On This Day in Gaming: August 26

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

Matsumura Kunihiro-den: Saikyou no Rekishi wo Nurikaero! cover32 Years Ago

Matsumura Kunihiro-den: Saikyou no Rekishi wo Nurikaero!

Super FamicomJapan

Kunihiro Matsumura, famous for his impersonations, battles as the "karateka" to face off against seven different opponents. With original style and gameplay, the game uses a parody of fighting moves along with various gag moves such as the Piro Piro and Bow Bow evasion technique.

Yokozuna Monogatari cover32 Years Ago

Yokozuna Monogatari

Super FamicomJapan

Yokozuna Monogatari is a Sports game, published by KSS, which was released in Japan in 1994. Yokozuna Monogatari is a sumo game for the Super Famicom. It focuses on management aspects, training sumo wrestlers and setting up bouts to improve their ranking.

Ultraman: Chou Toushi Gekiden cover32 Years Ago

Ultraman: Chou Toushi Gekiden

Game BoyJapan

Ultraman: Chou Toushi Gekiden is an Action game, published by Angel (Bandai), which was released in Japan in 1994. Based on the Ultraman series. this game has you do everything from platfomring to side scroll shooting

Alshark cover32 Years Ago

Alshark

PC Engine CDJapan

A young man named Sion Asmarn lives in the town of Cosma on the planet Homu together with his father, a famous explorer. One day, a huge meteorite falls on the planet. Sion's father goes to investigate it together with the physicist Mamon Penrose.

Cyber Knight II: Chikyuu Teikoku no Yabou cover32 Years Ago

Cyber Knight II: Chikyuu Teikoku no Yabou

Super FamicomJapan

Cyber Knight 2 is a direct story sequel to the original (whose translation was also done by Aeon Genesis.) After the Swordfish´s crew reappears in known space, they are apprehended and imprisoned by the Earth Federation, a new military dict…

Crayon Shin-chan 4: Ora no Itazura Daihenshin cover32 Years Ago

Crayon Shin-chan 4: Ora no Itazura Daihenshin

Game BoyJapan

Crayon Shin-chan 4: Ora no Itazura Daihenshin is an Action game, developed by TOSE and published by Bandai, which was released in Japan in 1994.

Osu!! Karate Bu cover32 Years Ago

Osu!! Karate Bu

Super FamicomJapan

A Super Famicom fighter game based on the delinquent martial arts manga of the same name. It was developed and published by Culture Brain in 1994. The game is a standard martial arts one-on-one fighter in most respects, though features a few uncommon aspects.

Spriggan Powered cover30 Years Ago

Spriggan Powered

Super FamicomJapan

Many years ago, an ancient civilization ruled Earth. They had a very advanced technology, but were destroyed in the end due to the misuse of their creations.

Table Game Daishuugou!! Shogi Mahjong Hanafuda cover30 Years Ago

Table Game Daishuugou!! Shogi Mahjong Hanafuda

Super FamicomJapan

Table Game Daishuugo!! Shogi Mahjong Hanafuda is a Miscellaneous game, published by Varie, which was released in Japan in 1996.

Madden NFL 98 cover29 Years Ago

Madden NFL 98

PlayStationSaturnWorldwideNorth America

Playcalling expert John Madden again licenses Electronic Arts' flagship football simulation.

Shaolin cover27 Years Ago

Shaolin

PlayStationJapan

Gather and Fight! Prepare for combat in the most authentic 3D martial arts fighting game on the PlayStation, encompassing the true styles of Kung Fu. One to eight player fighting action allows for up to eight players to compete at the same time - a first on the PlayStation.

Spectral Force: Itoshiki Jaaku cover27 Years Ago

Spectral Force: Itoshiki Jaaku

PlayStationJapan

This is the story which became to be called Neverland Great War later. A hero knocked the Devil down just as a legend. After the Devil had died, a country was splited and people begin to fight.

Dance Dance Revolution 2ndRemix cover27 Years Ago

Dance Dance Revolution 2ndRemix

PortPlayStationJapan

Dance Dance Revolution 2ndReMix, the home version of 2ndMix, was released in Japan on April 20, 2000, for the Sony PlayStation. It includes 35 songs, 3 of which are new to this version and are hidden and unlockable.

Tokyo Wakusei Planetokio cover27 Years Ago

Tokyo Wakusei Planetokio

PlayStationJapan

Tokyo Wakusei Planetokio is a sci-fi action-adventure and role-playing PlayStation game developed by Outside Directors Company.

Martian Successor Nadesico: Nadesico the Mission cover27 Years Ago

Martian Successor Nadesico: Nadesico the Mission

DreamcastJapan

Martian Successor Nadesico: Nadesico the Mission is the second Martian Successor Nadesico game to be released. It is set after and continues the events of the Prince of Darkness animated movie.

Itsuka, Kasanariau Ashita he: Sayuri-hen cover27 Years Ago

Itsuka, Kasanariau Ashita he: Sayuri-hen

PlayStationJapan

Itsuka, Kasanariau Ashita he: Sayuri-hen is a Strategy game, developed by MBA International and published by Sony Music Entertainment Incorporated, which was released in Japan in 1999.

Itsuka, Kasanariau Ashita he: Shirou-hen cover27 Years Ago

Itsuka, Kasanariau Ashita he: Shirou-hen

PlayStationJapan

Itsuka, Kasanariau Ashita e: Shirou-hen is a Strategy game, developed by MBA International and published by Sony Music Entertainment Incorporated, which was released in Japan in 1999.

Pac-Man cover27 Years Ago

Pac-Man

PortNeo Geo Pocket ColorJapan

The Neo Geo Pocket Color of Pac-Man.

Superlite 1500 Series: Pangaea cover27 Years Ago

Superlite 1500 Series: Pangaea

PlayStationJapan

Pangaea is a multiplayer randomly-generated dungeon RPG designed to play like a board game.

SuperLite 1500 Series Angolmois '99 cover27 Years Ago

SuperLite 1500 Series Angolmois '99

PlayStationJapan

"Angolmois99" is an addictive simple card game based on the prophecy of Nostradamus and includes real-life parody. Users become the earth's representative and compete against the Angolmois Four in card games that will decide the destiny of the planet.

SupeLlite 1500 Series: Reversi II cover27 Years Ago

SupeLlite 1500 Series: Reversi II

PlayStationJapan

Reversi (also marketed by Pressman under the trade name Othello) is a board game involving abstract strategy and played by two players on a board with 8 rows and 8 columns and a set of distinct pieces for each side.

Nishijin Pachinko Tengoku EX cover27 Years Ago

Nishijin Pachinko Tengoku EX

PlayStationWorldwide

Nishijin Pachinko Tengoku EX is a gambling adventure game in which the player takes the role of a pachinko gambler that wants to become richer playing different gambling machines that are around the town, with the prizes that he wins in the…

SuperLite 1500 Series: Seiyou Senseijutsu: Mark Yazaki Kanshuu cover27 Years Ago

SuperLite 1500 Series: Seiyou Senseijutsu: Mark Yazaki Kanshuu

PlayStationJapan

Seiyou Senseijyutsu is a Miscellaneous game, developed and published by Success, which was released in Japan in 1999.

Rippin' Riders Snowboarding cover27 Years Ago

Rippin' Riders Snowboarding

DreamcastJapan

Rippin' Riders Snowboarding (also known as Cool Boarders Burrrn in Japan and Snow Surfers in Europe) is a snowboard game developed by UEP Systems, the creators of the Cool Boarders series. It was released in 1999 for the Dreamcast.

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