On This Day in Gaming: June 14

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

June 14

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Mortal Kombat 3 cover31 Years Ago

Mortal Kombat 3

PlayStationJapan

Mortal Kombat 3 brings new elements to the 2D fighting series: multi-level playfields, "Dial-A-Combo" attacks, a "Run" button to speed up the battles, and "Vs." codes, which unlock new powers and abilities once both players enter a code sequence in pre-match-up screens.

Tetris cover37 Years Ago

Tetris

RemakeGame BoyJapan

Tetris is a puzzle video game for the Game Boy released in 1989. It is a portable version of Alexey Pajitnov's original Tetris and it was bundled in the North American and European releases of the Game Boy itself.

Altered Beast cover38 Years Ago

Altered Beast

ArcadeJapanNorth AmericaEurope

Altered Beast is a 1988 beat 'em up video game developed by Team Shinobi and published by Sega for arcades.

Donkey Kong cover32 Years Ago

Donkey Kong

RemakeGame BoyJapan

Donkey Kong is a Game Boy game which starts out with the premise of being a straight remake of the original Donkey Kong arcade game. Although at first it appears to be just a port, the familiar levels from the arcade game are just a prelude to the real platform jumping adventure.

Primal Rage cover30 Years Ago

Primal Rage

SaturnNorth America

Primal Rage is a one-on-one fighting game featuring dinosaurs and giant apes as the fighters. The graphics are done with digitized stop-motion animation.

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy cover22 Years Ago

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy

PS2Worldwide

Psi-Ops is an action game where players don't rely solely on big weapons and explosions to progress, but also on psychic powers to take down army after army of enemy soldiers.

Dracula: Resurrection cover25 Years Ago

Dracula: Resurrection

PlayStationNorth America

Dracula: Resurrection is a point-and-click adventure game set in Transylvania after the events of Bram Stoker’s *Dracula*. The player controls Jonathan Harker as he searches for Mina, who has returned to Count Dracula’s castle under mysterious circumstances.

Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro cover25 Years Ago

Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro

Expanded editionDreamcastJapan

An updated version of the original Capcom vs. SNK titled Capcom vs.

OutRunners cover32 Years Ago

OutRunners

Mega Drive / GenesisNorth America

Outrunners is a driving game that allows you to gon a world tour of various stages.

Jade Cocoon 2 cover24 Years Ago

Jade Cocoon 2

PS2Europe

Presenting a combination of monster breeding and RPG elements, Jade Cocoon 2 expands upon Genki's original title in a number of significant ways. Gameplay comprises a familiar mix of storytelling and monster raising, with significant tweaks implemented for good measure.

Arcus Odyssey cover35 Years Ago

Arcus Odyssey

Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide

This is a Gauntlet-like game: lots of action and magic, with items to collects, and many dungeons to free from monsters. The game is also viewed from an isometric perspective, typical for the genre.

100 Classic Book Collection cover16 Years Ago

100 Classic Book Collection

Nintendo DSNorth America

100 Classic Book Collection turns your Nintendo DS into a portable library containing must-read novels from iconic authors such as Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, and many more.

Epidemic cover30 Years Ago

Epidemic

PlayStationNorth AmericaEurope

The sequel to Kileak: The DNA Imperative, Epidemic drops players into a world plagued by a deadly disease: The Gigari virus. Having spread across the globe, it has forced the remnants of human civilization into hiding underground.

Downforce cover24 Years Ago

Downforce

PS2North America

A group of drivers and teams have split from the Formula 1 Championship, after being held back by rules and regulations for too long. Races have become boring with overtaking and pure racing at an all-time low.

Britney's Dance Beat cover24 Years Ago

Britney's Dance Beat

PS2Europe

Singer Britney Spears is looking for backup dancers for her next world tour, and she wants you to audition. Show Britney your hottest moves by keeping to the beat of her most popular songs, including "Oops!

Code Lyoko: Get Ready to Virtualize cover19 Years Ago

Code Lyoko: Get Ready to Virtualize

Nintendo DSAustralia

An adventure/RPG based on the 3D animated action-adventure television series, Code Lyoko is about a group of students who uncover a parallel universe called Lyoko inside a super-computer that is threatened by a virus that could destroy the universe.

XG Blast! cover16 Years Ago

XG Blast!

Nintendo DSNorth America

XG Blast! is an arcade shooter delivered in a bright and colorful retro style. Players control the spaceship Aknathen, which wandered into hostile territory during a secret experimental journey to test the spaceship's capabilities and advanced devices.

Flappy cover41 Years Ago

Flappy

FamicomJapan

Flappy is a puzzle game by in the same vein as the Eggerland series and Sokoban that is obscure outside Japan. It features Flappy, a somewhat mole-like character who must complete each level by pushing a blue stone from its starting place to the blue tile destination.

Penguin-kun Wars cover41 Years Ago

Penguin-kun Wars

ArcadeJapan

A menagerie of animals roll balls at each other across a large table, with the goal being to get every single ball into the opponent's goal simultaneously.

Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course cover39 Years Ago

Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course

Famicom Disk SystemJapan

Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course is a Japan-exclusive golf starring Mario and Luigi. It is similar in gameplay to the earlier Golf and the later NES Open Tournament Golf.

Famicom Tantei Club: Kieta Koukeisha cover38 Years Ago

Famicom Tantei Club: Kieta Koukeisha

Famicom Disk SystemJapan

Famicom Tantei Club: Kieta Koukeisha is a text adventure game. The protagonist is found on the ground near a cliff by a man named Amachi. The protagonist can't remember anything, and finds that he has amnesia.

Märchen Maze cover38 Years Ago

Märchen Maze

ArcadeJapan

In Märchen Maze ("Märchen" is German for "fairytale"), the player takes control of a little girl named Alice who has been pulled in to a magical world by a white rabbit. It was originally released to the Arcade before being ported to the PC Engine and Sharp X68000.

NFL Sports Talk Football '93 cover34 Years Ago

NFL Sports Talk Football '93

Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide

Players may choose to play an exhibition game, or compete in the league (16 games, then the playoffs and Super Bowl).

J.League Greatest Eleven Soccer cover33 Years Ago

J.League Greatest Eleven Soccer

PC EngineWorldwide

Soccer game released in 1993 for the PC Engine. J.League Greatest Eleven is a soccer game for the PC Engine published by Nichibutsu/Nihon Bussan. Despite the similar name, it has no relation to Konami's J-League Winning Eleven series.

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

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