On This Day in Gaming: December 16

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

December 16

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Oukahouzin: Ouka Sakishi Toki cover27 Years Ago

Oukahouzin: Ouka Sakishi Toki

DreamcastJapan

simulation Role-playing game for the Sega Dreamcast.

Puyo Puyo Da! cover27 Years Ago

Puyo Puyo Da!

DreamcastJapan

Puyo Puyo DA! is a Dance Dance Revolution based game for the Dreamcast with Puyo Puyo characters. This game is based off a Disc Station game previously featuring Ellena Stevens. In contrast to most Puyo Puyo games, a large majority of the text in this game is in English.

Click Manga: Dynamic Robot Taisen 2 - Kyoufu! Akuma Zoku Fukkatsu cover27 Years Ago

Click Manga: Dynamic Robot Taisen 2 - Kyoufu! Akuma Zoku Fukkatsu

PlayStationJapan

Click Manga: Dynamic Robot Taisen 2: Kyoufu! Akuma Zoku Fukkatsu is an interactive manga for PlayStation based on the major characters created by Go Nagai and Dynamic Productions. It was published by Tokuma Publishing Co. on December 16, 1999.

Bakusou Dekotora Densetsu 2: Otoko Jinsei Yume Ichiro cover27 Years Ago

Bakusou Dekotora Densetsu 2: Otoko Jinsei Yume Ichiro

PlayStationJapan

Released alongside "Art Camion: Geijutsuden" on the same day, "Bakusou Dokotora Densetsu 2 - Otoko Jinsei Yume Ichiro" is generally seen as the proper 2nd installment of the series.

Christmas Seaman: Omoi o Tsutaeru Mou Hitotsu no Houhou cover27 Years Ago

Christmas Seaman: Omoi o Tsutaeru Mou Hitotsu no Houhou

Standalone expansionDreamcastJapan

A limited-edition demo version of Seaman titled Christmas Seaman was released in Japan on December 16, 1999, and available for only ten days either through the Sega Direct online store or as part of an exclusive red Dreamcast pack-in.

Art Camion Geijutsu-den cover27 Years Ago

Art Camion Geijutsu-den

PlayStationJapan

A spin-off game in the Bakusou Dekotora Densetsu series. Art Camion Geijutsuden let the player to doll his truck up with pretty paints, colors and designs and motor off into big-rig races against other decorated behemoths.

Momotaro Dentetsu V cover27 Years Ago

Momotaro Dentetsu V

PlayStationJapan

Momotaro Dentetsu V is a video game in the Momotaro Dentetsu series of board game-style video games, genre released in 1999 by Hudson Soft for PlayStation. The game was only released in Japan.

Gate Keepers cover27 Years Ago

Gate Keepers

PlayStationJapan

Gate Keepers is a Japanese RPG released in 1999 for the PlayStation, which was adapted into a manga and later an anime series.

Neorude: Kizamareta Monshou cover27 Years Ago

Neorude: Kizamareta Monshou

PlayStationJapan

The last game in the Neorude series for PSOne features a new group of characters instead of the main characters that were on the first 2 games on the series. The game starts when the plane ship (Neorude) suffers a fire accident and crashes in a snow mountain cave.

Pocke-Kano: Yumi Aida cover27 Years Ago

Pocke-Kano: Yumi Aida

PlayStationJapan

Pocke-Kano - Yumi Aida is a sort of an adventure game with mini games in which the player start the game meeting Yumi Aida, a little girl that he finds in the park and soon he will discover that she is his neighbour.

Pocke-Kano: Fumio Ueno cover27 Years Ago

Pocke-Kano: Fumio Ueno

PlayStationJapan

Pocke-Kano - Fumio Ueno is a sort of an adventure game with mini games in which the player start the game meeting Fumio Ueno, a little girl that he finds injured in the floor and he takes to an hospital.

