ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
June 25
The games released on this day in gaming history.
100 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
27 Years AgoDriver
PlayStationEurope
The player is John Tanner, an undercover cop who try to take advantage of his own excellent driving skill in order to infiltrate a criminal organization.
28 Years AgoMetal Slug 2
Neo Geo CDJapanNorth America
“METAL SLUG 2”, the 2nd entry in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game returns to the battlefield on the Steam gaming platform!
33 Years AgoGolden Axe III
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
Chaos is spreading across the land once again as the Prince of Darkness arises to conquer the world. To stop him and retrieve the legendary Golden Axe, four heroes step forward to accept the challenge.
29 Years AgoMarvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
ArcadeJapan
Now you can choose your favorite heroes from the worlds of Street Fighter and Marvel Super Heroes to face off in a head-to-head battle for supremacy.
22 Years AgoChampions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest
PS2Europe
An action adventure RPG with a hack and slash (or dungeon crawler) style gameplay.
27 Years AgoNeed for Speed: V-Rally 2
PlayStationEurope
Need for Speed: V-Rally 2 is a racing video game developed by Eden Studios and released in 1999, the second mainline entry in the V-Rally series.
22 Years AgoDonkey Kong Country 2
Expanded editionGame Boy AdvanceEurope
Donkey Kong Country 2 is a remake of the SNES game Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. It is the second game in the series of remakes of the original Country trilogy for the Game Boy Advance.
33 Years AgoLufia & the Fortress of Doom
Super FamicomJapan
The Sinsitrals, four masters of Doom, arrived in this land on their floating island 100 years ago. You will begin your quest by travelling through time to join in a temendous battle against them--and you will determine the outcome.
22 Years AgoCrash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
Game Boy AdvanceEurope
Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage is a handheld game featuring Crash Bandicoot in a crossover in the world of Spyro the Dragon.
25 Years AgoBloody Roar 3
PS2North America
Bloody Roar 3 pits 12 outlandish combatants against each other in one of the most ambitious 3D fighting games to grace the PlayStation 2. Returning from Hudson's widely acclaimed PS1 titles are Stun, Long and Jenny, each of who brings a unique fighting skill to the arena.
22 Years AgoSamurai Warriors
PS2Europe
Samurai Warriors is the first title in the series of hack and slash video games created by Koei's Omega Force team based loosely around the Sengoku ("Warring States") period of Japanese history and it is a sister series of the Dynasty Warriors series.
23 Years AgoArc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
PS2North America
The world of Arc: Twilight of the Spirits is populated by two races: human and Deimos. The two races prefer to avoid contact with each other, but both depend on the Spirit Stones to sustain the balance in the world.
34 Years AgoThe Tower of Druaga
PC EngineWorldwide
The story still's the same: Ishtar sends Gilgamesh up the 60 maze levels of the Druaga's tower to rescue Ki and retrieve the Blue Crystal Rod. He must find each level's key to proceed to the next one.
28 Years AgoShadow Tower
PlayStationJapan
Shadow Tower is a first-person view action role-playing game developed by From Software and released in 1998. It shares many similarities with the King's Field series of games.
32 Years AgoSuper Street Fighter II
PortSuper FamicomMega Drive / GenesisJapan
The 16-bit conversion of Super Street Fighter II, while featuring graphical and sound concession compared to the arcade version, features game-play largely the same as the original, including the new game-play modes, and selectable game speed brought over from Turbo.
24 Years AgoMedabots AX: Metabee Version
Game Boy AdvanceNorth America
Medabots AX is a 2D fighting game based on Medarot G, released only in North America. There were two versions released, Metabee and Rokusho.
24 Years AgoMedabots AX: Rokusho Version
Game Boy AdvanceNorth America
-Build your Medabots for battle with hundreds of different combat parts -Collect and trade Medabot parts, with many exclusive to the different versions of the game -Fight other GBA players in 2-player Medabot battles Part platformer, part f…
33 Years AgoSmash Tennis
Super FamicomJapan
Smash Tennis is a tennis game that was created by Namcot for the Super Nintendo in 1993. It was released in Europe as Smash Tennis by Virgin Interactive.
32 Years AgoBrandish
Super FamicomJapan
The game is an action RPG, a dungeon crawler with plenty of creatures to defeat and many weapons, armor, and other treasure to collect. You can also use magic spells. The camera rotates automatically according to your movements.
22 Years AgoSpyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy
Game Boy AdvanceEurope
Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy is a handheld crossover title with the Crash Bandicoot franchise. It is the first Spyro game developed by Vicarious Visions.
19 Years AgoThe Bigs
PS2Worldwide
The BIGS is an arcade-style baseball game that is less focused on the intricate details of the game and more on the actual gameplay, proven by the inclusion of power-ups and turbos during gameplay.
27 Years AgoStreet Fighter Alpha 3
PortPlayStationEurope
The PlayStation port of Street Fighter Alpha 3 has added new characters to the roster, including Juli, Juni, Balrog, Dee Jay, Fei Long and T. Hawk. They come with new portraits and their own scenarios.
26 Years AgoAction Man: Operation Extreme
PlayStationEurope
Action Man: Operation Extreme features two different gameplay modes that you switch back and forth from during the course of play. The first is a top-down vehicular portion, where the perspective and controls are quite similar to the Grand Theft Auto series.
28 Years AgoAkumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku
Expanded editionSaturnJapan
As a descendant of Dracula, you must end the vampire bloodline. Can you rid the world of this unspeakable terror? Uncover the mystery of Castlevania and challenge an adventure as legendary as its name.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.