ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 18
The games released on this day in gaming history.
151 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
29 Years AgoGakkou wo Tsukurou!! Let's Make a School!!
PlayStationJapan
The Gakkou o Tsukurou series places the player as the principal of a school, placing him in charge of management and renovating the school grounds. The player decides everything: The place and the new buildings, the professors, the new places of the school, etc.
29 Years AgoFront Mission Alternative
PlayStationJapanAsia
The first game in the Front Mission series to take you to the African Continent. The year is 2034 and guerilla fighters are terrorizing local governments in Africa.
29 Years AgoRyuki Densyo: Dragoon
PlayStationJapan
Ryuki Densyo Dragoon is a classical rpg game based on a 1997 anime (released also in PC with a sequel for PC only) with 2d cartoon graphics in which the player controls a young man that will start a journey when he rescued a girl.
29 Years AgoWaku Waku Derby
PlayStationJapan
A new sensational horse racing simulation game as a result of combining board game and racing game together! Raise your horse during the board phase and win the race with your favorite horse during the racing phase to earn the prize money.
29 Years AgoSound Novel Tsukuuru 2
SaturnJapan
Sound Novel Tsukuuru 2 is a game creation toolkit that allows the user to create their own sound novel adventure games. It is part of ASCII's Tsukuuru series of such software packages, and a follow-up to the prior Super Famicom edition.
29 Years AgoSoukuu no Tsubasa: Gotha World
PlayStationJapan
An air combat simulation game that is final installment of Gotha series released in 1997.
29 Years AgoSidewinder 2
PlayStationJapan
Sequel to Bogey: Dead 6 (PS1) Released in jp on Dec 18, 1997. Flight sim featuring real aricraft, much like Bogey: Dead 6 (released as 'Sidewinder' in jp) Originally slated for a US release, was canclled in early 1998.
28 Years AgoAI Shogi 3
Nintendo 64Japan
AI Shogi 3 is a Board game, developed by I4 and published by ASCII Entertainment, which was released only in Japan.
28 Years AgoTwisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding
Nintendo 64Japan
This is it! The fast-paced, intense snowboarding action you've been waiting for! TWISTED EDGE: EXTREME SNOWBOARDING!
28 Years AgoDragon Dance
Game Boy ColorJapan
Addictive breakout-style action meets fast and furious arcade fun. With 100 levels, challenging end bosses and multiple power-ups, Dragon Dance is the game you can't put down! Head-to-head combat with boss enemies every 10th level.
28 Years AgoPurikura Pocket 3: Talent Debut Daisakusen
Game BoyJapan
A variety game released in 1998. Participants aim to become television personalities within a year by completing "lessons" in the form of mini-games.
27 Years AgoRoadsters
Nintendo 64Worldwide
Buckle up and brace yourself for the big time baby. This isn't just high speed racing on 10 different adrenaline pumping tracks with changing weather conditions and super responsible vehicle handling. It's street smarts.
27 Years AgoMonopoly
Nintendo 64North America
Mr. Monopoly is your Master of Ceremonies as the rich characters and colorful worlds of the Atlantic City Boardwalk come to life in full 3D animation! The best-selling board game of all time is better than ever with incredible N64 real-time graphics and expanded features.
26 Years AgoFormula One 2000
PortGame Boy ColorNorth America
Formula One 2000 is an officially licensed Formula One racing game.
23 Years AgoEverQuest Online Adventures: Frontiers
PortPS2Worldwide
Frontiers is the second PlayStation 2 edition of the popular online RPG EverQuest Online Adventures series. Venture through a living breathing online world complete with huge cities, dungeons and underground lairs.
23 Years AgoWind: A Breath of Heart
PS2Japan
Originally released for PC (Windows) under the same title as an adult visual novel, the game was then ported to consoles with removed adult contents, but also with additional CG events and story elements added to compensate for the lack of erotic scenes.
23 Years AgoSega Ages 2500 Vol. 7: Columns
RemakePS2Japan
This game is an upgrade of the original 1990 arcade release of Columns. The games were released out of order for some reason — this one was released a few weeks before Volume 6, unless Sega, 3D-Ages, and SCEJ all accidentally switched the dates on both their websites.
23 Years AgoHudson Selection Vol. 4: Takahashi Meijin no Bouken-jima
RemakePS2Japan
The Takahashi Meijin 3D conversion! After 17 years, a large revival has come for a full renewal! Running through the adventure island of all eight worlds, to rescue Tina who has been kidnapped!
23 Years AgoKaraoke Revolution Anime Song Selection
PS2Japan
A version of Karaoke Revolution featuring theme songs from various popular anime, as well as some tokusatsu shows.
23 Years AgoWorld Fighting
PS2Worldwide
World Fighting is a 3D versus fighting game offering several diffrent fighting styles from around the world. Thai boxing meets kung fu meets karate meets wrestling in four different "fighting arenas" actually being regular boxing rings with varying colours.
23 Years AgoKamen Rider 555
PS2Japan
Kamen Rider 555 is a game which released on December 18, 2003 in Japan by Bandai. It was an action game which featured many of the characters from the TV series. There were several modes of gameplay for either a single play and two players.
23 Years AgoSuper Trucks Racing
PS2Japan
Developed by the same team responsible for the MTV Music Generator series, Super Trucks Racing is a truck-based driving title that offers every official Super Trucks driver, sponsor, circuit, logo, and locations from the 2002 season.
23 Years AgoTrain Simulator ＋ Densha de Go!: Tokyo Kyuukou-hen
PS2Japan
Train Simulator + Densha de GO!: Tokyo Kyuukou-hen is an train driving simulation game. It is a crossover between Ongakukan's Train SImulator series and Taito's Densha de GO! series.
23 Years AgoSimple 2960 Tomodachi Series Vol. 3: The Itsudemo Puzzle - Massugu Soroete Straws
Game Boy AdvanceJapan
The Simple 2960 Tomodachi Series Vol. 3: The Itsudemo Puzzle - Massugu Soroete Straws is a Puzzle game, developed by BeeWorks and published by D3Publisher, which was released in Japan in 2003.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.