Pocke-Kano: Shizuka Houjouin cover27 Years Ago

Pocke-Kano: Shizuka Houjouin

PlayStationJapan

Pocke-Kano - Shizuka Houjouin is a sort of an adventure game with mini games in which the player start the game meeting Shizuka Houjouin, a little girl that he finds in the park and after that she takes him to meet her mother.

Monster Punish cover27 Years Ago

Monster Punish

PlayStationJapan

A Japan-exclusive strategy game released for the Sony PlayStation on 1999. Blending competitive turn-based board mechanics with monster-slaying strategy, the game allows up to 4 local players to compete or play alongside the AI.

Kirikou cover25 Years Ago

Kirikou

Game Boy ColorEurope

Kirikou is a 2001 platform video game based upon the 1998 French film Kirikou and the Sorceress.

Tales of Rebirth cover22 Years Ago

Tales of Rebirth

PS2Japan

Tales of Rebirth is set in a world where humans (called Huma) and beast people (Gajuma) coexist in relative peace. The world's magical power is called Force, which manifests in various people as control over an element or aspect of the physical laws.

Habitrail Hamster Ball cover22 Years Ago

Habitrail Hamster Ball

PS2Worldwide

Are you ready for rowdy rolling rodent racing? In Hamsterball, race your hamster to the goal before time runs out! But beware, these fiendish courses will do anything to stop you! Play a time trial game, or take on the Hamster Tournament!

Duel Masters: Kaijudo Showdown cover22 Years Ago

Duel Masters: Kaijudo Showdown

Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide

Get ready for intense tournament battles in this card-battling game that features characters from the Duel Masters animated series. Kaijudo Showdown challenges you to build a fighting deck from 300 Duel Masters cards, which you'll need defeat your enemies.

Super Hornet F/A-18F cover22 Years Ago

Super Hornet F/A-18F

Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide

In F-18 Super Hornet, players will take to the sky for more than 19 different land and sea missions in real Iraqi cities, to defend the coalition and defeat the insurgent forces with an array of high-powered weaponry.

Shingata Medarot: Kabuto Version cover22 Years Ago

Shingata Medarot: Kabuto Version

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

Shingata Medarot is a remake of the first Medarot and was the last game in the series until its DS entry years later. Its art style is a huge departure from its predecessors'.

Shingata Medarot: Kuwagata Version cover22 Years Ago

Shingata Medarot: Kuwagata Version

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

Shingata Medarot is a remake of the first Medarot and was the last game in the series until its DS entry years later. Its art style is a huge departure from its predecessors'.

Famicom Mini: Dai-2-ji Super Robot Taisen cover22 Years Ago

Famicom Mini: Dai-2-ji Super Robot Taisen

PortGame Boy AdvanceJapan

Famicom Mini: Dai-2-ji Super Robot Taisen is the Game Boy Advance port of the Famicom game 2nd Super Robot Wars (Dai-2-ji Super Robot Taisen). It was released as a bonus for people who purchased the Nintendo GameCube game Super Robot Wars Hyper Robot Warriors GC-CV.

Get Ride! AMDriver: Shutsugeki! Battle Party cover22 Years Ago

Get Ride! AMDriver: Shutsugeki! Battle Party

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

Get Ride! AMDriver: Shutsugeki! Battle Party is a Miscellaneous game, developed by KCEJ and published by Konami, which was released in Japan in 2004.

Wagamama Fairy: Mirumo de Pon! Nazo no Kagi to Shinjitsu no Tobira cover22 Years Ago

Wagamama Fairy: Mirumo de Pon! Nazo no Kagi to Shinjitsu no Tobira

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

Wagamama Fairy: Mirumo de Pon! Nazo no Kagi to Shinjitsu no Tobira is an adventure video game which was was developed by Jupiter Corporation and published by Konami and released for Game Boy Advance on December 16, 2004 in Japan.

Wanko Mix cover22 Years Ago

Wanko Mix

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

A GBA game by TDK.

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

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