On This Day in Gaming: September 27

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

September 27

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Wedding Peach: Doki-doki Oironaoshi cover30 Years Ago

Wedding Peach: Doki-doki Oironaoshi

PlayStationJapan

Released in 1996 for the PlayStation.

Gallop Racer cover30 Years Ago

Gallop Racer

PlayStationJapan

Just like in real horse racing, no two races are alike: race outcomes are determined by racetrack, conditions, pack and luck. A great party game for players and spectators alike, you can be the jockey, or select watch mode, and be a spectator.

Ninja Master's: Haou Ninpou-ko cover30 Years Ago

Ninja Master's: Haou Ninpou-ko

Neo Geo CDJapan

Ninja Master's follows the conventions of many previous 2D fighting games released for the Neo-Geo. The player must defeat their opponent in combat in a series of best-two-out-of-three matches.

Crayon Shin-chan: Nagagutsu Dobon!! cover30 Years Ago

Crayon Shin-chan: Nagagutsu Dobon!!

Super FamicomJapan

A multiplayer action game featuring Shin-chan attempting to splash his clones with water.

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: Fuwa-fuwa Panic 2 cover30 Years Ago

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: Fuwa-fuwa Panic 2

Super FamicomJapan

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: Fuwa-fuwa Panic 2 is a video game released exclusively in Japan by Bandai on September 27, 1996. the Super Famicom and is the sequel to Sailor Moon SuperS: Fuwa Fuwa Panic.

SD Gundam Generation: Colony Kaku Senki cover30 Years Ago

SD Gundam Generation: Colony Kaku Senki

Super FamicomJapan

A strategy game based on the 13th Gundam Fight from Mobile Fighter G Gundam. It uses the Sufami Turbo accessory to connect to other SD Gundam Generation games.

SD Gundam Generation: Zanscare Senki cover30 Years Ago

SD Gundam Generation: Zanscare Senki

Super FamicomJapan

A strategy game based on the Zanscare War from Mobile Suit Victory Gundam. It uses the Sufami Turbo accessory to connect to other SD Gundam Generation games.

Blue Breaker: Ken Yorimo Hohoemi wo cover30 Years Ago

Blue Breaker: Ken Yorimo Hohoemi wo

PC-FXJapan

The world of Blue Breaker is called "the path in the middle of empty sky": floating islands connected with each other by bridges. It is the tradition of the people in this world that a fighter's full initiation can be completed only when he finds his true love and marries her.

Private Idol Disc Vol. 3: Oshima Akemi cover30 Years Ago

Private Idol Disc Vol. 3: Oshima Akemi

SaturnJapan

Idol Digital Photobook released exclusively in Japan for Sega Saturn. Includes short videos and a mini-game.

Power Rangers Zeo - Full Tilt Battle Pinball cover30 Years Ago

Power Rangers Zeo - Full Tilt Battle Pinball

PlayStationJapan

Earth is under invasion by aliens and the only folks that can stop the madness are the TV heroes known as the Power Rangers. How are they going to do it? Pinball style!

Kuro no Juusan cover30 Years Ago

Kuro no Juusan

PlayStationJapan

Kuro no Jyusan is a sound novel / visual novel adventure game supervised by horror novel japanese writer Tsuji Aya and divided into 13 different chapters, in which the player will have different game endings depending of his choices during the game.

Silhouette Stories cover30 Years Ago

Silhouette Stories

PlayStationJapan

Silhouette Stories is a spinoff of Kaneko's Gals Panic series, removing the nudity but adding light visual novel elements. The player chooses one of 12 locations, where they find one of the possible female matches.

Helmet cover29 Years Ago

Helmet

RemakeGame BoyJapan

Mario or Wario must dodge various falling tools and collect coins.

Chef cover29 Years Ago

Chef

RemakeGame BoyJapan

Peach must flip cooking items thrown into the air by the Mario Bros. with a pan and feed them to Yoshi.

Vermin cover29 Years Ago

Vermin

RemakeGame BoyJapan

A Yoshi must protect six eggs from Fly Guys, Para Troopas, and Boo Buddies.

Donkey Kong cover29 Years Ago

Donkey Kong

RemakeGame BoyJapan

A remake of the Game & Watch version, in which Peach substitutes for Pauline.

Ball cover29 Years Ago

Ball

RemakeGame BoyJapan

Remake of Game & Watch Ball released as unlockable in Game & Watch Gallery 2. The player must control a Yoshi, Mario, Wario, or King Koopa as they juggle various objects. In Classic Mode, the player needs to juggle balls as long as they can.

Parachute cover29 Years Ago

Parachute

RemakeGame BoyJapan

Mario must catch Toads, Yoshis, and Donkey Kong Jrs. in his rowboat as they float down with their parachutes.

Tom and Jerry cover27 Years Ago

Tom and Jerry

Game Boy ColorNorth America

Talk about playing cat and mouse! Tom and Jerry, that rascally pair of cartoon characters who first started their careers in the 1940s, have chased each other onto the screen of the Game Boy Color. You play Jerry, on the lookout for nephew Tuffy, who's coming to visit you.

Pump It Up cover27 Years Ago

Pump It Up

ArcadeKorea

The first in a massive series of dance-based games.

Dragon Warrior I cover26 Years Ago

Dragon Warrior I

PortGame Boy ColorNorth America

Game Boy Color port Dragon Warrior, released alongside its sequel in the Dragon Warrior I&II compilation. In this version, the US localization has a whole new translation with names closer to the original, letting go of the Old-English-like language used in the original.

Dragon Warrior II cover26 Years Ago

Dragon Warrior II

PortGame Boy ColorNorth America

Game Boy Color port Warrior II, released alongside its prequel in the Dragon Warrior I&II compilation. In this version, the US localization has a whole new translation with names closer to the original, letting go of the Old-English-like language used in the original.

Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue cover26 Years Ago

Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue

PlayStationNorth America

The PlayStation version is similar to the Nintendo 64 version in terms of graphics, but the gameplay differs significantly. It features the five main Rangers as playable characters, with the Titanium Ranger as an unlockable character.

Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren 2 - Oni Shuurai! Shiren-jou! cover26 Years Ago

Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren 2 - Oni Shuurai! Shiren-jou!

Nintendo 64Japan

Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren 2 - Oni Shuurai! Shiren-jou! is a role-playing video game developed by Chunsoft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.

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

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