ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
June 21
The games released on this day in gaming history.
86 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
35 Years AgoChoplifter II: Rescue Survive
Game BoyJapan
The gameplay revolves around piloting a rescue helicopter into hostile territory and rescuing hostages. Enemies like birds, fighter jets, and even ammunition fired from various weapons can harm the player's helicopter.
19 Years AgoSingStar: Pop Hits
PS2Australia
SingStar Pop Hits is a karaoke game, featuring hit pop songs. The game gives points which are distributed by the purity of singing, as in how well does one manage to stay on tune.
25 Years AgoForever Kingdom
PS2Japan
Darius, whose family was murdered when he was young, goes on a journey to avenge his family. His best friend Ruyan and an girl named Faeana who suffers from amnesia joins him on his journey. The player controls one party member out of 3 to engage enemies.
20 Years AgoAMF Xtreme Bowling 2006
PS2Worldwide
Experience the excitement of a night at the lanes with AMF Xtreme Bowling 2006. With six different gameplay modes, nine different enviornments and customizable character creation, the competition is always fresh and fun. Great to play alone or with a group of friends.
19 Years AgoItadaki Street DS
Nintendo DSJapan
Itadaki Street DS is a Monopoly-like game that has some Mario Party-esque elements added to it due to the appearance of several Mario characters (minigames, for example). Players move around the board, buying shops and collecting money from others who land on their shop spaces.
41 Years AgoSpartan X
PortFamicomJapan
The Japanese port of the Arcade game Spartan X, which was localized and Kung-Fu Master. Much like its Arcade counterpart, this version was later localized as Kung Fu, removing the movie license.
41 Years AgoHyper Olympic
PortFamicomJapan
The original Famicom version of Track & Field is very different from the version released internationally. It has less events and is programmed to use special controllers in a way to simulate the arcade game.
35 Years AgoAdvanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen is turn-based strategy game developed for the Mega Drive.
35 Years AgoYs III: Wanderers from Ys
PortSuper FamicomJapan
Adol Christin's long-time friend, Dogi, wishes to return to his home town of Redmont after hearing about strange disturbances that are happening there.
35 Years AgoHiryuu no Ken Special: Fighting Wars
FamicomJapan
MMA-styled fighting game where each character represents a fighting style, and each style is represented by two characters.
35 Years AgoMateki Densetsu Astralius
PC Engine CDJapan
A music-themed, Japanese-style role-playing game released on 1991, for the NEC PC Engine CD. Its title draws inspiration from Mozart's famous opera The Magic Flute.
32 Years AgoNBA Showdown
Mega Drive / GenesisNorth America
The final entry in Electronic Arts' basketball series based on the old NBA playoffs engine before the NBA Live series took over. For the first time, the game features all 27 NBA teams from the 1993-1994 season.
32 Years AgoIMG International Tour Tennis
Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide
Licensed by the International Management Group (IMG), this rare Electronic Arts venture into Tennis features 32 professional players (all male and licensed by the IMG) including Bjorn Borg, Marcelo Rios, Patrick Rafter and Yevgeni Kafelniko…
30 Years AgoMeru Purana
PlayStationJapan
Meru Purana is a mix between an strategy game and a RPG where the player controls a group of characters. The player will have to decide the components of each battle group, and the possible actions and choices of commands in battle.
30 Years AgoEPS Series Vol. 1: Because I Love You - Yukiko Morikawa
PlayStationJapan
The content is a new generation music visual software which recorded 2 original songs + 1 remix of the new artist, 1 photo of still songs, still picture photo collection (about 200 to 300 points), promotion VTR (editing function + director's cut).
30 Years AgoEPS Series Vol. 2: Moonlight to Daybreak - Yukie Nakama
PlayStationJapan
The content is a new generation music visual software which recorded 2 original songs + 1 remix of the new artist, 1 photo of still songs, still picture photo collection (about 200 to 300 points), promotion VTR (editing function + director's cut).
30 Years AgoEPS Series Vol. 3: Come and Kiss Me - Tomomi Tsunoda
PlayStationJapan
Idle Satomi Tsunoda music and huge photos, music software to enjoy in the PS that the video clip was recorded.
30 Years AgoEPS Series Vol. 4: Noise Reduction - Tomoa Yamamoto
PlayStationJapan
Both idle Yamamoto new sense of music software to enjoy those original songs and video clips.
30 Years AgoEPS Series Vol. 5: Believer Dreamer - Junko Mizutani
PlayStationJapan
Idle Mizutani Junko original song and hearty collection of photographs, music software was recorded video clip.
30 Years AgoComplete Onside Soccer
PlayStationEurope
Complete Onside Soccer is a football simulation game programmed by Elite Systems and published by Telstar Electronic Studios for the PlayStation and Windows. It was released in 1996 in Europe and 1998 in Japan.
30 Years AgoTaiketsu! Rooms
PlayStationJapan
Taiketsu Rumi-Zu! is a game similar to the Bomberman series in the basic, the game can be played by up to 4 human players at the same time. The game features 8 different characters to choose from and takes place in 5 different worlds.
28 Years AgoContender
PlayStationWorldwide
A boxing game that straddles the line between arcade and sim. Known as Victory Boxing 2 in Europe, Contender was the first title in the series to be released outside of Europe.
26 Years AgoDance Dance Revolution 3rdMix Plus
Expanded editionArcadeJapan
Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix Plus is a re-issue of 3rdMix released on June 21, 2000. This title, exclusive to Japan, does away with SSR mode and allows the player to select Maniac difficulty in 3rdMix mode.
26 Years AgoGame data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.