On This Day in Gaming: April 25

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

April 25

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Fire Emblem cover23 Years Ago

Fire Emblem

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

It is the seventh game of the Fire Emblem series, the second game in the series to be released for the Game Boy Advance, and the first to be released in both North America and Europe.

Disney's Toy Story cover30 Years Ago

Disney's Toy Story

PortSNESEuropeAustralia

This game is based on the movie "Toy Story". It sets you as the character of Woody as you jump, swing and drive to the end of each level. Each level contains familiar scenes from the movie.

Pandemonium! cover29 Years Ago

Pandemonium!

SaturnJapan

Pandemonium features 2 playable characters: Fargus, a joker, and Nikki, who unwittingly casts a spell that destroys the town. The goal of the game is to reach the Wishing Engine, where they can wish the town back to normal.

Area 51 cover21 Years Ago

Area 51

PS2Worldwide

Area 51 is the only action-packed 1st person shooter set in the U.S. governments most secret and secure military facility. The U.S.

OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast cover20 Years Ago

OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast

Expanded editionPS2North America

OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast features 15 unique cars, the most ever seen in any OutRun game. In addition to the ten cars from OutRun 2 SP, new models include the 550 Barchetta, F355 Spider, Superamerica, 328 GTS, and the Ferrari F430.

Virtua Tennis 3 cover20 Years Ago

Virtua Tennis 3

ArcadeJapan

Virtua Tennis 3 (Sega Professional Tennis: Power Smash 3 in Japan) is the second arcade game sequel to Sega's tennis game franchise, Virtua Tennis. The arcade version of Virtua Tennis 3 is powered by the PC-based Sega Lindbergh arcade system board.

World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 International cover24 Years Ago

World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 International

PS2Japan

Pro Evolution Soccer 2, known as World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 in Japan, is the second instalment of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer football video game series. The Japanese version was succeeded by the updated World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 Final Evolution.

Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War cover20 Years Ago

Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War

PS2North America

The sixth installment in the Ace Combat series explores the Belkan War, a devastating conflict alluded to in Ace Combat 5.

Kirby's Avalanche cover31 Years Ago

Kirby's Avalanche

PortSNESNorth America

King Dedede has challenged Kirby and other members of Dream Land to an Avalanche Competition in the Dream Fountain. Kirby, taking on the challenge, has decided to battle his way through the forest and into the Dream Fountain to win the Avalanche Cup from King Dedede.

Summon Night: Swordcraft Story cover23 Years Ago

Summon Night: Swordcraft Story

Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide

Summon Night: Swordcraft Story is an RPG set in the strange world of Lyndbaum, a sacred land linked to four magical dimensions from which Summoners can call forth spirits called Guardian Beasts to do their bidding.

Gradius cover40 Years Ago

Gradius

PortFamicomJapan

The NES port of Gradius.

RoboCop cover35 Years Ago

RoboCop

PortNESEurope

RoboCop is a beat 'em up action game.

Maken X cover26 Years Ago

Maken X

DreamcastNorth America

Maken X is a game for the Dreamcast video game console that fits into an subgenre of "first-person slashers". The game is mainly regarded as a first-person action game because of the realistic elements in gameplay.

Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny cover20 Years Ago

Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny

PS2North America

The 7th core Atelier game and the second in the Iris Series. Its story is a Prequel to the first game.

Illbleed cover25 Years Ago

Illbleed

DreamcastNorth America

Illbleed is a tongue-in-cheek survival horror game and a send-up to horror Clichés.

Disaster Report cover24 Years Ago

Disaster Report

PS2Japan

Zettai Zetsumei Toshi is a survival action-adventure video game created by Irem. It is the first game in the Zettai Zetsumei Toshi series. The game deals with the characters' survival and escape from the slow collapse of an artificial island.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2 cover24 Years Ago

Pro Evolution Soccer 2

PortPlayStationJapan

The PlayStation port of World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6, released for PlayStation 2.

Klonoa Beach Volleyball cover24 Years Ago

Klonoa Beach Volleyball

PlayStationJapan

Klonoa Beach Volleyball is a spin-off of the Klonoa game series. Its release was limited to Japan and Europe only with the characters speaking in English in the latter.

Harvest Moon DS Cute cover18 Years Ago

Harvest Moon DS Cute

Expanded editionNintendo DSNorth America

Harvest Moon DS Cute is the female version of Harvest Moon DS for the Nintendo DS. It was published and developed by Marvelous Interactive Inc., and first released in Japan on December 8, 2005.

Disney's Toy Story cover30 Years Ago

Disney's Toy Story

Mega Drive / GenesisEurope

A Toy Story game that released for Genesis / Mega Drive.

Tobal 2 cover29 Years Ago

Tobal 2

PlayStationJapan

The fighting system in Tobal 2 is the same as in the previous game. The player can freely navigate 3D fighting arenas under the condition that he or she faces the opponent. High, medium, and low attacks can be executed using assigned buttons.

Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword cover18 Years Ago

Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword

Nintendo DSWorldwide

This action-adventure title is presented in a third person, pseudo-3D manner, meaning all the game-models are rendered in full 3D, but the world the player travels around in is pre-rendered.

Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports Challenge cover30 Years Ago

Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports Challenge

SNESEurope

Humor! Wackiness! Sports! ls that what you're looking for? if so. this game's got it!

Breakers cover29 Years Ago

Breakers

Neo Geo CDJapan

In Breakers, choose one of eight fighters who have their own moves and special attacks. There are eight stages in the game, and each stage has two battles. The object of each battle is to drain your opponent's energy in order to win the battle.

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

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