On This Day in Gaming: June 24

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

June 24

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Mario Kart 64 cover29 Years Ago

Mario Kart 64

Nintendo 64Europe

Mario Kart 64 is the second main installment of the Mario Kart series. It is the first game in the series to use three-dimensional graphics, however, the characters and items in this game are still two-dimensional, pre-rendered sprites.

Tekken 5 cover21 Years Ago

Tekken 5

Expanded editionPS2Europe

The home version of Tekken 5 came with new character customization options and a beat 'em up mode called Devil Within.

Mortal Kombat 4 cover28 Years Ago

Mortal Kombat 4

PlayStationNorth America

Mortal Kombat 4 is 1 vs 1 fighting game, similar to the other Mortal Kombat games, but this is first game in series with 3D characters models. The player can choose from 15 different fighters at the start (and several unlockables later on).

Medal of Honor: Frontline cover24 Years Ago

Medal of Honor: Frontline

PS2Japan

Frontline is a first-person shooter where players take control of the protagonist player character in a first-person perspective where they fight through levels set during the Second World War against the Wehrmacht using historical weaponry…

Ape Escape cover27 Years Ago

Ape Escape

PlayStationJapan

Ape Escape is a single-player 3D platformer released in 1999 for the Playstation. Using the analog stick, you must capture apes that have escaped throughout time to stop them from screwing up the fabric of time and space.

Persona 2: Innocent Sin cover27 Years Ago

Persona 2: Innocent Sin

PlayStationJapan

Persona 2: Innocent Sin is a Japanese role-playing video game developed and released by Atlus It is the second entry in the Persona series and acts as a sequel to the original Persona.

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising cover23 Years Ago

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

Game Boy AdvanceNorth America

In Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising brings your GBA all-new strategic action and all-new fighting action! Thrilling turn-based strategy gameplay that will put your brain & your reflexes to the test, in this sequel to the original hit!

Grandia cover27 Years Ago

Grandia

PlayStationJapan

Grandia is a role-playing video game developed by Game Arts and published by Entertainment Software Publishing for the Sega Saturn console as the first game in their Grandia series.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift cover18 Years Ago

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

Nintendo DSNorth America

School is out for the summer, but mischievous Luso Clemens must first face detention to make up for his misbehavior. Alone in the library, he stumbles upon an ancient book with magical powers that summons him to the mystical land of Ivalice.

WALL-E cover18 Years Ago

WALL-E

PortPS2Worldwide

Based on the 2008 computer-animated film from Pixar Animation Studios, the video game version of WALL-E involves playing as the lonely robot as he navigates a trash-tainted world and begins an unlikely trek across the cosmos.

Dynasty Warriors 5 cover21 Years Ago

Dynasty Warriors 5

PS2Europe

Dynasty Warriors 5 is a hack and slash video game set in China and the fifth installment in the Dynasty Warriors series, developed by Omega Force and published by Koei. The game was released on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

Fatal Fury 2 cover32 Years Ago

Fatal Fury 2

Mega Drive / GenesisJapan

After Geese Howard's death in the original Fatal Fury, a mysterious nobleman becomes the sponsor of the new "King of Fighters" tournament. This time, the tournament is held worldwide with fighters around the globe competing.

Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse cover22 Years Ago

Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse

PS2Japan

Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse is a direct sequel to the first episode of the science-fiction RPG Xenosaga series.

Jurassic Park cover32 Years Ago

Jurassic Park

Super FamicomJapan

Jurassic Park is an action-adventure video game for the Super NES based on the movie adaptation of the book by Michael Crichton. It was developed by Ocean Software and released in 1993 in North America and PAL regions, and published and released by Jaleco in 1994 for Japan.

Guitar Hero: Smash Hits cover17 Years Ago

Guitar Hero: Smash Hits

PS2Australia

Guitar Hero Smash Hits is the best of Guitar Hero music, now for the full band! Rock out to the most fun tracks from Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero: Rock the 80's, and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, now for the full band.

Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose! cover33 Years Ago

Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose!

SNESEurope

A platformer based on the Tiny Toon Adventures cartoon series by Warner, where you play as Buster.

Mega Man Battle Network 3 White cover23 Years Ago

Mega Man Battle Network 3 White

Game Boy AdvanceNorth America

Using an RPG style, you must guide Mega Man through various levels defeating enemies along the way and collecting the various chips to upgrade Mega Man's weapons and other items.

Trace Memory cover21 Years Ago

Trace Memory

Nintendo DSEurope

The events of the game take place on the fictional Blood Edward Island. The game's protagonist, Ashley Mizuki Robbins, is the daughter of Richard and Sayoko Robbins, researchers of human memory.

Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue cover23 Years Ago

Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue

Game Boy AdvanceNorth America

Join Mega Mega.EXE, his pal Lan and friends as they keep the net safe from cyber mayhem in the most expansive battle network adventure yet.

Gods cover33 Years Ago

Gods

SNESEurope

Who would have thought that a man would be so foolish or so daring as to accept a challenge set down by the Gods?

Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge cover32 Years Ago

Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge

Mega Drive / GenesisNorth America

Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge is a side-scrolling action game featuring Spider-Man and members of the X-Men. The story centers on Arcade, who has built a large amusement park filled with traps to capture and kill the superheroes.

Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker x Ninja cover18 Years Ago

Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker x Ninja

Nintendo DSNorth America

Mega Man Star Force 2 blends a unique formula of RPG exploration elements with fast-paced action, as players travel and battle between coexisting worlds, the physical world and the virtual Wave World, to unravel the mystery around this new troublemaker.

Metal Gear Solid: Integral cover27 Years Ago

Metal Gear Solid: Integral

Expanded editionPlayStationJapan

Metal Gear Solid: Integral is an expanded version of the original game.

Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition cover27 Years Ago

Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition

PortPlayStationJapan

PS1 port of "Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition" It was ported to the Sony PlayStation on June 24 in Japan and November 30 in North America, making it the only Hyper Neo Geo 64 game to receive a port for a home system.

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

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