ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
July 17
The games released on this day in gaming history.
880 releases
28 Years AgoPenny Racers
Nintendo 64Japan
The premise of PENNY RACERS for N64 is simple: race your car the best you can and be among the top three to reach the checkered flag. To achieve this objective, you must avoid missiles launched by your competitors, among other things.
23 Years AgoRTX Red Rock
PS2Europe
In this game the player controls Major Eugene Wheeler, a radical tactics expert sent to the Mars base to investigate the loss of communications. Once there, he discovers that the base has been taken over by alien invaders who plan to use it to launch an attack on Earth.
18 Years AgoTamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 3
Nintendo DSNorth America
Business is booming in TamaTown, and has been so good that over a dozen new shops have just been built. Come by and bake some fresh bread at the bakery, scoop a cone at the ice cream parlor, or help plan a party at the party shop!
23 Years AgoR-Type Final
PS2Japan
Like other games in the R-Type Series, the game is a scrolling shooter where you need to guide a spaceship through various stages and destroy the many enemies (including very large end of level bosses).
23 Years AgoBomberman Land 2
PS2Japan
Bomberman Land 2 is an Action game, developed by Racjin and published by Hudson, which was released in Japan in 2003.
39 Years AgoLegacy of the Wizard
PortFamicomJapan
The NES/Famicom port of Legacy of the Wizard. Play as five members of a family that set out to kill a dragon hidden within a giant maze.
34 Years AgoPachinko Wars
Super FamicomJapan
Pachinko Wars is a Miscellaneous game, developed by OeRSTED and published by Coconuts Japan, which was released in Japan in 1992.
34 Years AgoUchuu Senkan Yamato
Game BoyJapan
Uchuu Senkan Yamato on the Game Boy is an adaptation of the anime series of the same name, also known as Space Battleship Yamato and Star Blazers. It adapts the story of the original 1974 television series.
34 Years AgoDino City
Super FamicomJapan
Timmy and his friend, Jaime go into Timmy's father's lab to watch a movie on the big screen. Little do they know that the big screen is actually a time machine. When Timmy touches the remote they are both sucked into prehistoric times.
34 Years AgoSorcerian
PC Engine CDJapan
Sorcerian is a side-scrolling action-RPG. The player can create up to ten characters, from whom up to four members can be present in a party at the same time.
30 Years AgoDecAthlete
SaturnNorth America
Decathlete, released in Europe as Athlete Kings, is an athletics themed arcade game. Released in 1994, it was developed and produced by Sega.
29 Years AgoCat the Ripper: 13-ninme no Tanteishi
PlayStationJapan
Cat the Ripper is a Japan exclusive horror adventure game for the Sega Saturn and PSX
29 Years AgoSyndicate Wars
PortPlayStationEurope
The PlayStation port features a different introduction cutscene and some differences in certain levels. The ability to research specific items does not exist in hits port, instead new items are being made available in a fixed order, following mission completions.
29 Years AgoKaibutsu Para-Dice
PlayStationJapan
A Role-Playing game, developed and published by Make, which was released in Japan in 1997.
29 Years Ago
29 Years AgoVirtual Hiryuu no Ken
PlayStationJapan
Virtual Hiryu no Ken is an entry in the Flying Dragon series for PlayStation.
29 Years AgoVoltage Fighter Gowcaizer
PlayStationJapan
Stones of power are given to some chosen fighters, who are being trained by a master to defeat the master's darker tendencies of destroying humanity. The fighters do not necessarily get along even as the world heads toward peril.
29 Years AgoProof Club
PlayStationWorldwide
Proof Club is a game based on classic board game Cluedo in which the player can play against 5 different players (human or computer ones). The computer characters are 8 different ones to choose from: Nancy, Walter, Thomas, Oscar, Helen, Clare, Louis & George.
29 Years AgoDerby Stallion
PlayStationJapan
A horse racing simulation game, which seems to be a popular genre in Japan.
29 Years AgoThe Bombing Islands
PlayStationJapan
Clown World is in trouble. Mysterious blue bombs have appeared all over the planet, and King Clown needs help. In a royal decree, the king beckons for Kid Clown, a hero of past Kemco games, to clean up these bombs in all six continents.
29 Years AgoBoundary Gate: Daughter of Kingdom
PlayStationJapan
Long time ago, the First Mother created the world and blessed it with five magical symbols that would keep it in balance. The symbols were hidden deep in a sacred temple, to protect everything and everyone around them.
29 Years AgoClock Tower: The First Fear
PortPlayStationJapan
The story follows orphan Jennifer Simpson soon after she is adopted by the Barrows family along with other orphaned girls. With the introduction of Scissorman, the game's antagonist, one of the other children is killed.
28 Years AgoSuper Robot Spirits
Nintendo 64Japan
Super Robot Spirits is a 3D versus fighting game for the Nintendo 64, based within the Super Robot Wars line of games. It was released only in Japan in 1998.
24 Years AgoLegion: Legend of Excalibur
PS2Worldwide
Based on the popular legends of King Arthur, Legion: The Legend of Excalibur puts the player in control of the famed Knights of the Round Table, as they lead legions of knights into battle against the evil Morgan Le Fay and her army of undead warriors.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.