On This Day in Gaming: October 1

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

October 1

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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Dennou Taisen: DroneZ cover22 Years Ago

Dennou Taisen: DroneZ

PCEurope

a single-player futuristic shooter.

Crazy Machines 1.5 New from the Lab cover21 Years Ago

Crazy Machines 1.5 New from the Lab

PCNorth America

Create Your Own Zany "Rube Goldberg" Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twisting' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more.

Gates of Troy cover21 Years Ago

Gates of Troy

MacWorldwide

Designed by wargaming world champion Iain McNeil, Gates Of Troy is the Slitherine's critically acclaimed series of historically-detailed strategy games. Gates Of Troy offers both strategic campaigns and tactical battles.

Vespers cover21 Years Ago

Vespers

PCMacLinuxWeb browserWorldwide

A piece of interactive fiction written by Jason Devlin.

Beyond cover21 Years Ago

Beyond

PCMacLinuxWorldwide

A mysterious death, a secret to be revealed… and someone who wants to know the truth, at any cost.

Distress cover21 Years Ago

Distress

PCMacLinuxDOSWorldwide

Lieutenant Huchess came to, an hour or so ago. That was around the time Runoma, blazing orange-hot so near this, its second planet, fell below the distant, jagged crag line.

Crazy Machines 1.5 Inventors Training Camp cover21 Years Ago

Crazy Machines 1.5 Inventors Training Camp

PCWorldwide

Create Your Own Zany "Rube Goldberg" Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twisting' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more.

Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa cover21 Years Ago

Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa

PCWorldwide

From the back-catalog of Pocketwatch Games, 2005's Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa was the game that started this indie's journey. Expect the unexpected out of this unique Tycoon game -- There are no people to please, there is no money to horde, there are only animals.

JunkMetal cover21 Years Ago

JunkMetal

PCJapan

JunkMetal is a MMOFPSRPG developed by Metro and published by Enix in 2003. It features a high degree of customization, allowing players to mix and match various parts and weapons for their robots, as well as different operating systems and software.

Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation: Pokémon Suuji Battle!! cover21 Years Ago

Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation: Pokémon Suuji Battle!!

Advanced Pico BeenaJapan

Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation Pokémon Suuji Battle!! is an Advanced Pico Beena game based on the Pokémon franchise.

LEGO Builder Bots cover21 Years Ago

LEGO Builder Bots

PCWorldwide

In LEGO Builder Bots you create and command sculpture building robots by catching falling LEGO bricks. Keep up with the fun, frenzied arcade pace and build classic LEGO towers, characters, animals and more! Each level contains a new sculpture.

Morning's Wrath cover21 Years Ago

Morning's Wrath

PCWorldwide

An Action RPG heavily inspired by Diablo. Play as Princess Morning on a quest to master the ways of magic and save her kingdom from invasion.

Reindeer Rescue cover20 Years Ago

Reindeer Rescue

Atari 2600North America

Reindeer Rescue is the "unlimited" release of the 2005 Holiday Cart. Reindeer Rescue is an original homebrew game written by Bob Montgomery, author of the captivating homebrew game Go Fish!

Delightful Wallpaper cover20 Years Ago

Delightful Wallpaper

PCMacLinuxWorldwide

Grey gravel crunches in the drive. Grey windows retreat behind wrought-iron balcony rails. Grey skies press down over the looming, shadowy edifice.

The Elysium Enigma cover20 Years Ago

The Elysium Enigma

PCMacLinuxWorldwide

It was meant to be a routine visit on behalf of the imperial government, just to remind the settlers that the Empire hadn't forgotten them, and if you stick rigidly to the letter of your orders and refuse to use either your eyes or your initiative that's all it'll be.

Mafia Wars: Yakuza cover20 Years Ago

Mafia Wars: Yakuza

MobileWorldwide

The award-winning Mafia Wars franchise explodes in Japan with an all-out war to control Tokyo! Outcast from society, the Yakuza must survive like no other underground organization.

Pardus cover20 Years Ago

Pardus

Web browserWorldwide

Pardus is a free award-winning, real-time graphical game set in a futuristic universe that can be played right from your browser! Test your wits against thousands of others in this vast, persistent universe as you struggle to survive!

Synaesthete cover19 Years Ago

Synaesthete

PCNorth America

Synaesthete is a combination of arcade shooter and music/rhythm game made by students at DigiPen.

Persona 2 Tsumi: Lost Memories cover19 Years Ago

Persona 2 Tsumi: Lost Memories

MobileJapan

Persona 2 Tsumi: Lost Memories (ペルソナ2 罪 LOST MEMORIES) is an RPG developed by Atlus for mobile phones.

Mega Man 5 Mobile cover19 Years Ago

Mega Man 5 Mobile

PortMobileJapan

A mobile port of Mega Man 5.

Tarr Chronicles cover19 Years Ago

Tarr Chronicles

PCNorth America

In Tarr Chronicles humanity is at war with an alien race. The player flies a space ship and is part of an expedition to retrieve an important artifact but just before the goal they get attacked by aliens.

Bomberman 3D BT Wide-ban cover19 Years Ago

Bomberman 3D BT Wide-ban

Expanded editionMobileJapan

An updated version of Bomberman 3D which adds widescreen and Bluetooth multiplayer support.

A Fine Day for Reaping cover19 Years Ago

A Fine Day for Reaping

PCWorldwide

Step into the bare feet of the Grim Reaper for a day and make sure that five pesky souls keep their appointment with the afterlife.

Varkana cover19 Years Ago

Varkana

PCMacLinuxWorldwide

Varkana is the name of a region in a world with a timeless, mildy fantasy/sci-fi setting (some technological and magical elements are present at this moment, but not prevalent), with the city-state of Arg Varkana as its major outpost of civilization.

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