ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 17
The games released on this day in gaming history.
721 releases
25 Years AgoSteppenwolf: The X-Creatures Project
Web browserWorldwide
Steppenwolf: The X-Creatures Project is a 2001 episodic action-adventure video game developed by Sarbakan and published by Warner Bros. Studios.
25 Years AgoHard Truck 2
PCEurope
Hard Truck 2 is the original version of the more well-known upgraded release called Hard Truck 2: King of the Road.
22 Years AgoFrank's Adventure 3
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Frank's Adventure 3 is an adult top-down indie Flash game by Mausland Entertainment from 2004.
21 Years AgoDemocracy
LinuxPCMacWorldwide
Democracy is a government simulation game that was first developed by Positech Games in 2005, with a sequel released in December 2007 and a third game in 2013. The player plays as if they are the president or prime minister of a democratic government.
21 Years AgoBobobo-bo Bo-bobo: Dassutsu! Hajike Royale
GameCubeJapan
Boboboubo Boubobo Dassutsu! Hajike Royale is an Action game, published by Hudson, which was released in Japan in 2005.
19 Years AgoBenkei Gaiden
WiiJapan
Set in a sort of old Japan with fantasy overtones, Benkei Gaiden is a standard overhead RPG. Battle scenes are random and turn based (with quite a nice bit of music), and the game relies very heavily on Japanese text based menu systems.
19 Years AgoRent-A-Hero
WiiJapan
Rent A Hero is an action role-playing video game series released by Sega for the Mega Drive console in 1991 with a large emphasis on humor. The game features the same graphic engine previously used in the development of Sword of Vermilion.
19 Years AgoMore Bloons
Web browserWorldwide
By popular demand, More Bloons is here. Play 50 all-new challenging levels, and a new special balloon type! Some of these levels are very hard, and should keep most of you busy for a while!
19 Years AgoShockman
WiiJapan
It's been two years since Arnold and Sonya were made into Shockmen. A message from the professor to return to their bodies has them head to his laboratory, but they are ambushed by a mysterious enemy along the way.
18 Years AgoJet Storm: Modern Dogfights
PCWorldwide
It’s 2006, and the United States faces a new and terrible enemy. Surviving terrorist groups have formed an alliance with the South American drug cartels.
18 Years AgoSuper Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 3
Web browserPCWorldwide
The super crazy guitar maniac returns with 14 new songs to master and 10 awesome guitars to choose from!
18 Years AgoPro Evolution Soccer 2008
PortWiiAustralia
The Wii port of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008.
17 Years AgoVacation Sports
WiiWorldwide
Vacation Sports brings the exhilaration of sports competition to your home!
17 Years AgoEther Saga Online
PCWorldwide
Free to play MMORPG based on Journey to the West from Perfect World Entertainment.
17 Years AgoCID: The Dummy
WiiEurope
Save the world, the day, and the girl in CID The Dummy, an action-adventure game. The game comes with high speed crashes, turbo-charged weapons, kung-fu fighting, mind-boggling puzzles and level systems and more monsters than you can shake a super-charged fire-blazing bazooka at.
17 Years Ago
17 Years AgoMeet'N'Fuck: BDSM Club
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Recently I met a very sexy girl. Her name was Rachel. She was telling a lot of stories from her weird sexual life. At the first time, I didn't believe her of course. But on my birthday, she gave me a flyer to BDSM club of Madam Vinson.
17 Years AgoIron Sight
iOSWorldwide
Iron Sight is a turn-based strategy game, based in a post-apocalyptic world. The player has the option of picking between two different factions, the Corporation or Rebellion.
17 Years AgoBloons
Expanded editioniOSWorldwide
Bloons for iPhone is here! 150 brand new original levels specially made for iPhone. Now you can play your favourite game any time!
16 Years AgoKick-Ass: The Game
iOSWorldwide
Kick-Ass is a fully 3D action fighting game set in the third-personperspective, where the player can play and control modern day superheroes based on the super characters found in the film of the samename.
16 Years AgoBasketball Hall-of-Fame: Ultimate Hoops Challenge
WiiWorldwide
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, this unique basketball video game stars some of the greatest players of all time. Basketball fans can join 16 of the greatest players to ever lace 'em up in this collection of roundball mini-games.
16 Years AgoPaperPlane
PCWorldwide
PaperPlane is a video game where you fly a paper airplane through typical childhood memories. You give life back to these memories by flying close to them, through them or around them.
15 Years AgoThis is a Work of Fiction
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A game for people who like strange mysteries and puzzle solving. This is a Work of Fiction is a game dedicated to conspiracy-theory websites, like the old one about the time cube (find it on the internet archive some time – it’s incredible).
15 Years AgoEast 73: Magenta Fairytale
LinuxMacPCWorldwide
Stunning visuals and a fantastical daily Nanjing story unfold. Xiao Su, who sees into others' hearts, joins a new school's art class. He encounters familiar and new faces, exploring their inner worlds and confronting his own hidden depths.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.