ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1529 releases
33 Years AgoSmashing Pumpkins into Small Piles of Putrid Debris
DOSWorldwide
Pumpkins came in and stole all of the planet's candles. The player must pick up the axe and reclaim them.
33 Years AgoAL: Artificial Life
PCMacJapan
Experimental alien observation/collecting/breeding sim by digital artist Daizaburo Harada in 1993 as part of larger multimedia project AL: Artificial Life (Insects), also featuring an artbook & prose sci-fi novel by author Greg Bear, published by Pioneer.
32 Years AgoTonko
DOSKorea
A platformer for the IBM PC. Soundtrack consists of remixed public domain music.
32 Years AgoKumdor no Ken
MacJapan
In this touch-typing JRPG for PC-98, created by Michiaki Tsubaki with ASCII, you play as the Milky Way's #1 typist, summoned to planet Kumdor to fight mysterious monsters with typographic magic — but you lose all your keyboard keys and your QWERTY skills in a crash landing.
32 Years AgoHello Mr. President
PCNorth America
A fighting game starring then-South Korean president Young-Sam Kim and other heads-of-state.
32 Years AgoMadden NFL '95
PortGame GearWorldwide
Play exhibition, Super Bowl, playoffs or full season with any of the 1994 teams or all Madden teams. This time around, you can select whether or not to include weather conditions, new player animations (high steppin', QB slides), a bigger field and over 100 injuries.
31 Years AgoRance 4.1: Okusuri Koujou wo Sukue!
PC-98PCFM TownsJapan
Rance 4.1 stars an indebted Rance and Athena 2.0 as they try to solve the mystery of the sudden monster attacks from underground that has stopped Happiness Pharmaceutical, the creators of the Seirogan, from producing their main brand of healing products.
31 Years AgoNaxat Cup Satellaview Bass Tournament "Big Fight"
SatellaviewJapan
Naxat Cup Satellaview Bass Tournament "Big Fight" is a Downloadable 4-part Soundlink game for the Satellaview that was broadcast between December 1, 1995 and June 1, 1996. It is a pseudo-sequel to Super Fishing - Big Fight.
31 Years AgoThe Indian in the Cupboard
PCWorldwide
Inside of a young boy's cupboard, the tiny toy figurine native American named Little Bear has come to life. Letting the tiny man guide you through several activities will allow you to bring more toys to life and show your accomplishments on your wampum belt.
31 Years AgoDisney's Animated Storybook: Pocahontas
PCMacWorldwide
In this game you revisit the story of Disney’s Pocahontas in an interactive storybook format. Each page contains a scene from the movie with narrated text, and multiple characters and objects can be interacted with to trigger short animations accompanied by the movie’s score.
31 Years AgoSuper Erect Taisen S-EX
PC-98Japan
You begin with the main hero and 3 girls and battle through 15 SRPG style stages, using their school as a home base between battles. At the school, you may buy items, change party members, and speak to girls on your team.
31 Years AgoHeisei Kyouiku Iinkai Jr. Mezase Yuutousei
Sega PicoJapan
Sega Pico game based on the Heisei Kyouiku Iinkai's game show.
31 Years AgoNomo Hideo no World Series Baseball
PortGame GearJapan
A baseball game for the Sega Game Gear released as part of the World Series Baseball series in Japan. The game features an endorsement by Japanese baseball player Hideo Nomo, who had recently played his first season for Major League Baseball with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
31 Years AgoSpace Invaders: Virtual Collection
Virtual BoyJapan
Attention all Earthlings! Relentless alien hordes have been identified near you. Prevent the dangerous Space Invaders from landing on your territory.
30 Years AgoGG Portrait: Akira Yuki
Game GearJapan
GG Portrait: Yuuki Akira is one of two games in the GG Portrait series. It contains images of Akira Yuki from Virtua Fighter Kids.
30 Years AgoHalloween Harry in Zombie Wars
PCAustralia
Action arcade platformer game, the superior and little-known sequel to classic shareware platformer Halloween Harry (a.k.a.Alien Carnage) published by Apogee.
30 Years AgoThe Realm
PCWorldwide
The Realm was designed to combine the animated visual environments and inventories of Sierra's point-and-click adventure games with the role-playing mechanisms of MUDs. The game features a high fantasy setting inspired by Dungeons & Dragons and The Lord of the Rings.
30 Years AgoTowers II: Plight of the Stargazer
JaguarNorth America
The sequel to Towers: Lord Bantiff's Deceit, this game picks up roughly 6 months where the first game left off and follows the same first-person dungeon crawling formula.
29 Years AgoFront Page Sports Football Pro '98
PCWorldwide
A football simulation game where players can realistically simulate the full NFL season or play the games individually online or locally.
29 Years AgoSpellcross: The Last Battle
DOSEurope
A turn-based tactical wargame. In the game, you take the role of John Alexander, leader of the contemporary Earth military force – The Alliance, fighting for survival against an extra dimensional invasion of orcs, undead, harpies and other fantastical creatures – the Other Side.
29 Years AgoThe Lost World: Jurassic Park
Game GearWorldwide
The Game Gear received a unique adaptation of the 1997 dinosaur sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park. It is primarily a side-scrolling platform game but also includes some other gameplay elements.
29 Years AgoThe Lost World: Jurassic Park
Game.comNorth America
In this movie inspired game for the Tiger Game.com, you play as either Sarah Harding, anthropologist or as Roland Tembo, lead hunter of the InGen team. Harding wants to study the dinosaurs while the InGen team is intent on hunting and returning dinosaurs to the mainland.
29 Years AgoEvolution: The Game of Intelligent Life
PCNorth America
Evolution: The Game of Intelligent Life is a life simulation and real-time strategy computer game that allows players to experience, guide, and control evolution from an isometric view on either historical earth or on randomly generated wor…
28 Years AgoFritz 5
PCWorldwide
Fritz is not just a chess playing monster. It is a friendly chess partner for beginners and amateurs. It will teach you to play chess from scratch, and can automatically adjust its playing strength to suit your needs.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.