ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
May 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1145 releases
52 Years AgoClean Sweep
ArcadeNorth America
Clean Sweep is a variation of the popular Pong theme of the time. It looks like a mix between Breakout and Pac-Man, but it was created before both of these games.
51 Years AgoPace Car Pro
ArcadeNorth America
A four-player, high-speed car racing game where each person uses a joystick to control the speed, direction and brakes of his or her car.One of the first games to use a color monitor, an actual color TV set.
51 Years Ago
50 Years AgoBiPlane 4
ArcadeWorldwide
The game requires four players. Play consists of a black and a white BiPlane that is steered like a tank. The object is to shoot the other players without crashing into either the ground or the anti-aircraft fire at the top of the screen.
49 Years AgoSubs
ArcadeNorth America
You are piloting a sub and trying to torpedo your enemy as many times as you can in the time allowed. You do not see your enemy nor does he see you except in the sonar, in fleeting occasional glances and in seeing where a torpedo came from. Subs was produced by Atari in 1977.
47 Years Ago
46 Years Ago
45 Years AgoMagiCard
Atari 2600North America
MagiCard is an Atari 2600 programming tool on a cartridge that originally came with a 100-page manual and was only available via mail order.
44 Years AgoRubik's Cube 3-D
Atari 2600Worldwide
Can you solve it? Are you up to the challenge of trying to master the Cube? Restore all of its six sides to the original colors in this mesmerizing 3D translation of the hit puzzle game synonymous with the 80's!
44 Years AgoGolf
Arcadia 2001North America
Golf is a sports game for up to two alternating players, developed and published by Emerson Radio Corp., which was released in 1982.
43 Years AgoPizza Chef
Atari 2600Worldwide
Try this fun pizza making game. You have a limited time to make an eight-ingredient pizza. For this, you should get the right ingredients and in the same order as they are listed – and also the aproppriate utensils.
43 Years Ago
43 Years AgoThe Birds and the Bees
ZX SpectrumEurope
Boris the Bee simply cannot resist the sweet nectar of the flowers of a field, despite being in danger of birds and wasps.
43 Years AgoAlpha Shield
Atari 8-bitNorth America
A single-screen shoot'em up in which the player has to destroy the space station of the Aspherions, the most feared space raiders of all time.
42 Years Ago
42 Years AgoA.E.
FM-7Japan
A.E. is an arcade style shooting game in which you have to shoot down waves of evil flying mechanical stingrays in order to save your planet.
42 Years AgoSpace Station Zulu
PC-88Japan
Aliens have invaded the space station you a commanding. It's your task to guide you crew towards safety.
42 Years AgoLe Sceptre d'Anubis
Amstrad CPCWorldwide
Le Sceptre d'Anubis is a French text-based adventure game with graphics set in the Pyramid of Djoser. The player takes a role of an experienced archeologist on vacation in Egypt, who occasionally discovered an ancient papyrus in one of the souks or Cairo.
42 Years AgoMugsy
ZX SpectrumEurope
You play a gang member of a criminal organization in Chicago during the 1930s. But staying a simple gangster is not all your ambition calls for...
41 Years AgoKonami's Boxing
MSXWorldwide
Go the distance! Battle your way to the world heavyweight boxing championship!!
41 Years AgoKonami's Golf
MSXWorldwide
Visual simulation just like the real thing! Realistic detail in a true-to-life golf game. Use your golfing skills to get a hole-in-one!
41 Years AgoMystery Fun House
PC-88Japan
In this text adventure you have to make it through a fun house until the amusement park closes for the day.
41 Years AgoThe Rocky Horror Show Computer Game
C64North America
The Rocky Horror Show Computer Game is a 1985 video game for the Commodore 64, Commodore 128, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC created by the CRL Group PLC.
41 Years AgoThe Hacker
Acorn ElectronEurope
You jump and run your your little hacker programme around many obstacles to gain access to the main Central Computer Games Library.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.