ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 2
The games released on this day in gaming history.
682 releases
42 Years AgoAd Infinitum
C64Worldwide
Ad Infinitum is a side-scrolling shooter featuring single-screen gameplay across 256 levels. Players control a spacecraft, battling waves of aliens while managing weapon heat and fuel.
38 Years AgoPac-Mania
PortZX SpectrumEurope
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 to proceed on to the next round. Numerous, multi-colored ghosts also roam the maze trying to stop you.
35 Years AgoAtlas
PC-98Japan
The first game in Artdink's Atlas / Neo Atlas series. During the age of discovery, send out your admirals to explore the world and complete your world map, while setting up trade routes to supply the necessary money.
31 Years AgoPicoPico Pirates
SatellaviewJapan
Pico-pico Pirates is a game developed by St. Giga for the Satellaview.
30 Years Ago
30 Years AgoYuurou: Transient Sands
PC-98Japan
Riku is a knight of the Yuurou empire, part of a medieval fantasy world known as Varcias. One day, returning to Yuurou through the desert, Riku found a girl lying nearly unconscious on the sand.
30 Years AgoBust-A-Move
PortGame GearJapan
A port for Game Gear handheld devices. Controlling the dinosaurs Bub and Bob, players aim and launch colored bubbles toward the top of the screen to connect three or more of the same color, causing them to pop and drop any attached clusters before the ceiling crushes them.
30 Years AgoPeropero Candy: You no Shou
PC-98Japan
The protagonist is an average guy. One day in the street I meet up a agent who introduces me into a H shop (Image Club). I'm unwilling because it may be coarse, but he confidently says to me that there's a pretty girl in the shop, so I change my mind and get in.
29 Years AgoAi to Yume no Kuni Sanrio Puroland Asobinagara Oboeyou! Hiragana Katakana
Sega PicoJapan
A Sega Pico game featuring characters created by Sanrio.
25 Years AgoFreeGen
PCWorldwide
FreeGen is a 3D tactical multiplayer first person shooter in space. It s not a space sim - it s a combined indoor/outdoor shooter. So don t look for physical realism - look for action and cunning!
25 Years AgoMaSzyna
PCWorldwide
MaSzyna is a simulator which will allow you to become a train driver of most popular railway vehicles used on the Polish railways.
23 Years AgoMage Bros.
PCWorldwide
Mage Bros. is a 3D side-scrolling platform game. You play as a mage and use your magic wand to defeat your enemies.
22 Years AgoPeasant's Quest
Web browserWorldwide
"Control a short-panted 'peasant' named Rather Dashing as he stumbles through Peasantry in his 'quest' to get revenge on a dragon thing." — Videlectrix A real long time ago, in the peasant kingdom of Peasantry, some people lived... in fear.
22 Years AgoHallrunner
Web browserWorldwide
Hallrunner is one of the wide variety of top quality Videlectrix products. Dodge deadly bugs and tentacles while running through the endless dark hall! Make your choice on every obstacle you encounter on your way: FIGHT IT, TALK TO IT or JUMP IT!
22 Years AgoDragon x Dragon: Complete Version
Expanded editionMobileJapan
Finally, a complete version with all the initial concepts of "Dragon x Dragon" is now available.
22 Years AgoBlackhawk Striker 2
PCWorldwide
In Blackhawk Striker 2, you're a pilot for the 365 Assault Helicopter Co. Your job is to fly your bird with turbine power, 10 grunts, and a ton of grit.
22 Years AgoDF: Death Fighter
PCWorldwide
Death Fighter is a fighting game from PG Games, starring Johnny and other PG Games characters.
21 Years AgoQuraish
PCWorldwide
Quraish: The game is a 2005 real-time strategy 3D computer video game produced by Syrian video game production, Afkar Media.
21 Years Ago
21 Years AgoAeroplane
Web browserWorldwide
Fly your aeroplane and avoid the obstacles with your mouse. Press the button to go higher and release it to go down.
21 Years AgoSquirrel Escape
Web browserWorldwide
Squirrel Escape is completely addicting action game fun. Guide a squirrel through numerous mysterious rooms as he tries to escape. Along the way, you will need to jump on floating boxes, find hidden keys, collect gold coins, and avoid evil score-stealing monsters.
21 Years AgoLabyrinth
Web browserWorldwide
Can you escape from the Labyrinth in your rocket ship? Of course you can! Just make sure to steer clear of the walls as you race to find the exit and pick up some gems for good measure.
20 Years AgoXuan-Yuan Sword 5: A Sword Above the Clouds and the Sentiments of the World of Shanhai
PCWorldwide
The main character Lu Chengxuan (陸承軒) killed his parents as a result of not being able control his mysterious power, and was about to die in the wilderness as an outcast when he was coincidentally brought to the World of Shanhai through a p…
20 Years AgoDoctor Who: K9 Deja Who
Web browserWorldwide
Battle monsters in a journey through time and space. In this game you play as the Doctor's robot dog companion K9 as he solved problems in the Doctor's place in Doctor Who episodes.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.