ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
September 17
The games released on this day in gaming history.
830 releases
This yearEndless Legend 2
PCPS5Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
With a mysterious, ever-changing world, unique factions, and epic storytelling, the much-awaited sequel to the strategy game classic ENDLESS Legend is here, opening a new chapter of the award-winning ENDLESS universe.
This yearSpirit Valor
Switch 2Worldwide
In Spirit Valor, you play as a spirit caught in a struggle between magic and fate. After a magic outburst binds him to a human warrior Richard's body, the two embark on a perilous quest to stop the rise of demonic forces.
This yearSafety First!
PS5Worldwide
Safety First! is a twin stick physics puzzler in which you have to fix broken electric wires using your Magical Yellow Repair Liquid (MYRL). Can you beat all 69 levels?
46 Years AgoCheckers
IntellivisionWorldwide
Challenge Tradition! Beat a friend electronically for practice.
41 Years AgoThe NeverEnding Story
C64Europe
The land of Fantasia is being consumed by Nothingness. It takes Bastian, a boy from the real world, to believe in Atreyu and all the magical beings of Fantasia to save it from extinction.
41 Years AgoViper Patrol
ZX SpectrumEurope
Strap yourself in and blast off to meet danger head on! Hone your skills to perfection as you blow apart wave upon wave of enemy vipers! Keep your finger on the trigger and your eyes on the incoming fighters as you remember only this... you're all you've got!
30 Years AgoAvara
MacWorldwide
A shareware multiplayer mech combat game for the Mac from Ambrosia Software.
29 Years AgoResident Evil
PortPCNorth AmericaEurope
The Windows version, released in December 1996, featured the uncensored footage from the Japanese version, and the opening intro is in full color rather than black and white.
28 Years AgoTrain Simulator: JR Hokkaido 1
PCMacJapan
An entry in the Train Simulator series of FMV games by Ongakukan, featuring the JR Hokkaido Hakodate Line between Yoichi and Sapporo.
28 Years AgoFisher-Price: Big Action Construction
DOSMacNorth America
Fisher-Price Big Action Construction is an activity center game released on September 17, 1998. It is Funnybone's take on Tonka Construction. In the game, the player can visit different work areas of the Big Action Construction Site.
27 Years AgoTrain Simulator: Kintetsu Minami Osaka-sen Yoshino-sen
PCJapan
An entry in the Train Simulator series of FMV games by Ongakukan, featuring the Kintetsu Railway between Abenobashi and Yoshino.
26 Years AgoSuper Mario Scene Creator
PCWorldwide
Choose a background and create your own scene based on Super Mario World
24 Years AgoJurassic Park: Dinosaur Battles
PCWorldwide
Jurassic Park: Dinosaur Battles is a 3D fighting game in which you play Harrison Manly, a scientist who takes control of dinosaurs using a device called the Dinovoc.
24 Years AgoCable Capers 2
Web browserWorldwide
Cable Capers 2 is a platform game where the player helps a hero named Arnold to escape from the underground. He needs to avoid enemies and lasers.
24 Years AgoRing II: Twilight of the Gods
PCNorth America
Twilight of the Gods is the second installment continuing Richard Wagner's opera about the Ring of the Nibelungen, based upon Nordic mythology and works of the brothers Grimm, and features his original music.
24 Years AgoAirplane Tycoon: Evolution
Expanded editionPCNorth America
In 2002, Airline Tycoon Evolution, second Airline Tycoon re-release was published by Monte Cristo.
24 Years AgoMonster's Inc. Peek A Boo Boo's Door Game
DVD PlayerWorldwide
This coming Saturday, help Sully reunite with boo in Peek-A-Boo: Boo's Door Game. This one works much like the Experiment Finder Game from Stitch: The Movie, in where you are placed in a room where you have to find a hidden door piece from six places of the world.
22 Years AgoPhantom Integration
Expanded editionPCJapan
An expanded version of "Phantom of Inferno", containing a new ending.
21 Years AgoShoujo Mahou Gaku Little Witch Romanesque Bangai Hen "Sayonara, Mauresumo"
PCJapan
Short, stand-alone side-story available for free from Littlewitch's website.
18 Years AgoThe Legend of the Radient Mask
PCWorldwide
The Legend of the Radient Mask is an unofficial fan game starring Shy Guy from the Mario series. It is a metroidvania-esque platformer with Mario and Metroid aesthetics.
18 Years AgoStar Wars: The Force Unleashed
PortWiiAustralia
The Wii port for The Force Unleashed featured significantly different gameplay, in particular full motion control for the lightsaber.
17 Years AgoWacky World of Sports
WiiWorldwide
Wacky World of Sports, is a video game featuring non-conventional sports like tuna tossing, lumberjack sports and cheese wheel rolling where you can compete against yourself in tournaments or battle friends and family in multiplayer modes.
17 Years AgoTaikou Risshiden V
PSPJapan
Taikou Risshiden V is the latest title of a Japanese video game series Taikou Risshiden (turn-based sandbox role-playing video games/turn-based strategy) produced by Koei. It was released on PC and PlayStation 2 in 2004 followed by a port to PlayStation Portable in 2009.
17 Years AgoAmagoushi no Yakata: Portable - Ichiyanagi Nagomu, Saisho no Junan
PortPSPJapan
This is an adventure game based on a classical mystery novel.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.