ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 28
The games released on this day in gaming history.
115 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
26 Years AgoResident Evil 2
DreamcastEurope
Resident Evil 2 is a sequel to the first Resident Evil title.
37 Years AgoSuper Mario Bros. 2
PortNESEurope
Super Mario Bros. 2, 2D platformer and sequel to Super Mario Bros. (1985), features 4 selectable characters (Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad) as they navigate the dream world of Subcon to defeat the evil toad king Wart. Super Mario Bros.
21 Years AgoOut of This World
Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide
Out of This World (Another World in Europe) is a cinematic platformer that uses vector-based graphics and rotoscoped animations to deliver a minimalistic yet expressive visual style.
25 Years AgoGran Turismo 3: A-Spec
PS2Japan
More than two years in the making, Gran Turismo 3 A-spec features over 150 detailed cars -- each composed of more than 4,000 polygons -- 60 beginner, amateur and professional championship races, as well as ten endurance races and ten rally races.
33 Years AgoSuper Bomberman
Super FamicomJapan
Super Bomberman is the first video game in the Bomberman series to appear on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is also the first four-player game to be released on the Super NES.
23 Years AgoNBA Street Vol. 2
PS2Worldwide
NBA Street Vol. 2 is a basketball video game, published by EA Sports BIG and developed by EA Canada. It is the sequel to NBA Street and the second game in the NBA Street series.
32 Years AgoSuper Bomberman 2
Super FamicomJapan
Super Bomberman 2 is the second of five games in the Super Bomberman series developed by Produce and Hudson Soft and released on the Super Nintendo. It is the only Super Bomberman game without a 2-player story mode, although one was originally planned.
18 Years Ago2006 FIFA World Cup
PS2Europe
Celebrating the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany - the world's largest sporting event - 2006 FIFA World Cup brings you to the games with the world's superstar players, 12 official stadiums that will be used at 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany and stadiums from each qualifying region.
31 Years AgoSuper Bomberman 3
Super FamicomJapan
Super Bomberman 3 is a game released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995. It is the third game in the Bomberman series for the system. The game was released in Japan and the PAL region, but not in North America.
33 Years AgoYoshi's Cookie
NESEurope
Yoshi's Cookie is a puzzle game similar to Tetris, in which the player is given a playing field populated with cookies of five various types arranged in a rectangular grid. The player moves randomly placed cookies into rows and columns of cookies with similar patterns.
31 Years AgoFatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory
Neo Geo CDJapanNorth America
A 2D scrolling one-on-one fighter with pseudo-3D aspects (that allows for players to "escape" holds, throws, and other attacks using the lanes system). Part of the incredibly-popular SNK fighting game pantheon.
27 Years AgoNBA Live 99
PlayStationJapan
NBA Live 99 is EA Sports' NBA release for the 1998–99 NBA season. Some of the major additions in Live 99 include Practice Mode and multi-season play featuring player development between seasons.
20 Years AgoTrauma Center: Under the Knife
Nintendo DSEurope
Take your Nintendo DS into the Operating Room! Trauma Center: Under the Knife lets YOU play doctor, performing increasingly complex surgeries.
21 Years AgoFallout: Brotherhood of Steel
PS2Japan
As a spinoff, Brotherhood of Steel's gameplay greatly differs from that of other Fallout games. The gameplay is linear, not open-world.
31 Years AgoJumping Flash!
PlayStationJapan
Jumping Flash! is a platform video game published by Sony Computer Entertainment and developed by Exact Co., Ltd. and Ultra Co., Ltd for the PlayStation in 1995.
26 Years AgoBust-a-Move 4
Game Boy ColorJapan
Puzzle Bobble 4 (also known as Bust-a-Move 4 in North America and Europe) is the third sequel to the video game Puzzle Bobble and is the final appearance of the series on the Arcade, PlayStation and Dreamcast.
31 Years AgoTrue Lies
Mega Drive / GenesisSNESJapan
True Lies is a top-view action shooting game based on the 1994 film of the same title that was developed by Beam Software and published by Acclaim and LJN.
32 Years AgoDaffy Duck: The Marvin Missions
SNESEurope
In this game, Duck Dodgers sets out to stop Marvin the Martian from performing various notorious deeds, including destroying his beloved home-planet, Earth. There seems to be only one way to stop Marvin - and that's to destroy all five of his deadly machines!
20 Years AgoDance Dance Revolution Supernova
ArcadeEurope
The hottest revolution and bestselling video game in the music game category returns to its arcade roots with Dance Dance Revolution Supernova, the first arcade version to be released in North America in 6 years.
34 Years AgoBaseball Stars 2
ArcadeWorldwide
Baseball Stars 2 is the sequel to the very successful Baseball Stars game released for Nintendo in the late 1980s. It was released by SNK for Arcade, as well as the Nintendo Entertainment System.
16 Years AgoDragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
Nintendo DSJapan
As Monster Scouts, players can recruit wild monsters to build a team and battle against other players in this turn-based role-playing game. Each year, monster scouts from around the world gather to compete for the title of world's greatest scout.
31 Years AgoBallz 3D
Super FamicomJapan
Ballz 3D is a two player 3D action fighting game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, the Super NES (SNES) and the 3DO. It was developed by PF Magic and published by Accolade in 1994. The 3DO version was released as a director's cut in 1995.
32 Years AgoRanma ½: Chougi Ranbu-hen
Super FamicomJapan
Ranma gets a letter explaining that they just received the recipe to the most valuable of all treasures, the Maneki Neko, which has the ability to grant any wish.
31 Years AgoVirtual Hydlide
SaturnNorth AmericaJapan
Action/RPG's don't get more real than this! Discover the ultimate fantasy world in this compelling epic adventure!
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.