On This Day in Gaming: May 17

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

May 17

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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Runic Rampage cover9 Years Ago

Runic Rampage

PCMacLinuxWorldwide

Play as a raging dwarf and crush your enemies with mighty hammer strikes! Runic Rampage features brutal melee combat, badass bosses and a challenging hunt for the fragments of a legendary rune stone.

Spaceship Looter cover9 Years Ago

Spaceship Looter

PCWorldwide

Spaceship Looter is an action roguelike game, where mercenaries of all stripes rob drifting schooner, lost transtport ships and abandoned military cruisers - all what is filled with tons of valuable loot and hidden in the deep space.

Traditional Tactics Mobile cover9 Years Ago

Traditional Tactics Mobile

PortiOSWorldwide

The mobile version of Traditional Tactics released internationally on iOS for iPhones. It was released with a Free-to-Start format with later stages available as in-app purchases in sets of 3.

Rule the Waves II cover9 Years Ago

Rule the Waves II

PCWorldwide

Rule the Waves II is the sequel to our successful game of ship design and naval battles, Rule the Waves. Whereas Rule the Waves ended by 1925, Rule The Waves II covers the entire time period from 1900 to 1955, including aricraft and aircraft carriers.

Star Days cover9 Years Ago

Star Days

Web browserWorldwide

A group of people from different parallel universes and planets go on a journey, traveling to the Constellations to bring back loved ones who have passed away.

Liar! Office Deception cover9 Years Ago

Liar! Office Deception

iOSAndroidNorth America

Liar! Office Deception is a spin-off otome game of Liar! Uncover the Truth by Voltage Inc.

PuppetShow: Souls of the Innocent cover9 Years Ago

PuppetShow: Souls of the Innocent

PCWorldwide

A young girl has been asleep for over two days, and the local doctors are at a loss.

Choju Giga Wars cover9 Years Ago

Choju Giga Wars

Nintendo 3DSJapan

Gather and raise animal companions in a picture scroll-inflected game, and have a little fun saving the world along the way! A monster-raising tower defense game featuring festive team battles!

Doctor Who: Time Vortex 360 cover9 Years Ago

Doctor Who: Time Vortex 360

Web browserWorldwide

Take control of the TARDIS as you steer through the Time Vortex and different dimensions whilst avoiding collision with hazardous objects of both the past and the future in this exciting 360° game - Time Vortex 360.

I'm Yearning for a Train Journey cover9 Years Ago

I'm Yearning for a Train Journey

Web browserMacPCWorldwide

I haven't taken this kind of journey for a long time

Schoolgirl Supervisor: Saori Sato cover9 Years Ago

Schoolgirl Supervisor: Saori Sato

iOSWorldwide

You are taking control of the Japanese high-school girl Saori Sato who has just become the Supervisor of Sayama Highschool and is respectful referred as Officer Sato.

Dokutsujima cover9 Years Ago

Dokutsujima

Nintendo 3DSJapan

This Metroidvania-style action game was created using Petit Computer 3-go SmileBASIC, a programming software aimed at beginners released for the Nintendo 3DS. It won the Grand Prize in the Freedom category at the 4th Petit Computer Ogiri competition.

Grow Stone Online cover9 Years Ago

Grow Stone Online

AndroidWorldwide

An idle incremental MMO for mobile devices.

Invisiballs cover8 Years Ago

Invisiballs

SwitchNorth America

Invisiballs is a competitive local multiplayer game for two to four players. Everyone controls an invisible ball inside a maze and must capture a golden artifact to win the game.

Rev Heads Rally cover8 Years Ago

Rev Heads Rally

iOSWorldwide

Rev Heads Rally is a racing game. Each Rev Head brings their own style and charisma to the track as they go head-to-head in a battle for racing glory. Join in the fun and compete in over 20 'Cup Series' to collect additional Rev Heads and Vehicles.

Silver Star Chess cover8 Years Ago

Silver Star Chess

SwitchNorth America

Silver Star Chess has two modes: 1-Player and 2-Player. 1-Player mode allows you to play a chess match against the computer opponent. 2-Player mode allows you to play against another person.

Never Stop cover8 Years Ago

Never Stop

SwitchNorth America

Keep moving ! Roll and jump - but never stop in this new addicting game! The longer you keep moving without getting stopped by one of the many obstacles or traps, the more points you get.

Lower to Higher cover8 Years Ago

Lower to Higher

iOSAndroidWorldwide

Orders numbers from the smallest to the largest. Each level that passes the difficulty increases and number of numbers to order as well.

Space Chip cover8 Years Ago

Space Chip

PCWorldwide

Space Chip is a fun game set in Space with a nostalgic playmode which you have to pass through different levels full of adventure, teleporting through space gates and avoiding energy balls, spaceships, meteorites and “alienoids”.

Ruckball cover8 Years Ago

Ruckball

PCWorldwide

Ruckball is a brutal, fast-paced zero G sports game. In a distant future, giant corporations fight for supremacy through broadcasted tournament followed by millions of people. Players compete across the universe in abandoned places converted into improvised sports fields.

Penny Black cover8 Years Ago

Penny Black

PCWorldwide

A text only dating simulator, created using BBC Basic for Windows!

ACA Neo Geo: Baseball Stars Professional cover8 Years Ago

ACA Neo Geo: Baseball Stars Professional

PortPS4Xbox OneSwitchWorldwide

Baseball Stars Professional is a sports game released in 1990 by SNK. One of the launch titles as the Neo Geo debuted, it came with both a VS Mode and Tournament Mode. The dynamic animation and powerful productions made for an exciting game.

Animus: Stand Alone cover8 Years Ago

Animus: Stand Alone

AndroidWorldwide

The world of Animus is a broken place — splintered, unreliable, fatal. Humanity crushed between a clash for untold dominance between the Absolutes, disorder, pain, and death befell mortals.

Block-a-Pix Color cover8 Years Ago

Block-a-Pix Color

Nintendo 3DSEuropeNorth America

Reveal the picture by dividing the grid into smaller rectangular blocks. Each block must contain one clue number, which tells you the number of grid squares covered by that block and the color the block will be painted. Block-a-Pix can always be solved using logic and deduction.

Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.

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