ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 6
The games released on this day in gaming history.
88 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
17 Years AgoBleach DS 4th: Flame Bringer
Nintendo DSJapan
Flame Bringer is a platformer game similar to Bleach: Soul Carnival. The game features two-screen gameplay and nine playable characters.
40 Years AgoMetroid
Famicom Disk SystemJapan
Metroid was first released for the Famicom Disk System, exclusively in Japan. Due to the enhanced hardware support, it features a save system, has less slowdown and better quality music.
33 Years AgoKeio Flying Squadron
Sega CDJapan
Keio Flying Squadron (慶応遊撃隊 Keiōyūgekitai?) is a scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Victor Entertainment in 1994 for the Sega/Mega CD in Japan, Europe, and North America.
33 Years AgoDynamic Country Club: 3D Golf Simulation
Sega CDJapan
Dynamic Country Club is a 1991 arcade golf game by Sega released on Sega System 24 hardware. Both floppy disk-based and ROM board-based versions of the game exist.
33 Years AgoHuman Baseball
Super FamicomJapan
A Super Famicom baseball game from Human Entertainment. It took advantage of the system's Mode 7 to create an illusion of 3D.
33 Years AgoJ.League Soccer: Prime Goal
Super FamicomJapan
J.League Soccer: Prime Goal is a Sports game, developed and published by Namco, which was released in Japan in 1993.
33 Years AgoOnita Atsushi FMW
Super FamicomJapan
Player have to fight their way through a fictionalised version of the Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling organization; the wrestling promotion Onita owned, booked and was the star of throughout the nineties, portrayed in this game to be more o…
33 Years AgoSuper Power League
Super FamicomJapan
Super Power League is a baseball game from Now Production (a.k.a. Nowpro) and published by Hudson Soft for the Super Famicom in Japan only. The game uses large sprites for the batters and focuses a little more on realism than many of its more Arcade-ish peers.
33 Years AgoKunio's Dodgeball Time, C'mon Guys!
Super FamicomJapan
Okay, listen up! Nekketsu High Dodgeball Club has proven themselves once before on the world arena, but now, the stakes are higher! We got to go out there again and show why Nekketsu High is the greatest team in the world.
33 Years AgoSword World SFC
RemakeSuper FamicomJapan
A Super Famicom adaptation of the Japanese table-top RPG Sword World. It faithfully replicates much of the table-top game's ruleset, and was eventually followed by a sequel.
33 Years AgoPsychic Detective Vol. 4: Orgel
PC Engine CDJapan
The 4th entry in the franchise and the 2nd title to be released on a console.
32 Years AgoFuropon World
PlayStationJapan
Uchuu Seibutsu Flopon-kun is a Puzzle game, developed by WARP and published by Sanyei Shobou, which was released in Japan in 1994.
28 Years AgoWachenröder
SaturnJapan
Wachenröder is a turn based game with 3D maps and set in the victorian era. The story takes place in a dark future on the island Edward, which is ruled by the noble and magnanimous King Wizar.
28 Years AgoAlive
PlayStationJapan
Alive is a FMV adventure game for the PlayStation developed by General Entertainment.
28 Years AgoGuardian Force
SaturnJapan
A tank themed shoot-'em-up game released for the Sega Saturn in 1998. It was later brought to arcade hardware.
28 Years AgoMerriment Carrying Caravan
PlayStationJapan
The game is set on the colonial planet Grant, which is less than a century old since it was colonized. Spaceships regularly come in search of resources. The player will run a caravan on this wilderness planet, trade goods and export resources from all over the planet.
28 Years AgoAstra Superstars
SaturnJapan
A one-on-one 2D fighting game, Astra Superstars pits all the champions of the magical kingdom against each other in a series of 3-round fights to earn the right to challenge the evil Satan Volte and try to put an end to his reign of terror.
28 Years AgoReal Bout Garou Densetsu Best Collection
SaturnJapan
Real Bout Garou Densetsu Best Collection is a Sega Saturn compilation containing Real Bout Garou Densetsu and Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special, both previously released on the console.
28 Years AgoGo-Jin Senki
PlayStationJapan
Go-Jin Senki is a tactical RPG game that takes place in a fantasy world where some evil forces controls some giant robots that they used to conquer all the lands.
28 Years Ago3x3 Eyes: Tenrin-ou Genmu
PlayStationJapan
The game is a puzzle-less adventure in Japanese fashion, which plays like an interactive anime. The game contains many animated cutscenes, and the locations of the game are still shots in anime style.
28 Years AgoThe Drugstore: Matsumoto Kiyoshi de Okaimono!
PlayStationJapan
The Drug Store: Matsumoto Kiyoshi de Okaimono! is a simulation game made by Human in which the player can build his own Drug Store shop. The first is to choose the proper place to do it, since the possible customers will depend of the place chosen to the shop.
28 Years AgoLupin Sansei: Pyramid no Kenja
SaturnJapan
A 3D action game set in the Lupin III universe.
28 Years AgoSokoban Basic 2
PlayStationJapan
The second Playstation game based on the classic puzzler based on the gaffer in charge of a warehouse needing to get the stock correctly stashed. Unfortunately the stock can only be pushed around requiring a bit of lateral thinking to get the warehouse in order.
28 Years AgoZanma Chouougi: Valhollian
SaturnJapan
Zanma Chouougi: Valhollian strategy RPG, only released in Japan.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.