ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
July 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
198 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
35 Years AgoLeague Bowling
Neo GeoEuropeJapanNorth America
League Bowling is an arcade game released in 1991 by SNK for the Neo Geo console and arcade systems. The game was unique in that it was the first arcade to put emphasis on bowling. The players controls characters with red and blue hair and can select balls from 8 to 15 pounds.
35 Years AgoCyber-Lip
Neo GeoJapanNorth America
Inspired by the Contra series, Cyber-Lip is an early side-scrolling shooter by SNK for the Neo Geo. It's considered one of the predecessors to popular Metal Slug franchise.
35 Years AgoNinja Combat
Neo GeoJapanNorth America
Ninja Combat is a 1990 side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed by Alpha Denshi and published by SNK. It was one of the launch titles for both the Neo Geo MVS (arcade) and AES (home) systems. It is notorious for its unbalanced difficulty and odd design and gameplay ideas.
35 Years AgoNantettatte!! Baseball '91 Kaimaku-hen
FamicomJapan
Nantettatte!! Baseball '91 Kaimaku Hen is a Sports game, developed and published by SunSoft, which was released in Japan in 1991.
35 Years AgoKlashBall
NESWorldwide
The Sport Of The Future! Speedball is the action sport of the 21st century. Wearing spiked armour bodywear, helmet and gloves, you'll go face-to-face with some of the ugliest, meanest goons in the world!
35 Years AgoQuiz Daisousa Sen: The Last Count Down
Neo GeoNeo Geo MVSJapan
Quiz Daisousa Sen: The Last Count Down is a quiz adventure game. Players control either Neo McDonald or Geo Kentucky in their adventures through Quiz City, a place where answering questions gets results.
35 Years AgoThe Super Spy
Neo GeoNorth AmericaJapan
The Super Spy is an early Neo Geo game released by SNK. It is a first-person shooter and beat 'em up game with action RPG elements. It was an early example of a first-person shooter where the player character's arms and weapons are visible on screen.
35 Years AgoDr. Hello
Master SystemKorea
Dr. Hello is an unlicensed Dr. Mario clone developed for the MSX and ported to the Sega Master System.
35 Years AgoGhost Pilots
ArcadeNeo GeoWorldwideNorth AmericaEurope
Ghost Pilots is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released in 1991 by SNK.
34 Years AgoSuper Soccer Champ
SNESWorldwide
Super Soccer Champ is a Soccer Sim game, developed and published by Taito Corporation, which was released in 1992.
34 Years AgoDay Dreamin' Davey
NESWorldwide
The game starts out with the main protagonist, Davey, arriving at school. Then a bully (Lumpy) takes his pencil.
34 Years AgoPower Punch II
NESWorldwide
It's the year 2006. You're Mark "Tough Guy" Tyler and you've just defended your Heavyweight title for the 9th consecutive time. After demolishing the best boxers on the planet, it's now time to face off with the best in the universe.
34 Years AgoParodius
PortNESEurope
This is mostly the parody of Gradius (Nemesis on some systems), with some flavor from other shoot-em-ups, like Twinbee. The series is available on numerous platforms. The game is a right-to-left scrolling shoot-em-up.
34 Years AgoParodius
PortGame BoyEurope
This is mostly a parody of Gradius, with some flavor from other shoot-em-ups, like Twinbee. The series is available on numerous platforms. The game is a right-to-left scrolling shoot-em-up.
34 Years AgoWheel of Fortune
Expanded editionMega Drive / GenesisNorth America
Wheel of Fortune is based on the television game show of the same name. The game features 4,500 different word puzzles for the player to solve with Vanna White turning the tiles on the board.
34 Years AgoHigh Stakes Gambling
Game BoyNorth America
High Stakes Gambling is a Game Boy casino video game that takes place during the Great Depression in the 1930s.
33 Years AgoKawasaki Caribbean Challenge
SNESWorldwide
Race a Kawasaki Ninja Motorcycle or Jet Ski over 3 different islands in the Caribbean. When you're ready, take the Challenge to see how good you really are!
33 Years AgoHeavy Smash
ArcadeWorldwide
Heavy Smash portrays a futuristic, armored, no-rules version of handball.
33 Years AgoSānguózhì: Chìbì zhī Zhàn
FamicomAsia
An Unlicensed version of Capcom's 'Warriors of Fate', developed and released by NTDEC in Taiwan
32 Years AgoHardBall III
SNESWorldwide
The third game in the Hardball baseball series. This revision features 256 colour VGA graphics, and announcer Al Michaels provides running commentary while you play.
32 Years Ago1000 Miglia: Great 1000 Miles Rally
ArcadeWorldwide
A driving game with top-down pseudo 3-D graphics. You can select one of ten cars and depending upon which vehicle has been chosen, you can select the starting point of the race.
32 Years AgoJeopardy! Deluxe Edition
SNESWorldwide
Jeopardy! Deluxe Edition is an updated version of it's Jeopardy! predecessor which features over 3,500 different new questions along with the standard features of Jeopardy such as Daily Doubles, a digitized likeness of the host, Alex Trebek and even the theme music.
32 Years AgoTommy Moe's Winter Extreme: Skiing & Snowboarding
SNESWorldwide
In Winter Extreme, the player can partake in a series of skiing and snowboarding events including the Downhill where the player speeds down a course in order to finish the course as fast as possible in an allotted time by speeding through checkpoints.
32 Years AgoPnickies
ArcadeWorldwide
Pnickies is a Tetris-style puzzle game, where the objective is to match coloured balls of the same colour, causing them to disappear. Balls which are the same colour link together on contact to form large shapes, and must be carefully stacked to allow access to other colours.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.