On This Day in Gaming: June 13

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

June 13

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Silent Hill 3 cover23 Years Ago

Silent Hill 3

PS2Australia

Silent Hill 3 is the third installment in the Silent Hill series. Like the previous entries, Silent Hill 3 is a survival horror combining action-based combat and puzzle-solving, but is somewhat more combat-oriented than the preceding installments.

The Legend of Dragoon cover26 Years Ago

The Legend of Dragoon

PlayStationNorth America

The Legend of Dragoon is a Japanese-style RPG, visually reminiscent of Final Fantasy VII (pre-rendered backgrounds, 3D characters and battle scenes, CG animations to advance the story).

Hulk cover23 Years Ago

Hulk

PS2Europe

Based after the events of the blockbuster movie (starring Eric Bana), you play Dr. Bruce Banner and his alter ego, green giant The Hulk.

Kirby: Canvas Curse cover21 Years Ago

Kirby: Canvas Curse

Nintendo DSNorth America

Your DS stylus has been infused with the power to paint! When Kirby gets turned into a ball by an evil witch, your hand-drawn rainbow paths become the only way he can find power-ups and reach the gates of each world.

The Incredible Hulk cover18 Years Ago

The Incredible Hulk

Nintendo DSAustralia

The Incredible Hulk is a free-roaming, open-world game, allowing the player to wreak havoc on the streets of New York City while playing through the story of the 2008 The Incredible Hulk film.

Juiced cover21 Years Ago

Juiced

PS2North America

Juiced is a racing video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and mobile phone. The game was delayed for release in 2004 because its original publisher, Acclaim, went bankrupt.

Rage Racer cover29 Years Ago

Rage Racer

PlayStationEurope

Rage Racer is the third title in the Ridge Racer series of racing games. For the first time in series, Rage Racer introduces a brand new advanced single player career system which uses credits that player can get after winning races, then it can be used to buy or upgrade cars.

Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar cover20 Years Ago

Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar

Expanded editionGame Boy AdvanceNorth America

In Mega Man Battle Network 6, Lan's father has received a job transfer and the family moves to Cyber City, a town known for conducting various technological experiments.

Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar cover20 Years Ago

Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar

Expanded editionGame Boy AdvanceNorth America

In Mega Man Battle Network 6, Lan's father has received a job transfer and the family moves to Cyber City, a town known for conducting various technological experiments.

Star Soldier cover40 Years Ago

Star Soldier

FamicomJapan

Star Soldier is a 1986 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Nintendo Entertainment System and MSX. It is the first game in the Star Soldier series.

StarCraft 64 cover26 Years Ago

StarCraft 64

PortNintendo 64North America

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.

Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard cover18 Years Ago

Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard

Nintendo DSNorth America

In the Grand Duchy of High Lagaard, it is said that the Duke is descended from inhabitants of a castle in the sky.

Andre Agassi Tennis cover33 Years Ago

Andre Agassi Tennis

SNESNorth America

A game endorsed by the American player who stunned the tennis world in the early 90s with his "Image is everything" looks, sporting long hair, earrings and colorful shirts, Andre Agassi Tennis includes eight players (male and female and as…

Monster Jam: Maximum Destruction cover24 Years Ago

Monster Jam: Maximum Destruction

PS2Worldwide

Using recognizable Monster Trucks, Monster Jam Maximum Destruction is a fast action vehicle combat game. Players control the awesome power of a huge monster truck to smash through walls, leap over buses, and grind opponents beneath their tires.

Soul Bubbles cover18 Years Ago

Soul Bubbles

Nintendo DSEurope

In Soul Bubbles, the player takes the role of a young shaman apprentice who is tasked with saving lost ‘souls’ and guiding them to safety.

Armored Core: Last Raven cover20 Years Ago

Armored Core: Last Raven

PS2North America

Two powerful groups, the Alliance and the Vertex, are fighting for world dominance and victory hinges upon the "Raven" pilots. You are a Raven, an elite mech warrior who must choose sides between the fighting powers.

Commander Keen cover25 Years Ago

Commander Keen

Game Boy ColorEurope

To the kids at school, you're 8-year-old Billy Blaze. To alien enemies in the galaxy you're superhero Commander Keen and it's up to you to save the Earth from destruction.

Speedball 2100 cover24 Years Ago

Speedball 2100

RemakePlayStationJapan

This 32-bit update to the original Speedball is best described as a futuristic combination of hockey and rollerball. Speedball 2100 pits two teams of nine players in a cage-like arena where they attempt to score by sending a steel ball past the goalie and into the small goal box.

Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride cover23 Years Ago

Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride

Game Boy AdvanceAustraliaEurope

Race against the clock as you pick up passengers and white-knuckle it through busy streets and back alleys. And time is money! So get a grip on the wheel and put the pedal to the metal.

Growlanser: Heritage of War cover18 Years Ago

Growlanser: Heritage of War

PS2Europe

Growlanser: Heritage of War features a sweeping story arc spanning 5 chapters, with additional chapters to unlock. On an island continent shrouded in darkness and bounded on every shore by an impassable veil, war rages among desperate inhabitants fighting for survival.

Makaimura cover40 Years Ago

Makaimura

PortFamicomJapan

The Famicom version was released on June 13, 1986, and was the first Famicom game to utilize a 128 KB cartridge.

Vimana cover35 Years Ago

Vimana

ArcadeJapan

Vimana is one of Toaplan's most unique shooters. The level design is particularly creative, along with a unique charge shot and bombs. It gets its name from the Sanskrit word for "Flying Machine", described in Sanskrit Epics.

SD Gundam Neo Battling cover34 Years Ago

SD Gundam Neo Battling

ArcadeWorldwide

Choose an SD Gundam and destroy Zion units in this vertically scrolling shooter. Hold down the Shoot button for a few seconds and release to use the SD Gundam's secret weapon.

Quiz: Toukou Shashin cover32 Years Ago

Quiz: Toukou Shashin

PC EngineWorldwide

Select a anime girl then answer questions to remove panels that cover girls' pictures.

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

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