ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
November 18
The games released on this day in gaming history.
150 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
38 Years Ago
35 Years AgoArt Alive
Mega Drive / GenesisBrazil
Surprise yourself and impress your friends with astonishing graphics you can make in minutes. Animate them and your TV screen becomes a lively work of art. All with just your television and the 16-bit Genesis system.
34 Years AgoHitori de Dekirumon! Cooking Densetsu
Game BoyJapan
A popular program on NHK Educational TV has become an RPG. Like the show, Mai-chan, the main character, will challenge the RPG. The battle scene with the enemy is in a quiz format.
34 Years AgoEx-Mutants
Mega Drive / GenesisBrazil
Action game based on the Ex-Mutants comic book series by Malibu Comics. Leaping from the pages of the popular comic book come the Ex-Mutants.
34 Years AgoTeam USA Basketball
Mega Drive / GenesisBrazil
The game could be played in various ways: players could play against each other, or against the computer. Games against the computer were divided into two levels, "exhibition" or "tournament".
32 Years AgoPower Instinct
PortMega Drive / GenesisJapan
The console version of Power Instinct released on the Super Nintendo and Super Famicom. There are various minor features removed from the Super Nintendo release of the game. A Japanese exculsive Sega Mega Drive version was also released with minor changes and an extra game mode.
32 Years AgoDream Basketball: Dunk & Hoop
Super FamicomJapan
Dream Basketball: Dunk & Hoop is a basketball game from Human Entertainment that was released exclusively in Japan for the Super Famicom in late 1994.
32 Years AgoMonster Maker Kids: Ou-sama ni Naritai
Super FamicomJapan
Board game adaptation of the long-running monster-raising video and table-top game franchise that plays similarly to Dokapon Kingdom. It was created by Sofel in 1994.
32 Years AgoPachinko Maruhi Hisshouhou
Super FamicomJapan
Pachinko Maruhi Hisshouhou is a Miscellaneous game, developed by Jorudan and published by Vap, which was released in Japan in 1994.
32 Years AgoSuper Gomoku Shogi
Super FamicomJapan
Super Gomoku Shogi is a Miscellaneous game, published by Nichibutsu, which was released in Japan in 1994.
32 Years AgoTsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai Taisen Puzzle-dama
Super FamicomJapan
Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai: Taisen Puzzle-dama is a Taisen Puzzle-Dama video game based on the manga Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai. It features the cast of the manga and anime Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai and Konami's own spin on Puyo Puyo: Taisen Puzzle-Dama.
32 Years AgoU-jin: Janjuu Gakuen 2
Super FamicomJapan
A Super Famicom mahjong game featuring the artwork of the manga artist Yuujin (U-Jin). It is the sequel to the 1993 game Yuujin: Janjyu Gakuen. Yuujin: Janjyu Gakuen 2 (lit.
32 Years AgoGP-1 Part II
Super FamicomJapan
The sequel to GP-1, the player once again can race with motorcycles on 17 different tracks located across 14 different countries. The player also has six different bikes to choose from.
32 Years AgoPanic in Nakayoshi World
Super FamicomJapan
This title is about monsters that are attacking the World of Nakayoshi. The monsters are eating up the citizens. The more they eat, the hungrier they get.
32 Years AgoHana no Keiji: Kumo no Kanata ni
Super FamicomJapan
Hana no Keiji: Kumo no Kanata ni is a weapon-based versus fighting game based on the manga of the same title (created by Tetsuo Hara). There are two playable modes, in one you can follow the manga story, while in other you can fight against the computer or player two.
32 Years AgoUltima: The Black Gate
PortSuper FamicomJapan
The Avatar is once again summoned to the land of Britannia and this time he has to investigate ritual murders that have occurred in the town of Trinsic. Meanwhile, a new philosophical/social doctrine is spreading through Britannia, promoted by the mysterious Fellowship.
28 Years AgoSmall Soldiers
Game BoyEurope
Small Soldiers is a platformer based on the movie of the same name. The plot revolves around a war between two factions of toy soldiers, the Gorgonites and the the Commando Elite.
27 Years Ago
27 Years AgoEngacho!
PlayStationJapan
Engacho is based on a popular Japanese children game. You play a little boy named Sunzuki, who wants to prove to his angry father that he is not a coward and can stand up against the terrible monsters of the Oops Five group.
27 Years AgoClick Manga: Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu 2
PlayStationJapan
An interactive comic game based on the series in which the player can make advance the comic story clicking in it. The gameplay is that the player has to solve some puzzles or click with the pointer in a comic book scene to advance to the next scene.
27 Years AgoRunabout 2
PlayStationJapan
Sporting game developers at Hot-B deliver this urban racing game for the PlayStation. Players will pilot as many as 31 different vehicles as they work through 13 high-energy, high-stakes missions.
27 Years AgoFun! Fun! Pingu
PlayStationJapan
'Fun! Fun! Pingu' is a Japanese PlayStation title based on the children's animation series 'Pingu'.
27 Years AgoSaikyou Todai Shogi 2
PlayStationJapan
Saikyou Todai Shogi 2 is a shogi game that features different difficulty levels, different game modes (vs, training, tournament, etc.), etc. The game features also an auto mode in which the player can watch and learn how to play watching the different computer movements.
27 Years AgoSanyo Pachinko Paradise 2: Umi Monogatari Special
PlayStationJapan
Pachinko Paradise 2 is the second title in Irem's long-running pachinko simulation series. It features reproductions of four pachinko machines made by Sanyo Bussan: CR Umi Monogatari 3R, CR Umi Monogatari 3, CR Umi Monogatari 6, and CR Umi Monogatari.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.