On This Day in Gaming: April 28

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

Heisei Inu Monogatari Bow: Pop'n Smash cover32 Years Ago

Heisei Inu Monogatari Bow: Pop'n Smash

Super FamicomJapan

Heisei Inu Monogatari Bow: Pop'n Smash!! ("Heisei-era Dog Tales Bow: Pop'n Smash") is a video game adaptation of a 1993 comedic anime series (which in turn is based on a manga) about a bull terrier, Bow Wow, who is adopted into a Yakuza family.

Waratte Iitomo! Tamorinpic cover32 Years Ago

Waratte Iitomo! Tamorinpic

Super FamicomJapan

A Super Famicom four-player party mini-game collection based on the long-running Japanese variety show Waratte Iitomo! and featuring its shades-wearing host Tamori. Waratte Iitomo! Tamorinpic ("It's OK to Laugh!

Fortune Quest: Dice wo Korogase cover32 Years Ago

Fortune Quest: Dice wo Korogase

Super FamicomJapan

Fortune Quest is a Miscellaneous game, developed by Natsume and published by Zamuse, which was released in Japan in 1994.

Hatsukoi Monogatari cover32 Years Ago

Hatsukoi Monogatari

PC Engine CDJapan

Following a brief prologue with adventure-like gameplay, the bulk of Hatsukoi Monogatari consists of managerial simulation along the lines of Princess Maker games, though with more limited options and no RPG elements.

Karnov's Revenge cover32 Years Ago

Karnov's Revenge

Neo GeoArcadeJapanEuropeNorth America

Karnov's Revenge, also known as "Fighter's History Dynamite" in Japan, is a 1994 arcade fighting game, and the followup to Fighter's History.

Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 2 cover31 Years Ago

Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 2

Super FamicomJapan

Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 2 is a Fishing game, published by Pack-In-Video. It is the second numbered game in the "Legend of the River King" series and was only released in Japan.

GB Pachio-kun 3 cover31 Years Ago

GB Pachio-kun 3

Game BoyJapan

The final entry in the GB Pachio-kun subseries.

Paizei Mahjong Ryouga cover31 Years Ago

Paizei Mahjong Ryouga

Super FamicomJapan

A mahjong game for the Super Famicom.

Haisei Mahjong Ryouga cover31 Years Ago

Haisei Mahjong Ryouga

Super FamicomJapan

Haisei Mahjong Ryouga is a Miscellaneous game, published by ASCII Entertainment, which was released in Japan in 1995.

J.League Excite Stage '95 cover31 Years Ago

J.League Excite Stage '95

Super FamicomJapan

J.League Excite Stage '95 is a Sports game, developed by A-Max and published by Epoch, which was released in Japan in 1995.

Shodankurai Nintei: Shodan Pro Mahjong cover31 Years Ago

Shodankurai Nintei: Shodan Pro Mahjong

Super FamicomJapan

Shodankurai Nintei: Shodan Pro Mahjong is a Miscellaneous game, developed by Khaos and published by Gaps, which was released in Japan in 1995.

Simulation Pro Yakyuu cover31 Years Ago

Simulation Pro Yakyuu

Super FamicomJapan

Simulation Pro Yakyuu ("Baseball Simulation") is a Japan-exclusive video game for the Super Famicom that uses the actual ball players and teams of the 1995 Nippon Professional Baseball league and combines them into a full-blown simulator.

Super Pachinko Taisen cover31 Years Ago

Super Pachinko Taisen

Super FamicomJapan

Super Pachinko Taisen is a Miscellaneous game, published by Banpresto, which was released in Japan in 1995.

Missland cover31 Years Ago

Missland

PlayStationJapan

Missland is a simple "spot the differences" game. The player is given two slightly different 3D objects, or placed inside two slightly difference scenes, and can freely rotate and zoom. Each puzzle has eight differences to spot, and there are 36 puzzles total.

Akazukin Cha-cha cover31 Years Ago

Akazukin Cha-cha

Game BoyJapan

Chacha and friends challenge the school's graduation exam! Aim to clear the game by overcoming numerous random elements. If you clear 6 test tasks, a secret password will be...?

Tarot Mystery cover31 Years Ago

Tarot Mystery

Super FamicomJapan

Tarot Mystery is a Miscellaneous game, developed by Ukiyotei and published by Visit, which was released in Japan in 1995.

Mahoujin Guru-guru: Yuusha to Kukuri no Daibouken cover31 Years Ago

Mahoujin Guru-guru: Yuusha to Kukuri no Daibouken

Game BoyJapan

Mahoujin Guru-guru: Yuusha to Kukuri no Daibouken is a Japanese RPG game for the Game Boy console released on April 28, 1995. The player chooses as either Nike or Kukuri as the character clears the game.

Gussun Oyoyo cover31 Years Ago

Gussun Oyoyo

Expanded editionPlayStationJapan

This port of Risky Challenge adds 34 more levels to the original 40. "Gussun Oyoyo" also incorporates touched up cutscenes with voice-overs as well as intermission screens between levels. It is a game that can be described as a cross between Tetris, Solomon's Key and Lemmings.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire cover31 Years Ago

Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire

PortSaturnJapan

Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire (Sangokushi IV in Japan) is the fourth game in Koei's Romance of the Three Kingdoms series.

AnEarth Fantasy Stories: The First Volume cover29 Years Ago

AnEarth Fantasy Stories: The First Volume

SaturnJapan

AnEarth Fantasy Stories: The First Volume (エイナスファンタジーストーリーズ ザ・ファーストボリューム) is an RPG for the Sega Saturn. It is based on an earlier PC Engine CD game by Hudson Soft.

Yuugen Gaisha Chikyuu Boueitai cover27 Years Ago

Yuugen Gaisha Chikyuu Boueitai

PlayStationJapan

Yuugen Gaisha Chikyuu Boueitai is a Strategy game, developed by Japan Art Media (JAM) and published by Media Rings, which was released in Japan in 1999.

Jikkyou GI Stable cover27 Years Ago

Jikkyou GI Stable

Nintendo 64Japan

Jikkyou GI Stable is a Sports game, developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya and published by Konami, which was released in Japan in 1999.

Soul of the Samurai cover27 Years Ago

Soul of the Samurai

PlayStationJapan

Claim your destiny as a proud warrior and honor your ancestors in Soul of the Samurai for Sony's PlayStation. It's the end of the Edo Period in Old Japan and forces are plotting against the Shogunate.

Ayrton Senna Kart Duel Special cover27 Years Ago

Ayrton Senna Kart Duel Special

PlayStationJapanEurope

Ayrton Senna Kart Duel is a series of Karting-based 3D racing video games named after famous Brazilian kart and Formula One racer Ayrton Senna.

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