ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 15
The games released on this day in gaming history.
40 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
39 Years AgoDuck Hunt
NESEurope
It’s duck season, and your trusty hunting dog is ready to scour the open fields. Test your sharpshooting skills as your targets take flight. Be quick to knock them out of the skies, or your canine companion won’t hesitate to make you the laughingstock of hunters!
34 Years AgoTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Expanded editionSNESNorth America
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time, developed by Konami, is a side-scrolling beat ’em up for up to two players. It is the fourth game in the series, following Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project on the Nintendo Entertainment System.
26 Years AgoChrono Cross
PlayStationNorth America
CHRONO CROSS, the sequel to the SNES favorite CHRONO TRIGGER, is one of the most ambitious role-playing games ever made. There are over 40 playable characters, each with their back-story, special moves, abilities, and weapons.
23 Years AgoRock n' Roll Racing
Game Boy AdvanceEurope
The game pits four racers against each other, with up to two of them being player-controlled and the rest being AI opponents.
27 Years Ago1080° Snowboarding
Nintendo 64North America
1080° Snowboarding is an intense snowboarding game in which the player gets to choose between many different boards, tricks, courses and much more.
33 Years AgoFinal Fight 2
SNESNorth America
A beat 'em up sequel to Final Fight, released originally for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
26 Years AgoTenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins
PlayStationNorth America
Tenchu 2 is a prequel to Tenchu, telling a tale of events prior to those of the previous game. Once again, you can play as Ayame or Rikimaru, two faithful and honorable ninja whose lord is a gentle man in an age of warfare.
30 Years AgoDiscworld
SaturnEurope
Discworld is a game released for PC (subsequently Mac, and Playstation) by Teeny Weeny / Perfect 10 studios in 1995. The game was released both on floppy disk and CD-Rom. The latter featured a commentary team created of many veterans of famous Brit-Coms.
24 Years AgoVirtua Cop 2
PS2Japan
During the events of the first, the original Virtua Cops, Michael "Rage" Hardy and James "Smarty" Cools shut down the E.V.I.L Inc. criminal empire. Three of its leaders, King, Boss, and Kong are all in the maximum security federal pen.
30 Years AgoDestruction Derby
SaturnEurope
With no rules, no limits and no pit stopping, anything goes in this collision course of crumple zones, hit & run mayhem, and street level slamming where wrecking your opponent's motor in ultra-realistic smashes and crashes is the name of the game.
20 Years AgoDirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
PS2North America
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII is an action role-playing third-person shooter.
24 Years AgoVirtua Cop
PS2Japan
Players assume the role of police officers in a first-person perspective and use a light gun to shoot criminals and advance through the game, with penalties for shooting civilians. The players could also shoot powerups that grants him a weapon or a life.
35 Years AgoNinja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
NESNorth America
Thrilling new cinema screen! Follow the story of Ryu's epic adventure through Tecmo's movie-like Cinema Screen Animation. As you complete each level, a new part of the story unfolds.
35 Years AgoNinja Gaiden
PortNESEuropeAustralia
Experience the original adventure of Ryu Hayabusa, the shadow warrior, in this acclaimed and challenging action-platformer from the NES era!
36 Years AgoPunch-Out!!
PortNESEurope
You are Little Mac, a 17 year-old rookie fighter straight out of the Bronx. What you lack in size you more than make up for in determination. Spurred on by your trainer, Doc Louis, it's time to take on the world's boxing best!
30 Years AgoBust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition
PortSaturnPlayStationEurope
Bub and Bob are back! Like in Tetris in reverse, you shoot bubbles at an array of different-colored bubbles stuck in an ever descending ceiling, attempting to match them up three by three to make them disappear.
31 Years AgoAaahh!!! Real Monsters
Mega Drive / GenesisSNESWorldwide
In this game, based on popular Nickelodeon comics, you control three monsters: Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm. The Gromble, a headmaster in monster school, needs you to perform the final test - monster Midterm Exam - in order to prove yourselves to be real monsters.
29 Years AgoPorsche Challenge
PlayStationNorth America
Open-road racing in its purest form. Designed exclusively with Porsche, and modeled to their exact specifications. Everything you need to test your instincts for the open road.
39 Years AgoCaptain Silver
ArcadeEurope
Captain Silver is a side-scrolling action game released for the arcades by Data East in 1987. In the game, the player control a young sailor named Jim Aykroyd who goes on a journey to seek the lost treasure of Captain Silver, facing various perils along the way.
20 Years AgoPirates: Legend of the Black Buccaneer
PS2North America
Pirate Francis Blade searches for the treasure of the Black Buccaneer.
25 Years AgoCrossroad Crisis
PlayStationNorth America
A budget release from Agetec, this puzzler (also known to some as Tic Tac Chicken) challenges gamers to create a safe path for a lost baby chick so he can return home.
18 Years AgoBaroque
RemakePS2Europe
An updated remake of Baroque, a post-apocalyptic RPG game in which all hell has literally broke loose on earth.
38 Years AgoJarinko Chie: Bakudan Musume no Shiawase Sagashi
FamicomJapan
"Jarinko Chie: Bakudan Musume no Shiawase Sagashi" is a graphical text-adventure game. It is a game based on the Jarinko Chie anime and manga about a dependable girl who struggles to help her troublesome father run a small tavern in Osaka.
32 Years AgoZen-Nippon Pro Wrestling Jet
Game BoyJapan
The fan favorite Super Famicom title has come to the Game Boy! The largest roster and move list ever on a handheld, All Japan Pro Wrestling Jet has all the action the Game Boy can handle!
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.