On This Day in Gaming: July 15

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

July 15

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Super Mario Bros. 3 cover37 Years Ago

Super Mario Bros. 3

ArcadeNorth America

Super Mario Bros. 3, the third entry in the Super Mario Bros. series and Super Mario franchise, sees Mario or Luigi navigate a nonlinear world map containing platforming levels and optional minigames and challenges.

Killer7 cover21 Years Ago

Killer7

PS2Europe

Sneak into a world of underground assassins as Harman Smith, a man who manifests 7 deadly personalities, the killer7. Take control of this distinct murderers' row as they hunt down the sinister Kun Lan to thwart his plan of world dominance.

Kid Icarus cover39 Years Ago

Kid Icarus

NESNorth America

Kid Icarus is an action platform video game for the Family Computer Disk System in Japan and the Nintendo Entertainment System in Europe and North America.

Legend of Mana cover27 Years Ago

Legend of Mana

PlayStationJapan

While incorporating action role-playing game elements from the three games which preceded it, Legend of Mana has its own distinct style of gameplay.

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga cover22 Years Ago

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga

PS2Japan

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga follows Serph and his four companions as they set out for Nirvana, a land that can only be reached by the champions of Junkyard.

E.V.O.: Search for Eden cover33 Years Ago

E.V.O.: Search for Eden

SNESNorth America

The storyline of E.V.O.: Search for Eden follows the same patterns as modern Evolution theories. The players first controls a prehistoric sea organism, and fights to gain evolution points with which he can improve his fish's body parts and upgrade his attack/defense abilities.

Fantastic 4 cover21 Years Ago

Fantastic 4

PS2Europe

Fantastic Four (2005 video game) is an action-adventure game developed by 7 Studios and published by Activision. It is based on the 2005 film of the same name and features characters and storylines from the movie. Players control the four main characters—Mr.

Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo - Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu cover16 Years Ago

Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo - Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu

RemakeNintendo DSJapan

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem is a remake of Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. It is the second Fire Emblem remake for the Nintendo DS. It was released on July 15, 2010 in Japan.

Galaga '88 cover38 Years Ago

Galaga '88

PC EngineJapan

The gameplay in Galaga '88 is built on the same premise as that of the original Galaga game, but is in many ways more complex and more difficult. The game is divided into a series of 29 Stages distributed through eight Worlds.

Devil World cover39 Years Ago

Devil World

NESEurope

Devil World is a maze video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in Japan on October 5, 1984 and in Europe on July 15, 1987.

Wizards & Warriors cover38 Years Ago

Wizards & Warriors

FamicomJapan

You are Kuros, a powerful knight who enter the woods of Elrond. Legend says that a powerful wizard named Malkil has has gone completely mad during his years and turned his powerful magic to the dark side.

Samurai Shodown V Special cover22 Years Ago

Samurai Shodown V Special

Expanded editionNeo GeoWorldwide

An ordained meeting of 28 fierce warriors begins, to precede a series of duels to the death. These individuals entrust their fates to their skill and their weapons. For those not up to the task, a cherished end in battle is their only hope.

Street Fighter II cover34 Years Ago

Street Fighter II

PortSNESNorth America

Street Fighter II for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a home console port of Capcom’s arcade fighting game. It retains the one-on-one fighting structure, eight playable World Warriors, four boss opponents, and special-move system from the arcade version.

Disney's The Jungle Book cover32 Years Ago

Disney's The Jungle Book

PortSuper FamicomJapan

The SNES port of Disney's The Jungle Book differs from the Sega Genesis game in level layout and mechanics, although using similar aesthetics.

NCAA Football 09 cover18 Years Ago

NCAA Football 09

PS2Worldwide

NCAA Football 09 is a college football video game created by EA Sports, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts. It is the successor to NCAA Football 08 in the NCAA Football series.

NCAA Football 2005 cover22 Years Ago

NCAA Football 2005

PS2Worldwide

NCAA Football 2005 is an American college football video game which was released on July 15, 2004. It is the successor to NCAA Football 2004 in the NCAA Football series.

Captain Silver cover39 Years Ago

Captain Silver

ArcadeNorth America

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.

Space Chimps cover18 Years Ago

Space Chimps

PS2Worldwide

Space Chimps is based off of the 2008 movie with the same name.

Ring of Red cover25 Years Ago

Ring of Red

PS2Europe

A highly classified prototype mech was stolen from the allied forces in southern Japan and it's up to you to get it back! Take control of monstrous mechs and brave soldiers.

McFarlane's Evil Prophecy cover22 Years Ago

McFarlane's Evil Prophecy

PS2Worldwide

In the 19th century, the dead are rising from their graves and other chaos is happening all over the world. People fear that the end of the world is coming. A book predicts that an eternal age of darkness on Earth is beginning.

The Best Play Baseball Special cover38 Years Ago

The Best Play Baseball Special

FamicomJapan

A Japanese baseball sim developed by ASCII for the NES. It focuses more on team management than playing the sport itself.

Daikaijuu Deburas cover36 Years Ago

Daikaijuu Deburas

FamicomJapan

Scientists discover a giant egg in the ocean, but before it can be studied a Giant Monster (Kaiju) erupts from the sea bent on destroying the egg. Can you battle the monster, limit your losses and ultimately rescue the egg? Tokyo is depending on it!

Dashin' Desperadoes cover33 Years Ago

Dashin' Desperadoes

Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide

Will and Rick were like two peas in a pod or more accurately, two cowpokes in a corral. In other words, these two cowboys were best of friends and nothing could tear them apart that is, until Jenny came to town.

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Kondo ha Puzzle de Oshioki yo!! cover32 Years Ago

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Kondo ha Puzzle de Oshioki yo!!

Super FamicomJapan

The Sailors try to find Princess Serenity, who was lost a long time ago fighting the forces of evil in the Moon Kingdom. The Negaverse are trying to go back in time to rule the Moon Kingdom as well, so time is not on your side.

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

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