On This Day in Gaming: April 20

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

April 20

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Dr. Mario Express cover17 Years Ago

Dr. Mario Express

Nintendo DSiNorth America

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.

Isaki Shuugorou no Keiba Hisshou Gaku cover36 Years Ago

Isaki Shuugorou no Keiba Hisshou Gaku

FamicomJapan

Isaki Shuugorou no Keiba Hisshou Gaku is a Sports game, developed by C-Lab and published by Imagineer, which was released in Japan in 1990.

Ninja Boy cover36 Years Ago

Ninja Boy

Game BoyJapan

Ninja Boy is an Action game, developed and published by Culture Brain, which was released in Japan in 1990

Popeye cover36 Years Ago

Popeye

Game BoyJapan

Popeye is a Japan-exclusive Game Boy video game based on the comic strip of the same name licensed from King Features Syndicate. A cancelled US version was found in the 2020 Nintendo data leak, intended to be published by INTV Corporation.

Necros no Yousai cover36 Years Ago

Necros no Yousai

PC EngineJapan

Coming from a promotional Candy Toy Made by Lotte Group, Necros no Yōsai is a JRPG set in an anime / manga, fantasy, turn-based with licensed title themes.

Super Robot Taisen cover35 Years Ago

Super Robot Taisen

Game BoyJapan

The first game of the series, which only features sentient robots from the Universal Century Gundam series, Mazinger series and Getter Robo series.

Super Momotaro Dentetsu cover34 Years Ago

Super Momotaro Dentetsu

PortFamicomJapan

A train-based boardgame for the PC Engine, Famicom, and Game Boy. Super Momotarou Dentetsu is a train and conveyance-based board game with financial elements that features Hudson's Momotarou character, based on the Japanese folklore hero of the same name.

Soreike! Anpanman: Minna de Hiking Game! cover34 Years Ago

Soreike! Anpanman: Minna de Hiking Game!

FamicomJapan

Anpanman travels around the world helping people. But what is Anpanman? He’s a superhero whose head is made out of sweet rolls filled with bean jam.

Doraemon Kart cover28 Years Ago

Doraemon Kart

Game BoyJapan

Based on the popular TV animation, Doraemon must race his friends and win the cup!

RedLine Racer cover27 Years Ago

RedLine Racer

DreamcastWorldwide

Redline Racer (Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing for the European and North American Dreamcast release, European Game Boy Color release and Microsoft Windows re-release) is a racing game that was developed by Criterion Games and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows.

Warera Mitsurin Tankentai!! cover26 Years Ago

Warera Mitsurin Tankentai!!

PlayStationJapan

Players take command of the expedition become a captain, branch off into the jungle. And see the ruins of the ancient civilization seems to have there, advance deep into the jungle to explore further the aim of the discovery of the ruins.

Heisa Byouin cover26 Years Ago

Heisa Byouin

PlayStationJapan

The game puts the player inside a hospital where the main character has to solve a series of murder cases. As soon as he arrives things starting to go even worse and more people are killed, can you help him solve this horror mystery?

Martial Masters cover26 Years Ago

Martial Masters

ArcadeWorldwide

At the end of the Qin's Dynasty, the government weakened by corruption was attacked by foreign influences. The people were flung into misery and became quite unsatisfied with the situation. They did not believe in the government anymore and turned their faith back to religion.

Ghoul Panic cover26 Years Ago

Ghoul Panic

PlayStationJapan

Ghoul Panic is a comedy action-adventure game developed by Raizing and published by Namco, set in a haunted mansion.

Gaia Master cover26 Years Ago

Gaia Master

PlayStationJapan

Gaia Master is an original fantasy board game for the Japanese playstation that was released in Japan for 4800 yen. It will be followed by versions on the Dreamcast and the Game Boy color systems.

Sno Pokeler cover26 Years Ago

Sno Pokeler

PlayStationJapan

Sno Pokeler allows the player to accessorize his PocketStation (not included with the game) and create your own Pokeler with accompanying Playstation 1 software. The player can customize his Pocketstation with different themes, characters faces, tones, etc.

RayCrisis: Series Termination cover26 Years Ago

RayCrisis: Series Termination

PlayStationJapan

RayCrisis, known as RayCrisis: Series Termination in North America, is the third game released in the "Ray" series of Taito shooting games. Chronologically, it is considered a prequel to the first game, RayForce.

Gambler Densetsu Tetsuya cover25 Years Ago

Gambler Densetsu Tetsuya

PS2Japan

Mahjong game adapted from the anime series of the same name. Develop your cheating skills to triumph over your opponents while following the manga's storyline.

Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament cover24 Years Ago

Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament

PS2Worldwide

In this officially licensed tennis game from Namco, you can play in all four major tournaments of the tennis season: The Australian Open, Wimbeldon, the French Open and the US Open, with the best players in the world including Andre Agassi…

Groove Adventure Rave: Hikari to Yami no Daikessen cover24 Years Ago

Groove Adventure Rave: Hikari to Yami no Daikessen

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

Groove Adventure Rave: Hikari to Yami no Daikessen is an Action game, published by Konami, which was released in Japan in 2002.

Sister Princess: Re Pure cover23 Years Ago

Sister Princess: Re Pure

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

Sister Princess: Re Pure is an Adventure game, developed and published by Marvelous Entertainment, which was released in Japan in 2003.

Simple 2960 Tomodachi Series Vol. 1: The Table Game Collection cover23 Years Ago

Simple 2960 Tomodachi Series Vol. 1: The Table Game Collection

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

The Table Game Collection is a Miscellaneous game, developed by Access and published by D3Publisher, which was released in Japan in 2003.

Simple 2960 Tomodachi Series Vol. 2: The Block Kuzushi cover23 Years Ago

Simple 2960 Tomodachi Series Vol. 2: The Block Kuzushi

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

The Block Kuzushi is a Puzzle game, developed by Access and published by D3Publisher, which was released in Japan in 2003.

GetBackers Dakkanya: Metropolis Dakkan Sakusen! cover23 Years Ago

GetBackers Dakkanya: Metropolis Dakkan Sakusen!

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

GetBackers Dakkanya: Metropolis Dakkan Sakusen! is a Role-Playing game, published by Konami, which was released in Japan in 2003.

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

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