ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 9
The games released on this day in gaming history.
108 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
27 Years AgoTransformers: Beast Wars Transmetals
PortPlayStationJapan
Now, experience a Transformers battle you've never seen before! Take command of the Heroic Maximals and Evil Predicons as they struggle for supremacy! More powerful than ever, these cybertronian warriors can convert into 3 modes: beast, vehicle, and robot.
38 Years AgoVs. Excitebike
Expanded editionFamicom Disk SystemJapan
Vs. Excitebike is a multiplayer version of the motorcross racing simulation game developed by Nintendo.
17 Years AgoUno
Nintendo DSiJapan
Everybody knows Uno - the classic card game of matching colors and numbers that's #1 for family fun. Customize the game with your own house rules and penalties, throw down Action Cards like Skip and Reverse in furiously thrilling games!
16 Years AgoBlazBlue: Continuum Shift II
Expanded editionArcadeJapan
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II is a 2D fighting game and the enhanced version of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift. It features all the console exclusive characters, numerous balance changes, and other cosmetic changes such as a new announcer.
32 Years AgoClockwork Knight
SaturnJapan
Clockwork Knight is a 2.5D side-scrolling platformer where you play as the toy soldier Sir Tongara de Pepperouchau III. The game offers a combination of pre-rendered 3D graphics and 3D environment.
22 Years Ago
16 Years AgoNi no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn
Nintendo DSJapan
Ni no Kuni is a series of role-playing games developed by Level-5. The series chiefly follows the young Oliver, and his journey to another world to save his mother and stop the beckoning evil.
18 Years AgoBuild-A-Lot
Nintendo DSNorth America
Send the housing market through the roof as you build, buy, and sell houses in the new strategy game, Build-a-lot! You can flip houses for quick cash or sit back and watch the rental income pile up.
27 Years AgoCyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram
DreamcastJapan
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram is the first of three major revisions to Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram, a sequel to Cyber Troopers Virtual-On. M.S.B.S. Ver.
22 Years AgoMobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam
PS2Japan
Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam takes place seven years after the end of the devastating One-Year War, with the Titans police force assuming dictatorial powers.
21 Years AgoDisney's Kim Possible: Kimmunicator
Nintendo DSWorldwide
Rescue Wade and save the world! No big! Help Kim go undercover using your Kimmunicator. Collect and master cool gadgets and awesome new moves! Dodge enemies and traps using Kim's acrobatic skills to defeat enemies.
18 Years AgoLeft Brain Right Brain 2
Nintendo DSNorth America
Left Brain Right Brain 2 offers more activities to exercise the left and right hemispheres of your brain.
38 Years AgoBishoujo Sexy Slot
Super FamicomWorldwide
An adult game in which you play slot machines and upon winning enough you'll get to see various girls take their clothes off.
38 Years AgoNankin no Adventure
Famicom Disk SystemJapan
A Famicom Disk System adventure game developed by Sunsoft in 1988. Nankin no Adventure is a Famicom Disk System adventure game from SunSoft that plays much like every other Famicom adventure game of the era.
38 Years AgoKing of Kings
FamicomJapan
A NES strategy game developed by Atlus and published by Namco. It was only released in Japan. The goal is to quickly conquer locations by producing a lot of units each turn and sending them against enemy forces.
38 Years AgoBishoujo Sexy Derby
Famicom Disk SystemJapan
What you're doing is racing horses for money, and the girls take off various articles of clothing when you get more and more money.
38 Years AgoNakajima Satoru: F-1 Hero
FamicomJapan
Superstar Nakajima Satoru (Michael Andretti in Western versions) personally guides you through the perilous and exciting world of Grand Prix Racing! Four of the most powerful racing machines are your to command on 16 famous international Grand Prix courses from around the globe!
38 Years AgoSpace Harrier
PortPC EngineJapan
Space Harrier for the TurboGrafx-16 is an adaptation of Sega's arcade shooter. In this version, players navigate a flying character through colorful, pseudo-3D environments filled with strange creatures and obstacles.
36 Years AgoKattobi! Takuhai Kun
PC EngineWorldwide
A top-down driving game where the player must deliver various packages around town, upgrading their moped as they complete jobs. The game has a subversive sense of humour. Kattobi!
33 Years AgoNobunaga no Yabou: Haouden
PortSuper FamicomJapan
Nobunaga no Yabou: Haouden is a Strategy game, published by Koei, which was released in Japan in 1993.
33 Years AgoSuperior Soldiers
ArcadeJapan
August 199990 of humanity has died due to a strange energy falling on Earth. The remaining humans have named this energy Force. To protect themselves against the Force they have remodeled their bodies and created a new generation of man.
32 Years AgoThe Adventures of Mighty Max
SNESMega Drive / GenesisEurope
The Adventures of Mighty Max is based on the TV cartoon Mighty Max which in turn is based on a series of toys. Max is a kid who possesses a magic cap that allows you to travel across different world and to save people who get in trouble in other dimensions.
32 Years AgoGodzilla: Kaijuu Daikessen
Super FamicomJapan
A 2D fighting game for the Super Famicom. It was the sequel to Godzilla: Battle Legends, and the second Godzilla game released for the Super Famicom platform, the other being Super Godzilla.
32 Years AgoBattle Cross
Super FamicomJapan
The goal of the game is to take a group of small futuristic air bikes and to go around one of the various race tracks. Players race each other to see who makes it to the finish line first.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.