ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 25
The games released on this day in gaming history.
77 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
29 Years AgoGoldenEye 007
Nintendo 64North AmericaEurope
GoldenEye 007 is a first-person shooter based on the 1995 James Bond film. The game features a single-player campaign with 20 missions across multiple difficulty levels, emphasizing stealth, varied objectives and mission-based progression.
21 Years AgoCastlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Nintendo DSJapan
Draw the correct magic seal quickly, or your enemies will never die! Fight and explore through one of the largest castles ever seen in the series! Race another player through custom-made castle rooms in versus mode!
26 Years AgoParasite Eve II
PlayStationEurope
Parasite Eve II is an action role-playing survival horror video game released exclusively for the PlayStation. The game was developed by Square and published in Japan in 1999 and in both North America and, unlike the previous game, in PAL regions in 2000.
36 Years AgoMichael Jackson's Moonwalker
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
Several video games based on the 1988 Michael Jackson film Moonwalker. U.S.
31 Years AgoPrimal Rage
Mega Drive / GenesisSNESEuropeNorth America
Primal Rage is a one-on-one fighting game featuring dinosaurs and giant apes as the fighters. The graphics are done with digitized stop-motion animation.
32 Years AgoThe King of Fighters '94
ArcadeJapan
Rugal Bernstein is an incredibly rich and notorious arms and drug trafficker, as well as an incredibly skilled and ruthless fighter. Having become bored with the lack of competition, Rugal decides to host a new King of Fighters tournament.
20 Years AgoReservoir Dogs
PS2Worldwide
Reservoir Dogs is a video game based on the Quentin Tarantino film of the same name. Released in 2006, it garnered mostly mediocre reviews and caused minor controversies for its violence, being banned in Australia and New Zealand.
32 Years AgoEcco: The Tides of Time
Sega CDMega Drive / GenesisWorldwideNorth America
Ecco must stop the Vortex! He is “the stone that splits the stream of time.” He now faces his most dangerous quest yet. For it is not just his dolphin pod at stake, but the Earth and all living beings!
37 Years Ago
26 Years AgoSydney 2000
PlayStationDreamcastEurope
Sydney 2000 is the official Video Game of the Olympic Games.
18 Years AgoMLB Power Pros 2008
Nintendo DSNorth America
MLB Power Pros is a different take on the MLB license. While the player has the ability to play as authentic players on actual MLB teams, the players are represented by anime characters, with large heads, feet and hands with no arms and legs.
26 Years AgoTOCA World Touring Cars
PlayStationEurope
TOCA World Touring Cars (Called Jarrett & Labonte Stock Car Racing in the USA and WTC: World Touring Car Championship in Japan) is a racing video game developed and published by Codemasters, and released for PlayStation in 2000, and for Game Boy Advance only in Europe in 2003.
21 Years AgoTales of Legendia
PS2Japan
Tales of Legendia is a fantasy role-playing game that continues the Tales series of games. You can play as Senel Coolidge, who encounters a giant, mysterious ship while adrift in a small boat with his sister.
18 Years AgoHarvest Moon DS: Island of Happiness
Nintendo DSNorth America
In Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness you develop the island by growing crops and taking care of animals and expanding your farm. The better you do, the more the island will grow, and the more others will start to move onto the island.
21 Years AgoLost in Blue
Nintendo DSJapan
Lost in Blue lets you follow a girl and a boy who are stranded on a seemingly uninhabited island. While planning their escape, the two learn survival skills, such as hunting, gathering food, and building tools.
20 Years AgoGarfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Nintendo DSEurope
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties is a pair of video games, one for the Nintendo DS, and the other for PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows, all released on October 17, 2006. They are based on the movie Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties.
32 Years Ago
26 Years AgoPlasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein
DreamcastEurope
Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein is a 3D weapon-based fighting video game released by Capcom for the arcades. It is the sequel to Star Gladiator and runs on the ZN-2 hardware, an improved version of PlayStation-based ZN-1 hardware its predecessor ran on.
31 Years AgoMajuu-ou: King of Demons
Super FamicomJapan
Majuu-ou is a side-scrolling platformer for the Super Nintendo, taking influences from Castlevania and Contra. You play as Abel, intent on rescuing his daughter from the depths of Hell. As you defeat certain bosses, they will drop large, color changing gems.
23 Years AgoMortal Kombat: Tournament Edition
PortGame Boy AdvanceNorth America
This semi-sequel to Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance brings together a handful of the previous characters with a host of new and well-known faces making their debut on the GBA, including Bo Rai Cho, Johnny Cage, Raiden, Sareena, Nitara, Cyrax, Mavado, Reptile, Hsu Hao and Drahmin.
36 Years AgoMichael Jackson's Moonwalker
PortMaster SystemNorth AmericaJapan
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker involves the player controlling the pop star in a quest to save all the kids that have been kidnapped by Mr. Big. The gameplay is focused on finding children, who are scattered throughout the levels, some behind objects such as doors.
22 Years AgoTest Drive: Eve of Destruction
PS2Worldwide
Test Drive: Eve of Destruction blends the best elements of racing and demolition and is packed with 25 different events, including Demo Derby, where the last car standing wins; Gauntlet, where the player climbs behind the wheel of a hearse…
37 Years AgoRacer Mini Yonku: Japan Cup
FamicomJapan
A board game/racing game hybrid based on a miniature RC car toyline. It was developed and published by Konami exclusively for the Japanese Famicom.
31 Years AgoJupiter Strike
PlayStationJapan
Jupiter Strike is a 3D shooter where you control a ship flying through space and have to battle multiple waves of aliens, asteroids, fly across planets, inside space stations and battle huge enemy bosses.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.