ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 23
The games released on this day in gaming history.
660 releases
8 Years AgoHackyZack
SwitchWorldwide
You are Zack. Zack’s just a regular kid. Juggle balls with unique properties through platforming puzzles to a goal at the end of each stage.
8 Years Ago
8 Years AgoHipster Attack
PCiOSNorth AmericaWorldwide
Hipster Attack is a classic tower defense game with lots of humor and cartoonish graphics in which players defend the local coffee shop from massive hipster invasion with the help of corporate workers.
7 Years AgoDarkSpace
PCNorth America
DarkSpace is an old school turn-based tactics game in space with fully customizable ship refitting system, to let players experiment and define the unit's key stats and functionality.
5 Years AgoMickey Storm and the Cursed Mask
PS4SwitchWorldwideEurope
Spy up and save your parents in this action-packed platformer! Welcome to the world’s greatest waterpark! In this resort full of wild adventures and thrilling waterslides only you, and your sister, can stop the evil Dr.
4 Years AgoYars: Recharged
RemakeSwitchPS4PS5Xbox OnePCGoogle StadiaNorth AmericaEuropeWorldwide
Yars: Recharged is the latest title from Adamvision Studios and SneakyBox, the team behind the Atari Recharged series, infusing elements of arcade, shoot-em up, and bullet hell into the classic's formula.
4 Years AgoFallen Legion Revenants
Xbox OneXbox Series X|SPCNorth AmericaWorldwide
Your choices will decide the fates of many in Fallen Legion Revenants! The world is covered in miasma, and the remnants of mankind have taken refuge in a floating castle ruled by a madman.
43 Years AgoManhole
PortGame & WatchNorth America
The New Wide Screen version of Game & Watch Manhole.
42 Years AgoThe Dallas Quest
C64North America
When a game is faithful to the poor writing and wildly implausible plot conventions of a soap opera, does that make it a bad game or an effective adaptation of its source material?
36 Years AgoBlack Rainbow
PC-98Japan
It's a western-style RPG with turn-based combat. Graphics are pretty minimal, but servicable. Strangely, most of the stats, character names and items are in English, while everything else is in Japanese.
33 Years AgoNazo Puyo
Game GearJapan
Nazo Puyo (なぞぷよ) is a 1993 game for the Sega Game Gear by Compile spinning off Puyo Puyo.
30 Years AgoLiving Books: Stellaluna
DOSPCWorldwide
Stellaluna is a Living Book adaptation based on Jannell Cannon’s original picture book. The story is about a bat named Stellaluna, who lost her mother due to an owl crashing into her. Stellaluna has to find her mother, but she meets new friends throughout the story.
25 Years AgoOil Tycoon
PCWorldwide
Oil Tycoon puts you in charge of a large oil company. You are tasked with building various structures in various cities, such as Montreal and New York.
24 Years AgoHaunted House II 3D
Atari 5200Worldwide
A homebrew "sequel" to Haunted House originally for the Atari 5200 by Mean Hamster. You enter a mansion with thirty or sixty rooms, depending of your selection. You are searching for treasure but beware of the ghosts and creeps that haunt the mansion.
24 Years AgoGalaxy Angel
PCJapan
Galaxy Angel is primarily a visual novel, punctuated with real-time tactics gameplay segments. On occasion, the player will be given the freedom to move about the Elle Ciel, inspecting the various rooms and meeting the Angels.
24 Years AgoRPG Workshop Max
PCNorth America
This is a video game creation program that specializes in using custom made 3D images. It's not bigwig hollywood software, but it's well worth the price and extremely easy to learn and use.
24 Years AgoBerry Tree
e-Reader / Card-e ReaderNorth America
Berry Tree is a Pokémon e-Reader game for the Game Boy Advance. In order to play Berry Tree four different Pokemon cards must be scanned. The cards are: Nidoqueen (#22), Gligar (#59), Growlithe (#62), and Ursaring (#110).
23 Years AgoMaluch Racer
PCWorldwide
A 2003 PC racing game from Poland about a polish car Maluch.
23 Years AgoHello Kitty: Dream Carnival
PCWorldwide
Hello Kitty Dream Carnival allows the player to partake in 8 different games and activities that involve Hello Kitty and her friends.
22 Years AgoAlida
PCNorth America
Your adventure begins when you’re secretly dropped off on the island of Alida. The story centers around four young men in the band Alida who attained phenomenal success with their first CD release.
21 Years AgoImperia Online
Web browserWorldwide
Imperia Online is MMO strategy known for its deep gameplay. Build your capital, claim new territories by establishing provinces, trading posts and military encampments. Train your army to spy on the enemy and defend your Empire.
21 Years AgoGalaga Arrangement
RemakePSPNorth America
The 2005 release Namco Museum Battle Collection included another game titled Galaga Arrangement. However, it was not the same game. This title was re-released on Xbox 360 in Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade.
21 Years AgoPac-Man Arrangement
RemakePSPNorth America
Pac-Man Arrangement is a 2005 video game, initially released as part of the Namco Museum Battle Collection compilation for the PSP. It shares its name with a very similar Pac-Man game from a decade prior - to avoid confusion, some later re-releases were renamed to Pac-Man Remix.
21 Years AgoNew Rally-X Arrangement
RemakePSPNorth America
New Rally-X Arrangement is an exclusive, remixed version of the classic 1981 arcade game included in Namco Museum Battle Collection for the PlayStation Portable (PSP).
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.