On This Day in Gaming: December 10

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

December 10

The games released on this day in gaming history.

104 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years

Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors cover17 Years Ago

Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

Nintendo DSJapan

The game is a murder mystery visual novel with a heavy story focus that requires multiple playthroughs to figure out and involves puzzle rooms used to progress through the story with dialogue choices to be made inbetween them.

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks cover17 Years Ago

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Nintendo DSAustralia

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is the second Zelda game for the Nintendo DS. The art direction is still cel-shading, but the game have notable changes from Phantom Hourglass with more puzzles and a new mode of transportation by train.

Donkey Kong 64 cover27 Years Ago

Donkey Kong 64

Nintendo 64JapanAustralia

K. Rool has kidnapped the Kongs! Can Donkey Kong rescue his friends, reclaim the Golden Bananas and save his homeland from certain doom?

Medal of Honor cover27 Years Ago

Medal of Honor

PlayStationEurope

Medal of Honor is the first title in the Medal of Honor series. The game was inspired by DreamWorks Interactive co-founder Steven Spielberg.

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse cover34 Years Ago

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

PortNESEurope

Led by the immortal Count Dracula, the greatest army of evil ever assembled is poised to bury mankind in a Tomb of Terror. Destroying this legion of Swamp Dragons, Slasher Skeletons and Forces of the Undead will be the supreme challenge for the mightiest of warriors.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six cover27 Years Ago

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six

Nintendo 64Europe

A combination of explosive action and real-life strategy! The most revolutionary action/strategy game of its kind. Nothing comes closer to offering an exciting combination of strategy, team-building, realistic three-dimensional graphics and true-to-life special forces action.

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil cover28 Years Ago

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

Nintendo 64North America

Having defeated the Campaigner, Turok throws the Chronocepter into a waiting volcano to destroy it. Unfortunately the blast awakens an even deadlier force - The Primagen.

Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2 cover33 Years Ago

Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2

FamicomJapan

Chip and Dale, those tiny but daring detectives, have learned of some terrifying news: The notorious criminal cat has escaped from prison and he's stolen the Urn of the Pharaoh.

Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball cover33 Years Ago

Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball

Mega Drive / GenesisJapan

Dr. Eggman (AKA Dr. Robotnik) is once again turning the animals of Mobius into robots using his monstrous contraption, the Veg-O-Fortress.

Cool Spot cover33 Years Ago

Cool Spot

Super FamicomJapan

Cool Spot is a mascot for 7 Up, introduced in 1987. During this time, the red spot in the 7 Up logo was anthropomorphized: given arms, legs, a mouth, and sunglasses.

Mario Paint cover34 Years Ago

Mario Paint

SNESEurope

Mario Paint is an educational game that allows anyone to create simple pictures, paint over black and white pictures, or free draw their own using the specially developed SNES Mouse.

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly cover23 Years Ago

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

PS2North America

Crimson Butterfly is the second installment in the Fatal Frame series, although not a direct sequel to the first title, Fatal Frame. The story follows twin sisters Mio and Mayu as they explore an abandoned village and experience encounters with the paranormal.

Resident Evil: Director's Cut cover29 Years Ago

Resident Evil: Director's Cut

Expanded editionPlayStationEurope

Resident Evil: Director's Cut is an arranged version of the original game produced to compensate for the highly publicized delay of the sequel Resident Evil 2. The game contains a new arranged mode with various changes made to the game.

Breath of Fire II cover31 Years Ago

Breath of Fire II

SNESNorth America

The incredible sequel to the best-selling RPG hit Breath of Fire is here! You are the last member of the Dragon clan, fighting to rid the world of a growing evil.

Golden Sun: Dark Dawn cover16 Years Ago

Golden Sun: Dark Dawn

Nintendo DSEurope

After going dark six years ago, 2010 will see a new dawn. Golden Sun DS updates the popular portable Golden Sun role-playing series with an impressive graphical style.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars cover24 Years Ago

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

PS2Worldwide

The Clone Wars has you deep inside the battles of the Old Republic through 16 missions, piloting a range of vehicles including speeder bikes, Republic Gunships and fighter tanks as well as the weapon of the Jedi, your lightsabre, for close combat.

Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars cover40 Years Ago

Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars

ArcadeJapan

Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars features Alex Kidd and Stella searching for the twelve Zodiac signs.

WWF WrestleMania 2000 cover27 Years Ago

WWF WrestleMania 2000

Nintendo 64Europe

Get all of the body slams and flying elbows you can handle with WWF WRESTLEMANIA 2000.

Wario's Woods cover32 Years Ago

Wario's Woods

NESNorth America

Wario's Woods is a puzzle game similar to Tetris or Columns, but with a twist. Instead of directly controlling the monsters and bombs that are falling down, the player controls Toad who has to carry around stacks of monsters and bombs and to combine them in the right way.

Plok cover33 Years Ago

Plok

Super FamicomJapan

Plok is a side-scrolling platform game developed by Software Creations and released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993. The game is a traditional platform game starring a character named Plok.

Bomberman '94 cover33 Years Ago

Bomberman '94

PC EngineJapan

BOMBERMAN has arrived to restore peace on the planet, which has been split into five parts by an evil hand! In addition to the nine members of the Bomber Family, the character ROOI shows up to lend a hand.

Herc's Adventures cover29 Years Ago

Herc's Adventures

PlayStationEurope

Ahhh...ancient Greece. A fertile land, full of wine, women, and some of the best gyros you'll ever taste. Thanks to Persephone, the Greek goddess of spring and fertility, Greece is a wonderful paradise.

Krusty's Fun House cover34 Years Ago

Krusty's Fun House

SNESEurope

Krusty the Clown's Fun House has been overrun by rats. You must help him to herd the rats into trap machines to clear them out. In order to do so, Krusty must manipulate his environment to set up pathways so that the rats are headed in the right direction.

Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting cover34 Years Ago

Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting

Expanded editionArcadeJapan

Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting is a competitive fighting game released for the arcade by Capcom in 1992. It is the third game in the Street Fighter II sub-series of Street Fighter games following Street Fighter II: Champion Edition.

Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.

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