On This Day in Gaming: June 4

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

June 4

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Star Wars: Episode I - Racer cover27 Years Ago

Star Wars: Episode I - Racer

Nintendo 64Europe

Star Wars: Episode 1 - Racer lets you participate in the famous pod race sequence that was the critical highlight of the film Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace back in 1999. Take the controls as Jedi-to-be Anakin Skywalker or any one of over 20 pod racers.

Race Driver: Grid cover16 Years Ago

Race Driver: Grid

ArcadeWorldwide

Discover a stunning world of motor sport brought to life, from racing muscle cars through the iconic streets of San Francisco and competing in the legendary 24 hours of Le Mans to drifting around the docks of Yokohama.

Rock n' Roll Racing cover33 Years Ago

Rock n' Roll Racing

Mega Drive / GenesisSNESWorldwideNorth America

The game pits four racers against each other, with up to two of them being player-controlled and the rest being AI opponents.

Rhythm Heaven cover17 Years Ago

Rhythm Heaven

Nintendo DSAustralia

Rhythm Heaven puts the music in your hands and some rhythm in your life. Let the music move you as you tap and slide your stylus on the touch screen to the beat of more than 50 musical rhythm games. The controls are as natural as tapping your finger to music.

Stunt Race FX cover32 Years Ago

Stunt Race FX

Super FamicomJapan

Stunt Race FX is a cartoon-style, 3D-racing game that ran on the Super FX chip (the same engine that ran under Star Fox).

Space Channel 5 cover26 Years Ago

Space Channel 5

DreamcastNorth America

It's the 25th century and our intergalactic space reporter dives into an adventure where she must battle with a series of dastardly villains! Are you ready to save the universe through the medium of dance?

Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade cover22 Years Ago

Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade

PS2Europe

An action/adventure role playing game from the developers behind Chronicles of Riddick and The Darkness. The game was never released outside Europe.

In the Hunt cover30 Years Ago

In the Hunt

SaturnNorth America

In the Hunt is a horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game by Irem. It was released in 1993 and later ported to the Sega Saturn, the PlayStation and Windows 95 for the PC by Kokopeli.

Super Tennis cover34 Years Ago

Super Tennis

SNESEurope

Super Tennis is a 1991 tennis video game for the Super NES. It released at early points in the Super Nintendo's shelf lives and utilized mode 7.

Super R-Type cover34 Years Ago

Super R-Type

SNESEurope

In this SNES sequel to the arcade R-Type shooters, you are the R-9, Earth's most advanced form of defense against the evil BYDO Empire.

F-Zero: GP Legend cover22 Years Ago

F-Zero: GP Legend

Expanded editionGame Boy AdvanceEurope

The F-Zero series grows with new racing circuits, an intense storyline, and multiplayer modes. F-Zero GP Legend lets you take control of one of eight characters, including Captain Falcon, racing star Rick Wheeler, the evil lord Black Shadow, and more.

Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition cover30 Years Ago

Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition

PortPlayStationNorth America

Bub and Bob are back! Like in Tetris in reverse, you shoot bubbles at an array of different-colored bubbles stuck in an ever descending ceiling, attempting to match them up three by three to make them disappear.

International Superstar Soccer '98 cover28 Years Ago

International Superstar Soccer '98

Nintendo 64Japan

Do you have what it takes to be a superstar? Over 17,000 new motion captured animations! Team motivation, players and teams react to real game situations.

World Heroes 2 cover33 Years Ago

World Heroes 2

Neo GeoJapanNorth America

The time traveling tournament fighters are back! The original eight characters from the popular arcade hit return, along with six new characters hand-picked from several different eras and locations all through time.

World Heroes 2 cover32 Years Ago

World Heroes 2

PC Engine CDJapan

The time traveling tournament fighters are back! The original eight characters from the popular arcade hit return, along with six new characters hand-picked from several different eras and locations all through time.

Dig Dug cover41 Years Ago

Dig Dug

PortFamicomJapan

The Famicom port of Dig Dug. It was originally only released in Japan, being first released overseas via the Wii Virtual Console.

Dementium II cover16 Years Ago

Dementium II

Nintendo DSWorldwide

Dementium II continues to push the horror experience by melding FPS action and puzzles with a story and ambience that will have players on the edge of their seats.

Planet Puzzle League cover19 Years Ago

Planet Puzzle League

Nintendo DSNorth America

Use the DS stylus to grab panels and slide them left and right. If you match three or more panels of the same color, they will vanish. Form chains and combos to create cascading waterfalls of panels to rack up high scores!

Rooms: The Main Building cover16 Years Ago

Rooms: The Main Building

Nintendo DSEurope

Use object inside rooms and move the rooms to escape. 100 challenging sliding puzzles with a twist! The solution is only a doorstep away!

Super Kick-Off cover33 Years Ago

Super Kick-Off

Mega Drive / GenesisBrazil

Super Kick Off is a football game for the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear, released exclusively in Europe and Brazil.

Onimusha: Blade Warriors cover22 Years Ago

Onimusha: Blade Warriors

PS2Europe

Onimusha Blade Warriors is a multiplayer fighting game based on the first two games of the Onimusha series.

Midnight Bowling cover18 Years Ago

Midnight Bowling

Nintendo DSEurope

Midnight Bowling is a bowling video game by Gameloft originally released for mobile phones. A version with enhanced graphics was also released for WiiWare, and under the name Midnight Bowling 3D for phones.

Who Dunit cover38 Years Ago

Who Dunit

ArcadeWorldwide

A murder mystery shooter where the player uses the gun (mounted to the cabinet) to protect Max from a variety of attacks as well as give him directions.

Ninja Kazan cover38 Years Ago

Ninja Kazan

ArcadeJapan

Ninja Kazan is a platformer/hack and slash arcade game by Jaleco in 1988.

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

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