On This Day in Gaming: May 26

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

May 26

The games released on this day in gaming history.

83 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years

Whip Rush cover36 Years Ago

Whip Rush

Mega Drive / GenesisJapan

Whip Rush is a side-scrolling space shooter released in 1990 for the Sega Mega Drive System and subsequently for its American counterpart, the Sega Genesis.

Rad Mobile cover35 Years Ago

Rad Mobile

ArcadeWorldwide

Rad Mobile is a first person perspective racer and had the player engage into a non-stop road race across the USA while avoiding traffic and police cars under the time limit.

Magic Darts cover35 Years Ago

Magic Darts

NESWorldwide

Darts is one of the most popular leisure games of all time. MAGIC DARTS has tournament style action which brings the excitement of real competition into your home. Up to four players can compete using standard NES controllers.

Cyber Speedway cover31 Years Ago

Cyber Speedway

SaturnJapan

Cyber Speedway (Gran Chaser in Japan) is a 1995 racing video game developed by NexTech and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn. It is a spiritual sequel to 1993 computer game CyberRace, as both games have a similar theme, and vehicles designed by Syd Mead

Computer Nouryoku Kaiseki: Ultra Baken cover31 Years Ago

Computer Nouryoku Kaiseki: Ultra Baken

Super FamicomJapan

Computer Nouryoku Kaiseki: Ultra Baken is a horse racing simulation video game for the Super Famicom where players can manipulate the lives of horses. The object is to become the wealthiest horse farmer in the world.

Pachinko Ren-chan Tengoku: Super CR Special cover31 Years Ago

Pachinko Ren-chan Tengoku: Super CR Special

Super FamicomJapan

Pachinko game created by Jorudan/Vap in 1995. Features a two-player versus mode - a rarity in pachinko games.

Spark World cover31 Years Ago

Spark World

Super FamicomJapan

Spark World is an Action game, published by Den'Z, which was released in Japan in 1995.

Kuusou Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy cover31 Years Ago

Kuusou Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy

PC Engine CDJapan

A turn-based RPG adaptation of the Gulliver Boy anime series.

Super Nazo Puyo: Rulue no Roux cover31 Years Ago

Super Nazo Puyo: Rulue no Roux

Super FamicomJapan

Super Nazo Puyo: Rulue no Roux is the sequel to Nazo Puyo: Arle no Roux. It was succeeded by Super Nazo Puyo Tsu: Rulue no Tetsuwan Hanjouki. A Nuisance Puyo variation known as Iron Puyo was introduced in this game.

Hebereke's Popoitto cover31 Years Ago

Hebereke's Popoitto

PlayStationJapan

Hebereke's Popoitto is a Tetris variant. The goal in each level is to remove the blocks already on the playfield, representing characters from the franchise.

Kanzen Chuukei Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine cover31 Years Ago

Kanzen Chuukei Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine

SaturnJapan

Greatest Nine began on the Sega Saturn in 1995. New releases in the series stopped for a while after 1998. However, it was revived in 2002 on the Game Boy Advance (GBA).

Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki cover31 Years Ago

Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki

PC Engine CDJapan

A Tenchi Muyo visual novel released for PC-98 and PC Engine CD/TurboGrafx-16 in Japan and for DOS in China.

Savage Reign cover31 Years Ago

Savage Reign

Neo GeoJapanNorth AmericaEurope

Savage Reign is a vs. fighting game that offers a dozen fighters, mixing fighting with weapons and a two-plane system like the one seen in the Fatal Fury saga, with which it is possible to get to the back of the stage by climbing to a higher level or climbing up pipes.

Super Real Mahjong PV cover31 Years Ago

Super Real Mahjong PV

SaturnJapan

Super Real Mahjong P.V is an mahjong video game developed and published by SETA Corporation and released for arcades on November 1994 in Japan only and it is the fifth game of the Super Real Mahjong series.

Hayazashi Nidan Morita Shogi 2 cover31 Years Ago

Hayazashi Nidan Morita Shogi 2

Super FamicomJapan

Hayazashi Nidan Morita Shogi 2 is a Miscellaneous game, developed by Random House and published by Seta Corporation, which was released in Japan in 1995.

Nichibutsu Mahjong: Joshikou Meijinsen cover31 Years Ago

Nichibutsu Mahjong: Joshikou Meijinsen

PlayStationJapan

Nichibutsu Mahjong is a mahjong game in which the player takes the role of a young female mahjong gambler that enters a female mahjong tournament that takes place in a hotel, the first floors are for playing free mahjongs games and the last…

Gokuu Densetsu: Magic Beast Warriors cover30 Years Ago

Gokuu Densetsu: Magic Beast Warriors

PlayStationJapan

A rare find but an absolute treat for the 2D fight fan: manna from heaven for the Monkey fight fan. Featuring some excellent, cheesy FMV complete with suspicious special effects and costumes introducing the nine characters and also awarded for victory in the versus mode.

Galaxian3 cover30 Years Ago

Galaxian3

PortPlayStationEurope

A home version of the arcade game of the same name, Galaxian 3 allows up to four players to blast away at oncoming enemy fighters from a first-person perspective.

Battle Stations cover29 Years Ago

Battle Stations

PlayStationSaturnNorth America

Battle Stations is a game in which players control a fleet of eight unique ships to oppose against a seaborne enemy.

Forsaken 64 cover28 Years Ago

Forsaken 64

PortNintendo 64North America

An N64 port of Forsaken.

Ninja Master's: Haou Ninpou-ko cover28 Years Ago

Ninja Master's: Haou Ninpou-ko

ArcadeNorth America

Ninja Master's follows the conventions of many previous 2D fighting games released for the Neo-Geo. The player must defeat their opponent in combat in a series of best-two-out-of-three matches.

Castrol Honda: World Superbike Team - Superbike Racing cover27 Years Ago

Castrol Honda: World Superbike Team - Superbike Racing

PlayStationNorth America

Castrol Honda Superbike Racing is a motorcycling game.

Nushi Tsuri 64: Shiokaze ni Notte cover26 Years Ago

Nushi Tsuri 64: Shiokaze ni Notte

Nintendo 64Japan

Fishing

The Mummy Returns cover25 Years Ago

The Mummy Returns

Game Boy ColorPS2Worldwide

The popular film sequel to the equally popular original film now has its very own handheld video game. THE MUMMY RETURNS features elements of puzzle solving, hand-to-hand combat, first-person shooting, and flight simulation.

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

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