ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 8
The games released on this day in gaming history.
782 releases
23 Years AgoSuper Robot Taisen D
Game Boy AdvanceJapan
The 4th Super Robot Wars on the Game Boy Advance, D (Destiny) chronicles the battle against the Ruina.
29 Years AgoMortal Kombat Trilogy
Expanded editionSaturnNorth America
Mortal Kombat Trilogy features the same gameplay and story as Mortal Kombat 3, but adds characters and stages from the other three arcade games, including Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. Some completely new characters were also introduced.
32 Years AgoContra: Hard Corps
Mega Drive / GenesisNorth America
Kickin' cyborg butt... That's what it's all about, dude. Jack into this game of genetic engineering gone bad.
29 Years AgoPhantasmagoria
SaturnJapan
Master storyteller Roberta Williams challenges you to experience the ultimate interactive nightmare.
24 Years AgoThe King of Fighters 2000
DreamcastJapan
The final King of Fighters game released by SNK in its original state, The King of Fighters 2000 expands on the story and gameplay presented in The King of Fighters '99.
30 Years AgoAlien Trilogy
SaturnNorth America
Alien Trilogy takes many elements from Alien film series, such as face huggers, chest bursters, dog aliens, adult aliens, and Queen aliens. The video game consists of 30 levels and 3 Queen alien bosses. This video game is single player only and has several weapons to choose from.
29 Years AgoBloody Roar
ArcadeNorth America
Bloody Roar, known as Bloody Roar: Hyper Beast Duel in Europe and Japan, is a fighting video game originally developed by Raizing (now Eighting) as an arcade game.
33 Years AgoTop Gear 2
SNESNorth America
This third-person racing game resembles Gremlin's earlier Lotus series, in terms of its general look and feel, right down to the text font used in the game.
21 Years AgoMadden NFL 06
XboxPS2GameCubePCWorldwide
Play and manage football matches between real NFL teams, featuring the latest player lineups of 2006!
32 Years AgoChoplifter III: Rescue Survive
SNESEurope
In this third installment of the Choplifter series, it is once again your job to fly your helicopter through enemy territory to rescue hostages.
23 Years AgoMega Man Battle Chip Challenge
Game Boy AdvanceWonderSwan ColorJapan
Bring it On... Rise to the Challenge! Face off against your opponents.
21 Years AgoJump Super Stars
Nintendo DSJapan
Jump Super Stars is a 2D fighting game for the Nintendo DS. It was developed by Ganbarion and published by Nintendo. The game was released on August 8, 2005 in Japan and accompanied the release of a red Nintendo DS.
36 Years AgoStreet Fighter 2010: The Final Fight
FamicomJapan
Conquer a galaxy with your bare hands! Twenty-five years ago you ruled in the world of the street fighter. Since then you and your partner have created a formula that turns men into supermen.
34 Years AgoBee 52
NESWorldwide
You're about to find out just what's involved for a young bee with a day-job. Gigantic spiders, sneaky ants and loathsome slugs are just a few of the meanies who'll get in your way when you're bee number 52.
33 Years AgoSuper Caesars Palace
SNESNorth America
Super Caesars Palace is the upgraded sequel to the original Caesars Palace for the NES.
18 Years AgoRace Driver: Create & Race
Nintendo DSEurope
Codemaster's racing sim comes to the DS for the first time. Create & Race's unique selling point is the ability to custom-build your own race tracks
36 Years AgoAmazing Penguin
Game BoyJapan
The hunt is on in this exciting action-maze game! Join Pendrich, the Prince of the Penguins as he battles the enchanted armies of Borbon The Great. Attack with mighty kicks that blast the enemies across the screen.
21 Years AgoMadden NFL 06
PortGame Boy AdvanceNorth America
Game Boy Advance port of Madden NFL 06.
21 Years Ago
20 Years AgoDeep Labyrinth
Nintendo DSNorth America
One summer afternoon, Shawn goes for a drive with his parents and dog, Ace, but the family car suffers a flat tire in front of an abandoned mansion. Ace is upset by something inside the mansion and leaps out of the car to investigate.
38 Years AgoSengoku Mahjong
PC EngineJapan
A Sengoku era themed Riichi (Japanese) Mahjong game. It was the first mahjong game released on the PC Engine and has since been rereleased on Wii Virtual Console and PSN. The game features Single mode and Conquest Mode.
37 Years Ago
37 Years AgoMoeru! Onii-san
FamicomJapan
A Famicom game based on a manga of the same name. The game stars Kenichi as the main character, while featuring Hidou, Rocky, and Shiranui as playable characters in some levels. The goal of the game is to rescue Yukie from a dragon simply named Dra Gon.
37 Years AgoMeimon! Daisan Yakyuu-bu
FamicomJapan
A Famicom baseball game developed by Human and published by Bandai. It superficially resembles Namco's Famista series. Meimon!
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.