ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
July 16
The games released on this day in gaming history.
781 releases
27 Years AgoSilent Hill
PlayStationEurope
Silent Hill is the first installment in the Silent Hill series of psychological survival horror video games. Unlike earlier survival horror games that focused on protagonists with combat training, the main character Harry Mason is an average man.
22 Years AgoFire Emblem
Game Boy AdvanceEurope
It is the seventh game of the Fire Emblem series, the second game in the series to be released for the Game Boy Advance, and the first to be released in both North America and Europe.
26 Years AgoMarvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
DreamcastEurope
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes is the fourth game in the Marvel vs. Capcom series of fighting games.
28 Years AgoMission: Impossible
Nintendo 64North America
An Action-adventure game based on the 1996 film Mission: Impossible. It was for Nintendo 64. It was later ported to the PlayStation, with minor additions such as voice acting. A sequel, Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma, was released in 2003.
23 Years AgoBoktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand
Game Boy AdvanceJapan
Hideo Kojima, the man that's most known for bringing the Metal Gear Solid series to life, has come up with an extremely ambitious idea for the Game Boy Advance: harness the energy of sunlight for a videogame.
28 Years AgoBrave Fencer Musashi
PlayStationJapan
150 years ago, the legendary warrior known as the Brave Fencer Musashi saved the kingdom of Allucaneet from the evil Wizard of Darkness. Now, his spirit is reincarnated in a young, rather short-tempered boy.
23 Years AgoNCAA Football 2004
XboxPS2GameCubeWorldwide
NCAA Football 2004 is an American football video game released in 2003 by Tiburon. It is the successor to NCAA Football 2003 in the NCAA Football series. The player on the cover is former USC quarterback Carson Palmer.
28 Years AgoDeep Fear
SaturnJapan
All contact is lost with a submarine on a routine mission which then crashes into an underwater facility. The occupants of the underwater facility are ordered to board the submarine and find out what went wrong.
33 Years AgoBlaster Master 2
Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide
It has been four years since Jason's Encounter with the Plutonium Boss and the radioactive mutants under the Earth. His only reminder of the incident is S.O.P.H.I.A., the vehicle he used to stop them, which he has hidden in an abandoned barn.
20 Years AgoPoint Blank DS
Nintendo DSWorldwide
Point Blank DS turns your stylus into a light gun in this port of classic arcade game
16 Years AgoSoul of Darkness
Nintendo DSiEurope
Enter a fascinating gothic world as Kale, a mysterious, powerful man. Try to save your beloved's life and soul and get her out of an evil vampire's clutches. Explore dark woods and caves, huge castles and cathedrals under the full moon's light.
39 Years AgoStarship Hector
FamicomJapan
Your ship is equipped with both a standard laser and an independently fired ground weapon, which you must coordinate to defeat ground and aerial enemies.
35 Years AgoShikinjoh
PortGame BoyWorldwide
Shi-Kin-Joh ("Forbidden City") is a puzzle game similar to Sokoban in which the player must reach a goal by pushing oversized mahjong tiles which block the path. When two matching tiles are pushed next to each other, they disappear.
33 Years AgoMouryou Senki Madara 2
Super FamicomJapan
Mouryou Senki Madara 2 is a Role-Playing game, published by Konami, which was released in Japan in 1993.
33 Years AgoWorld Soccer 94: Road to Glory
Expanded editionSuper FamicomJapan
The players are drawn large and there is a large scanner to assist with long passing. The standard mode has the ball sticking closely to the feet, which makes mazy runs upfield a common strategy.
33 Years AgoBikkuri Nekketsu Shinkiroku: Dokodemo Kin Medal
PortGame BoyJapan
Toudou Mamoru's plan that tried to crush the other schools in the athletic meet, ended in failure. While his team played decent, he underestimated the strength of Nekketsu High.
33 Years AgoSanrio World Smash Ball!
Super FamicomJapan
This video game features gameplay that is a combination of dodgeball and the classic video game Pong. Four characters can be chosen from the select screen: Keroppi, Tabo, Pokopon and Hangyodon. Hello Kitty is not a playable character, she participates as a judge of the matches.
33 Years AgoZen-Nippon Pro Wrestling
Super FamicomJapan
Step into the ring! Choose from 16 of All Japan Pro Wrestling's wrestlers and bring it on! Wield the massive power of Hansen, the lightning-fast strikes of Kawada, the underhanded attacks of ACE, and many more mad men of the ring!
33 Years AgoLock On
Super FamicomJapan
After a vicious warlord threatens the nations of the world with a massive military invasion, the United Nations have recruited an experienced pilot by the name of Jake Steel in order to bring peace back to the world.
31 Years AgoRave Racer
ArcadeJapan
Rave Racer is an arcade racing game that can be played by two people per cabinet for up to eight players total when up to four of them were linked together.
28 Years AgoSouten no Shiroki Kami no Kura: Great Peak
PlayStationJapan
Souten no Shiroki Kami no Kura: Great Peak puts the player in the role of the captain of an expedition of alpinists in this mountain simulation game.
28 Years AgoJingle Cats
PlayStationJapan
Released in 1998 for the PlayStation, Jingle Cats is a game where you help cats get along. The goal is to get two specific cats to become friends.
28 Years AgoTurbo Prop Racing
PlayStationJapanNorth America
There has been a racing game for just about every vehicle - automobile, motorcycle, jet-ski, airplane, you name it. Now, Rapid Racer (Turbo Prop Racing in the United States) lets race speedboats.
28 Years AgoTokimeki no Houkago
PlayStationJapan
Tokimeki no Houkago is a spin-off game of the original Tokimeki Memorial. It was released for PlayStation on July 16, 1998 (was labeled by PSOne Books on September 18, 2003) and the PlayStation Network on February 24, 2010 in Japan.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.