On This Day in Gaming: August 11

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

August 11

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Blodia Land cover36 Years Ago

Blodia Land

FamicomJapan

Blodia Land is a Puzzle game, developed by TOSE and published by Tonkin House, which was released in Japan in 1990.

Winning Post EX cover31 Years Ago

Winning Post EX

SaturnJapan

An enhanced version of the original Winning Post game, for PlayStation and Saturn.

MLBPA Baseball cover31 Years Ago

MLBPA Baseball

Super FamicomJapan

Never before has a baseball game been created that captures the details of the sport like MLBPA Baseball. Realistic run-downs, accurate cut-off plays, the double switch, multiple defensive alignments, snap throws, even bad hops and booted balls.

Mahjong Sword: Princess Quest Gaiden cover31 Years Ago

Mahjong Sword: Princess Quest Gaiden

PortPC Engine CDJapan

Mahjong Sword: Princess Quest Gaiden is a Mahjong video game developed and published by Naxat Soft for the TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine System in 1995.

Private Eye Dol cover31 Years Ago

Private Eye Dol

PC Engine CDJapan

Adventure game for the CD-ROM² addon for PC-Engine. The player navigates Mei around the environment, examining locations and items of interest, and talking to other characters. There are no puzzles in the game, with the plot advanced by triggering events.

Dark Legend cover31 Years Ago

Dark Legend

SaturnArcadeJapan

Select between a group of 11 fighters and clash against each other using your specific moves and attacks.

3x3 Eyes: Kyuusei Koushu cover31 Years Ago

3x3 Eyes: Kyuusei Koushu

PlayStationJapan

3x3 Eyes - Kyuusei Koushu is based on the manga and anime series 3x3 Eyes. It tells the story of a simple Japanese teenager Yakumo, who lives in Tokyo and tries to study at his high school and to earn his living by working as a cross-dressing waiter at the same time.

Shining Wisdom cover31 Years Ago

Shining Wisdom

SaturnJapan

Once, long ago, a fearsome giant known as the "Dark Titan" rose from the abyss and nearly destroyed all Palacia before being bound by magic. Now, the Black Elf Pazort is scheming to rule the world by returning the Dark Titan from the depths of the abyss! But, there is hope.

Tenchi wo Kurau: Sangokushi Gunyuuden cover31 Years Ago

Tenchi wo Kurau: Sangokushi Gunyuuden

Super FamicomJapan

Tenchi wo Kurau: Sangokushi Gunyuuden is a Strategy game, published by Capcom, which was released in Japan in 1995.

Takemiya Masaki Kudan no Igo Taishou cover31 Years Ago

Takemiya Masaki Kudan no Igo Taishou

Super FamicomJapan

Takemiya Masaki Kudan no Igo Taishou is a Miscellaneous game, published by KSS, which was released in Japan in 1995.

Donald Duck no Mahou no Boushi cover31 Years Ago

Donald Duck no Mahou no Boushi

Super FamicomJapan

A Donald Duck licensed platformer released in 1995 for the Super Famicom. Donald gets transported into a world of dreams through the use of a Magic Cap, and must stop the evil Magician Pete to save this unknown land.

Brandish 2: The Planet Buster cover31 Years Ago

Brandish 2: The Planet Buster

PortSuper FamicomJapan

The Planet Buster is an action RPG focused on dungeon crawling and real-time combat, following the warrior Ares as he escapes a dangerous underground prison and searches for his stolen magical sword.

Super Gussun Oyoyo cover31 Years Ago

Super Gussun Oyoyo

PortSuper FamicomJapan

The SNES port of "Risky Challenges/Gusson Oyoyo" has some changes from the Arcade game. Differences include being allowed to alter Gussun’s walking speed, only having a limited amount of continues, additional bonus levels added, more endings. a versus mode, and a level editor.

Graduation cover31 Years Ago

Graduation

SaturnJapan

Graduation is a Japanese anime "life-sim" game published in America by Mixx Entertainment, the company that would later become Tokyopop. This was said to be "The First Anime Game to hit American Shores".

Gakkou no Kowai Uwasa: Hanako-san ga Kita!! cover31 Years Ago

Gakkou no Kowai Uwasa: Hanako-san ga Kita!!

PlayStationSaturnJapan

Gakkou no Kowai Uwasa: Hanako-san ga Kita!! is an adventure game developed and published by Capcom. It is based on the 1994 anime and book series of the same name (That are based on Hanako-san's Japanese urban legend).

Street Fighter II cover31 Years Ago

Street Fighter II

PortGame BoyJapan

Street Fighter II for Game Boy is a handheld adaptation of Capcom’s arcade fighting game. It retains the one-on-one fighting structure, special moves, and several characters from the original game, but reduces the roster and simplifies the presentation for the Game Boy hardware.

Game no Tatsujin cover31 Years Ago

Game no Tatsujin

Super FamicomJapan

Game no Tatsujin is a Miscellaneous game, developed by Affect and published by SunSoft, which was released in Japan in 1995.

Vasara cover26 Years Ago

Vasara

ArcadeJapan

Vasara is an arcade scroll shooter game released by Visco in 2000. All six stages.

Jissen Yakudatsu Tsumego cover26 Years Ago

Jissen Yakudatsu Tsumego

Game Boy ColorJapan

A puzzle game where players solve life and death go problems. It is solely go puzzles, there is no AI or board game aspect to it.

K.O.: The Pro Boxing cover26 Years Ago

K.O.: The Pro Boxing

Game Boy ColorJapan

Supervised by JBC (Japan Boxing Association). The boxing life is beautifully reproduced in the game. Steady practice is a training simulation, and the game is a real-time action that actually operates the trained boxer.

Kaitei Taisensou!! Treasure World cover26 Years Ago

Kaitei Taisensou!! Treasure World

Game Boy ColorJapan

An adventure game where you travel around the world to find your friends and legendary treasures. You can enjoy the real thrill of the eternal theme "Treasure Hunt" that everyone is interested in.

Perfect Choro Q cover26 Years Ago

Perfect Choro Q

Game Boy ColorWorldwide

Perfect Choro Q is a Japanese only Game Boy Color release in the Choro Q (Penny Racers) series.

BeyBlade: Fighting Tournament cover26 Years Ago

BeyBlade: Fighting Tournament

Game Boy ColorJapan

Beyblade Fighting Tournament was the second video game released. This game features some concepts and ideas that were later abandoned within the Beyblade franchise, though many ideas were continued on within the manga and anime.

Tam Tam Paradise cover25 Years Ago

Tam Tam Paradise

PS2Japan

An angel from heaven has been sent by God to help troubled souls on Earth. As a cherub in training, you dole out good deeds by way of slapping a percussion "instrument" in time to a stream of angel wings which descend on screen.

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

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