ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
September 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1316 releases
44 Years AgoBeany Bopper
Atari 2600Worldwide
Your job is to capture Beanies, Bouncing Orange Eyes, and a crazy variety of Falling Objects. Beanies are devious and deadly and must be shot with the Bopper's stun gun before they can be captured.
43 Years AgoSword of Saros
Atari 2600Worldwide
Work your way through the evil wizard's maze-like dungeon to find the pieces of the Sword of Saros. When you've found all of the pieces, you can exit the dungeon, ending the game. However, the wizard has sent a bat to hunt you down.
43 Years AgoCorridors of Genon
ZX SpectrumEurope
You have to render the Genon AI inoperative in order break its reign of wreaking havoc throughout the universe.
43 Years AgoUp'n Down
ArcadeJapan
Up'n Down is a vertically scrolling game that employs a pseudo-3D perspective. The player controls a purple dune buggy that resembles a Volkswagen Beetle.
42 Years AgoVs. Wrecking Crew
ArcadeNorth America
Vs. Wrecking Crew is an arcade game for the VS. System, predating the 1985 console game Wrecking Crew.
42 Years AgoHot Wheels
C64Worldwide
Hot Wheels is a licensed title based on the toy cars from Mattel and attempts to recreate the playing of toy cars. You start in a car showroom with different types of model cars but if they aren't to your taste then you can design and build your own.
42 Years AgoHyper Sports 2
PortMSXJapan
A mixed event of real power sports and tension-filled tests of coordination and concentration.
42 Years AgoPunch Boy
Epoch Super Cassette VisionJapan
Armed with a mini-punch, the main character, Punch Boy, goes through a maze of various gimmicks to Monster Castle, defeats four bosses and saves the captured Lady. In the maze, monsters are born from rock-like eggs (which can be rolled with a punch).
42 Years AgoSuper Baseball
Epoch Super Cassette VisionJapan
Super Baseball has a relatively orthodox system for an early baseball game, and the basic operation method is not much different from that of subsequent family stadiums (there are also changing balls and ball speed adjustments).
42 Years AgoStarbike
ZX SpectrumEurope
A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up written by Paul Curtis and published by The Edge for the ZX Spectrum.
42 Years AgoBird Mother
C64Europe
You play a bird who has to raise his chicks in a three stage game: nest building, chick feeding and flying.
42 Years AgoStrontium Dog: The Killing
ZX SpectrumEurope
Mutant bounty hunter Johnny Alpha joins a contest where murderers and other notorious criminals fight to the death to get a piece of the action - and the bounty.
42 Years AgoStrontium Dog and the Death Gauntlet
C64Europe
You are Johnny Alpha and hunt down two fellow Strontium Dogs who have fallen into disgrace.
42 Years Ago
41 Years AgoTon Ton Ball
Epoch Super Cassette VisionJapan
Ton Ton Ball is a billiard style pinball game with action elements. Clear the level when you finish putting Tonton in the house within the time limit.
41 Years AgoGarfield Double Dares
Apple IIC64North America
Garfield Double Dares is a 1985 educational video game by Random House for the Apple II series of computers and the Commodore 64 based on the Garfield franchise.
41 Years AgoSherlock Holmes in "Another Bow"
Apple IINorth America
An aging Sherlock Holmes has to solve the mystery of what seems to be an apparent suicide on board of a steamship.
41 Years Ago
41 Years AgoEssex
DOSNorth America
While on a sightseeing tour on the Starship Essex you are recruited by a dying agent to find a scientist and his formula - the only things that can prevent the evil alien race of the Vollchons of defeating the Federation.
41 Years AgoBrimstone
Atari 8-bitC64North America
You are Sir Gawain, famous knight of the Round Table. In your dream you are trapped in the mysterious underworld of Ulro and you have to find a way to esacpe.
41 Years AgoDragontorc
Amstrad CPCEurope
After defeating the Lord of Chaos, new trouble awaits Maroc in the form of Morog the Shapeshifter Witch Queen of the North who tries to recover the five crowns of Dragontorc in order to remake the Torc of Power.
40 Years AgoUltimate Wizard
Expanded editionC64North America
Ultimate Wizard is an Action game, developed by Progressive Peripherals & Software and published by Electronic Arts, which was released in 1986. Craig Smith and Aaron Hightower teamed up to make an improved construction set in their homes in North Richland Hills, Texas.
40 Years AgoZythum
ZX SpectrumEurope
A 2-D sidescroller in which you play as a wizard traveling to acquire the mystic drink, Zythum, a drink with arcane powers.
40 Years AgoGame data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.