ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 2
The games released on this day in gaming history.
47 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
24 Years AgoSuper Robot Taisen R
Game Boy AdvanceJapan
The second Super Robot Wars game for the Game Boy Advance, R (Reversal) follows the battles of the "Round Knights" as they fight against various mecha anime villains.
30 Years AgoMortal Kombat II
PlayStationJapan
Mortal Kombat II is a fighting game originally developed by Midway for arcades in 1993. It serves as the second main installment in the Mortal Kombat franchise and follows the success of its predecessor by enhancing the gameplay and further developing the original game's mythos.
34 Years AgoMortal Kombat
ArcadeNorth America
Mortal Kombat is a side-scrolling fighting game. Fighting is set as one-on-one combat, allowing each player to perform a variety of punches, kicks, and special moves in order to defeat their opponent.
35 Years AgoStreets of Rage
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
Streets of Rage is a side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed and published by Sega in 1991 for Mega Drive/Genesis. It is the first installment of the Bare Knuckle/Streets of Rage series which was followed by Streets of Rage 2 and Streets of Rage 3.
31 Years AgoComix Zone
Mega Drive / GenesisNorth America
Comix Zone is an action platformer in which players control Sketch Turner as he progresses through panels of his comic book, hoping to reach the end and escape before his own creations finish him off. But there is hope.
36 Years AgoPunch-Out!!
PortNESNorth America
You are Little Mac, a 17 year-old rookie fighter straight out of the Bronx. What you lack in size you more than make up for in determination. Spurred on by your trainer, Doc Louis, it's time to take on the world's boxing best!
24 Years AgoStar Trek: Voyager - Elite Force
PS2Europe
This first person shooter set in the Star Trek universe lets you take control of a member of the Starship Voyager crew as you combat the Borg and other enemies.
32 Years AgoR-Type III: The Third Lightning
SNESNorth America
The evil Bydo Empire returns in this entry of the R-Type series. So climb into the latest R-Type vessel, the R-90, and blast through six side-scrolling levels on your way to destroy the Bydo mothership. Gameplay is still the classic R-Type way with huge levels and bosses.
31 Years AgoThe Adventures of Batman & Robin
Mega Drive / GenesisNorth America
The Mega Drive/Genesis version, developed by Clockwork Tortoise and published by Sega, is a run 'n' gun where both Batman and Robin must stop Mr. Freeze, who plans to freeze Gotham City.
30 Years AgoTobal No. 1
PlayStationJapan
Fighting game with a unique quest mode, from Square. The publisher enlisted the help of Seiichi Ishii, who had previously worked on both Tekken and Virtua Fighter.
30 Years AgoOverBlood
PlayStationJapan
Overblood is a 3D action-adventure video game developed by Riverhillsoft and released in 1997 for the PlayStation console.
24 Years AgoMedabots AX: Metabee Version
Game Boy AdvanceEurope
Medabots AX is a 2D fighting game based on Medarot G, released only in North America. There were two versions released, Metabee and Rokusho.
21 Years AgoShonen Jump's Shaman King: Master of Spirits 2
Game Boy AdvanceNorth America
Sequel to the original Shaman King: Master of Spirits, you once again take the role of Yoh Asakura as you attempt to save all your friends and fellow shamans from Zeke's Fire Spirit, who is devouring the soul of everyone in Dobie Village, w…
19 Years AgoDrone Tactics
Nintendo DSJapan
Transported to an alien world, you find yourself in the middle of a great conflict. An army of evil Drones is on the march, threatening to obliterate the land of Cimexus. Its inhabitants now turn to you to lead them in battle against the Black Swarm.
35 Years AgoAmazing Tater
Game BoyJapan
This puzzle-game is the successor to Kwirk. The player has to guide a small potato to the exit of each level, which is made difficult by a number of obstacles. Crates have to be pushed out of the way or into holes to make them traversable.
25 Years AgoSummon Night 2
PlayStationJapan
Summon Night 2 is a Japanese tactical RPG and the second entry in the Summon Night series. The story follows a young Summoner apprentice of the Blue faction, who has to go on a journey to be recognized as a full-fledged summoner.
17 Years AgoTreasure World
Nintendo DSWorldwide
Grab your DS and start hunting! Treasure keys can be found by hunting for treasures at certain times or completing in-game achievements.
38 Years AgoKageki
ArcadeJapan
In this game, you play a bandage-fisted street boxer who must fight every member of The Motorcycle Gang Warriors, including their leader. The game has nine rounds where you must face a different opponent.
36 Years AgoPac-Mania
PortNESNorth America
Pac-Mania is a variation on the game Pac-Man. You need to guide Pac-Man around a maze and eat all of the dots on the board in order to proceed on to the next round. Numerous, multi-colored ghosts also roam the maze trying to stop you.
36 Years AgoIshidó: The Way of Stones
PortGame BoyJapan
A port of the original Macintosh title, Ishidó: The Way of Stones for Game Boy is a puzzle board game consisting of a set of 72 stones and a game board of 96 squares.
35 Years AgoVapor Trail
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
Vapor Trail is a shoot-'em-up that features 2 players controlling the jet fighters simultaneously for battle across numerous levels.
35 Years AgoRobocco Wars
FamicomJapan
Transform from wheeled robot to plane in this side-scrolling shooter from Taito and IGS.
35 Years AgoDino Land
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
Dino Land is a dinosaur themed pinball machine. You basically have the shoot your pinball at dinosaur targets. As you go along, you get more points after you have hit all the dinosaur targets in the board.
35 Years AgoSlider
PC EngineJapan
Colourful game like a 2D Q*Bert. Run around the level, painting the background blocks as you go and avoiding enemies. There are many traps, sliding blocks, one-way blocks and teleports - also special items such as time-stop and extra firepower to zap the baddies with.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.