ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
September 28
The games released on this day in gaming history.
129 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
36 Years AgoGomola Speed
PC EngineJapan
A game of reflexes and strategy inspired by the classic Arcade game Snake. Gomola Speed is a top-down action game in which the player increases the size of their snake-like protagonist by collecting and uniting the various segments moving around the level.
36 Years AgoDie Hard
PortPC EngineJapan
This PC Engine Die Hard game starts out outside, making you wonder if the people who made it ever even saw the movie.
36 Years AgoW Ring: The Double Rings
PC EngineJapan
A Japanese PC Engine exclusive horizontal shoot 'em up. Power-ups appear as rings around the player's ship.
36 Years Ago
36 Years AgoUltrabox No. 2
PC Engine CDJapan
The second volume of a pioneering digital magazine series released on CD-ROM format exclusively for the NEC PC Engine CD.
31 Years AgoZombie Raid
ArcadeNorth America
Zombie Raid is a screen scrolling light gun shooter, horror-themed game released for the arcade by American Sammy. Welcome to the extraordinary world of Zombie Raid.
30 Years AgoNFL Full Contact
PlayStationWorldwide
With action that's even rougher than the XFL (believe it), NFL FULL CONTACT has all of the NFL teams, players, and schedules with an extra dose of aggression.
28 Years AgoBeatmania 3rdMix
ArcadeJapanEurope
Beatmania 3rdMix is a rhythm game developed by Konami. It is the third game in the beatmania series and is part of the BEMANI franchise ( which it was named after: BEatMANIa ). It is the only beatmania arcade to have an official European release.
28 Years AgoCruis'n World
Expanded editionNintendo 64North America
Features exclusive to the Nintendo 64 include a new Moon track, a few new modes and some of the vehicles being renamed.
28 Years AgoBottom of the 9th '99
PlayStationWorldwide
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH ‘99 brings all of the action and excitement of professional baseball to the PlayStation. With an MLBPA license, over 700 major league players are included with updated stats, and motion capture technology recreates the nuances of every single player.
27 Years AgoGex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
PortNintendo 64North America
When Gex is watching TV one day, he discovers that Rez has kidnapped Agent Xtra (the agent from Gex: Enter the Gecko's backstory), head of the TV Terrorist Defense Unit, to get to him.
27 Years AgoAntz
Game Boy ColorNorth America
Antz is a side-scrolling platformer based on the movie of the same name. You take the role of Z, and you set out to win the heart of Princess Bala. Each of the 19 levels is based on situations in the movie.
26 Years AgoMTV Sports: Skateboarding Featuring Andy Macdonald
PortGame Boy ColorWorldwide
MTV SPORTS: Skateboarding Featuring Andy Macdonald puts the excitement of performing a 360-kickflip in the palm of your hand. Choose from four different skaters, including Andy Macdonald himself.
26 Years AgoSpace Marauder
Game Boy ColorWorldwide
When humankind discovers an alien race on a distant planet, it becomes clear that the extra-terrestrial way of life threatens survival on Earth.
26 Years Ago
26 Years AgoBeatmania IIDX 4th style
ArcadeJapan
The 4th game in the beatmania IIDX series. Features a few more licenses from the Dance Express-Hi Speed CD series, as well as covers of popular 80's tracks from some of Konami's in-house artists.
26 Years AgoJellyfish: The Healing Friend
PlayStationJapan
Jellyfish: The Healing Friend lets the player follow the life and times of a deep depths jellyfish who moves by way of water propulsion. Learn about the life cycle of your nebulous charge in this simulation where you attempt to raise a wild sea creature.
26 Years AgoBeatmania GB Gotcha Mix 2
Game Boy ColorJapan
Beatmania GB Gotcha Mix 2 is a videogame launched for Game Boy Color.
26 Years AgoBlue Submarine No. 6: Antarctica
PlayStationJapan
Described as a "Cinematic Simulation Game for PlayStation", this adventure game is a new and now interactive tale in the anime saga, Blue Submarine No. 6, produced by anime production house emotion and featuring new animation by studio GONZO.
26 Years AgoLove Hina: Totsuzen no Engeji Happening
DreamcastJapan
There is a new girl in the Hinata Sou. Her name is Fujisawa Mizuho and she is a Tokyo University Student. She is asked by Keitarou-kun's grandmother to become a tutor for Keitarou-kun.
26 Years AgoSuper Bust-A-Move
PS2Japan
Super Bust-A-Move introduces some new elements to the series (and removes some others): Large bubbles are found in certain levels. Shooting a bubble of the same color at them makes every bubble in the level change into that color.
26 Years AgoYume no Tsubasa
PlayStationJapan
Yume no Tsubasa is an adventure game, developed and published by KID, which was released in Japan in 2000.
26 Years AgoKimi ni Steady
PortPlayStationJapan
Kimi ni Steady is a dating simulation game that was first released in PC Windows in the year 1998.
26 Years AgoTokimeki Memorial 2 Substories: Dancing Summer Vacation
PlayStationChina
A Visual Novel spin-off of Tokimeki Memorial 2. It includes and is centered around the fictional game "Dance Dance Revolution Tokimeki MIX".
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.