ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
July 2
The games released on this day in gaming history.
626 releases
22 Years AgoKirby & the Amazing Mirror
Game Boy AdvanceEurope
Once again, Kirby must save the kingdom from evil. But this time he'll need some backup. As Kirby, you can call up one of four alter egos for help during your quest.
27 Years AgoApe Escape
PlayStationEurope
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.
27 Years AgoConker's Pocket Tales
Game Boy ColorEurope
It's Conker's birthday and someone crashed his party! The Evil Acorn has stolen all of Conker's presents and kidnapped his best chipmunk friend, Berri.
21 Years AgoThe House of the Dead 4
ArcadeJapan
The House of the Dead 4 is a light gun arcade game with a horror theme and the fourth installment of the House of the Dead series of video games, developed by Sega.
16 Years AgoDragon Ball: Origins 2
Nintendo DSEurope
In Dragon Ball: Origins 2, players battle through the Red Ribbon Army saga covering Goku’s first encounters with the nefarious Red Ribbon Army up to the resurrection of Upa’s father, a member of the native tribe who serve as the guardians of the mystical Korin Tower.
33 Years AgoTom Mason's Dinosaurs for Hire
Mega Drive / GenesisBrazil
Unknown monsters and weird robotic creatures attack the Earth.
22 Years AgoAthens 2004
PS2Europe
With Athens 2004, you can capture all the spirit and emotion of the Olympic Games.
33 Years AgoFirst Samurai
SNESJapan
A 2D action-platforming game that begins in a mystical representation of feudal Japan but travels all over time. It was originally released on European home computers, though Kemco's 1993 SNES port was published worldwide.
41 Years AgoMy Hero
ArcadeJapan
My Hero (Seishun Scandal in Japan) is a Sega video game released via arcade in 1985 and was later ported to the Sega Master System in 1986.
38 Years AgoCaptain Silver
Master SystemJapan
Captain Silver is a side-scrolling action game released for the arcades by Data East in 1987. In the game, the player control a young sailor named Jim Aykroyd who goes on a journey to seek the lost treasure of Captain Silver, facing various perils along the way.
29 Years AgoG-Darius
ArcadeJapan
G-Darius is a shoot'em up arcade game, released by Taito in 1997. It is the fourth arcade installment of the Darius series and the first in the entire series to feature three-dimensional polygonal graphics.
27 Years AgoF-1 World Grand Prix II
Nintendo 64Europe
F1 WGP 2 pretty much sports the same features as the first game. The game has 4 modes of play: the championship season mode, the exhibition race, time trials, and the challenge mode.
24 Years AgoDelta Force: Urban Warfare
PlayStationNorth America
Delta Force: Urban Warfare is a first-person shooter by developer and publisher NovaLogic. It was designed to be a military simulation loosely based on the Delta Force special operations force.
22 Years AgoCocoto Platform Jumper
PS2Worldwide
A long time ago in a faraway land, strange little creatures lived in the depths of Abyss. Cocoto, his little devil friends and the mysterious Fairy protect the secret of the magma - the source of their power - in a magic cauldron.
22 Years AgoSpider-Man 2
Game Boy AdvanceAustralia
The Game Boy Advance version of "Spider-Man 2". In Spider-Man 2, Manhattan becomes a gamer's playground as you take the role of Spider-Man in a battle against the nefarious Doc Ock.
39 Years AgoReflect World
Famicom Disk SystemJapan
Reflect World is a shooter with RPG elements developed by East Cube and released for the Famicom Disk System. Reflect World is a vehicle-based top-down shoot 'em up with a lot of RPG and simulation elements.
38 Years AgoSuper Racing
Master SystemJapan
Super Racing is a Racing game, published by Sega, which was released in Japan in 1988.
38 Years AgoBubble Bobble
Expanded editionMaster SystemJapan
This is an enhanced port of the original version for the SEGA Master System/Mark III. The game now has 200 levels, new items like the peacock feather, blue book, and a blue crystal chalice have been added, and there are also 2 new mini-boss fights.
37 Years AgoDon Doko Don
ArcadeJapan
The players are bearded dwarves who must defeat various enemies by using a mallet to stun them. Players can pick stunned enemies up and throw them at other enemies to destroy them. Destroyed enemies leave behind fruit which can be collected for points.
36 Years AgoSindibad - Chitei No Dai Meikyu
PC EngineWorldwide
An role-playing game based on the story of Sinbad the Sailor.
34 Years AgoEvander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing
Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide
The game features Evander Holyfield, and over 28 imaginary fighters. It uses 2D sprites seen from a side-on view, combined with a top-down map of the ring, to allow boxers to move 360 degrees about the ring. The cartridge utilises battery-backed RAM to save a player's progress.
31 Years AgoBattle Monsters
SaturnWorldwide
There’s a rumble in hell… and you’re invited. Twelve psychotic monsters fight fist-and-fang in the darkest, goriest head-to-head combat ever!
30 Years AgoSonic Championship
ArcadeNorth America
The original arcade release of Sonic the Fighters, released as Sonic Championship outside of Japan and in Sonic Gems Collection.
29 Years AgoBlood of Jurassic
FamicomChina
An unlicensed shooter from Inventor for the Famicom, allowing players to choose from 6 different stages of dinosaur action. Compatible with the NES zapper.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.