ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1229 releases
41 Years AgoOil's Well
Sharp X1Japan
Players control a snake like pipe. The goal is to eat all the pellets on screen in order to get the highest score possible. Players must do this while avoiding being hit by enemies.
41 Years AgoAbu Simbel Profanation
Amstrad CPCMSXZX SpectrumEurope
The protagonist, Johny Jones, have been mutated by the curse of Abu Simbel, becoming a strange creature that only conserves his enormous nose of his old appearance.
41 Years AgoMindwheel
Atari 8-bitNorth America
An electronic novel where the protagonist must dive into the minds of four deceased powerful figures in order to save the world from destruction.
41 Years AgoEveryone's a Wally
Amstrad CPCEurope
Everyone's a Wally was the first arcade adventure game to feature multiple playable characters - a revolutionary feature at the time.
41 Years AgoFinders Keepers
Amstrad CPCEurope
Magic Knight has been sent to the Castle of Spriteland by the King of Ibsisima in order to find a special present for Princess Germintrude. If Magic Knight is successful in his quest, he may have proved himself worthy of joining the famous "Polygon Table".
41 Years AgoThe Fourth Protocol
C64Europe
Based on the Cold War spy thriller of the same name by Frederick Forsyth.
41 Years AgoThe Secret of St. Brides
C64Europe
You play Trixie Trinian and muist find out why everybody at St. Brides Boarding School thinks she is living in the 1920s and must restore normality.
41 Years AgoChop Suey
Atari 8-bitEurope
Chop Suey is a martial arts fighting game developed by Adam Billyard for the Atari 8-bit family. It was published in 1985 by English Software. Antic Software published the game in the US.
41 Years Ago
40 Years Ago1000-nen Oukoku
PC-88Worldwide
1000-nen Oukoku is a visual novel from Log where you play as Shou as he is tasked with saving humanity from the end of the world in 1999.
40 Years AgoWibarm
PC-88Japan
"Wibarm", is an early role-playing shooter, combining run and gun shooter gameplay with role-playing video game elements. In Wibarm, the player controls a transformable mecha robot that can shift between walking mode, a tank, and a flying jet.
40 Years AgoAlpha Roid
MSXJapan
Alpha Roid is a simple but great combination of a shump and a fighting game. After flying through space you must perform hand-to-hand combat with an equally determined enemy in order to get your weapon upgrades.
39 Years AgoCosmic Causeway: Trailblazer II
C64Worldwide
On many levels there are enemies to be shot, by holding the joystick forward. At the end of certain levels are large enemy dragons, inspired by the game Space Harrier, which must be destroyed before the time runs out.
39 Years AgoMask Two
PortC64Worldwide
Mask II is a single player side scrolling shoot-em-up and is the second game in the M.A.S.K series.
39 Years AgoJames Bond 007: The Living Daylights
Amstrad CPCEurope
The game was a straightforward platform shooter game in which the player navigates James Bond through horizontally scrolling levels and shoots various bad guys. It is notable for being the first Bond video game tie-in for a film.
39 Years AgoJack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers
C64Europe
Following his naughty exploits in Jack the Nipper, Jack and his family have been deported to Australia. Unhappy with this, Jack has jumped from the plane, using his nappy as a parachute.
39 Years AgoHysteria
C64Europe
A fanatical sect has changed mankind's future by summoning a previously extinct primeval entity in our past.
39 Years AgoGaia no Monshou
Sharp X1Japan
Gaia no Monshō (also known as the 'Crest of Gaia') is a fantasy round-based strategy game by NCS and conversion of a game originally released for the NEC PC-8801 in 1987.
39 Years AgoDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
Sharp X1Japan
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei is an action RPG developed by Telenet Japan, based on a manga of the same name. Despite sharing a name and source material with the Atlus developed Famicom game, it is an entirely different game.
39 Years AgoWheel of Fortune
C64DOSNorth America
A very basic translation of the popular game show Wheel of Fortune, where you guess letters until you can guess the phrase. This CGA version has three old-school rounds of Wheel of Fortune (where the puzzles are simply "Phrase", "Title", "Person", etc.) and then a bonus round.
37 Years AgoRetrograde
C64Worldwide
You are from the planet Choom in the Thwok solar system, which is under threat from a group of seven crazed dictators and their intergalactic war. Can you fight them all off in this fusion of side-scrolling shooting and top-view fighting?
37 Years AgoWibarm
DOSNorth America
"Wibarm", is an early role-playing shooter, combining run and gun shooter gameplay with role-playing video game elements. In Wibarm, the player controls a transformable mecha robot that can shift between walking mode, a tank, and a flying jet.
36 Years AgoHeatseeker
C64Worldwide
On the planet Tantris are the Triphylios of Nem plants, which help keep the populous alive and the vast forests pure. But the increasing amount of industry has resulted in high levels of pollution, damaging the plants and killing off the forests.
35 Years AgoSorcerian
MSX2Japan
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.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.