On This Day in Gaming: July 18

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

July 18

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Street Fighter IV cover18 Years Ago

Street Fighter IV

ArcadeJapan

Street Fighter IV brings the legendary fighting series back to its roots by taking the beloved fighting moves and techniques of the original Street Fighter II, and infusing them with Capcom’s latest advancements in next generation technolog…

The Incredible Hulk cover18 Years Ago

The Incredible Hulk

PS2Europe

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.

Ape Escape 2 cover24 Years Ago

Ape Escape 2

PS2Japan

Ape Escape 2 is the sequel to Ape Escape. In this platform game it's your goal to catch all the apes jumping, walking and flying around the diverse levels the game has to offer.

Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure cover24 Years Ago

Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

Tired of endlessly doing battle with meddling bandicoots, the nefarious Dr. Neo Cortex shrinks the entire Earth, and Crash and Coco along with it, to the size of a wumpa fruit.

Super Dragon Ball Z cover20 Years Ago

Super Dragon Ball Z

PS2North America

Based on the arcade game, this is a fighting game in the Dragon Ball Z universe, developed by Craft and Master (whose team members include former Street Fighter producer Noritaka Funamizu. Super DBZ is a cell-shaded fighter featuring your favorite Dragon Ball characters.

Willow cover37 Years Ago

Willow

FamicomJapan

The version of Willow released for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Famicom is an adventure game in the vein of The Legend of Zelda. The game has the player taking on the role of Willow.

Guitar Hero: On Tour cover18 Years Ago

Guitar Hero: On Tour

Nintendo DSEurope

Guitar Hero: On Tour is a series of music video games based on the Guitar Hero series for the Nintendo DS handheld game system. The series is developed by Vicarious Visions and distributed by RedOctane and Activision.

Super Mario 64: Shindou Pak Taiou Version cover29 Years Ago

Super Mario 64: Shindou Pak Taiou Version

PortNintendo 64Japan

This version of Super Mario 64, originally released only in Japan, is an enhancement over the International release of the game, as it retains all of the glitch fixes as well as graphical and sound changes.

Gungrave cover24 Years Ago

Gungrave

PS2Japan

A third-person shooter developed and published by Red Entertainment (Sega in North America and Activision in Europe) for the PlayStation 2. Gungrave follows its main character through a variety of stages on a path of revenge.

Monster House cover20 Years Ago

Monster House

PS2Worldwide

Oh no! Old man Nebbercracker's house is eating anything and anyone who gets near it, and Halloween is almost here! So grab your Water Blaster, gather up your courage, and get ready to explore the Monster House to find out its secrets.

Threads of Fate cover26 Years Ago

Threads of Fate

PlayStationNorth America

Threads of Fate is a 1999 action platform video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation console. It revolves around two characters, Rue and Mint, and their quest for a mystical object known only as "the Relic" that has the power to profoundly alter their lives.

NCAA Football 07 cover20 Years Ago

NCAA Football 07

PS2Worldwide

NCAA Football 07 is the successor to NCAA Football 06 in the NCAA Football series. The product features former USC player Reggie Bush on the cover.

Super Street Fighter II cover32 Years Ago

Super Street Fighter II

PortMega Drive / GenesisSNESNorth America

The 16-bit conversion of Super Street Fighter II, while featuring graphical and sound concession compared to the arcade version, features game-play largely the same as the original, including the new game-play modes, and selectable game speed brought over from Turbo.

MotoRace USA cover41 Years Ago

MotoRace USA

FamicomJapan

MotoRace USA is a basic arcade motorcycle racing game that alternated between a bird's eye view and an over the shoulder view throughout the race. The player controls a racer who must travel on a motorcycle from Los Angeles to New York City.

Door Door cover41 Years Ago

Door Door

FamicomJapan

Door Door is a single-screen platformer first released in 1983 for the NEC PC-6001.

Olympic Summer Games: Atlanta '96 cover30 Years Ago

Olympic Summer Games: Atlanta '96

PlayStationWorldwide

OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES brings the rules and spirit of the Olympics home to the PlayStation. The wide spectrum of Olympic competition is covered in the game's 15 events. It's all there, from running and jumping, to swimming, shooting, and weight lifting.

Real Sound: Kaze no Regret cover29 Years Ago

Real Sound: Kaze no Regret

SaturnJapan

A romantic audio game from Kenji Eno and WARP, makers of Enemy Zero and the D series. It is remarkable for using no visuals in its original release for the Saturn, and was marketed to both the blind and the sighted.

Kaitou Saint Tail cover29 Years Ago

Kaitou Saint Tail

SaturnJapan

Kaitou Saint Tail for Sega Saturn is a 1997 adventure game based on the 1995-1996 Saint Tail manga and anime series.

Soreyuke!! Kid: Go! Go! Kid cover29 Years Ago

Soreyuke!! Kid: Go! Go! Kid

Game BoyJapan

Japan-only platformer starring Kid Klown. The game was later remade for the Game Boy Color as Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 3.

Yuukyuu Gensoukyoku cover29 Years Ago

Yuukyuu Gensoukyoku

SaturnJapan

Yuukyuu Gensoukyoku is a 1997 simulation game by Starlight Marry and had several sequels on the Saturn and PlayStation Enfield, a country revived 50 years after a tragic war. Our protagonist works in a general shop owned by a widow called Arisa, who helped him when he was lost.

Cat the Ripper: 13-ninme no Tanteishi cover29 Years Ago

Cat the Ripper: 13-ninme no Tanteishi

SaturnJapan

Cat the Ripper is a Japan exclusive horror adventure game for the Sega Saturn and PSX

Pocket Love cover29 Years Ago

Pocket Love

Game BoyJapan

A bishoujo game for the Game Boy by KID Corp. in 1997.

MRC: Multi-Racing Championship cover29 Years Ago

MRC: Multi-Racing Championship

Nintendo 64North America

Featuring up to 10 chooseable cars (many which open up later in the game), and three courses (plus mirror courses), Multi Racing Championship's biggest draw is the splendidly realistic feel of the cars themselves and the well designed courses on which they drive.

Side Pocket 3 cover29 Years Ago

Side Pocket 3

SaturnJapan

Side Pocket 3 is a Japan-exclusive pocket billiards video game for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. Like its predecessor, Side Pocket 2, it features the in-game likeness of a real-life professional pool player. In this case, it's JPBA member, Kyoko Sone.

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

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