ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
October 5
The games released on this day in gaming history.
708 releases
42 Years AgoCharlie Brown's ABC's
C64Worldwide
Charlie Brown's ABC's is a simple educational game designed for children ages 3-7. Featuring Charles Schulz's Peanuts characters, the game presents each of the 26 letters in the alphabet along with a brief animation to go along with it.
40 Years AgoBomber Man Special
PortMSXJapan
The second of the Bomberman series released for the MSX platform. Bomberman is a single player game with a top down view and simplistic controls. In fact, in addition to movement, you only have a single ability: placing bombs.
37 Years AgoThe Legend of Zelda Game Watch
PortHandheldNorth America
The Legend of Zelda Game Watch, referred to as The Legend of Zelda 8321 in the instruction manual, is a combined game and wristwatch released by Nelsonic Industries.
36 Years AgoDe Ja
X68000Japan
De Ja is a Japanese-style adventure. At every screen, a menu with verb commands appears at the bottom. The commands include Examine, Talk, Ask, Take, Use (an inventory item), Move, as well as other context-specific commands that appear on some screens.
36 Years AgoSekai de Ichiban Kimi ga Suki!
MSXJapan
You are a show-business reporter who helps idols. One day you're tasked to make photos of rival idol night date. Horny pictures were made without problem, but you start to question such immoral approach and get closer to truth...
36 Years AgoTodo Ryunosuke Tantei Nikki: Ogon no Rashinban
PC-98Worldwide
Ōgon no Rashinban ("Golden Compass") is the second case starring the private detective Ryūnosuke Tōdō, following Kohakuiro no Yuigon. Like the first case, the adventure takes place in the 1920s.
32 Years AgoMath Blaster: Episode Two - Secret of the Lost City
MacPCWorldwide
Math Blaster Episode II: Secret of the Lost City is an educational game for learning math in 4th grade. Re-released in 1997 as Math Blaster: Ages 9–12 and 1999 as Math Blaster for 4th Grade respectively.
31 Years AgoSuper Hanafuda 2
SatellaviewJapan
Super Hanafuda 2 is a Miscellaneous game, developed by Use and published by I'Max, which was released in Japan in 1995.
28 Years AgoRichman 4
PCWorldwide
Richman 4 is the fourth main installment in the Richman series, developed and published by Softstar Entertainment. It's a classic computer board game in which players earn money by luck (dicing) and strategy (buying land and buying cards) to defeat other players.
28 Years AgoMega Man X3
PortPCNorth America
The PC port of Mega Man X3 expands upon the PlayStation and Saturn versions by adding a difficulty select option.
27 Years AgoThe Next Tetris
PCNorth America
If you think you've mastered Tetris then think again! Now there's The Next Tetris, a revolutionary twist on the classic puzzle game. More features, more challenging, and more addictive than ever. The Next Tetris - it'll blow your mind!
27 Years AgoPrincess Quest R
PortPCJapan
A port of Princess Quest for PC. The game was illustrated by Sugiyama Genshō. It was based on a 1996 audio drama of the same name.
25 Years AgoSurvival: The Ultimate Challenge
PCWorldwide
The concept of the game is to save a random group of people stuck on an island, a desert or another remote location. By using what the nature has to offer, the player can, for example, use a leaf to make clothes or wood beams to make a shack.
25 Years AgoArabian Nights
PCEurope
Arabian Nights is a 3-D action-adventure arcade video game published in 2001 for Microsoft Windows. It was published by Visiware and Wanadoo. It is based on One Thousand and One Nights.
25 Years AgoRefrain Love 2
PCJapan
In April hero decided to move to Sakurazaki Town to enter university there. He rents a room in Scarlet Hall apartments. These several months he will spend together with his university colleagues and other boarding house members.
25 Years AgoFiend
PCWorldwide
Fiend is a a 2D survival horror game greatly influenced on the work of HP Lovecraft. You play as Nick Cane who is sent to the small town of Lauder to see if a mine contains any valuable minerals.
25 Years AgoGreen Green
PCJapan
Green Green is an erotic visual novel developed and published by Groover that takes place in an isolated and nondescript boarding school known as Kanenone Gakuen that prides itself on the tradition of men growing amongst other men without any external influences to disturb them.
25 Years AgoThe Rage
PCWorldwide
The Rage is one of the very few examples of 3D scrolling beat’em up for PC; it guarantees a great playability, never forgotten by old style arcade players, together with the new stunning graphics, thanks to modern PC hardware, and really strong musics.
25 Years AgoDisney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Trial by Fire
PCEurope
Unlock the secrets and unleash the adventure. Your rite of passage begins with Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Trial By Fire CD-ROM.
24 Years AgoSearch & Rescue 4: Coastal Heroes
PCWorldwide
It's hard to improve on something great, but when the Coast Guard calls, you have to answer the challenge!
23 Years AgoFire Man: Incoming Storm
Web browserWorldwide
Spin-off flash game that serves as a follow-up to IRA's fanmade Fire Man comics series, and as such features a playable Fire Man. Split into multiple parts that function like separate flash games.
23 Years AgoNeo Sonic Universe
PCWorldwide
Neo Sonic Universe is an action game developed and published by Alexandre Martins in 2003.
22 Years AgoDisney's Aladdin: Chess Adventures
PCNorth America
Disney's Aladdin Chess Adventure is a puzzle game that uses and teaches chess to beginning chess aficionados. The player navigates through the world of Disney's Aladdin helping Aladdin and his friends on story-based quests.
22 Years AgoBush Royal Rampage
Web browserWorldwide
Help President Bush protect the queen as chaos emerges in London!
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.