ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 8
The games released on this day in gaming history.
878 releases
9 Years AgoStrategic Command Classic: WWI
PCWorldwide
Strategic Command World War I: The Great War is a grand strategy game in the series from award winning game designer Hubert Cater. It is more than just another addition to the Strategic Command series - it is an entire game engine at your fingertips!
9 Years AgoUkrainian ball in search of gas
PCWorldwide
You play as a man turned into a ball and you need to steal all the gas from the forest at all costs.
9 Years AgoThe Quarter Game
PCWorldwide
Fight your way to become the CEO of a company in this top down hack and slash game.
6 Years AgoArcanium: Rise of Akhan
PCWorldwide
Arcanium is an ambitious Open-world, Single-player Strategy Card Adventure that merges “Roguelike” & “Deckbuilding” genres in many new & exciting ways. Control a party of three Heroes on their treacherous journey to save the world of Arzu from destruction.
5 Years AgoWinds & Leaves
PCWorldwide
Learn to read the signs of the various climates, awaken old landmarks, and grow your own forests in this PlayStation VR flora builder. Stranded in a barren landscape, you are the only being capable of mastering the ancient art of growing vegetation.
4 Years AgoThe Rumble Fish 2
PortXbox OneXbox Series X|SWorldwide
A legendary arcade game developed by Dimps in 2005. This fighting game gained popularity for its smooth visuals powered by S.M.A as well as the high level of strategy driven by its 2-gauges system. And with the addition of new current-gen features it's even easier to play.
3 Years Ago.T.E.S.T: Expected Behaviour
Xbox OnePS4North AmericaWorldwide
.T.E.S.T: Expected Behavior is a 3D first-person brain twister in a sci-fi setting.
3 Years AgoMolecano
SwitchWorldwide
Molecano is an all-new word puzzle game from the creator of Dadish! Help Molene the mole explore volcanoes using words as a bridge. String words together so Molene can cross safely and collect all the delicious food strewn across the lava loaded levels.
2 Years AgoRevhead
PS5North AmericaEurope
Revhead is a car racing simulation game, where you have to build your own race car. You have a friend Charlie, who is busy with building race cars. He would need some help from you and he invites you to Australia.
37 Years AgoShanghai II
PortX68000Japan
Shanghai II is a variant of the puzzle game also known as solitaire mahjong.
37 Years AgoNobunaga's Ambition II
X68000Japan
Nobunaga's Ambition II is the sequel to Nobunaga's Ambition. The setting is 16th century feudal Japan, a period when ruthless daimyo (feudal lords) contended with each other for dominance.
37 Years AgoKnight Arms: The Hyblid Framer
X68000Japan
Knight Arms: The Hybrid Framer was part third-person rail shooter and part side-scrolling platformer, released by Arsys Software for the Sharp X68000 computer in 1989. It featured some of the most advanced pseudo-3D sprite-scaling seen on a home system of the 1980's.
36 Years AgoLaplace no Ma
X68000Japan
Laplace´s Demon is a Sweet Home-like RPG and it takes place in a suburb of Boston in 1924. You can pick from one of six or so classes at the start of the game (Detective, Journalist, Psychic, etc) and you can recruit other members, and it plays a lot like a normal RPG.
36 Years AgoRevenge of Drancon
PortGame GearJapan
Your girlfriend... She's gone! Kidnapped by the notorious King Drancon.
32 Years AgoRoketz
AmigaWorldwide
Roketz is a 360 degree scrolling shoot 'em up. It features gravity environment and thrust-and-turn gameplay similar to the likes of Thrust, Virus, and SubSpace.
32 Years AgoShuppatsu! Doubutsu Tankentai
PlaydiaJapan
Shuppatsu! Dōbutsu Tankentai (出発！どうぶつたんけんたい) is a CD-ROM-based adventure game for the Playdia console. The Japanese title roughly translates to "Departure! Animal Crossing".
31 Years AgoVirtual Lab
Virtual BoyJapan
Virtual Lab is a Miscellaneous game, developed and published by J-Wing, which was released in Japan in 1995.
31 Years AgoGodzilla: Kaijuu no Daishingeki
Game GearJapan
Godzilla: Kaijuu no Daishingeki is a turn based strategy game, with some arcade elements. A player can play as Godzilla or similar monsters (kaiju), like Anguirus, and Fire Rodan. Should players want to support humanity they can play as the G-Force, a human defense force.
31 Years AgoRance 4.2: Angel-gumi
FM TownsPCPC-98Japan
Rance 4.1 and Rance 4.2 are two parts of the same storyline, and use the same mechanics and artstyle.
31 Years AgoAppare-den: Fukuryuu no Shou
PC-98Japan
Appare-den: Fukuryuu no Shou plays like a traditional top-down Japanese RPG, with world map traveling, random enemies, and turn-based combat.
31 Years AgoRevival Xanadu 2: Remix
RemakePC-98Japan
Revival Xanadu 2: Remix is a remake of Xanadu: Scenario 2. The remake is done using graphics and engine identical to those of Revival Xanadu. Just as its original version was an add-on to Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II, this is an add-on to Revival Xanadu.
31 Years AgoMasters: Harukanaru Augusta 3
3DOJapan
Masters: Harukanaru Augusta 3 is a golf sim and the third game in T&E Soft's Harukanaru Augusta franchise. Like its predecessors, it is officially endorsed by the Masters Tournament golf competition and by Augusta National Golf Club, where the Masters takes place.
31 Years AgoMagical Girl Pretty Samy Part 1: In the Earth
PC-98Japan
Based on Magical Girl Pretty Sammy anime TV series which focuses on magical girl Sasami from the Tenchi Muyo! universe.
31 Years AgoBlack Bird: Tori-tachi no Tooboe
PC-98Japan
Black Bird is a solo dungeon crawler (with auto-map feature): the gameplay consists of exploring maze-like passages in pseudo-3D environment, fighting randomly appearing enemies. The game features card-based combat. Lightning and his opponent are dealt a deck of cards.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.