ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
June 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
223 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
20 Years AgoHitman: Blood Money
PS2Australia
Hitman Blood Money is the fourth installment of the critically acclaimed Hitman series. If Agent 47 must stay hidden, make clean ‘hits’ and leave the scene unnoticed, he will be rewarded.
19 Years AgoTomb Raider: Anniversary
RemakePS2Europe
Tomb Raider: Anniversary is a remake of the original Tomb Raider with a technically more advanced graphics engine. It has the same basic storyline, though some cutscenes and much of the dialogue within have been expanded or modified in other ways.
31 Years AgoWorms
Mega Drive / GenesisEurope
Worms is a turn-based strategy game that combines tactical decision-making with elements of randomness. Players control teams of worms and take turns using a wide range of weapons and tools to defeat opposing teams, resulting in varied gameplay outcomes.
26 Years AgoMetal Slug 3
Neo GeoWorldwide
“METAL SLUG 3”, the masterpiece in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game series, still continues to fascinate millions of fans worldwide to this day for its intricate dot-pixel graphics, and simple and intuitive game controls!
30 Years AgoUltimate Mortal Kombat 3
Expanded editionSaturnNorth AmericaEurope
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 combines the best of all the Mortal Kombats into a single cartridge. 23 playable characters are immediately available, such as Reptile, Cyrax, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Jax, Katana, Sonya, and more.
28 Years AgoVigilante 8
PlayStationNorth America
Vigilante 8 is a vehicular-combat game set in an alternate 1975. Australian terrorist Sid Burn is hired by OMAR to dispose of all competing oil companies in the U.S. so that OMAR can establish an oil monopoly in the country.
20 Years AgoMetroid Prime Hunters
Nintendo DSJapan
Metroid Prime Hunters is a first-person action-adventure game that combines exploration, shooting, and competitive multiplayer gameplay.
36 Years AgoColumns
ArcadeNorth America
Go back in time to a bygone civilization: the ancient world of Phoenicia. There you will play a simple and captivating game where sparkling, rainbow-coloured jewels drop one after another.
28 Years AgoRampage World Tour
Nintendo 64Europe
Rampage World Tour is a updated version of the classic Rampage. Rampage World Tour starts off at Scumlabs International where three lab technicians, George, Lizzy, and Ralph have mutated in an accident involving toxic waste.
36 Years AgoCabal
NESNorth America
Originating in the arcades, Cabal is a shooter where the protagonist runs back and forth along the bottom of the screen, ducking and dodging bullets and grenades from the enemy. The roll maneuver from the arcade was not implemented in the PC version.
34 Years AgoYoshi
NESNorth America
Yoshi is a puzzle game featuring the titular character. In this game, the player must stack two of the same Mario enemy on top of one another to clear them. The concept of the game was inspired by Tetris.
33 Years AgoSuper Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
SNESNorth America
Pursued across the galaxy, you and your Rebel Forces now marshall new strength on the remote ice world of Hoth. Although tracked by probe droids, attacked by ice monsters, and confronted by an army of gigantic Imperial Walkers, you must not give in.
29 Years AgoInternational Superstar Soccer 64
Nintendo 64Europe
Are you ready for the most realistic soccer game the world has ever seen?
24 Years AgoThe House of the Dead III
ArcadeWorldwide
The House of the Dead III is a 2002 light gun arcade game with a horror zombie-survival theme, and the third installment to the House of the Dead series of video games, developed by Wow Entertainment and Sega.
36 Years AgoSilk Worm
NESNorth America
Silkworm is a classic horizontally-scrolling shoot-em-up. The main difference between this game and many other side-scrolling shoot-em-ups is that you will be on land as well as in the air.
28 Years AgoArmored Core
PlayStationEurope
Armored Core is a mecha video game released in 1997, the first in the Armored Core series. It is an action game played from third-person perspective.
37 Years AgoTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
NESNorth America
An action platformer developed by Konami for the NES and Famicom in 1989.
21 Years AgoMonster Hunter
PS2Australia
Monster Hunter is an online action-hunting game by CAPCOM for the PlayStation 2 released on March 11th, 2004 in Japan, and September 21st, 2004 in North America. The game is a fantasy hunting simulator filled with many deadly monsters.
21 Years AgoDigimon World 4
PS2Japan
"It's up to you to save the Digital World!" Digimon World 4 is an action role-playing game which is loosely based on the movie, "Digital Monster X-Evolution" which only saw a release in Japanese.
37 Years AgoPac-Land
PC EngineJapan
Pac-Land itself is split into trips. In each of these trips the objective is to get the fairy (that is kept under Pac-man's hat) to Fairyland and also to return home to Pac-Man's house.
29 Years AgoVandal Hearts
PlayStationEurope
You assume the role of Ash Lambert, a hero torn between saving his country and restoring honor to the disgraced Lambert dynasty. As he struggles with his inner demons and personal problems, he will meet various companions throughout his journey.
37 Years AgoSuper Dodge Ball
PortNESNorth America
Team USA is on its way to a Cinderella success story in the Super Dodgy Ball World Cup Championships. From out of nowhere, this scrappy bunch of rookies is advancing to the final round of competition.
40 Years AgoPopeye
PortNESNorth America
Popeye is a 1982 arcade game developed and released by Nintendo based on the Popeye cartoon characters licensed from King Features Syndicate. As Popeye, players must collect hearts thrown by Olive Oyl from the top of the screen while being chased by Bluto.
39 Years AgoArkanoid: Revenge of Doh
ArcadeNorth America
Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh (a.k.a. Arkanoid 2) is an arcade game released by Taito in 1987 as a sequel to Arkanoid. The mysterious enemy known as DOH has returned to seek vengeance on the Vaus space vessel.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.