ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 26
The games released on this day in gaming history.
86 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
27 Years AgoOddworld: Abe's Exoddus
PlayStationJapan
Abe’s peaceful retirement was shattered when visited by a vision from the Three Weirdos. Abe learned the Magog Cartel was mining Necrum, the sacred Mudokon city of the dead, to collect bones to make super-addictive SoulStorm Brew.
33 Years AgoJurassic Park
Mega Drive / GenesisNorth America
Jurassic Park is a SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive game based on the first movie. The game was playable as either Dr. Alan Grant or a Velociraptor (presumably the The Big One).
23 Years AgoPokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
Game Boy AdvanceNorth America
Pokemon Pinball has all the features you'd demand of a pinball game, including bonus tables, lots of bumpers and ways to score massive points.
21 Years AgoResident Evil Outbreak File #2
Standalone expansionPS2Europe
Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 is a survival-horror game released exclusively for the PlayStation 2 and a sequel to Resident Evil Outbreak, which was originally envisioned as a much larger game before being cut into multiple releases.
18 Years AgoN+
Expanded editionNintendo DSNorth America
N+ is a port of the original Adobe Flash based PC game, N, to console and handheld systems with new features. "N+ is a peerless action-puzzle platformer with more than 300 levels in which to hone your ninja reflexes, plus a built-in level editor for when you're hungry for more.
27 Years AgoGalerians
PlayStationJapan
Galerians is a survival horror game in which the player navigates a 3D character model over pre-rendered backgrounds, using character-related controls similar to those implemented in Alone in the Dark. Items must be collected to unlock new areas and advance the story.
32 Years AgoPac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Super FamicomJapan
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures, known in Japan as Hello! Pac-Man, is a side-scrolling adventure game "sequel" to Pac-Man. Instead of being a maze game like the majority of its predecessors, Pac-Man 2 incorporates light point-and-click adventure game elements.
26 Years AgoDragon Warrior VII
PlayStationJapan
Dragon Quest VII is the seventh installment of the popular Dragon Quest series of role playing games and the first in the series to not be a part of a larger trilogy.
38 Years AgoLife Force
PortNESNorth America
Life Force is an action-packed shooter where there are six levels which alternate between side and vertical scrolling, each of them ending with a powerful guardian.
22 Years AgoMario Pinball Land
Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide
Jumping has always helped Mario perform heroic feats, but in Mario Pinball Land, the plumber must learn how to roll to rescue the princess. When Bowser kidnaps Peach and escapes to another dimension, a scientist transforms Mario into a ball to chase after the fiend.
21 Years AgoEcho Night: Beyond
PS2Europe
Echo Night: Beyond, known in Japan as Nebula: Echo Night is a survival horror adventure video game. The game tells a science fiction ghost story, set in the not-too-distant future. Players take the role of a newlywed, off for a honeymoon on the moon.
32 Years AgoAggressors of Dark Kombat
Neo GeoWorldwide
Aggressors of Dark Kombat offers virtually no storyline to explain its fights. In fact, the prefight conversation sequences show that the fights are not much more than chance meetings.
18 Years AgoFrom the Abyss
Nintendo DSNorth America
Developed by Sonic Powered, From the Abyss allows players to explore the vast world of Rubenhaut through a unique world creation engine exclusively created for From The Abyss.
23 Years AgoBombastic
PS2North America
The gameplay of Bombastic is similar to its predecessor, Devil Dice. Players control a family of small devil called Aqui that runs across a grid full of dice. Players can walk on the grid, pushing dice around, or walk on the dice, rolling them as the character walks.
22 Years AgoZwei!!: The Arges Adventure
PS2Japan
Boasting a completely standalone story set on a mysterious “low fantasy” island floating amongst the clouds, Zwei: The Arges Adventure plays out as a classically styled action-oriented 2D dungeon crawler with oodles of optional content and…
18 Years AgoThe Sims 2: Apartment Pets
Nintendo DSNorth America
Your Sims are leaving the suburbs for the hustle and bustle of apartment life! They're moving into a apartment building full of interesting neighbors and a wide variety of pets. Your Sim can adopt pets of their own to play with and care for.
22 Years AgoVirtua Quest
PS2Worldwide
In Virtua Quest, you play the role Sei, a young boy. As you explore each stage, you'll discover Virtua Souls, data clusters that contain information about the martial arts abilities of the legendary Virtua Fighter characters.
17 Years AgoHarvest Moon: Frantic Farming
Nintendo DSNorth America
Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming is an all-new action-puzzle game set in the world of Harvest Moon.
38 Years AgoYs
PortFamicomJapan
In this game, the player takes the role of Adol Christin, a red-haired adventurer and expert swordsman. One day he encounters a fortune teller who sends him on a quest to find information about the six books of Ys.
38 Years AgoKame no Ongaeshi: Urashima Densetsu
FamicomJapan
Kame no Ongaeshi: Urashima Densetsu is a 1988 video game published by Hudson Soft for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was released in Japan on August 26, 1988, and saw a North American release sometime in April 1990.
36 Years AgoXDR: X-Dazedly-Ray
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
XDR horizontal shoot 'em-up released exclusively in Japan. The game is notable for being one of the poorest received Mega Drive games ever released, and was frequently voted the system's worst Japanese-developed game by readers of Beep! MegaDrive magazine.
35 Years AgoDaisenpuu Custom
PC EngineWorldwide
Daisenpuu Custom can be described as a remixed version of the HuCard game released in 1989. The game is based on the arcade shooter of the same name released by Taito/Toaplan in 1987 (also known as Twin Hawk).
32 Years AgoCyber Knight II
Super FamicomJapan
This epic arcade adventure features a brave Knight on a quest to find the only thing that will release his beloved from a curse that has turned her into a dragon - the magical Grail.
32 Years AgoAppleseed: Prometheus no Shintaku
Super FamicomJapan
World War III is over, and nomad soldier Duenan Knute and her cyborg partner Briareos struggle to survive in the abandoned cities and demilitarized zones of the post-war wasteland, the "Badside." Matters appear on the upswing, however, when…
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.