ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
July 21
The games released on this day in gaming history.
67 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
27 Years AgoStar Wars: Episode I - Racer
Nintendo 64Japan
Star Wars: Episode 1 - Racer lets you participate in the famous pod race sequence that was the critical highlight of the film Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace back in 1999. Take the controls as Jedi-to-be Anakin Skywalker or any one of over 20 pod racers.
25 Years AgoMario Kart: Super Circuit
Game Boy AdvanceJapan
Classic Mario Kart action is back once again, this time in a colorful, lightning-fast game that you can take anywhere. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Wario, Yoshi and Bowser are all tearing up the track, tossing Koopa Shells and laying banana peels along the way.
26 Years AgoMario Tennis
Nintendo 64Japan
All of your favorite characters hit the court in a wild and wacky multiplayer tennis game from the makers of Mario Golf. Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Peach, Toad, and Donkey Kong lead off the all-star, 14-player line-up.
32 Years AgoStreets of Rage 3
PortMega Drive / GenesisEurope
The mysterious crime boss Mr. X has enlisted the help of Dr. Dahm in creating lifelike robots to replace key city officials, and soon will be able to run the entire city by remote control.
26 Years AgoSim Theme Park
PlayStationEurope
Like the previous title, Theme Park World tasks players with managing a series of amusement parks. To do this, the player must choose how to spend their available funds, finding a way to expand the number and scope of their parks while remaining profitable.
20 Years AgoShin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
PS2Europe
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.
31 Years AgoAero Fighters
PS2Worldwide
There are eight stages in this game. The beginning stages consists of randomly chosen areas from nations of unselected fighters (assuming those fighters have nations). If Rabio or Lepus is chosen, all four rival nation stages become playable.
21 Years AgoMega Man Battle Network 5: Team Colonel
Game Boy AdvanceNorth America
Team Colonel is the second edition of Mega Man Battle Network 5. In the game, you can join forces with characters from previous installments of the Mega Man Battle series, and you can play in a new fighting mode.
31 Years AgoKing's Field
PlayStationJapan
Prepare yourself for an epic action-adventure never before imaginable. Only now, with the gaming power made possible by the PlayStation is a world as vast and detailed as King's Field a reality.
26 Years AgoSilent Bomber
PlayStationEurope
Silent Bomber is an old school style game which takes place in the future. You play as a character named Jutah Fate, a genetically engineered man created by the government. You're an expert at using bombs.
21 Years AgoMushihimesama
PS2Japan
Mushihimesama is a manic shooter developed by Cave and released by Taito in 2004. It was ported to the PlayStation 2 in 2005 and iOS in 2011. An Xbox 360 port was released in May 2012 (with ver1.5 as first print DLC).
30 Years AgoMole Mania
Game BoyJapan
Join Muddy Mole in a race to destroy enemies and obstacles in an attempt to defeat the evil farmer, Jinbei. Blast strategic exits using black balls and tunnel your way to the next action-packed level.
21 Years AgoYu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour
Nintendo DSJapan
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters: Nightmare Troubadour is the first time that the Yu-Gi-Oh dueling card game has appeared on the Nintendo DS. You can build a deck out of more than 1000 cards, including three exclusive trading cards that come with each game.
40 Years AgoVolleyball
FamicomFamicom Disk SystemJapan
Volleyball is one of the fastest team games around, and this NES classic recreates the speedy sport in a way that anyone can play.
21 Years AgoThe King of Fighters Neowave
PS2Japan
KOF Neowave features 12 three-man teams made up of some of the greatest characters from SNK's 11-year history, including the Women Fighters Team (Mai, King and Yuri) and the Fatal Fury Team (Terry, Joe, and Andy).
31 Years AgoWorld Heroes Perfect
Neo Geo CDJapanNorth America
One year after both the conclusion of the World Heroes Battle Fest and the defeat of Zeus, invitations has been sent to the 16 fighters by Dr.
21 Years AgoDevil Kings
PS2Japan
Devil Kings is in the same vein as the Dynasty Warriors series.
33 Years AgoBattle Clash
Super FamicomJapan
Battle Clash is a game that uses the Super Scope light gun peripheral. In this game, you fight in a futuristic version of the world as a warrior named Michael Anderson, who takes part in a competition simply known as the "Battle Game".
21 Years AgoFullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy
Nintendo DSJapan
Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Dual Sympathy (Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy as it is known in English) is the first in a series of Fullmetal Alchemist games to be released on Nintendo DS.
20 Years AgoZoocube
PS2Europe
Created by PuzzleKings, ZooCube takes puzzlers to a whole new dimension - the third dimension. Around the world, animals have been transformed by shape-altering science experiments and need help in returning to their natural state.
22 Years AgoCrimson Tears
PS2North America
The game is set in Tokyo in the year 2049 and revolves around three characters whose home has been destroyed. As seen on the game's front cover, this trio seems human; however, they are actually bio-engineered weapons developed by a company named A.R.M.A. called "mutanoids".
18 Years AgoCode Lyoko: Quest for Infinity
PS2Worldwide
A video Game based on the animated television series Code Lyoko. Lead a double life as a boarding-school student and a digital action hero as you fight a sinister computer virus.
17 Years AgoGarfield Gets Real
Nintendo DSWorldwide
In Garfield Gets Real, players switch between Garfield and Odie as they play through seven areas of the game that all connect from the cartoon universe to the real world.
17 Years AgoRock Band: Country Track Pack
PS2North America
Rock Band Country Track Pack is a standalone game that wraps up 21 country songs into one retail package. The songs are a collection of previously released DLC, as well as new tracks that have yet to appear in any Rock Band game.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.