ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1229 releases
19 Years AgoGuitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s
PS2Australia
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (titled Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s in Europe) is a music rhythm game and the third installment in the popular Guitar Hero series. It was released in July 2007 in North America and Europe, and in August 2007 in Australia.
40 Years AgoUrban Champion
NESNorth America
Urban Champion is a 2-player fighting game produced by Nintendo in 1984. It was inspired by the 1984 Game & Watch title, Boxing (also known as Punch-Out!!).
33 Years AgoMighty Final Fight
NESEurope
The Mad Gear Gang has spread crime and violence throughout the streets of Metro City. Only one man has enough guts to take the streets back from them, Mayor Mike Haggar. Now the Mad Gear Gang has kidnapped his daughter Jessica to bring him under their control.
33 Years AgoSuper Mario Bros. 2
RemasterSNESNorth America
A remaster of the original Super Mario Bros. 2 (the American port of Yume Koujou: Doki-doki Panic), released exclusively as part of the Super Mario All-Stars bundle.
20 Years AgoBarnyard
PCPS2GameCubeWorldwide
Based on Paramount Pictures' and Nickelodeon Movies' theatrical release, this adventure game offers a humorous look at how farm animals really live when humans are not around.
36 Years AgoXenon 2: Megablast
Mega Drive / GenesisEurope
No-one likes a and loser. And no-one comes more universally despised than Xenites. For a thousand years they have been plotting revenge for their humiliating defeat in the last Galactic Conflict.
29 Years AgoReal Bout Fatal Fury
PlayStationEurope
Real Bout changes the play controls from the previous Fatal Fury games, reducing the number of attack buttons from four to three: a standard Punch and Kick button, a "Strong Attack" button which can be either a stronger punch or kick attack, depending on the character.
33 Years AgoAero the Acro-Bat
Mega Drive / GenesisNorth America
You play as bat Aero, who have to stop the mad scientist Edgar Ektor, who is trying to rid the world of amusement and fun.
23 Years AgoFuturama
XboxPS2Worldwide
Futurama begins when Professor Farnsworth sells his delivery ship to Mom, an evil businesswoman, giving her ownership of more than 50 percent of Earth. Now, with Mom threatening to enslave humanity, it's up to you to travel back in time to stop the deal from taking place.
23 Years AgoMetal Slug X
PortPlayStationEurope
Metal Slug X is a run and gun video game in the Metal Slug series. The PlayStation version was released in North America and PAL regions by Agetec and features the same "Combat School" mode featured in the console versions of the first two games.
41 Years AgoIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
ArcadeNorth America
As Indy, the player must complete several cycles of the following three types of levels: 1.Mine level: Whip your way through a mine in order to free children that are held captive.
40 Years AgoSuper Tennis
Master SystemNorth America
Super Tennis, is a sports game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Master System.
39 Years AgoSuper Tennis
Master SystemEurope
Super Tennis, is a sports game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Master System.
32 Years AgoDouble Dragon V: The Shadow Falls
SNESNorth America
Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls! Featuring 12 big lightning-fast characters! Four to six special moves for each fighter!
38 Years AgoPower Drift
ArcadeJapan
Power Drift is a kart racing game released in arcades by Sega in 1988. More technologically advanced than Sega's earlier 2.5D racing games, like Hang-On (1985) and Out Run (1986), in Power Drift the entire world and track consist of sprites.
33 Years AgoStar Wars Arcade
ArcadeJapan
Launch your X-wing fighter for the final Death Star assault! The Force is with you as you pursue Darth Vader through an exploding galaxy! You are the last hope for the Rebel Alliance!
39 Years AgoSlalom
NESNorth America
Slalom is a skiing video game in which the player races in a series of downhill slalom runs while navigating past flags and obstacles before time expires. Slalom was the first NES game developed outside Japan and the Stamper brothers' first game released under the Rare brand.
23 Years AgoTales of Phantasia
PortGame Boy AdvanceWorldwide
The Game Boy Advance version of Tales of Fantasia was based on the Playstation versions of the game, including the PlayStation remake's character voices, reduced enemy encounter rate and gameplay tweaks, but uses the original opening and two-dimensional world map.
36 Years AgoSwords and Serpents
NESNorth America
Step into a new world of gaming, where you not only play, you become. Embark on a quest to slay the evil serpent lurking in the inner most depths of the dungeon.
41 Years AgoBaraduke
ArcadeWorldwide
Baraduke is an action game released by Namco (Bandai Namco Entertainment) in 1985. The peaceful, friendly world of Paccet has been attacked by the evil Octy!
27 Years AgoDuke Nukem: Zero Hour
Nintendo 64North America
He's all that stands between us and a Time-Spanning Alien invasion. He's Duke Nukem. Gaming's Greatest Action Hero.
32 Years AgoEek! The Cat
PortSNESWorldwide
Hold on tight for hair-raising adventure with your favorite Saturday morning superhero - in his Super NES debut. Now you can play with EEK! every day of the week!!!
30 Years AgoMs. Pac-Man
RemasterSNESWorldwide
Ms. Pac-Man has 36 ways to drive you totally wild and crazy with more fun than you've ever imagined! She gets to run around in 36 unique, mind-boggling mazes!
36 Years AgoPenguin Wars
PortGame BoyWorldwide
Penguin Wars is an arcade game released in 1985 by UPL. It was ported to the original Game Boy (1990), MSX and Nintendo Entertainment System by ASCII under the title Penguin Wars.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.