On This Day in Gaming: June 22

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

June 22

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Mario Bros. cover25 Years Ago

Mario Bros.

RemakeGame Boy AdvanceAustraliaEurope

A remake of Mario Bros. is included in every Super Mario Advance game, as well as Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. All of these games can connect to each other to play Classic or Battle mode with up to four players.

SimCity DS cover19 Years Ago

SimCity DS

Nintendo DSEurope

SimCity DS (SCDS) is a city building and management computer game and the first Nintendo DS installment in the SimCity series. It was published by Electronic Arts (EA) and developed by the AKI Corporation and EA Japan.

Test Drive: Le Mans cover25 Years Ago

Test Drive: Le Mans

PS2Europe

Take on the LeMans endurance racing challenge! Join one of the 25 factory teams take one of the over 50 vehicles (designed with assistance of actual teams) on the eight different LeMans circuits. The actual wear and tear are simulated.

Magical Starsign cover20 Years Ago

Magical Starsign

Nintendo DSJapan

The students of Will O'Wisp magical academy have a little problem: Their teacher has mysteriously disappeared. After commandeering a handful of rockets to rescue her, they've wound up on a strange (and sometimes scary) adventure through outer space.

Showdown: Legends of Wrestling cover22 Years Ago

Showdown: Legends of Wrestling

PS2Worldwide

Showdown: Legends of Wrestling features more than 70 of the greatest wrestlers throughout history. Send your favorite wrestlers to the squared circle for bone-breaking matches, including Table, First Blood, Ladder, Cage, and Battle Royal.

IndyCar Series 2005 cover22 Years Ago

IndyCar Series 2005

PS2North America

IndyCar Series 2005 is a racing simulator developed by Codemasters. It is the sixteenth game of the Official IndyCar Series games series. The game was released on June 24, 2004 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, and is based on the 2003 IndyCar Series season.

Death Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom cover19 Years Ago

Death Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom

Nintendo DSWorldwide

Death Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom brings back Death Jr, Pandora and the crew for a new adventure on the Nintendo DS. It's time for the annual school Science Fair, and DJ has gotten into another mess.

Diner Dash: Sizzle & Serve cover19 Years Ago

Diner Dash: Sizzle & Serve

Nintendo DSWorldwide

Welcome to Diner Dash, the action-puzzle that brings out the entrepreneur in all of us! Poor Flo!

Boxxle II cover36 Years Ago

Boxxle II

Game BoyJapan

Boxxle 2 is a puzzle game in which you have to push crates from point A to point B without getting them stuck. The player must maneuver boxes in a warehouse in order to make enough money to woo his desired girlfriend.

Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm cover26 Years Ago

Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm

DreamcastNorth America

Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm is a sword and sorcery action game. Adventurers play as a male knight, Cynric or as the female sorceress Ayowen. The heroes battle their way through a dark fantasy world where they must ultimately defeat the dragon lord.

Army Men Advance cover25 Years Ago

Army Men Advance

Game Boy AdvanceEurope

Plastro, the infamous leader of the Tan Army, has recruited alien forces from another world to aid in his ongoing war against the Green Nation.

New York Times Crosswords cover19 Years Ago

New York Times Crosswords

Nintendo DSWorldwide

The New York Times Crosswords makes a perfect pairing: The intellectual challenge of the New York Times crossword puzzles and the stylus control of the Nintendo DS. Write your answers into each puzzle with the stylus or use a Touch Screen keyboard to enter letters.

Art Style: Boxlife cover17 Years Ago

Art Style: Boxlife

Nintendo DSiNorth America

Cut paper into various shapes and create as many boxes as possible within the time limit to earn rewards! Climb the corporate ladder in the world of BOXLIFE using your wits and… paper? Use the Nintendo DSi Stylus to cut and then manipulate the paper into a box shape.

Down Load cover36 Years Ago

Down Load

PC EngineJapan

Horizontal shoot 'em up for the PC Engine. The player, as cyber-diver Syd, must fly his hoverbike through the future city of Kabukicho to rescue his partner Deva from the corrupt police.

Final Mission cover36 Years Ago

Final Mission

FamicomJapan

The Japanese version of S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic Attack Team, Final Mission, was released a year before the American version and there are a few differences between the two.

Battle Fleet cover36 Years Ago

Battle Fleet

FamicomJapan

Battle Fleet is a Strategy game, developed by Atlus and published by Namco, which was released in Japan in 1990.

Star Odyssey cover35 Years Ago

Star Odyssey

Mega Drive / GenesisJapan

An English release of the Japanese Sega Mega Drive game Blue Almanac.

Boku no Natsuyasumi cover26 Years Ago

Boku no Natsuyasumi

PlayStationJapan

The game revolves around Boku, a 9 year old boy sent to his aunt and uncle in Japan's wooded countryside and the daily adventures he encounters there. Boku is there because his Mother is in her final month of pregnancy.

Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2 cover26 Years Ago

Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2

DreamcastJapan

The thrilling followup to the original, Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2 improves in all fronts. With more road to drive on, rivals to fight, and cars to master, this entry offers everything and more.

Colorful Logic cover26 Years Ago

Colorful Logic

PlayStationJapan

Logic puzzles to complete to fill the grid in a number tips. Logic puzzle Along with crossword puzzles, and it is supported by the deep-rooted fan. Debuts at an affordable price where it to meet the demands of everyone referred to as "!

Punch the Monkey! Game Edition cover26 Years Ago

Punch the Monkey! Game Edition

PlayStationJapan

A rhythm game featuring music from a series of Lupin III remix albums.

Ogre Battle Gaiden cover26 Years Ago

Ogre Battle Gaiden

Neo Geo Pocket ColorJapan

"Ogre Battle Gaiden: Prince of Zenobia" is a 2000 real-time tactical role-playing game developed and published by SNK for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. The game is a spin-off within the Ogre Battle series, originally created by Quest Corporation.

Truck Kyousoukyoku cover26 Years Ago

Truck Kyousoukyoku

ArcadeJapan

A Japan-exclusive arcade game featuring comedic truck driving. The Dekotora or Decotora, an abbreviation for "decoration truck", is a type of extravagantly decorated truck in Japan.

Salary Man Kintarou: The Game cover26 Years Ago

Salary Man Kintarou: The Game

PlayStationJapan

Salary Man Kintarou: The Game is a Playstation game based on comics of the same name. It consists of many mini-games.

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

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