ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
May 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1145 releases
41 Years AgoSuper Pipeline 2
Amstrad CPCZX SpectrumEuropeNorth America
Connect the pipelines correctly for the water to reach its destination.
41 Years AgoRacing Destruction Set
Atari 8-bitNorth America
An isometric racing game that sets itself apart by the large number of customizable options. The game comes with 50 built-in tracks, and the intuitive editor makes for infinite variety of races. Modify the existing ones or create one yourself.
40 Years AgoNinja-kun: Majou no Bouken
PortPC-88Japan
An action platformer, the first game of the Ninja-kun series.
40 Years AgoHokuto no Ken: Violence Gekiga Adventure
PC-88FM-7Sharp X1Japan
Hokuto no Ken - Violence Gekiga Adventure is a graphic adventure game that was released for Japanese home computers by Enix on May 1986, making it the very first video game based on the Hokuto no Ken franchise. It was released for the NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, FM7 and X1.
40 Years AgoEssex
Atari ST/STENorth America
While on a sightseeing tour on the Starship Essex you are recruited by a dying agent to find a scientist and his formula - the only things that can prevent the evil alien race of the Vollchons of defeating the Federation.
40 Years AgoBrimstone
Atari ST/STENorth America
You are Sir Gawain, famous knight of the Round Table. In your dream you are trapped in the mysterious underworld of Ulro and you have to find a way to esacpe.
40 Years AgoDoctor Who and the Mines of Terror
Amstrad CPCEurope
The game centers on the player's character of the Doctor (specifically his sixth incarnation), and his robotic programmable cat Splinx. The goal of the game is to halt the Master's production of Heatonite, retrieve stolen plans for the Time Lords, and return safely.
39 Years AgoLaurel & Hardy
C64Worldwide
Laurel & Hardy stars the two famous comedians in their quest to throw cream cakes in each others face. The interface is divided into three horizontal parts: the middle one shows the match statistics and the possessions while the other two represent the town from the side.
39 Years AgoChallenge of the Gobots
Amstrad CPCC64Europe
Ariolasoft produced this game based on the then-sort-of-popular cartoon series, Gobots.
39 Years AgoCurse of Babylon
FM-7Japan
The country of Babylon was once a thriving community, enjoying peace and prosperity. However, all that changed when monsters invaded the land. Eventually, the entire population was wiped out and Babylon became an enclosed area no one dared to enter.
39 Years AgoDanger Street
Amstrad CPCWorldwide
Danger Street is an arcade game set in New York 2017, a superb city filled with most infamous criminals in the entire galaxy. The highest council of New York has decided to finish it once and for all and massively eliminate these scums.
39 Years AgoHan Seimei Senki Andorogynus
MSX2Japan
Andorogynus is a top-down shoot-em-up. The player controls the titular hero(ine), shooting at constantly attacking enemies. Unlike in most games of the type, the screen scrolls down rather than up.
38 Years AgoManhattan Dealers
DOSEurope
You're Dirty Harry and you need to find and beat up dealers to get drugs and burn them outside the town, which will regain your energy. This is the Silmarils' first game.
38 Years AgoNew Boggle Boggle
MSXKorea
A clone of Taito's game Bubble Bobble. Created by Korean team MbitM (Later known as Namu Software) and published by Zemina to leverage the immense popularity of Bubble Bobble at the time. The Game is not as fully featured as Taito's original.
38 Years AgoThe 4th Unit
PC-98Japan
First entry in the 4th Unit franchise. Yuusuke, a common boy back from school, finds a naked girl in the forest while searching for his hidden bike. She is amnesic and only remember a name: Blon-Win.
38 Years AgoGakuen Senki
MSXJapan
Hero is student council president and everyday he solves requests from students. With each new request he approaches the secret behind this school.
36 Years AgoRance II: Hangyaku no Shoujo-tachi
PC-88PC-98MSX2X68000FM TownsPCJapan
Rance II: The Rebellious Maidens is the second game of the Rance Series, remade in 2009 and released in Alice 2010. The game is a turn-based dungeon crawler RPG with a top-down interface.
36 Years AgoSub Stalker
Apple IIWorldwide
Sight enemy subs from your command post in your yellow submarine -- then blast away! Since the first submarine of Leonardo da Vinci, men have wanted to engage in underwater combat in the oceans' depths.
34 Years AgoTaikou Risshiden
FM TownsJapan
Taikou Risshiden is a Role-Playing game, published by Koei, which was released in Japan in 1993.
32 Years AgoMuseum Madness
PCWorldwide
Museum Madness is an educational computer game for the PC (DOS) and Macintosh developed by Novotrade for MECC, and was released in 1994.
32 Years AgoArc Doors
C64Europe
Play as a prince magically turned into a frog trying to find keys and make it to the exit.
31 Years AgoThe Adventures of Hyperman
PCNorth America
The Adventures of Hyperman was an educational point-and-click adventure game for the PC, which was released in 1995.
31 Years AgoTempo
32XBrazil
King Dirge is trying to steal the rhythm out of Planet Rhythmia! It is up to Tempo, the hyper groovin' grasshopper with special "Sound Energy" to save the world of music from the evil clutches of King Dirge.
30 Years AgoSchoolhouse Rock!: America Rock
PCMacNorth America
Schoolhouse Rock!: America Rock is an educational game that teaches American history and geography for an audience of children aged six to twelve. It is based on the Schoolhouse Rock! TV series.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.