ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 22
The games released on this day in gaming history.
734 releases
21 Years AgoAbduction Escape
Web browserWorldwide
An old-school Flash game where you play as someone who’s been abducted by aliens and needs to escape before becoming their next experiment.
19 Years Ago
18 Years AgoWild Earth: African Safari
PortWiiNorth America
Explore the wild and capture its natural beauty on film in Wild Earth: African Safari. Take award-winning pictures of exotic animals in their natural habitats without disturbing them.
18 Years AgoHeracles no Eikou IV: Kamigami kara no Okurimono
WiiJapan
You join your friends Plato and Epipha from the mythical city of Atlantis. Their fine professor has been researching possibilities of ever lasting life. Soon after the game begins, an event happens that transcends life as they know it.
18 Years AgoSpongebob & Patrick: Dirty Bubble Busters
Web browserWorldwide
Dirty Bubble Busters is a platformer game released on Nickelodeon’s website. The game features SpongeBob and Patrick as they embark on a mission to clean up Bikini Bottom by eliminating the Dirty Bubble and other evil bubbles.
18 Years AgoAkumajyo Dracula Peke
WiiJapan
Akumajyo Dracula Peke is a hidden minigame that came included with Castlevania: Rondo of Blood. It is also known as Stage X "The Fate of Blood Must be Cut with the SUPER CD-ROM² ROM" (血の因縁はSUPER CD・ROM²でなければ断てない, Chi no Innen ha Super CD-ROM² ROM de Nakereba Tatenai).
17 Years AgoLode Runner
RemakeXbox 360Worldwide
A remake of Lode Runner, developed by Tozai and Southend Interactive, was released on April 22, 2009.
17 Years Ago5 Minutes to Kill Yourself
Web browserWorldwide
Stan is in hell. He lives the day-in, day-out workaday life of a cube jockey. A last-minute meeting request pushes him over the edge.
17 Years AgoYuckfu
RemakeiOSWorldwide
Help a cute robot collect crates and avoid crashing into walls. Frantic arcade action with 3D graphics.
17 Years AgoMonkey Flight
iOSWorldwide
Launching JABBERING MONKEYS from a palm tree has never been this fun... and harmless! Use your catapulting skills to become the KING OF THE JUNGLE, but watch out for dirty mud pools and ouchy rocks, or you might end up as the troop's back scratcher or tree shaker.
17 Years AgoPowerup
Web browserWorldwide
Connect metal blocks to transfer energy between transformers.
17 Years AgoSmashing Toys
PCWorldwide
Race for your toy's - against other players or in single-player mode.
17 Years AgoPalisade Guardian
Web browserWorldwide
Defend against the incoming German Nazis in this exciting WWII defense game! One of the most intense flash gaming experiences of 2009!
17 Years AgoVinnie's Rampage
Web browserWorldwide
Help Vinnie sift those responsible for ramming into his sweet Shelby! Sift some heads with the option of three weapons. A comeback to one of the original Sift Heads scenes.
17 Years AgoBalloone
Web browserWorldwide
Click on 3 or more balloons of the same color to free them.The game will end when a column of balloons is full.
17 Years AgoWow! Wow! Wubbzy
V.SmileNorth America
An edutainment game based on the children's television show, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! released for the V.Smile.
16 Years AgoHamsterball
PortPS3Europe
Take control of a hamster in a ball and get set to run the most frenzied race of your life.The clock is ticking and EVERYTHING is out to stop you with crazy obstacles around every turn unexpected twists and dramatic drops, each level will i…
16 Years AgoTokyo Mono Hara Shi: Karasu no Mori Gakuen Kitan
PSPJapan
The story is centered on a group of high school students tracking down cursed hanafuda cards that released demons called the "hidden people" into the human world.
16 Years AgoTank Battles
PS3Japan
Tank Battles (called "Battle Tanks" in North America) is a World War II themed multidirectional shooter inspired by classics like Combat for the Atari 2600, and the arcade game Tank Force.
16 Years AgoUnsolved Mystery Club: Amelia Earhart
PCMacWorldwide
Help the Unsolved Mystery Club find out what happened to the legendary aviator Amelia Earhart in this fun Hidden Object Adventure game! Now's your chance to explore some of the facts and theories behind her disappearance in "Unsolved Mystery Club: Amelia Earhart".
16 Years AgoKetsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi Extra
PortXbox 360Japan
This enhanced port of Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi includes the original arcade game along with a new remixed game mode called "X mode". X mode retains the same stage design and enemy placement from the original version, but completely reworks the scoring system.
16 Years AgoHarakuju Tantei Gakuen: Steel Wood
PSPJapan
"The more you know the truth the less wonderful it is.
16 Years AgoAkatsuki no Goei: Tsumibukaki Shuumatsuron
PCJapan
The final game in the Akatsuki no Goei Trilogy. With helicopters in the air and thousands of police surrounding the ‘forbidden area’, where those who aren’t recognized as humans reside, the normal lives of Kaito and his friends are coming to an end.
16 Years AgoShogi
PSPWorldwide
This is a portable version of the classic board game (also known as Japanese Chess.) Two players can share a PSP and play Shogi together. This game is one of a series of For Two games, where two players can simultaneously play together using the same PSP.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.