ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
June 30
The games released on this day in gaming history.
987 releases
31 Years AgoGranhistoria: Genshi Sekaiki
Super FamicomJapan
Granhistoria: Genshi Sekaiki is a Super Famicom role-playing video game that was released exclusively for Japan in 1995. This video game is about alternate universes and time travel. Toru is about to marry his lover Lu when he is attacked by thieves and killed.
28 Years AgoGrand Theft Auto
PlayStationNorth America
Grand Theft Auto is the first game in the Grand Theft Auto series and a sandbox-crime game published by Rockstar Games. The original Grand Theft Auto is made up of a series of levels each set in one of the three cities in the game.
20 Years AgoNew Super Mario Bros.
Nintendo DSEurope
New Super Mario Bros. is a side-scrolling 2.5D action-adventure platformer game for the Nintendo DS, starring Mario and Luigi. The game features a solo story mode with Mario or Luigi, a two-player wireless game Mario Vs. Luigi, as well as a minigame mode for up to four players.
20 Years AgoFlatOut 2
PCPS2XboxEurope
Experience the drive of your life as you throw yourself around on and off the track causing fences to shatter, tyre walls explode, water tanks and barrels fly across the track into other cars.
29 Years AgoStar Fox 64
Nintendo 64North America
The update to the 16-bit Super NES title continues the original's on-rails 3D shooting action on the Nintendo 64.
27 Years AgoPokémon Snap
Nintendo 64North America
Traverse various areas and take photographs of different types of Pokémon by discovering their secrets.
27 Years AgoDriver
PlayStationNorth America
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.
26 Years AgoPerfect Dark
Nintendo 64Europe
Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is considered the spiritual successor to Rare's earlier first-person shooter GoldenEye 007, with which it shares many gameplay features.
27 Years AgoDisney's Tarzan
PCPlayStationNorth America
The player takes control of the eponymous Tarzan who ultimately has to save his home, the jungle, from Clayton, a hunter for gorillas. Tarzan starts up as a child learning the skills of the apes. The game has 3 difficulties: easy, medium and hard.
17 Years AgoHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
MacPCPS2PS3WiiXbox 360North America
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince features the exploration of Hogwarts and casting spells on objects around the school, similar to its predecessor. The game also includes multiplayer games, classes, different times of day, Quidditch, Wizard Duels and Potion making.
33 Years AgoFlashback: The Quest for Identity
Mega Drive / GenesisBrazil
Throughout the 20th century, an unprecedented political and economic crisis afflicted Earth, leading to the systematic disabling of it's programme to conquer outer space through lack of funding.
21 Years AgoGarou: Mark of the Wolves
PS2Japan
If you thought you'd seen the last of the incredible Garou: Mark of The Wolves series, you were sorely mistaken. Join classic brawlers and fresh finds (there are 11 new additions in all) for the fighting experience of the decade.
36 Years AgoColumns
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
Go back in time to a bygone civilization: the ancient world of Phoenicia. There you will play a simple and captivating game where sparkling, rainbow-coloured jewels drop one after another.
28 Years AgoTomba!
PlayStationNorth America
Tomba! is a side-scrolling platformer in which players control Tomba, a wild boy on the search for his grandfather's bangle that was stolen by some evil pigs.
23 Years AgoApe Escape 2
PS2North America
Ape Escape 2 is the sequel to Ape Escape. In this platform game it's your goal to catch all the apes jumping, walking and flying around the diverse levels the game has to offer.
16 Years AgoSecret Files: Tunguska
WiiNintendo DSWorldwide
Unravel one of the greatest mysteries of our time! On the 30th June 1908 an explosion with the combined energy of 2000 Hiroshima bombs rocked the region of Tunguska in Central Siberia and felled over 6,000 square km of trees.
33 Years AgoRainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2
PC EngineJapan
Rainbow Islands is a 1987 arcade game developed and published by Taito. The arcade version was licensed to Romstar for North American manufacturing and distribution.
31 Years AgoMighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
SNESNorth America
The Super NES version of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie is a side-scrolling action game similar to the previous SNES game based on the series. The game can be played by one or two players with six available characters.
21 Years AgoConflict: Desert Storm II: Back to Baghdad
PS2Japan
Take charge of the most feared special operations forces in the world: the elite British SAS or the US Delta Force squads. You're the best trained, best equipped and best organised. The area that has been assigned to you is yours for the taking.
17 Years AgoIce Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
WiiPCPS3PS2Xbox 360Worldwide
Based on the computer-animated movie starring the voices of Ray Romano and John Leguizamo, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is a 3D platform game that has you controlling multiple prehistoric protagonists across more than 15 levels of lighthearted action.
31 Years AgoAir Combat
PlayStationJapan
The first game of the Ace Combat series. Combat flight simulator in which you play a mercenary pilot who hires his combat skills to several corporations, governments, etc. in order to get cash for weapons & upgrades.
21 Years AgoTrauma Center: Under the Knife
Nintendo DSWorldwide
Take your Nintendo DS into the Operating Room! Trauma Center: Under the Knife lets YOU play doctor, performing increasingly complex surgeries.
26 Years AgoMortal Kombat: Special Forces
PlayStationEuropeNorth America
Take on the role of Mortal Kombat character Jax, as you descend into the realm of Mortal Kombat in search of arch- villain, Kano. As you make your way through the game, you will delve deeper into one of the most interesting and enigmatic stories in the Mortal Kombat universe.
23 Years AgoVirtua Fighter 4: Evolution
Expanded editionPS2Europe
Evolution was an updated version of Virtua Fighter 4. The game introduced two new characters and adjusted every other character as well. The two new characters were the Judoka-assassin, Goh Hinogami and the Muay Thai boxer Brad Burns.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.