ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
September 20
The games released on this day in gaming history.
78 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
21 Years AgoIndigo Prophecy
PS2North America
Indigo Prophecy is an action-adventure game that involves the player in making decisions to alter the narrative. The name change in North America was made to avoid confusion with Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 documentary film, which was released in 2004.
22 Years AgoDef Jam: Fight for NY
PS2Worldwide
The ultimate hip-hop fueled fighting game, Def Jam Fight For NY challenges players to step into the shoes of a ruthless street fighter battling for control of the hip-hop underground.
24 Years AgoThe Thing
PS2Europe
While investigating the enigmatic deaths of American scientists in the Antarctic, a military rescue team encounters a strange shape-shifting alien life-form that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
21 Years AgoX-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
PS2North America
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is an action role-playing game and a sequel to X-Men Legends. The player controls a party of four characters, though only one at a time can be controlled directly.
21 Years AgoWe Love Katamari
PS2North America
We Love Katamari, is a third-person puzzle-action video game where the player controls the Prince, the 5-centimeter-tall son of the god-like entity the King of All Cosmos, who rolls around a "katamari", a magical ball that causes objects smaller than it to attach to it.
30 Years AgoDestruction Derby
SaturnJapan
With no rules, no limits and no pit stopping, anything goes in this collision course of crumple zones, hit & run mayhem, and street level slamming where wrecking your opponent's motor in ultra-realistic smashes and crashes is the name of the game.
19 Years AgoBurnout Dominator
PS2Japan
Burnout Dominator is an installment of the Burnout series for the PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation Portable systems. The game is mainly focused on returned Burnouts feature - draining a complete boost meter without stopping wich was last seen in Burnout 2: Point of Impact.
21 Years AgoMarvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
PS2North America
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects pits fierce Marvel superheroes against each other in a 3D fighting game. You can assume control of heroes such as the Punisher, Spider-Man, and Captain America, and duel with them in interactive and destructible environments.
40 Years AgoSpy vs Spy
Master SystemJapan
The black spy and the white spy are out to outsmart each other before the time bell rings. Find the needed objects (money, passport, secret plans and airport door key) by searching rooms in the embassy, which include desks, file cabinets and other furniture.
41 Years AgoPooyan
FamicomJapan
Pooyan is a classic arcade game manufactured by Stern Electronics under license from Konami in 1982. In it, the player controls "Mama", a pig whose babies have been kidnapped by a group of wolves.
25 Years AgoDynasty Warriors 3
PS2Japan
Dynasty Warriors 3 is the third installment of the Dynasty Warriors series in North America and the second within the Shin Sangoku Musou series in Japan.
35 Years AgoNES Open Tournament Golf
FamicomJapan
NES Open Tournament Golf is an NES game featuring Mario characters. As the name of the game implies, it is a golf game and was one of the first golfing games in the Mario series. You can play a round of golf on one of three different courses.
30 Years AgoReal Bout Fatal Fury
SaturnJapan
Real Bout changes the play controls from the previous Fatal Fury games, reducing the number of attack buttons from four to three: a standard Punch and Kick button, a "Strong Attack" button which can be either a stronger punch or kick attack, depending on the character.
22 Years AgoNHL 2005
PS2Worldwide
Capture all the speed, finesse, and action of professional hockey with NHL 2005, the successor to NHL 2004. The game's new EA Sports Open Ice Control lets you execute offensive plays, such as a give-and-go and a breakaway pass, and you can also call for defensive double-teams.
21 Years AgoGenji: Dawn of the Samurai
PS2Worldwide
It is 1159 AD, and a brutal samurai clan called The Heishi have stepped in to take power after the old nobility fell. With their mystical stones, they rule the land through fear and violence.
22 Years AgoForgotten Realms: Demon Stone
PS2Australia
Centuries ago two unspeakably evil forces were entrapped in a Demon Stone while battling each other. Now three adventurers happen to meet by chance and discover the Demon Stone just as it breaks and releases the two spirits: a Githyanki general and a Slaad lord.
37 Years AgoBack to the Future
NESNorth America
Back to the Future is a Nintendo Entertainment System game developed by Beam Software and loosely modeled after the popular film of the same name. It was followed by a sequel game which covered the second and third films in the Back to the Future movie franchise.
22 Years AgoF-Zero: GP Legend
Expanded editionGame Boy AdvanceNorth America
The F-Zero series grows with new racing circuits, an intense storyline, and multiplayer modes. F-Zero GP Legend lets you take control of one of eight characters, including Captain Falcon, racing star Rick Wheeler, the evil lord Black Shadow, and more.
25 Years AgoSpider-Man: Mysterio's Menace
Game Boy AdvanceNorth America
Set in New York, Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace enables players to assume the role of Spider-Man as they take on super-villain Mysterio and his illusory tricks for control of Manhattan.
30 Years AgoMagical Drop II
Super FamicomJapan
Magical Drop is played in a style and gameplay similar to Compile's (now Sega's) Puyo Puyo and Taito's Puzzle Bobble franchises; a "stack" of random colored bubbles descend from the top, and a player is defeated when a bubble hits the bottom.
22 Years AgoTiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
PS2Worldwide
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 further refined the character creation system and added new features such as Tiger Proofing and Legends Matches
24 Years AgoKlonoa Beach Volleyball
PlayStationEurope
Klonoa Beach Volleyball is a spin-off of the Klonoa game series. Its release was limited to Japan and Europe only with the characters speaking in English in the latter.
21 Years AgoLegend of Kay
PS2North America
Legend of Kay sets out to take the player on a journey which combines classic Jump and Run elements with an immersive story driven adventure.
39 Years AgoAztec Adventure
Master SystemJapan
Gameplay involves the player trying to reach Paradise by exploring ten different lands, including desert, marshes, ruins, underground waterways, and forest. While exploring you can collect weapons, by destroying plants.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.