ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
June 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1263 releases
43 Years AgoRat Hotel
Commodore VIC-20North America
You have to watch out for Waldo, thr rat catcher, while you roam the hotel for some cheese.
43 Years AgoMaze Master
C64North America
You lead your party of three into the dungeons to gain riches and ultimately find the Balrog which you have to kill.
43 Years AgoScuba Diver
Atari 2600North America
Put on your swim fins and get ready to dive into adventure! But be careful because your search for the treasure of the sunken Spanish galleon is filled with danger. Man-eating fish and vicious sea monsters infect the waters where you must dive!
42 Years Ago
42 Years AgoFire Battle
ArcadeWorldwide
Fire Battle is a science fiction themed vertical scrolling shoot 'em up game in which you take control of a spacecraft. You gather points by shooting various spacecraft, static guns and robots until your ship is destroyed.
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42 Years AgoExtra Terrestrials
Atari 2600Worldwide
When the Personal Computer Museum first discovered Extra Terrestrials, the find itself was enough to send shockwaves through the Atari community.
42 Years AgoDance Fantasy
ColecoVisionWorldwide
There are eight dance steps to choose from and endless ways to put them together. You decide how long your dance is, where the dancers move, and how they dance together.
42 Years AgoThe Wizard of Id's Wiz Math
ColecoVisionWorldwide
Spook needs to escape from the King of Id's dungeons. He slips out but Turnkey is in pursuit. He needs to solve math problems to open the way to his escape.
42 Years AgoSanta's Helper
IntellivisionWorldwide
Find and gather all the toys and gifts. Find the elf for extra points. Get all the gifts and join Santa in his sleigh. Drop gifts down chimneys as they scroll past below the sleigh.
42 Years AgoBrain Strainers
ColecoVisionWorldwide
Brain Strainers is a collection of two separate games/learning tools. The first game is "Follow The Leader" where a pattern is repeated using a 4-color circle. By keeping track of either the tones generated or the colors flashing, the player can copy the sequence to continue.
42 Years AgoIt's Only Rock 'N Roll
ColecoVisionWorldwide
In this brilliant text and graphics game, you start with a guitar, a few bucks and enough raw talent to sit in with the Stones or the Police.
42 Years AgoLinking Logic
ColecoVisionWorldwide
LINKING LOGIC challenges children to improve their logical reasoning and pluming skills. These skills play a key role in developing a child's ability to approach and solve problems.
42 Years AgoMemory Manor
ColecoVisionAtari 8-bitC64Worldwide
Wee Willie is a window washer at an apartment who wants to keep his customers happy. Some of the customers welcome him and want their windows washed while others are worrisome about his wet work and would not want him washing their windows.
42 Years AgoMeteoric Shower
ColecoVisionWorldwide
Meteoric Shower is essentially a clone of Space Invaders, Galaxian and Galaga, but it introduces several new concepts: Your ship can move in all four directions, it flips upside down when moving down, and enemies can attack from both above and beneath your ship.
42 Years AgoCabbage Patch Kids: Picture Show
ColecoVisionWorldwide
Gameplay is identical to that of Smurf Paint & Play Workshop, in that players can draw and create their own scenes, or choose from any one of four background scenes and start to add clip-art objects, furniture and free form design.
42 Years AgoMonkey Academy
MSXWorldwide
This platform game is about solving arithmetic problems. In the equation one number is missing, you 'll have to find the right number. This game is aimed at young children to help them learn arithmetic problem solving or playing with numbers.
42 Years Ago
42 Years AgoSeicross
ArcadeJapan
The player rides a motorcycle-like craft, bumping other riders, collecting 'power' modules and shooting blue coins.
42 Years AgoHyper Sports 1
PortMSXJapan
The first port of the arcade game Hyper sports containing the events Swimming, Skeet Shooting and Vaulting Horse
42 Years AgoSherwood Forest
PC-88PC-98Japan
You are Robin Hood and have to solve many riddles in order to marry Maid Marion.
42 Years AgoTournament Tennis
ColecoVisionWorldwide
Tournament Tennis is an early tennis game featuring or even creating many conventions that would become standard features in later tennis simulations.
42 Years AgoBirdie King 3
ArcadeWorldwide
The 1984 third installment in Taito Corporation's Golf franchise.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.