ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
May 25
The games released on this day in gaming history.
767 releases
20 Years AgoNew Super Mario Bros.
Nintendo DSJapan
New Super Mario Bros. is a side-scrolling 2.5D action-adventure platformer game for the Nintendo DS, starring Mario and Luigi. The game features a solo story mode with Mario or Luigi, a two-player wireless game Mario Vs. Luigi, as well as a minigame mode for up to four players.
25 Years AgoConker's Bad Fur Day
Nintendo 64Australia
Humorous action-platformer that does away with the tedious item collection found in most games in the genre. Instead, BFD employs a combination of standard jump, run and explore mechanics and context-sensitive gags and actions.
20 Years AgoHaunted Castle
PS2Japan
Count Dracula sleeps for a long hundred of years. During this time, peace exists at the village and Dracula is nothing but a mere legend. However, one day a young couple named Simon and Serena were celebrating their wedding at the village's church.
31 Years AgoLight Crusader
Mega Drive / GenesisNorth America
Fight your way through a dungeon of evil! Innocent people are vanishing victims of horrifying magic. You a master swordsman are challenged to save them!
25 Years AgoStarCraft 64
PortNintendo 64Australia
The game itself is split into three episodes, one for the player to command each race. In the first segment of the game, the player and Jim Raynor are attempting to control the colony of Mar Sara in the wake of the Zerg attacks on other Terran worlds.
34 Years AgoKing of the Monsters 2
ArcadeNorth America
Alien super monsters have returned and are trying to invade Earth again! Now, Super Geon, Atomic Guy, and Cyber Woo must fight to retain control of the planet. Each one has special attacks and powers.
19 Years AgoFinal Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales
Nintendo DSEurope
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales starts when the Final Fantasy black magician brings a picture book onto the Chocobo farm. This book is actually home to the great devil Bebuzu, and it sucks the entire farm into its pages!
31 Years AgoWorld Heroes Perfect
ArcadeNeo GeoNeo Geo MVSWorldwideNorth AmericaJapan
One year after both the conclusion of the World Heroes Battle Fest and the defeat of Zeus, invitations has been sent to the 16 fighters by Dr.
20 Years AgoGuilty Gear Dust Strikers
Nintendo DSWorldwide
The no holds barred, sci-fi fighting franchise is reborn on the Nintendo DS.
22 Years AgoHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
PortGame Boy AdvanceNorth America
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third Harry Potter game for the Game Boy Advance. It is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for the Game Boy Color, and as such, features similar turn-based RPG gameplay with additional puzzle elements.
19 Years AgoCustom Robo Arena
Nintendo DSEurope
Custom Robo Arena, known in Japan as Gekitō! Custom Robo, is a science fiction action role playing game for the Nintendo DS. It is the fifth title in the Custom Robo series.
19 Years AgoNicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island
PS2Europe
Join SpongeBob, Timmy Tuner, and Danny Phantom in an all out battle to stop the evil Mawgu from taking control of Volcano Island!
41 Years AgoBaraduke
ArcadeJapan
Baraduke is an action game released by Namco (Bandai Namco Entertainment) in 1985. The peaceful, friendly world of Paccet has been attacked by the evil Octy!
25 Years AgoKiss Pinball
PlayStationWorldwide
The storyline for KISS Pinball revolves around the band battling the Dark Lord and claiming the "Kissneth" as their own.
25 Years AgoStar Wars: Super Bombad Racing
PS2North America
Jar Jar throws his Bongo racing ride into warp speed with his very own exciting big-headed kart racer Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing!
20 Years AgoUltimate Spider-Man
PortNintendo DSJapan
Ultimate Spider-Man is an action-adventure game based on the comic series of the same name. Players can control either Spider-Man or Venom, each with distinct abilities and combat styles.
16 Years AgoTetris Party Deluxe
Expanded editionNintendo DSNorth America
Tetris Party makes its way to the Nintendo DS and Wii. Deluxe features six new game modes and four new enhanced modes of play.
22 Years AgoChaos Field
ArcadeJapan
Chaos Field is a top-down space shooter similar in concept to the Gradius series, or Ikaruga. You control one of three ships, each with their own pilot and unique weapon systems. The game takes place over 5 phases, in each phase you face a number of boss battles.
20 Years AgoMetal Saga
PS2Worldwide
A follow-up to the Metal Max games, Metal Saga is set in the same post-apocalyptic world as its predecessors - a world populated by bounty hunters, rangers, bandits, and mutant monsters.
19 Years AgoBuzz! Junior: Robo Jam
PS2Europe
Gameplay comprises multiple mini-games, each quite simple and straightforward to play using the four Buzz! controllers. It is primarily aimed at the family market but offers appealing entertainment to almost anyone of any age.
16 Years AgoColor Cross
Nintendo DSNorth America
Color Cross is a challenging puzzle game where the goal is to uncover the hidden picture by applying the right color to the appropriate square.
39 Years AgoSection-Z
PortFamicom Disk SystemJapan
The NES Port of Section-Z, a side-view shoot-'em-up by Capcom originally released in arcades in 1985. The gameplay of the game can be described as a mixture of Metroid and Life Force. The game consists of 3 levels of which each has 20 sections.
37 Years AgoPower Golf
PC EngineJapan
Power Golf is a golf video game released by Hudson Soft for the TurboGrafx-16 on August 29, 1989 as one of the system's launch titles.
37 Years AgoViolence Fight
ArcadeWorldwide
The game takes place during the early 1950s in the United States, where an underground tournament known as the "Violence Fight" had become very popular among the criminal underworld and the public at large; criminals, especially mobsters, a…
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.