ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
September 26
The games released on this day in gaming history.
82 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
40 Years AgoCastlevania
Famicom Disk SystemJapan
Step into the shadows of the deadliest dwelling on earth. You've arrived at Castlevania, and you're here on business: To destroy forever the Curse of the Evil Count. Unfortunately, everybody's home this evening.
38 Years AgoZelda II: The Adventure of Link
NESEurope
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is the second major installment in The Legend of Zelda series and the direct sequel to the first game. Like its predecessor, it features dungeons that must be located in the overworld and searched for an item that will prove useful.
23 Years AgoFreedom Fighters
PS2Europe
Freedom Fighters is a third-person shooter, in which the player navigates through the streets of New York while fighting the Soviet forces. The game also contains squad-based elements, having a charisma meter.
21 Years AgoBurnout Revenge
PS2Australia
In Burnout Revenge, players compete in a range of racing game types with different aims.
21 Years AgoSly 3: Honor Among Thieves
PS2North America
Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves is a stealth-action platformer developed by Sucker Punch Productions and released for PlayStation 2 in 2005. The game follows Sly Cooper and his crew as they recruit new allies to help unlock the Cooper Vault while facing off against Dr.
23 Years AgoKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
RemakeGame Boy AdvanceEurope
A remake of the original Kirby's Adventure for the NES.
29 Years AgoPaRappa the Rapper
PlayStationEurope
The original music video game. Help Parappa rap with the best of the master rappers and straight into Sunny's heart. Guaranteed you'll be singin' and dancin' along with Parappa and his pals to the most fun music mixes.
24 Years AgoBaldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
PS2Japan
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance is a revolutionary action adventure with an epic tale of intrigue, fierce alliances, explosive spell effects and highly detailed creatures and environments. Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance is a benchmark of technology and gameplay.
29 Years AgoBomberman 64
Nintendo 64Japan
The evil Altair is using the Omni Cube to drain the energy from Planet Bomber. With the aid of a mysterious helper, you must defeat Altair, and restore peace to Planet Bomber. In the Adventure mode, guide Bomberman through 24 areas of perilous conflict.
23 Years AgoBlackthorne
Game Boy AdvanceEurope
In Blackthorne, players take on the role of Kyle Blackthorne, a lethal commando equipped with brute strength, animal cunning, and a mysterious past that he has just begun to remember.
21 Years AgoThe Suffering: Ties That Bind
PS2Worldwide
The Suffering: Ties That Bind follows in the footsteps of its predecessor by combining a disturbing horror atmosphere with action/shooter gameplay.
18 Years AgoSonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
Nintendo DSEurope
The game initially focuses on the events surrounding the kidnapping of Knuckles and the disappearance of the Chaos Emeralds after the defeat of Doctor Eggman, before moving on to follow the cast of characters across two dimensions as they e…
21 Years AgoNBA Live 06
PS2Worldwide
NBA Live 06 is the first game in the franchise to reach next generation consoles.
23 Years AgoYu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses
PS2Europe
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses is a video game developed by Konami based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime series. Its main characters, Yugi Mutou and Seto Kaiba, play opposing teams known as the Lancastrians and the Yorkists.
28 Years AgoDance Dance Revolution
ArcadeJapan
Dance Dance Revolution (ダンスダンスレボリューション Dansu Dansu Reboryūshon?), abbreviated DDR and also known as Dancing Stage in earlier games in Europe and Australasia, and some other games in Japan, is a music video game series produced by Konami.
26 Years AgoBuzz Lightyear of Star Command
DreamcastPlayStationNorth America
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is a Windows PC game created by Traveller's Tales with Disney Interactive and PIXAR in 2000. The game consists of multiple planets, each with a villain on it. In each level, the players race the villain to their getaway destination.
21 Years AgoTrace Memory
Nintendo DSNorth America
The events of the game take place on the fictional Blood Edward Island. The game's protagonist, Ashley Mizuki Robbins, is the daughter of Richard and Sayoko Robbins, researchers of human memory.
23 Years AgoWarhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior
PS2Europe
The game focuses on the Tau Fire Warrior Shas'la T'au Kais, a newly-trained member of the Fire Caste seeking to rescue his Ethereal and defend his race from the aggressive assaults of the Imperium of Man and the Forces of Chaos on the Desert World of Dolumar IV.
23 Years AgoSoulCalibur II
Expanded editionPS2Europe
SoulCalibur II for the PlayStation 2 is an expanded port of the Arcade game, including Heihachi as a playable character and new game modes.
21 Years AgoTop Spin
PS2Worldwide
Top Spin is the complete tennis experience. Define your tennis playing style, take risks, pull off world-class shots, and work the crowd to develop a unique image on the court.
20 Years AgoValkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
PS2North America
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria is the second installment of the Valkyrie Profile series. Taking place hundreds of years before the original game, the story revolves around two characters living the same body, named Silmeria and Alicia.
32 Years AgoVirtual Bart
SNESWorldwide
Bart's reality goes virtual when he is strapped into Martin Prince's Virtual Reality experiment at the elementary school science fair. Each virtual reality program represents a stage in the game that Bart must play through in order to escape the machine before the programs crash.
35 Years AgoThe Battle of Olympus
NESEurope
The Battle For Olympus was developed by Infinity and Radical Entertainment for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Nintendo GameBoy. It was released in 1988, the year after Zelda II was released.
32 Years AgoDragon View
Super FamicomJapan
Dragon View is an action role-playing game released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. It is a follow-up to Drakkhen and combines side-scrolling combat with exploration across a 3D overworld.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.