ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
May 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
148 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
27 Years AgoAll-Star Baseball 2000
Nintendo 64Europe
All-Star Baseball 2000 is the second release in the series and includes a range of improvements and new features compared to the '99 version. Motion captured technology allows a realistic representation of player movements, swings, throws and catches.
25 Years AgoSilpheed: The Lost Planet
PS2North America
In the distant future, a plague of parasitic monsters is sweeping across the known universe; devouring all the resources in its path -- including the distant outposts humanity calls home.
21 Years AgoSingstar: The Dome
PS2Europe
This third installment of the SingStar series brings yet another bundle of songs to sing along. New to this game is the compatibility with EyeToy and a few rapping parts in the songs.
19 Years AgoLegend of the Dragon
PS2Worldwide
Legend of the Dragon is a 3D versus fighting game that plays like a 2D versus fighting game. The game is based on the animated series of the same name and resolves around a battle between good and evil.
17 Years AgoDon King Boxing
Nintendo DSWorldwide
The most famously successful, enthusiastically coiffured promoter in all of pugilism lends his half-century of experience, wisdom, and name recognition to Prizefighter, a hardcore boxing game with a role-playing sideline designed to demonst…
17 Years AgoMaster of Illusion Express: Funny Face
Nintendo DSiEurope
A for-cost demo of the actual title Master of Illusion, containing two of that game's magic tricks at 15% of the price of the full product. Not recommended for anyone.
17 Years AgoDr. Mario Express
Nintendo DSiEurope
Dr. Mario Express features the general gameplay of earlier Dr. Mario puzzle games, which focus on eliminating colored viruses from the playing field by matching them with colored capsules.
40 Years AgoBodyslam
ArcadeWorldwide
Bodyslam is a Sega System 16 arcade wrestling game developed by Esco Boueki and manufactured by Sega. It was later ported to the C64.
40 Years Ago
39 Years AgoKozure Ookami
ArcadeWorldwide
Game based on Lone Wolf and Cub. After Ogami Ittō's wife Azami gives birth to their son, Daigorō, Ogami Ittō returns to find her and all of their household brutally murdered, with only the newborn Daigorō surviving.
39 Years AgoMonitor Puzzle Kineko: Kinetic Connection Vol. II
Famicom Disk SystemJapan
An image puzzle game and the follow-up to the original Kinetic Connection, it was developed by Tamtex and published by Irem for the Famicom Disk System. Monitor Puzzle Kineko: Kinetic Connection Vol.
38 Years AgoRally Bike
ArcadeNorth America
Rally Bike is a bird's eye viewed motorcycle road racing game, where the player controls a motorcycle and must cross the finish line before an established number of competitor bikes. Fuel is a major obstacle, as running out of it results in game over.
37 Years AgoKyuukyoku Tiger
PC EngineWorldwide
You're an elite chopper jockey, ready to launch your Cobra against the coastal defenses of an evil superpower. They've got the numbers. You've got the might and the fight!
37 Years Ago
37 Years AgoHome Run Nighter: Pennant League!!
FamicomJapan
Home Run Nighter: Pennant League!! is a Sports game, developed and published by Data East, which was released in Japan in 1989.
37 Years AgoMakai Hakkenden Shada
PC EngineJapan
A PC Engine Action-RPG based on the famous Japanese novel series Nansou Satomi Hakkenden. The gameplay is at least partly inspired by Falcom's Ys series. Makai Hakkenden Shada is an action-RPG from Data East that was released on the PC Engine (the Japanese TurboGrafx-16) in 1989.
37 Years AgoMeitantei Holmes: M kara no Chousenjou
FamicomJapan
The third of three NES Sherlock Holmes adventure games from Towa Chiki and Another. M-Kara no Chousenjou is the third in Another/Towa Chiki's series of adventure games for the Famicom that star Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous sleuth, Sherlock Holmes.
37 Years AgoMaster of Weapon
ArcadeJapan
An entire week of nuclear war on Earth destroys its global environment. The survivors of the war gather their strength and resources in an attempt to bring Earth back to the way it was.
36 Years AgoTrio the Punch: Never Forget Me
ArcadeWorldwide
Trio The Punch is a beat 'em up game where the player chooses a character from three playable characters, and fights numerous enemies across a side-scrolling game screen.
36 Years AgoWorld Bowling
Game BoyWorldwide
World Bowling is a Sports game, developed and published by Athena, which was released in 1990.
36 Years AgoKyuukai Douchuuki
ArcadeJapan
Kyuukai Douchuuki is a 1990 arcade baseball game by Namco which they ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1991. Neither version left Japan.
36 Years AgoQix
PortGame BoyNorth America
Released on Game Boy in 1990, this version of QIX has not lost its appeal! QIX is an acclaimed arcade classic in which your goal is to capture areas of the playing field by drawing Stix (lines) with your marker.
35 Years AgoTurbo Force
ArcadeWorldwide
Turbo Force is even more of a direct predecessor to Sonic Wings than is Rabio Lepus: Turbo Force. The story is that an American Air Force pilot, while racing his car on a public road, wanders into another mysterious dimension and gets caught up in a war there.
35 Years AgoGame data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.