ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
July 17
The games released on this day in gaming history.
69 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
28 Years AgoBanjo-Kazooie
Nintendo 64Europe
Trouble brews when Gruntilda the witch captures the unbearably beautiful cub, Tooty. But before the grisly hag can steal the bear's good looks, big brother Banjo and his fine-feathered friend, Kazooie, join forces to stop her.
30 Years AgoPrimal Rage
SaturnEurope
Primal Rage is a one-on-one fighting game featuring dinosaurs and giant apes as the fighters. The graphics are done with digitized stop-motion animation.
18 Years AgoThe Incredible Hulk
PS2Australia
The Incredible Hulk is a free-roaming, open-world game, allowing the player to wreak havoc on the streets of New York City while playing through the story of the 2008 The Incredible Hulk film.
23 Years AgoMega Man X7
PS2Japan
Mega Man X7, known as Rockman X7 in Japan, is a 2003 platform game developed by Capcom for the PlayStation 2. It is the seventh main game in the Mega Man X series and the first in the series to appear on the sixth generation of gaming consoles.
30 Years AgoSpace Harrier
SaturnJapan
Run… fly… dodge those obstacles, but return fire on wave after wave of attacking aliens. Armed with a really big gun, you have to defend yourself against the alien hordes using your wits to navigate around the screen. But watch out for those end of level bosses!
18 Years AgoDragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
RemakeNintendo DSJapan
Dragon Quest V uses basic role-playing video game mechanics seen in the rest of the series, which includes leveling up by gaining experience points through battle, first person turn-based battles, and equipping weapons and armor.
19 Years AgoBejeweled 2
PS2Europe
Get set to play the world's #1 puzzle game, now for the Wii! Match sparkling gems three at a time to make them burst in showers of color and points. Match four or more to create flashy power gems that boost your score and your mood with brilliant cascades and combos.
29 Years AgoStreet Fighter EX plus Alpha
PortPlayStationJapan
Street Fighter EX plus Alpha is the Playstation-exclusive home console port of the arcade game Street Fighter EX Plus, itself an updated version of Street Fighter EX.
29 Years AgoGhost in the Shell
PlayStationJapan
This is a cyberpunk-themed third-person shooter video game developed by Exact and Production I.G for the PlayStation. The game plot revolves around a recruit of Public Security Section 9 as he investigates and combats the Human Liberation Front.
34 Years AgoHook
Super FamicomJapan
In this video game adaption of the Steven Spielberg film Hook, the player takes the role of a grown-up Peter Pan, whose kids have been kidnapped by Captain Hook. Tinker Bell takes Peter back to Neverland where he must again become Pan and reclaim his children.
24 Years AgoStuart Little 2
PlayStationWorldwide
Stuart Little 2 is a 2002 platform video game, based on the film of the same name. This is the PlayStation 1 version; a game called "Stuart Lilttle 2" also came out on the Game Boy Advance and PC, but all three are different games.
34 Years AgoAyrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II or simply Super Monaco GP II is a racing game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear in 1992.
28 Years AgoShining Force III
SaturnEurope
Shining Force III is a fantasy turn-based tactics role-playing video game designed for the Sega Saturn by Camelot Software Planning. It is a continuation of the Shining series.
34 Years AgoGargoyle's Quest II
FamicomJapan
The Law of the Claw! Before Man ruled the world there were the monsters of Etruria. One such beast Firebrand the Gargoyle. must act to restore the magic that quickly fades from the Ghoul Realm.
19 Years AgoHot Shots Tennis
PS2North America
The sixth game, and first tennis spin-off, in the Hot Shots Golf series. "Finally, a Tennis game for everyone! Filled with classic Hot Shots personality and true tennis gameplay, Hot Shots Tennis delivers an experience both amateurs and pros can enjoy!
34 Years AgoMitsume ga Tooru
FamicomJapan
Mitsume ga Tōru is a 2D action platformer released in 1992. It was never released outside Japan. It contains 5 levels with a boss fight at the end of each level.
19 Years AgoRugby 08
PS2North America
The most recent of EA's Rugby games, Rugby 08 features new play modes such as the Rugby World Cup and the World Cup Challenge mode.
34 Years AgoAndro Dunos
Neo GeoNorth AmericaJapan
Andro Dunos is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by Visco in 1992 for the SNK Neo-Geo MVS.
24 Years AgoGundam Battle Assault 2
PlayStationNorth America
Your fighting skills will be put to the ultimate test, as you challenge other pilots for the right to be called the best. As Burning Gundam, you're a martial arts specialist in search of your brother. Then as Heero Yuy in Gundam Wing, attempt to destroy Trieze Khushrenada.
24 Years AgoGran Turismo Concept: 2002 Tokyo-Geneva
Expanded editionPS2Europe
Gran Turismo Concept is a racing video game of the Gran Turismo series for PlayStation 2 which is developed by Polyphony Digital. It is essentially a short version of Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, but with concept cars that ended up in Gran Turismo 4.
34 Years AgoAdvanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer, commonly known as Gleylancer (グレイランサー), is a 1992 Sega Mega Drive shoot-'em-up by NCS released exclusively in Japan (despite having some of its text, such as in the Mover configuration screen described below, in near-perfect English).
29 Years AgoHot Shots Golf
PlayStationJapan
Everybody's Golf, known in Japan as Minna no Golf, is the first game in the Everybody's Golf series. The North American release was renamed Hot Shots Golf.
19 Years AgoNCAA Football 08
PS2Worldwide
NCAA Football 08 is a college football video game created by EA Sports, the sports video gaming subsidiary of Electronic Arts. It is the successor to NCAA Football 07 in the NCAA Football series.
34 Years AgoSummer Carnival '92: Recca
FamicomJapan
Conceived as an entry for a game development competition, this game would later be published by Naxat Soft in 1992. This frenetic shoot-'em-up taxes the Famicom system and the player's reflexes with huge quantities of enemies while maintaining smooth, fast gameplay!
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.