On This Day in Gaming: July 9

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

July 9

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Diablo cover28 Years Ago

Diablo

PlayStationJapan

Diablo is an isometric strategy RPG and one of the most well-known examples of the action-RPG subgenre. Although some of the game mechanics resemble a typical RPG, all actions are done in real-time just like in an action game.

SimCity 2000 cover30 Years Ago

SimCity 2000

PlayStationNorth America

It has all the features, flexibility, art, animation, and power you need to create an environment of your dreams. Choose from a selection of bonus cities and scenarios to rule or ruin as you please.

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 cover32 Years Ago

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

Game BoyAustralia

Hey! Things are really cookin' on Kitchen Island! Wario's got a scheme to steal the pirates' treasure so he can have his very own castle!

Syphon Filter cover27 Years Ago

Syphon Filter

PlayStationEurope

Syphon Filter is a third-person shooter stealth video game developed by Eidetic and published by 989 Studios exclusively for PlayStation.

Onimusha 3: Demon Siege cover22 Years Ago

Onimusha 3: Demon Siege

PS2Europe

Onimusha 3 is the third game of the Onimusha series. The game retains elements from previous games in the franchise including the use of multiple special weapons in order to fight enemies and absorb their energy to enhance the weaponry.

Alien 3 cover33 Years Ago

Alien 3

Super FamicomJapan

Alien³ was released after the Alien 3 film. After success on the Super Nintendo and Genesis platforms, the game was built and ported to other systems, including the Commodore 64 and Game Gear.

Resident Evil: Dead Aim cover23 Years Ago

Resident Evil: Dead Aim

PS2Europe

Resident Evil: Dead Aim is a survival-horror game released exclusively for the PlayStation 2 under the Gun Survivor title, which was used for several games made for the Namco light gun controllers.

Hidden & Dangerous cover19 Years Ago

Hidden & Dangerous

DreamcastNorth America

The player play four Allied commandos in operations during World War 2. Mission vary from bomb planting to hostage rescue. The player can even drive tanks and other vehicles.

Quest 64 cover27 Years Ago

Quest 64

Nintendo 64Japan

Celtland has been cast into chaos by the theft of Eletale's Book. This mystical volume contains the secrets of the Spirit Tamers. Control Brian, a magician's apprentice, as he explores the expansive countryside and villages on his quest.

Pocket Fighter cover28 Years Ago

Pocket Fighter

PortSaturnJapan

Pocket Fighter is a port of Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix. This version of the game add-in additional modes like Character Edit and Running Battle Mode.

The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match cover17 Years Ago

The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match

RemakeArcadeJapan

The King Of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match is a remake of the original The King of Fighters 2002: Challenge to Ultimate Battle. The game now has many new features, including all new music, completely redesigned stages, and many more characters.

Richard Burns Rally cover22 Years Ago

Richard Burns Rally

PS2Worldwide

Richard Burns Rally (RBR) is a sim racing game developed with advice of WRC champion Richard Burns.

Nightmare Creatures II cover26 Years Ago

Nightmare Creatures II

DreamcastNorth America

"Assume the role of Herbert Wallace, an escaped test subject, on the trail of the demonic scientist, Dr. Adam Crowley. After enduring years of horrific lab experiments, Wallace is out to settle the score in a chilling and bloody chase through London and Paris.

Nanostray cover21 Years Ago

Nanostray

Nintendo DSNorth America

Nanostray is a vertical scrolling shooter video game for the Nintendo DS. Similar to many games in the genre, the user takes control of a futuristic spacecraft against a seemingly endless horde of enemies. A sequel to the game was released in 2008, entitled Nanostray 2.

Classic NES Series: The Legend of Zelda cover22 Years Ago

Classic NES Series: The Legend of Zelda

PortGame Boy AdvanceEurope

The Legend of Zelda invented a genre and captivated a gaming generation. Now you can play the timeless NES adventure on your Game Boy Advance! The evil warlock Ganon has imprisoned Princess Zelda and plunged the peaceful land of Hyrule into darkness and despair.

Classic NES Series: Super Mario Bros. cover22 Years Ago

Classic NES Series: Super Mario Bros.

PortGame Boy AdvanceEurope

Classic NES Series: Super Mario Bros. takes you back to the very first battle between Mario and Bowser. Now on the Game Boy Advance, you can relive all the mushroom-eating, Koopa-stomping action from the original game.

Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain cover22 Years Ago

Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain

PS2Europe

Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain is a third-person shooter developed by Bend Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Released in May 2004 for the PlayStation 2, it is the fourth instalment in the Syphon Filter series.

IndyCar Series 2005 cover22 Years Ago

IndyCar Series 2005

PS2Australia

IndyCar Series 2005 is a racing simulator developed by Codemasters. It is the sixteenth game of the Official IndyCar Series games series. The game was released on June 24, 2004 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, and is based on the 2003 IndyCar Series season.

Miami Law cover17 Years Ago

Miami Law

Nintendo DSNorth America

All in one, action and crime scene investigation. Miami Police Detective Law Martin and FBI Agent Sara Starling must save Miami. Sequences played as Sara include investigation and puzzle solving.

Actua Golf cover30 Years Ago

Actua Golf

PlayStationWorldwide

Actua Golf is a golf simulation with full 3D terrain and characters. It comes with two courses to play at (country and tropical), customizable characters and multi-view shot tracking and action replays. Actua Golf uses similar game controls as older golf titles did.

Spider-Man 2 cover22 Years Ago

Spider-Man 2

Game Boy AdvanceEurope

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.

Field Combat cover41 Years Ago

Field Combat

PortFamicomJapan

Field Combat is a 1985 video game in which the player fights as a single commanding officer in a generic futuristic battlefield. The Family Computer version of Field Combat was later released for the Wii's Virtual Console service exclusively in Japan on June 12, 2007.

Kamen Rider SD: Shutsugeki!! Rider Machine cover33 Years Ago

Kamen Rider SD: Shutsugeki!! Rider Machine

Super FamicomJapan

Kamen Rider SD: Shutsugeki!! Rider Machine ("Masked Rider SD: Roll Out!! Rider Machine") is a racing game that takes the characters from the Kamen Rider tokusatsu TV show and manga and puts them in a much cartoonier, super deformed universe.

Yoshi's Cookie cover33 Years Ago

Yoshi's Cookie

PortSuper FamicomJapan

The SNES version of the game has the same form of VS mode and Action mode as its predecessor. However, there are some notable differences available between the old and new versions.

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

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