On This Day in Gaming: September 21

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

September 21

The games released on this day in gaming history.

78 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years

Carton-Kun cover26 Years Ago

Carton-Kun

PlayStationJapan

Carton-kun is a puzzle game that features a kind of Carton family that compete in different puzzle modes.

Keyboardmania cover26 Years Ago

Keyboardmania

PS2Japan

Keyboardmania (alternately KEYBOARD MANIA, and abbreviated KBM) is a rhythm video game created by the Bemani division of Konami. In this game up to two players use 24-key keyboards to play the piano or keyboard part of a selected song.

ParaParaParadise cover26 Years Ago

ParaParaParadise

ArcadeJapan

ParaParaParadise (パラパラパラダイス) is a rhythm game that utilizes five motion sensors positioned around the body of the player. The player waves their hands over these sensors that correspond to the arrows that appear on screen in rhythm to the selected song.

Kids Station: Soreike! Anpanman cover26 Years Ago

Kids Station: Soreike! Anpanman

PlayStationJapan

Soreike Anpanman (written by Takashi Yanase, a Japanese writer of children's stories, is one of the most popular anime cartoon series in Japan. It is produced by Nippon Television Network Corporation.

Genso Suikogaiden Volume 1: Swordsman of Harmonia cover26 Years Ago

Genso Suikogaiden Volume 1: Swordsman of Harmonia

PlayStationJapan

This is the first volume of the side-story to Konami's RPG series Suikoden. You play as Nash, a special agent of the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia's Southern Fringe Security Force.

Kids Station: Magical Doremi #: Maho-dou Dance Carnival cover26 Years Ago

Kids Station: Magical Doremi #: Maho-dou Dance Carnival

PlayStationJapan

Educational game based off the Ojamajo Doremi Sharp anime television series.

Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou Koto Nakare cover26 Years Ago

Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou Koto Nakare

DreamcastJapan

The sequel to the original Sega Saturn system seller (in Japan at least) becomes one of the Saturn's last great hurrahs. Head back to early 1900's Tokyo as Oogami Ichirou, a naval commander who's now become the last line of defense against the demons that stalk the capital.

Power Shovel cover26 Years Ago

Power Shovel

PlayStationJapan

Based on Taito's Japanese arcade game, Power Shovel puts players behind the controls of three earthmovers in a variety of construction-oriented events. Three modes of gameplay are available: Arcade King, License Mode, and Level Editor.

Max Surfing 2nd cover26 Years Ago

Max Surfing 2nd

PlayStationJapan

Max Surfing 2nd is an authentic surfing game endorsed by Association of Surfing Professionals International to compete in the WQS (surfing competition) Judge rules approved and reproduce.

Tiny Toon Adventures: Plucky's Big Adventure cover25 Years Ago

Tiny Toon Adventures: Plucky's Big Adventure

PlayStationNorth America

Players head out for an adventure with the Tiny Toons gang in Tiny Toon Adventures: Plucky's Big Adventure for PlayStation.

TinTin: Destination Adventure cover25 Years Ago

TinTin: Destination Adventure

PlayStationEurope

Tintin: Destination Adventure is a video game loosely based on the series The Adventures of Tintin.

Hamster Club: Oshiema Chu cover25 Years Ago

Hamster Club: Oshiema Chu

Game Boy ColorJapan

The fifth in the "Hamster Club" series. Aim for Dr. Hamster with quizzes and variety shows!

Alex Ferguson's Player Manager 2001 cover25 Years Ago

Alex Ferguson's Player Manager 2001

PS2Europe

In this tactical football management game, you become the manager of a team in the English, French or Belgian league, with different subdivisions, starting in 2001.

Iridion 3D cover25 Years Ago

Iridion 3D

Game Boy AdvanceEurope

In the distant regions of our galaxy, far beyond the darkest limits of the Orion Nebula, a deadly force has bee unleashed upon the universe and is heading straight for Earth.

Earthworm Jim cover25 Years Ago

Earthworm Jim

PortGame Boy AdvanceEurope

The Super NES version has altered graphics, with different backgrounds and special effects, but lacked some sound effects and one of the levels from the Genesis version (titled "Intestinal Distress").

Super Robot Taisen A cover25 Years Ago

Super Robot Taisen A

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

Super Robot Taisen A (Advance) is the first Super Robot Wars on the Game Boy Advance. The Londo Bell forces battle against the Shadow Mirror.

Spy Kids Challenger cover24 Years Ago

Spy Kids Challenger

Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide

You've been selected for Spy Training -- complete the fun and challenging trials and help Carmen and Juni out! How well you do in each training challenge determines your rank in the Secret Service known as OSS.

Disney's Kim Possible 3: Team Possible cover21 Years Ago

Disney's Kim Possible 3: Team Possible

Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide

Based on Disney's animated series Kim Possible, Team Possible follows Kim and Ron Stoppable as they battle villains, including Senor Senor, Monkey Fist, and Dr. Drakken.

Gintama DS: Odd Jobs Grand Riot! cover20 Years Ago

Gintama DS: Odd Jobs Grand Riot!

Nintendo DSJapan

The game is based around the daily life of a character doing odd jobs for people throughout the town to earn money and pay back a huge debt. The game is played on the bottom screen using the Nintendo DS stylus to control the characters and finish the mini-game style jobs.

Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Maihitoyo cover20 Years Ago

Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Maihitoyo

PS2Japan

Based on the movie of the same name, this game is a re-telling of the original Harukanaru Toki no Naka De 1, where the story is based in a different setting and with a new character added.

Australian Idol Sing cover20 Years Ago

Australian Idol Sing

PS2Australia

Australian Idol Sing is a single and multiplayer singing game. In real karaoke style, songs appear on your screen and you have to sing the right words at the right time. Onscreen indicators inform you what pitch you need to maintain at any given time.

Kamisama Kazoku: Ouen Ganbou cover20 Years Ago

Kamisama Kazoku: Ouen Ganbou

PS2Japan

Kamisama Kazoku: Ouen Ganbou is a visual novel adaptation of the Kamisama Kazoku anime series.

Paws & Claws Best Friends: Dogs & Cats cover19 Years Ago

Paws & Claws Best Friends: Dogs & Cats

Nintendo DSEurope

A dual-species pet simulator from THQ.

Fabulous Finds cover17 Years Ago

Fabulous Finds

Nintendo DSWorldwide

An entrepreneur receives an inheritance from a Great Aunt, a house at Carmel, California. The place is in need of reform, so the things found inside are sold in a yard sale to fund the renovation. Fabulous Finds is a hidden object game with elements from other games.

Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.

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