On This Day in Gaming: August 16

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

August 16

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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Return Zero VR

PCSteamVRWorldwide

Return Zero VR is a­ beautiful,­ psychedelic,­ ultrafast VR tunnel racer. If racing past mad-fast, frantic mazes set out in virtual worlds is your thing, then Return Zero VR is definitely the game for you.

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Mind Dead

LinuxPCMacWorldwide

Play as Max Cooper, an SSF agent whose journey to a deserted oil producing community with a group of scientists has led to an outbreak of infection back at their research facility. Fight hard for survival as you battle the hordes of fierce infectees in this action survival game.

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Monsters and Monocles

PCMacLinuxWorldwide

Monsters and Monocles is a frantic top-down shooter for 1-4 players. Use teamwork and your arsenal of weapons to defeat the overwhelming hordes of evil. All the levels are procedurally generated with new layouts, objectives, and secrets each time you play.

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GalaxIverse

PCWorldwide

GalaxIverse is a top down fast paced vertical blastathon, Battle Fleets and formations of aliens with the occasional boss thrown in for good luck.

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Gebub's Adventure

PCMacWorldwide

Gebub finds himself in a large peaceful world, filled with colorful orbs and many creatures who need his help.

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Meteor Crush VR

PCWorldwide

Protect our planet from incoming meteoroids! Use your VR controllers to crush every one coming your way.

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Void

PCMacWorldwide

Feel the inhuman tension of outer space - floating between bits of debris - struggling to conserve air and fuel - experiencing a hauntingly personal tragedy.

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Bank Limit : Advanced Battle Racing

PCWorldwide

The rebirth of the magnet racer. Faster, more deadly, and experienced straight from the cockpit. Race, fly and battle your way across 20 tracks and 3 arenas in the fastest game ever made.

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Shift

PCWorldwide

It's a fun puzzle game. You have to connect as many figures as possible together. Use yellow "shifters" to change direction of the line. Get more points for longer line.

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Super Cube Smash

PCMacWorldwide

Super cube smash is a rhythmic action game that generates music as you play. It is set on the mysterious ancient spaceship 'The Dawrfstone' where the most peculiar and unfortunate of events have occurred.

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StarForce: 2193

PCWorldwide

StarForce 2193: The Hotep Controversy is an online turn-based strategy card-game for 1 to 5 players. Playing as one of 5 different factions, each with different goals, you may defend helpless alien civilizations, or exploit them for their planets' natural resources.

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Girl Amazon Survival

PCMacLinuxWorldwide

Stay alive fighting with the bandits and zombies. Hunt animals, build houses.

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Langrisser: Hikari no Matsuei

RemasterPCJapan

An improved version of the original Langrisser game. It has improved graphics and sounds as well as animated cinematics.

Emergency Fire Helicopter Simulator 3D cover10 Years Ago

Emergency Fire Helicopter Simulator 3D

iOSWorldwide

Get an unusual flight experience with Emergency Fire Helicopter Simulator 3D! Be a pilot of a firefighter helicopter – seek for fires and shut it down with tons of water! Fly over the towns, fields, and woods and be the best emergency pilot ever!

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Smart Preschool Baby Shapes and Colors by Learning Games for Toddlers

iOSWorldwide

Smart Preschool Baby Shapes is a collection of endless educational games for toddlers (ages 2 to 5). Kids learn and have fun by dragging the correct color, shape, or size into the correct hole.

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Akuma

PCWorldwide

Akuma is a Spanish Yume Nikki fangame created by AshitaMinami. You play a boy named Akise who cannot leave his bedroom. Along with collecting effects, the main goal of the game is to uncover the story that unfolds by exploring the dream world.

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Silver Trigger 64

Web browserWorldwide

One Button - On Rails - Espionage Shooter An homage to Goldeneye 007 made for the One Button Jam.

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Solbrain: Knight of Darkness

PS4North America

The old gods have forgotten this land (Cannae). No one could save our people when darkness began to spread and collect the souls of men for his army. Solbrain - Knight of Darkness is a 3D exploration game.

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MotoGP Guru Racing 25/26

AndroidWorldwide

A mobile game for MotoGp fans.

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The Chronicles of Dragon Wing - Reborn

PCWorldwide

This is a world in which sword and magic rule, an era of heroes that time will not forget, and a place where glorious victory in battle immortalizes you throughout time, and you are the author. Dragon Wing is for you to write, and write you will! Go, hero!

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Interstellar Transport Company

PCWorldwide

Manage a space transportation company. Supply humanity with with everything it needs to colonize the galaxy. In this tycoon game, grow your company from a local transport agency into a galactic logistics empire! Singleplayer, vs AI, and online multiplayer.

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Voxelaxy

PCWorldwide

Using only a limited set of tools, you have to survive in a hostile environment. Crafting oxygen and finding food seems almost impossible... Are you ready?!

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Fairy Lands: Rinka and the Fairy Gems

PCWorldwide

Weird gems are falling from the skies! Who will manage to do something about it? Maybe Rinka? Well, Wiseghaika surely hopes that somebody will do something.

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Trivia Vault: Mixed Trivia

PCWorldwide

Answer mixed category trivia questions as quickly as you can, the faster you answer the higher the cash value. Correct answers lock in the digit code for the vault, 10 correct answers cracks the vault and awards bonus cash.

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

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