ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 30
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1019 releases
27 Years AgoPokémon Stadium
Nintendo 64Japan
In the game's Stadium Mode, one player competes in 80 different battles, divided into four tournaments.
22 Years AgoFatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
PS2Europe
Crimson Butterfly is the second installment in the Fatal Frame series, although not a direct sequel to the first title, Fatal Frame. The story follows twin sisters Mio and Mayu as they explore an abandoned village and experience encounters with the paranormal.
28 Years AgoBreath of Fire III
PlayStationNorth America
A MYSTERIOUS POWER...AN UNLIKELY HERO...A CLASSIC ADVENTURE... The lone survivor of a legendary dragon clan, a rebellious youth embarks on a great journey. One of discovery... and danger.
32 Years AgoSuper Bomberman 2
SNESNorth America
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.
17 Years AgoNaruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 4
PS2Europe
Ultimate Ninja 4 takes place two and a half years after the end of the original Naruto series.
29 Years AgoWild Arms
PlayStationNorth America
Wild Arms is a Western-themed role-playing video game developed by Japanese software company Media.Vision.
28 Years AgoBomberman Hero
Nintendo 64Japan
Bomberman's latest adventure takes him across the galaxy! Princess Millian has been kidnapped by the evil Garaden Empire and it's up to Bomberman to save the day. Travel through worlds of ice, fire and water.
28 Years AgoPanzer Dragoon Saga
SaturnNorth America
Enter the world of Panzer Dragoon Saga and experience a game like no other: a fusion of classic Panzer action with the most technologically advanced RPG to come to Saturn. Board your morphing dragon and behold as the mysteries of the Panzer world unfurl across four massive CDs.
26 Years AgoExcitebike 64
Nintendo 64North America
Experience extreme MX! You grind your way through the hairpin turn, a wall of mud exploding in your wake. Your next jump launches you into the air - you pull off a spectacular double no-footed can-can and become an instant legend!
27 Years AgoSnowboard Kids 2
Nintendo 64EuropeAustralia
The game is set in Snow Town, which is the main hometown of the protagonists. The plot follows the daily lives and adventures of the kids, and the rather ridiculous attempts of Damien to sabotage them.
34 Years AgoThe Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy
NESEurope
It's prehistoric pandemonium as your favorite cave family, the Flintstones, get a visit from the 30th century. The clever scientist, Dr. Butler, needs some dinosaurs for the Orbit City Zoo, and he's invented a time machine to capture Dino and Hoppy.
28 Years AgoPoint Blank
PlayStationWorldwide
Point Blank is a first-person arcade shooter developed by Namco. Players use two attached light guns to hit targets onscreen; missions require speed, quick judgment or pinpoint accuracy.
28 Years AgoForsaken
PlayStationNorth AmericaEurope
Forsaken is a Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter game, developed by Probe Entertainment Limited and published by Acclaim, which was released in 1998.
26 Years AgoWild Arms 2
PlayStationNorth America
Wild Arms 2 is not a direct sequel to the first Wild Arms, although it is set in the same fictional world Filgaia, which combines elements of Old West, steampunk, and fantasy.
16 Years AgoWarioWare D.I.Y.
Nintendo DSEurope
This game, which puts the concept of user-generated content on center stage, allows players to design their own micro-games from scratch.
31 Years AgoMetal Warriors
SNESNorth America
Metal Warriors is a 1995 action platformer video game developed by LucasArts and published by Konami for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was released exclusively in North America in April of 1995.
28 Years AgoBust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition
PortNintendo 64North America
Bub and Bob are back! Like in Tetris in reverse, you shoot bubbles at an array of different-colored bubbles stuck in an ever descending ceiling, attempting to match them up three by three to make them disappear.
22 Years AgoFight Night 2004
PS2XboxEurope
Fight Night is EA Sports' new boxing series, replacing the previous Knockout Kings line of games.
35 Years AgoDr. Mario
PortGame BoyEurope
Dr. Mario is a falling block tile-matching video game, in which Mario assumes the role of a doctor, dropping two-colored medical capsules into a medicine bottle representing the playing field.
26 Years AgoThe Misadventures of Tron Bonne
PlayStationNorth America
The Misadventures of Tron Bonne is a 1999 action-adventure game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation.
23 Years AgoIncoming: The Final Conflict
ArcadeNorth America
Set in the near-future of 2009, the game primarily revolves around controlling vehicles and turrets to fight alien invaders of Earth.
28 Years AgoAeroGauge
Nintendo 64North America
In the tradition of F-Zero and Wipeout, AeroGauge is a sci-fi racer that pits you and a friend in a fast paced race to the finish through futuristic tracks and among detailed craft, acting more like planes than racers as they skim many metres above the ground.
28 Years AgoHot Shots Golf
PlayStationNorth America
Everybody's Golf, known in Japan as Minna no Golf, is the first game in the Everybody's Golf series. The North American release was renamed Hot Shots Golf.
34 Years AgoTodd's Adventures in Slime World
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
You are Todd, the explorer of new worlds. It's your adventure to travel deep into Slime World, the gooiest, drippiest place around. There are scary blobs to shoot and lots of objects and weapons to find.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.