On This Day in Gaming: June 28

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

June 28

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Mushi no Idokoro cover30 Years Ago

Mushi no Idokoro

PlayStationJapan

Mushi no Idokoro is a puzzle game about insects in a fantasy world.

Race Drivin' a Go! Go! cover30 Years Ago

Race Drivin' a Go! Go!

Expanded editionPlayStationJapan

Race Drivin' a Go! Go! is an updated remake of the 1990 coin-op racing game of the same title. It features the original Hard Drivin' course, the courses added in the original Race Drivin', and three brand new courses only found in this new version.

Kuusou Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy cover30 Years Ago

Kuusou Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy

Super FamicomJapan

Kūsō Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy is one of the games based on the anime series Gulliver Boy, quite different from the PC Engine CD game of the same name.

Tanjou Debut cover30 Years Ago

Tanjou Debut

SaturnJapan

The objective in Tanjou Debut is to train three idols belonging to a small, struggling production company into top stars. The game introduces "rivals," a new feature that adds depth to the gameplay, which was not present in "Sotsugyou".

SD Gundam Over Galaxian cover30 Years Ago

SD Gundam Over Galaxian

RemakePlayStationJapan

3D remake of Galaxian using characters from the Gundam series.

SD Ultra Battle: Ultraman Densetsu cover30 Years Ago

SD Ultra Battle: Ultraman Densetsu

Super FamicomJapan

SD Ultra Battle: Ultraman Densetsu is an Action game, developed by Tom Create and published by Bandai, which was released in Japan in 1996.

Ninja Master's: Haou Ninpou-ko cover30 Years Ago

Ninja Master's: Haou Ninpou-ko

Neo GeoJapan

Ninja Master's follows the conventions of many previous 2D fighting games released for the Neo-Geo. The player must defeat their opponent in combat in a series of best-two-out-of-three matches.

Hissatsu! cover30 Years Ago

Hissatsu!

SaturnJapan

The game is an action platformer similar to Sega's Shinobi series where the player controls four assassins on different assignments in feudal Japan.

Poi Poi Ninja World cover30 Years Ago

Poi Poi Ninja World

Super FamicomJapan

This Super Famicom release from Bandai used the company's Sufami Turbo accessory.

SD Ultra Battle: Seven Densetsu cover30 Years Ago

SD Ultra Battle: Seven Densetsu

Super FamicomJapan

SD Ultra Battle: Seven Densetsu is an Action game, developed by Tom Create and published by Bandai, which was released in Japan in 1996.

Gauntlet Legends cover26 Years Ago

Gauntlet Legends

PortPlayStationJapan

The second console version of Gauntlet Legends, released in March of 2000. This version is often criticized for its extreme diversity from the original arcade version.

Spec Ops: Covert Assault cover25 Years Ago

Spec Ops: Covert Assault

PlayStationNorth America

Spec Ops: Covert Assault is the third game in the budget-priced Spec Ops line for the PlayStation.

Star Ocean: Blue Sphere cover25 Years Ago

Star Ocean: Blue Sphere

Game Boy ColorJapan

Star Ocean: Blue Sphere is a Role-Playing game, developed by Tri-Ace and published by Enix Corporation, which was released in Japan in 2001. It is the direct sequel to Star Ocean: The Second Story.

Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths & Legends cover25 Years Ago

Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths & Legends

Game Boy ColorWorldwide

Aliens have lived among mankind for centuries. However, man has known them as vampires, banshees, werewolves, and other mythical creatures. It is up to Global Alliance agent Nick Logan to stop these aliens from hunting humans and send them back to their home planets.

Leiji Matsumoto 999: Story of Galaxy Express 999 cover25 Years Ago

Leiji Matsumoto 999: Story of Galaxy Express 999

PlayStationJapan

An adventure game for the PlayStation based on Leiji Matsumoto's Galaxy Express 999. You assume the role of Tetsurô Hoshino, a young boy that witnesses the murder of his mother by Count Mecha, a cyborg who hunts humans for sport.

Golf Navigator Vol.1 cover25 Years Ago

Golf Navigator Vol.1

PS2Worldwide

The Golf Navigator game series let's the player enjoy a golf simulation where the hallmarks are panoramic 360 degree views of the courses and an intuiative system which allows for proper impartation of power and english to the virtual golfer's swing.

Golf Navigator Vol.2 cover25 Years Ago

Golf Navigator Vol.2

PS2Worldwide

The Golf Navigator game series let's the player enjoy a golf simulation where the hallmarks are panoramic 360 degree views of the courses and an intuiative system which allows for proper impartation of power and english to the virtual golfer's swing.

Kikou Heidan J-Phoenix cover25 Years Ago

Kikou Heidan J-Phoenix

PS2Japan

Kikou Heidan J-Phoenix is an action game on Playstation 2 published by Takara, in 2001. The game features combining robot parts acquired in battle and fighting with fellow characters. The regular map looks like SML, which takes over enemy positions by moving a 2D branched route.

SuperLite 1500 Series: Slither Link cover25 Years Ago

SuperLite 1500 Series: Slither Link

PlayStationJapan

Slitherlink (also known as Fences, Takegaki, Loop the Loop, Loopy, Ouroboros, Suriza and Dotty Dilemma) is a logic puzzle developed by publisher Nikoli. Slitherlink is played on a rectangular lattice of dots. Some of the squares formed by the dots have numbers inside them.

Gundam Battle Online cover25 Years Ago

Gundam Battle Online

DreamcastWorldwide

Gundam Battle Online is an simulation game based on the Gundam series.

Taisen Net Gimmick: Capcom & Psikyo All Stars cover25 Years Ago

Taisen Net Gimmick: Capcom & Psikyo All Stars

DreamcastJapan

Psikyo and Capcom's top dogs clash in an epic battle of... mahjong!?

City Crisis cover25 Years Ago

City Crisis

PS2Japan

Your mission is to save helpless people from crime and disaster in a city in turmoil.

Toy Robo Force cover25 Years Ago

Toy Robo Force

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

A vertical shoot'em up released on Game Boy Advance.

Gaia Master cover25 Years Ago

Gaia Master

DreamcastJapan

Gaia Master is an original fantasy board game for the Japanese playstation that was released in Japan for 4800 yen. It will be followed by versions on the Dreamcast and the Game Boy color systems.

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

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