On This Day in Gaming: April 24

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

April 24

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Championship Rally cover34 Years Ago

Championship Rally

FamicomJapan

Championship Rally, known as Exciting Rally: World Rally Championship in Japan, is a 1991 racing video game published by HAL Laboratory and made for the Nintendo Entertainment System. This game was not released in North America.

Heracles no Eikou III: Kamigami no Chinmoku cover34 Years Ago

Heracles no Eikou III: Kamigami no Chinmoku

Super FamicomJapan

Heracles no Eikou III: Kamigami no Chinmoku is the third installment of the series. Originally released for the Super Famicom, it was released on the Japanese Virtual Console in 2007 and a mobile phone in 2008 by G-Mode.

Maka Maka cover34 Years Ago

Maka Maka

Super FamicomJapan

Maka Maka (摩訶摩訶) is a Japan-exclusive role-playing video game which was released in 1992. The characters were designed by Koji Aihara.

Wanpaku Kokkun no Gourmet World cover34 Years Ago

Wanpaku Kokkun no Gourmet World

FamicomJapan

Wanpaku Kokkun no Gourmet World is a 2D platformer. Later released as Panic Restaurant in the West with a changed main character sprite and increased difficulty.

Magical Taluluto-kun cover34 Years Ago

Magical Taluluto-kun

Mega Drive / GenesisJapan

Magical Taluluto-kun is a 1992 action game for the Sega Mega Drive by Sega and Game Freak to tie into Tatsuya Egawa's/Shueisha's Magical Taruruuto-kun manga, which had been recently turned into an anime by Toei Animation. C jumps; C in mid-air lunges forward.

Devilish: The Next Possession cover34 Years Ago

Devilish: The Next Possession

Mega Drive / GenesisJapan

"Devilish" is different from other paddle games by letting you play with two paddles. The lower one behaves just like a usual paddle - you use it to prevent the ball from dropping down.

The Reshaping of Googol 1B: The Tower cover29 Years Ago

The Reshaping of Googol 1B: The Tower

PlayStationWorldwide

The Reshaping of Googol 1B: The Tower, is the second game in the "The Secret of Googol" edutainment series. "The Secret of Googol" is a game series by the San Diego-based company Lightspan Inc (aka Lightspan Adventures).

Bug Too! cover29 Years Ago

Bug Too!

SaturnEurope

Bug Too! was a third person platform/adventure game, and has lots of console-style play mechanics. The player can play as Bug and/or his 2 new sidekicks, Maggot Dog and Super Fly. The player goes through several new 3D worlds, all of which are parodies of movies.

F-1 World Grand Prix for Dreamcast cover26 Years Ago

F-1 World Grand Prix for Dreamcast

PortDreamcastNorth America

The 1997 Formula One World Championship, won by Canadian Jacques Villeneuve in dramatic fashion after a final-race collision with Germany's Michael Schumacher, is recreated in this racing simulation.

UEFA Champions League Season 1999/2000 cover26 Years Ago

UEFA Champions League Season 1999/2000

PlayStationWorldwide

UEFA Champions League Season 1999/2000 is a Sports game, developed by Silicon Dreams and published by Eidos Interactive, which was released in Europe in 2000.

The Ripping Friends: The World's Most Manly Men! cover24 Years Ago

The Ripping Friends: The World's Most Manly Men!

Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide

The Ripping Friends are a team of the most manly men in the world. Their mission is to 'RIP' anything that stands in the way of freedom and goodness.

Pinball Fun cover23 Years Ago

Pinball Fun

PS2Japan

A pinball game with three tables: Attack the Dragon, Love Song, and Operation Thunder Storm. Test your skills to the limit on three theme based tables and try to beat that high score, trying to make the most out of bonuses, score multipliers and multi balls.

Yumeria cover23 Years Ago

Yumeria

PS2Japan

A visual novel for the PlayStation 2. It went on to spawn an anime series.

Simple 2000 Series Vol. 21: The Bishoujo Simulation RPG - Moonlight Tale cover23 Years Ago

Simple 2000 Series Vol. 21: The Bishoujo Simulation RPG - Moonlight Tale

PS2Worldwide

The Bishoujou Simulation RPG is a Strategy game, developed by Yuki and published by D3 Publisher, which was released in Japan in 2003.

Simple 2000 Series Vol. 27: The Pro Yakyuu - 2003 Pennant Race cover23 Years Ago

Simple 2000 Series Vol. 27: The Pro Yakyuu - 2003 Pennant Race

PS2Worldwide

The Pro Yakyuu: 2003 Pennant Race is a Sports game, developed by Tamsoft and published by D3Publisher, which was released in Japan in 2003.

Motion Gravure Series: Mori Hiroko cover23 Years Ago

Motion Gravure Series: Mori Hiroko

PS2Japan

View and navigate photos of the Japanese idol Mori Hiroko. Released in 2003.

Motion Gravure Series: Nemoto Harumi cover23 Years Ago

Motion Gravure Series: Nemoto Harumi

PS2Japan

View and navigate photos of the Japanese idol Nemoto Harumi. Released in 2003.

Doko Demo Issyo: Watashi na Ehon cover23 Years Ago

Doko Demo Issyo: Watashi na Ehon

PS2Japan

Doko Demo Issho: My Picture Book is a video game developed by BeXide and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. It was released in April 24, 2003 on the PlayStation 2.

Zero One cover23 Years Ago

Zero One

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

An adventure game from Fuuki released exclusively in Japan in 2003.

AI Igo 2003 cover23 Years Ago

AI Igo 2003

PS2Japan

AI Go is a computer Go program written by David Fotland and adapted for the PS2 by i4 Corporation.

AI Mahjong 2003 cover23 Years Ago

AI Mahjong 2003

PS2Japan

AI Mahjong 2003 is a no-frills version of the classic Japanese board game. It boasts 19 levels of difficulty and more than a dozen game modes.

The Conveni 3: Ano Machi wo Dokusen Seyo cover23 Years Ago

The Conveni 3: Ano Machi wo Dokusen Seyo

PS2Japan

A convenience store simulation game.

Green Green: Kanenone Romantic cover23 Years Ago

Green Green: Kanenone Romantic

Expanded editionPS2Japan

An expanded console port of Green Green focused on the "solitude" romance part of the game. It adds two new heroines, new artwork, new closing songs for the original five girls, and a built-in CG gallery.

AI Shogi 2003 cover23 Years Ago

AI Shogi 2003

PS2Japan

AI Shogi is a computer Shogi program written by Hiroshi Yamashita and adapted for the PS2 by i4 Corporation.

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

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