On This Day in Gaming: August 9

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

August 9

The games released on this day in gaming history.

92 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years

Shingata Kururin Pa! cover30 Years Ago

Shingata Kururin Pa!

SaturnJapan

Competitive puzzle game where the player places rope pieces. Once ready, drop a flame to ignite! This starts a burning chain reaction, clearing blocks and mucking up the opponent's board with snowballs.

The King of Fighters '96 cover28 Years Ago

The King of Fighters '96

NESWorldwide

A bootleg version of The King of Fighters '96, except it plays more like Street Fighter II.

WWF Attitude cover27 Years Ago

WWF Attitude

PortGame Boy ColorEurope

Now featuring over 40 of your favorite WWF Superstars including Stone Cold Steve Austin, Sable, The Rock, Mankind, The Undertaker, and D-Generation X! Customize your own wrestler's move sets and costumes. Two-man commentary featuring Shane McMahon and Jerry "The King" Lawler.

SnoCross Championship Racing cover26 Years Ago

SnoCross Championship Racing

PlayStationNorth America

Sno-Cross Championship Racing provides players with the opportunity to race 12 snowmobiles by Yamaha. In the championship mode snowmobiles can be upgraded with money won by winning races and performing tricks.

Men in Black 2: The Series cover26 Years Ago

Men in Black 2: The Series

Game Boy ColorNorth America

Based on the cartoon series of the same name, MEN IN BLACK: The Series 2 starts with aliens invading the Earth. It is up to a covert organization, known only as Men In Black, to stop the invasion.

Jurassic Park III: Park Builder cover25 Years Ago

Jurassic Park III: Park Builder

Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide

Clearly, the folks who built the original park were guilty of a few oversights. Think you can do any better? Try your hand at plotting out all of the details of the creation and management of a dinosaur park in JURASSIC PARK III: Park Builder.

Alien Front Online cover25 Years Ago

Alien Front Online

ArcadeDreamcastJapanNorth America

Alien Front Online is a Dreamcast video game originally released for the console in 2001. In the game, players use armored vehicles to fight tense battles staged in large, interactive arenas.

Ouma ga Toki cover25 Years Ago

Ouma ga Toki

PlayStationJapan

Oumagatoki is an horror first person perspective adventure game that takes place during the summer of 2001 when Tatsuhiro Oka Yuutarou, a young man is chasing a woman (called Kyoko), who was running in Tokyo in the evening.

Comic Party cover25 Years Ago

Comic Party

DreamcastJapan

Early April, Sendou Kazuki is invited by his friend, Kuhonbutsu Taishi, to come with him to Tokyo Big Sight. He is surprised to see thousands of people waiting in line to get in. Apparently they're at Comic Party, a giant doujinshi convention.

Youkai Hana Asobi cover25 Years Ago

Youkai Hana Asobi

PlayStationJapan

Youkai Hana Asobi is a hanafuda game with multiple modes to play through.

Tiny Bullets cover25 Years Ago

Tiny Bullets

PlayStationEurope

Tiny Bullets is an action-adventure game that plays remarkably similar to Tomb Raider.

Derby Tsuku 2 cover25 Years Ago

Derby Tsuku 2

DreamcastJapan

Derby Tsuku 2 (ダビつく2) is a Sega Dreamcast horse racing training simulation released exclusively in Japan.

Guru Guru Onsen 2 cover25 Years Ago

Guru Guru Onsen 2

DreamcastJapan

Guru Guru Onsen 2 (ぐるぐる温泉2) is a table game for the Sega Dreamcast and Windows PCs, the Windows version appropriately being titled Guru Guru Onsen 2 for Windows (ぐるぐる温泉2 for Windows).

Everblue cover25 Years Ago

Everblue

PS2Japan

Everblue is an adventure game based on scuba diving. The player takes the role of a scuba diver salvaging items from sunken ships and photographing underwater wildlife while either avoiding or confronting predators like sharks.

Real Robot Regiment cover25 Years Ago

Real Robot Regiment

PS2Japan

A Banpresto published mech based action game released exclusively in Japan for the PlayStation 2.

Dynamite Soccer 98 cover25 Years Ago

Dynamite Soccer 98

PlayStationJapan

Dynamite Soccer 98 is a soccer/football game focusing on national teams and national team players of 1998. Aside from penalty kicks practice and training mode which includes free kicks, corner kicks, and other basics, there are four gameplay modes available.

RC de GO! cover25 Years Ago

RC de GO!

PlayStationJapan

RC de Go! is an arcade racing video game developed by Taito Corporation, first released to Japanese arcades in 1999 for Taito's G-NET system. It was later released for the PlayStation, with publishing in North America and PAL territories handled by Acclaim Entertainment.

xXx cover24 Years Ago

xXx

Game Boy AdvanceNorth America

You are underground thrill-seeker turned spy Xander Cage. Can you stop the evil Anarchy 99 organizaton before it unleashes an assault on Earth? Tackle a variety of pulse-pounding, action-packed levels.

Hamster Monogatari GB + Magi Ham Mahou no Shoujo cover24 Years Ago

Hamster Monogatari GB + Magi Ham Mahou no Shoujo

Game Boy ColorJapan

Hamster Monogatari GB + Magi Ham Mahou no Shoujo is a Strategy game, published by Culture Brain, which was released in Japan in 2002.

Catz cover24 Years Ago

Catz

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

Catz is a pet simulation game that lets owners name, train and play with adorable kittens. Players adopt a customized kitten from one of thirteen different breeds. Gamers will earn their kitten's love and loyalty by remembering to feed, groom or play with it.

Marko cover23 Years Ago

Marko

Sega CDNorth America

Welcome to the world of Marko, a world of cartoon madness. Experience the addictive blend of football skills and platform action that combine to make a superb gameplaying experience. Add the most incredible graphics ever to be seen and the result is Marko's Magic Football.

Volleyball Challenge cover22 Years Ago

Volleyball Challenge

PS2Europe

Volleyball Challenge is a Sports game, published by D3Publisher, which was released in Japan in 2003.

Truck Rally cover22 Years Ago

Truck Rally

PlayStationEurope

Experience the awesome power of Super Truck racing as you compete in the ultimate Truck Rally Race.

Aoi Umi no Tristia: Nanoca Flanka Hatsumei Koubou ki cover21 Years Ago

Aoi Umi no Tristia: Nanoca Flanka Hatsumei Koubou ki

Expanded editionPS2Japan

The future of "Tristia", lies in your hands... The PC based adventure game Aoi no Tristia, from the popular character designer "Komatsu Eji" and famous voice actors like "Kawasumi Ayako" is finally coming to PlayStation2.

Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.

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