On This Day in Gaming: August 24

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

August 24

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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Streets of Rage cover35 Years Ago

Streets of Rage

Mega Drive / GenesisEurope

Streets of Rage is a side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed and published by Sega in 1991 for Mega Drive/Genesis. It is the first installment of the Bare Knuckle/Streets of Rage series which was followed by Streets of Rage 2 and Streets of Rage 3.

Tekken 2 cover31 Years Ago

Tekken 2

ArcadeNorth America

Tekken 2 is the second game in the Tekken series, it made various improvements over its predecessor in terms of graphics and features. All the characters from Tekken returned and eight new characters were added to the character roster along with new moves and combos.

Ultimate Spider-Man cover20 Years Ago

Ultimate Spider-Man

PS2Japan

Ultimate Spider-Man is an action-adventure game based on the comic series of the same name. Players can control either Spider-Man or Venom, each with distinct abilities and combat styles.

Final Fantasy III cover20 Years Ago

Final Fantasy III

RemakeNintendo DSJapan

Final Fantasy III is a remake and a complete overhaul of the 1990 version with the same title. This allowed western players to finally experience the classic Final Fantasy game localized for the very first time.

Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box cover17 Years Ago

Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box

Nintendo DSNorth America

Professor Layton may be a world-famous sleuth, but even he will need your assistance to crack these challenging puzzles. With Nintendo DS stylus in hand, it's time to muster up some mental might!

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker cover36 Years Ago

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker

Mega Drive / GenesisNorth America

Several video games based on the 1988 Michael Jackson film Moonwalker. U.S.

Kirby's Dream Course cover31 Years Ago

Kirby's Dream Course

RemakeSNESEurope

Kirby's Dream Course is a 1994 miniature golf video game developed by HAL Laboratory and Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).

ISS Pro Evolution 2 cover26 Years Ago

ISS Pro Evolution 2

PlayStationJapan

ISS Pro Evolution 2 (known as World Soccer Jikkyou Winning Eleven 2000: U-23 Medal he no Chousen in Japan) is the fourth video game in the ISS Pro series and the second instalment of the ISS Pro Evolution series.

Donkey Kong Land cover31 Years Ago

Donkey Kong Land

Game BoyEurope

Donkey Kong Land is a Jump & Run classic, developed by Rareware and released by Nintendo for the Game Boy in June 1995.

Power Stone 2 cover26 Years Ago

Power Stone 2

DreamcastEurope

is a multiplayer fighting game that built on the innovative gameplay introduced by its predecessor, Power Stone. Power Stone 2 allows up to four players to choose from multiple characters and utilize items such as tables, chairs, and rocks in battle.

Bloody Roar 3 cover25 Years Ago

Bloody Roar 3

PS2Europe

Bloody Roar 3 pits 12 outlandish combatants against each other in one of the most ambitious 3D fighting games to grace the PlayStation 2. Returning from Hudson's widely acclaimed PS1 titles are Stun, Long and Jenny, each of who brings a unique fighting skill to the arena.

Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon cover20 Years Ago

Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon

Nintendo DSJapan

You awaken to find yourself in an unfamiliar village with no memory of who you are or how you arrived. Mist, a beautiful young woman comes to your aid and helps you start to build a life for yourself on a farm.

Mega Man Xtreme cover25 Years Ago

Mega Man Xtreme

Game Boy ColorEurope

The future world is in turmoil. The peace keeping mother computer has been hacked and a virus runs rampant throughout the world.

Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet cover20 Years Ago

Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet

PS2Japan

Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet is a Japanese post-apocalyptic visual novel developed by Key and is rated for all ages. The story centers on a middle-aged man who comes across a malfunctioning robot in a dead city.

Judge Dredd cover31 Years Ago

Judge Dredd

SNESEurope

Judge Dredd is an action video game for the Super NES, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Game Gear and Game Boy originally released in 1995. The game is loosely based on the 1995 film Judge Dredd, which was a spin off from the Judge Dredd strip from 2000AD.

Justice League Task Force cover31 Years Ago

Justice League Task Force

Mega Drive / GenesisNorth America

Justice League Task Force is a fighting game produced by Sunsoft and distributed by Acclaim for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Genesis in 1995.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest cover20 Years Ago

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

PSPNintendo DSJapan

Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest is a swashbuckling action-adventure for the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS. Players play as the notorious (or at least ‘heard of’) pirate Jack Sparrow.

Olympic Gold: Barcelona '92 cover34 Years Ago

Olympic Gold: Barcelona '92

Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide

Each computer athlete has a fictional name and nationality (choosing from UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, USA, Japan and the Unified Team, everyone with its own anthem snippet) and actual strengths and weaknesses: J.

Army Men: Air Combat cover26 Years Ago

Army Men: Air Combat

PortNintendo 64Worldwide

3DO's Army Men franchise hits a higher level again with Army Men: Air Combat! As Captain William Blade, the toy pilot of several plastic toy helicopters, you are battling with the evil tan army and their terrifying war machines.

Ivy the Kiwi? cover16 Years Ago

Ivy the Kiwi?

Nintendo DSWiiNorth America

Players of all ages are encouraged to aide Ivy on her journey, utilizing the Wii Remote or Nintendo DS stylus to create the stretchy and flexible vines that propel Ivy forward, over and through obstacles before her.

Iggy's Reckin' Balls cover28 Years Ago

Iggy's Reckin' Balls

Nintendo 64North America

A vertical race up towering tracks. Iggy and the Reckin' Balls are in the race of their lives. A winner-take-all dash to the top of twisted, looped, warped and genuinely demented courses!

RoboCop Versus the Terminator cover31 Years Ago

RoboCop Versus the Terminator

PortSNESEurope

In the future, human soldiers of John Conner's resistance force against the machines are fighting a losing war against Skynet and it's robot forces. Discovering that one of the foundation technologies for Skynet is the cybernetics technology used in the creation of Robocop.

Stratego cover34 Years Ago

Stratego

PC EngineWorldwide

A video game adaptation of the famous strategic board game. Find the opponent's flag, and watch out for that spy. Stratego is a board game adaptation that was originally published by Accolade for various home computers in 1990.

Downtown Nekketsu Koushinkyoku: Dokodemo Daiundoukai cover34 Years Ago

Downtown Nekketsu Koushinkyoku: Dokodemo Daiundoukai

PortGame BoyJapan

Reihou Academy Student Council proposed a friendly athletic meet-up to apologize for the wrongdoings done by student council president Yamada.

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

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