and a slightly different graphical presentation of the HUD.
30 Years AgoDoom
Expanded editionPlayStationJapan
All Hell's Breaking Loose! This is it! The gaming addiction that's been played by an estimated 10 million fanatics on the PC.
28 Years AgoTail Concerto
PlayStationJapan
Explore a vast 3D world inhabited by lovable characters that you can interact with! Run, jump, climb, and even fly through 9 floating islands of adventure! Experience the wonder of dramatic anime sequences! Characters come to life with spoken dialogue!
28 Years AgoShinseiki Evangelion: Koutetsu no Girlfriend
PlayStationJapan
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel, also known as Neon Genesis Evangelion: Iron Maiden, is a video game based on the Gainax anime/manga series Neon Genesis Evangelion, released officially only in Japan for the PlayStation, Sega Sa…
35 Years AgoSpider-Man: The Video Game
ArcadeWorldwide
Spider-Man: The Video Game, also known as Spider-Man, is a 1991 arcade video game developed by Sega based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Spider-Man and his allies must retrieve a mystical artefact first from the Kingpin, then Doctor Doom.
25 Years AgoBatman: Chaos in Gotham
Game Boy ColorNorth America
The Batman returns on Game Boy Color with BATMAN: Total Chaos in Gotham City. Based on the popular animated BATMAN series, this single-player action game allows you to don the cowl of one of two Bat-heroes: Batman or Batgirl.
25 Years AgoESPN MLS ExtraTime 2002
PS2North America
ESPN MLS ExtraTime is a sports video game released in 2001 by Konami. MLS ExtraTime was the last in the series as the MLS sold its video game license to EA Sports' FIFA series.
19 Years AgoToon-Doku
Nintendo DSNorth America
Toon-Doku is a sudoku game for Nintendo DS which attempts to substitute the numbers used in the original game for colorful images.
16 Years AgoSpectral Force Genesis
Nintendo DSNorth America
Spectral Force makes its first appearance on the Nintendo DS featuring over 150 characters, a high level of strategic gameplay and a truly epic story. It's quite simply the perfect introduction to the Spectral Force series and the fantasy world of Neverland.
24 Years AgoRedCard 2003
PS2North America
Red Card 2003 is Midway's soccer title in its extreme sports series. The gameplay is comparable to NFL Blitz or NHL Hitz. Players choose from one of 32 international teams and duke it out in the most realistic of Midway's 2003 extreme sports games.
36 Years AgoSokoban World
PC EngineWorldwide
Pushing around boxes in store rooms may not sound like ideal fodder for a video game. Well, they went and made one anyway. this is one of those brain melting puzzle games that some will love and some will despise.
36 Years AgoDarius Plus
PortPC EngineJapan
NOTE: "Darius Plus" is the TurboGrafx-16 PC-Engine port of the original Darius produced by Bits Laboratory and NEC Avenue. This is a different port than the title "Darius+", which was published by The Edge and developed by Softek for the Amiga, Atart ST, and ZX Spectrum.
36 Years AgoBio-Ship Paladin
ArcadeWorldwide
Bio-ship Paladin is a 1990 horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game. It was later ported to the Sega Mega Drive. While the game is essentially a standard horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up, it has an innovation that makes it unique in the genre.
33 Years AgoDual Orb
Super FamicomJapan
In an alternate reality, in a parallel world, there are humans just like in the universe we dwell in. Those humans used to co-exist peacefully with animals, fairies, and dragons - other inhabitants of the world.
33 Years AgoFiend Hunter
PC Engine CDJapan
Fiend Hunter is an Action game with rpg elements developed and published by Right Stuff.
33 Years AgoThe Mahjong Touhai-den
Super FamicomJapan
The Mahjong Touhai-den is a Miscellaneous game, developed by Khaos and published by Video System, which was released in Japan in 1993.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.