On This Day in Gaming: August 10

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

August 10

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Sylviana: Ai Ippai no Boukensha cover38 Years Ago

Sylviana: Ai Ippai no Boukensha

Famicom Disk SystemJapan

Sylviana: Ai Ippai no Boukensha is a Japanese role-playing game set in a fantasy world. It follows the adventures of the protagonist Sylviana as she travels across different regions, encountering characters and completing quests.

Magma Project Hacker cover37 Years Ago

Magma Project Hacker

Famicom Disk SystemJapan

A Japanese RPG loosely adapted from the 1985 Activision PC game Hacker. The player character uses a robotic fighter to hunt for clues behind a global conspiracy. Magma Project Hacker is a sci-fi themed RPG and an adaptation of the 1985 PC/Amiga/Atari ST strategy game Hacker.

Break In cover37 Years Ago

Break In

PC EngineWorldwide

Break In is a pool simulator. The game features six different billiard games, including 9 Ball, Rotation, and Carom. It also features different modes: Simulation, Action, and Technique. Up to four players may play.

Rastan Saga II cover36 Years Ago

Rastan Saga II

Mega Drive / GenesisJapanEurope

Rastan Saga 2 is the sequel to Rastan, containing the same hack-em'/slash-'em gameplay as the original. You are a warrior who must get through a number of levels, and trying to collect gems which can only be obtained by defeating the end-of-level bosses.

Power League III cover36 Years Ago

Power League III

PC EngineJapan

Power League III is a Sports game, published by Hudson, which was released in Japan in 1990.

Shogi Shodan Icchokusen cover36 Years Ago

Shogi Shodan Icchokusen

PC EngineJapan

Japanese chess board game playing against different opponents.

Titan cover36 Years Ago

Titan

FamicomJapan

Titan takes the Breakout concept and adds another dimension by allowing the object the player controls to be able to move on the Y-axis in addition to the old X-axis.

Kawa no Nushi Tsuri cover36 Years Ago

Kawa no Nushi Tsuri

FamicomJapan

Kawa no Nushi Tsuri is a fishing role playing game, developed by Yuu Yuu and published by Pack-In-Video. It is the first game in the "Legend of the River King" series. But it was never released outside of Japan.

Shadow Blasters cover36 Years Ago

Shadow Blasters

Mega Drive / GenesisJapan

The evil god Ashura has unleashed hordes of monsters and demons onto Earth, hoping to take control of the planet as well as the hearts of men.

Frankenstein: The Monster Returns cover35 Years Ago

Frankenstein: The Monster Returns

NESWorldwide

For years the monster lay in the grave, and the villagers went peacefully about their business trying to forget the horrible nightmare days when HE had spread terror throughout the countryside.

Honoo no Toukyuuji: Dodge Danpei cover34 Years Ago

Honoo no Toukyuuji: Dodge Danpei

Mega Drive / GenesisJapan

Honoo no Toukyuuji Dodge Danpei is a 1992 dodgeball game for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear tying into TV Tokyo's Honoo no Toukyuuji Dodge Danpei anime.

Star of Quiz cover34 Years Ago

Star of Quiz

PC Engine CDJapan

"Star of Quiz" is a quiz game released by Sunsoft. It was released on PC Engine SUPER CD-ROM2 in 1992.

Quiz no Hoshi cover34 Years Ago

Quiz no Hoshi

PC Engine CDJapan

Quiz no Hoshi is a trivia game with several gameplay modes; the main one is called "Heart of Stone" and is a story-driven series of quiz encounters with strategy board game elements.

Super Keiba cover33 Years Ago

Super Keiba

Super FamicomJapan

Super Keiba is a Sports game, published by I'Max, which was released in Japan in 1993.

Elite Soccer cover32 Years Ago

Elite Soccer

PortGame BoyJapan

Elite Soccer was also released for the Game Boy. Developed by Denton Designs, it was also published in Japan by Coconuts Japan as "World Cup Striker", and in Europe as "Soccer".

Bomberman GB cover31 Years Ago

Bomberman GB

Game BoyJapan

A Bomberman named Indy Bomber sets out on a long journey to uncover a legendary treasure called the Ring of Wishes. He discovers a scripture and begins reading it, but soon falls into a trap in the floor and ends up in a cave.

Super Power League 3 cover31 Years Ago

Super Power League 3

Super FamicomJapan

Super Power League 3 is the third Power League game to be released on the Super Famicom and the ninth overall.

Tecmo Super Bowl cover30 Years Ago

Tecmo Super Bowl

PlayStationNorth America

Tecmo Super Bowl marks its first appearance on the Playstation after success in the both the 8-bit and 16-bit console markets. While the name hasn't changed, the game has undergone several refinements--perhaps none more dramatic than the ability to change the field's perspective.

Premier Manager 98 cover28 Years Ago

Premier Manager 98

PlayStationEurope

Premier Manager 98 is a team data update of Premier Manager 97. All 92 teams from the nationwide leagues and international teams were updated for the 1997-98 season, keeping all the features from the previous title (online English league database, 3D match engine) untouched.

Hello Kitty no Waku-waku Quiz cover26 Years Ago

Hello Kitty no Waku-waku Quiz

DreamcastJapan

Hello Kitty no Waku-waku Quiz is a Miscellaneous game, developed and published by Sega, which was released in Japan in 2000.

ISS: International Superstar Soccer cover26 Years Ago

ISS: International Superstar Soccer

PS2Europe

International Superstar Soccer (abbreviated as ISS) is a football video game in the International Superstar Soccer series by Konami. Players can train and edit their teams, and they can change the formations and tactics before the match.

Vampire Chronicle For Matching Service cover26 Years Ago

Vampire Chronicle For Matching Service

Expanded editionDreamcastJapan

Released as a mail-order game via Dreamcast Direct, this version allows players to select between four fighting styles based on each Darkstalkers game (the original, Night Warriors, Vampire Savior, Savior 2 and Hunter 2) and features an online versus mode.

Cool Cool Jam cover26 Years Ago

Cool Cool Jam

Neo Geo Pocket ColorJapan

Cool Cool Jam is a instrumental rhythmic game developed by SNK for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. It is was released in August 10, 2000 alongside with Cool Cool Toon.

Robot Warlords cover26 Years Ago

Robot Warlords

PS2Europe

Robot Warlords is a Sci-fi turn based strategy game that was released on the PS2 back on December 14th 2001. It didn't get very good reviews, or sales and, hence, is very very rare.

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