ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 28
The games released on this day in gaming history.
906 releases
3 Years AgoTrailblazer
PCWorldwide
An imaginative action game in which you must guide a ball-shaped craft through a succession of levels.
2 Years AgoEl Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
RemasterSwitchWorldwide
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, originally released in 2011, is a unique third-person action adventure filled with a deeply artistic world-building, outstanding aesthetics and thrilling battles.
2 Years AgoBlue Wednesday
iOSWorldwide
Blue Wednesday is a story about jazz and love, and about failure. The boring days pass for failed jazz pianist Morris. One day is the same as the next until Morris meets jazz saxophonist Angela.
This yearYs Memoire: Revelations in Celceta
PortSwitchWorldwide
Experience a timeless chapter in the storied RPG franchise making its debut on Nintendo Switch, filled with duplicitous schemes, treacherous geography, and secretive characters.
This yearSpy Drops
PS5Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Inspired by stealth action from the 90’s, undertake a series of covert ops to save the world from a global terrorist threat. Experience PS generation, 3D stealth action updated with modern effects, randomly generated levels, modern equipment, and head-to-head local multiplayer.
46 Years AgoInterlude
Apple IITRS-80North America
Interlude is a 1 - 2 player adult-oriented sex game for multiple systems. The player or players answer a short quiz regarding their sexual preferences and mood. The game then recommends a sexual interlude from a manual containing 106 possible encounters.
46 Years AgoBall
Game & WatchJapanNorth America
Ball (originally known as Toss-Up in North America) is a Game & Watch game released as a part of the Silver series on April 28, 1980. It was the first Game & Watch game. It is a single-screen single-player Game & Watch.
44 Years AgoSnoopy Tennis
Game & WatchNorth America
Snoopy Tennis is a Game & Watch video game released in 1982 by Nintendo. The game was very successful, perhaps due to the Snoopy label, with Nintendo producing an estimated 1,200,000 worldwide.
43 Years AgoMario's Cement Factory
Game & WatchNorth America
Mario's Cement Factory is a Game & Watch game. Two versions of the game were produced: the first was for the Game & Watch Table Top and the second was a more conventional New Wide Screen Game & Watch.
43 Years AgoDonkey Kong Jr.
PortGame & WatchNorth America
Donkey Kong Jr. is a Tabletop, and Panorama Game & Watch game. The Tabletop and Panorama versions are the same, though there is a New Wide Screen game under the same name, which is different.
43 Years AgoMario's Cement Factory
PortGame & WatchNorth America
A Table Top port of Mario's Cement Factory.
39 Years Ago
33 Years AgoWar-Torn Versnag
X68000Japan
30 years after the first Versnag War, conflict again threatens to erupt between the Anchis Empire and the bordering kingdom of Zenarg. As they head towards the precipice, two adventurers—young stalwart Zalek and plucky veteran Kinissh—get caught in the chaos.
33 Years AgoMetal Eye
PC-98Japan
In Metal Eye, the player takes the role of a young weapons expert named Findhill. His father was apparently involved in a project that dealt with creating artificial life forms. But recently he has disappeared without a trace.
33 Years AgoMetal Eye 2
PC-98Japan
Metal Eye 2 is set in the same sci-fi universe and is closely related story-wise to the first game. In the future, people have built the floating city Zeron, where the best scientists work on creating androids, artificial human beings who look the same way as real ones.
32 Years AgoHalf Moon ni Kawaru made: Ramiya Ryo no Niji-iro Tamate-bako
PC-98Japan
The game is based on the manga "Half Moon ni Kawaru" made by Ryo Ramiya. It contains four separate stories, which can also be defined as mini-games due to their short length.
31 Years AgoTempo Jr.
Game GearJapan
Music can be fun! Tempo, the hip-hoppin' grasshopper lives in the musical world of planet Rhythmia. It's up to Tempo to save the rhythm and give King Dirge the blues!
31 Years Ago3x3 Eyes: Kyuusei Koushu
PCJapan
3x3 Eyes - Kyuusei Koushu is based on the manga and anime series 3x3 Eyes. It tells the story of a simple Japanese teenager Yakumo, who lives in Tokyo and tries to study at his high school and to earn his living by working as a cross-dressing waiter at the same time.
31 Years AgoRevival Xanadu
RemakePC-98Japan
Revival Xanadu is a remake of Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II. The remake distinguishes itself with the more detailed, graphically more advanced character portraits and backgrounds in the various places of interest (inns, temples, shops, etc.).
31 Years AgoWorldCup Super Stadium
3DOJapan
WorldCup Super Stadium is an educational game that explores the history of the FIFA World Cup tournaments from 1930 to 1994.
30 Years AgoBS Fuurai no Shiren: Surara wo Sukue
PortSatellaviewJapan
BS Fuurai no Shiren: Surara wo Sukue is a Downloadable 4-part Soundlink game for the Satellaview that was broadcast in at least 3 runs between April 28, 1996 and August 2, 1997.
29 Years AgoSAF: Secret Armored Force
PCWorldwide
Family Productions last side-scroller released in the final days of DOS gaming, SAF: Secret Armored Force gets rid of all the technical issues from which former games by the company suffered.
28 Years AgoAdrenix
PCNorth America
Adrenix is a Descent style 6DOF FPS by Digital Dialect. Scott Griffon is a military pilot who has hunted rebels for years as part of an elite anti-insurrection squad.
27 Years AgoLittle Witch Parfait: Kuronekojirushi no Mahouya-san
PCJapan
Parfait Sucreal is a young witch, who is yet in training and full of clumsiness in raising a potion shop called Black Cat Market run by her mother and Parfait's black cat, Sakemas, who can amazingly talk.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.