ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 22
The games released on this day in gaming history.
229 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
33 Years AgoGanbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun McGuiness
Super FamicomJapan
As you may have guessed from the number 2 in the title, this is the second SNES game in the popular blend of the adventure and jump and run genres which is the Goemon series.
32 Years AgoYuYu Hakusho: Tokubetsu-hen
Super FamicomJapan
Yu Yu Hakusho: Tokubetsu Hen ("Yu Yu Hakusho: Special Edition") is a fighter game. Rather than controlling the character directly with the D-pad and buttons, the players charge attacks and unleash them at the right amount of power.
31 Years AgoTecmo Super Bowl III: Final Edition
SNESJapan
A late entry in what was once the premiere football simulation, TSB III has updated rosters and teams for the 1994-1995 season and is licensed by both the NFL and the Players group. This game features real NFLP players and photos, the real NFL schedule, and weekly standings.
27 Years AgoCountdown Vampires
PlayStationJapan
Because Capcom's Resident Evil single-handedly created the modern survival horror genre, the critically acclaimed adventure spawned countless sequels and clones.
22 Years AgoThe Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
PortGame Boy AdvanceJapan
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age for Game Boy Advance is a turn-based tactics game released in 2004. The game consists of 2 campaigns (Good and Evil). In each campaign the player chooses a commander.
20 Years AgoStar Trek: Tactical Assault
Nintendo DSEurope
Star Trek: Tactical Assault is a real-time spaceship combat game for 1 or 2 players, featuring a wide array of authentic Star Trek races, ships, and weaponry from the universe of the original Star Trek series.
37 Years AgoFist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of the Universe
Game BoyJapan
Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of the Universe is a one-on-one fighting game for the Game Boy developed by Shouei System and originally released by Toei Animation in Japan on December 22, 1989.
34 Years AgoLooney Tunes
Game BoyEuropeJapan
This side-scrolling game allows the player to control different Looney Tunes characters and their different abilities to advance through the levels, seven in all.
20 Years AgoDogz
Nintendo DSWorldwide
A pet simulation game that lets owners name, train and play with a realistic puppy. Players create and control a main character and choose one of 49 different dogs from 18 different breeds.
21 Years AgoNeo Geo Battle Coliseum
PortPS2Japan
A World on the verge of eternal darkness... The Government has secretly dispatched its two best secret agents to a fighting competition known as the Neo Geo Battle Coliseum.
33 Years AgoMickey Mouse: Magic Wands!
Game BoyJapan
A great adventure with Magic Wands! Hurry and rescue your friends from the wicked witch's castle! Mickey Mouse and his friends have become lost while playing near the edge of the forest.
22 Years AgoKessen III
PS2Japan
In Kessen III the player takes control of Nobunaga Oda, and unlike the previous two games, you cannot choose a side to play on, and Nobunaga has one goal only... to unify the lands and rid his world of misery and suffering.
34 Years Ago4-in-1 Fun Pak
Game BoyJapan
4-in-1 Fun Pak is a compilation of board games that includes four different classic board games: chess, reversi, checkers, and backgammon.
27 Years AgoPanzer Front
DreamcastPlayStationJapan
Set in various theaters of World War II, this tank sim pits Russian, German, and American armor against each other in a series of missions designed to test both strategizing and twitching abilities, albeit with a heavy emphasis on the former.
22 Years AgoVictorious Boxers 2: Fighting Spirit
PS2Japan
The follow-up to Victorious Boxers features a new "coach" fighter-creation mode and a whole training gym's worth of new moves and boxers.
21 Years AgoG1 Jockey 4
PS2Worldwide
G1 Jockey 4 lets players take the reins and experience the feeling of being a top racehorse jockey. This fourth game in the hugely popular series introduces a new ranking system and abilities, as well a revolutionary analogue control system.
21 Years AgoEyeToy: Kinetic
PS2Worldwide
A fitness game that utilizes the EyeToy camera (including a wide-angle lens attachment) to allow players to work out in interactive games, work on posture and balance, and tone their body with conditioning exercises.
21 Years AgoHi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Kaznapped!
Game Boy AdvanceJapan
Help Ami and Yumi track down their annoying Number One Fan, Harmony, recover their instruments and rescue their manager, Kaz.
20 Years AgoArcana Heart
ArcadeJapan
A 2D fighter bursting with brawling anime-style beauties, for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. These gorgeous fighters will make your jaw drop with their looks (or their fists).
17 Years AgoArcana Heart 3
ArcadeJapan
In Arcana Heart 3, chaos is erupting in Japan. Planar rifts are appearing in various locations around the country and it is suspected that the Drexler Institute, a player in the Great War many years ago and creator of the Divine Celestial Weapon, is involved.
41 Years AgoF-16 Fighting Falcon
Master SystemJapan
A first-person jet fighter simulation game created for the Japanese MSX and ported to the Sega Master System. Also known as F-16 Fighter. The goal is to fly an F-16 and take down opponents in dogfights.
39 Years AgoGeGeGe no Kitaro 2: Yokai Gundan no Chousen
FamicomJapan
GeGeGe no Kitaro 2: Youkai Gundan no Chousen is a RPG game based on a manga and anime from Japan about a boy who is a youkai, a class of spirit-monster to which all of the main characters belong. The main character, Kitarou, is the last living member of a Ghost tribe.
39 Years AgoPro Yakyuu Family Stadium '87
Expanded editionFamicomJapan
Not so much a sequel to Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium than an enhanced rerelease with updated rosters. It was published by Bandai for the Famicom in late 1987. Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium '87 is the second game in Namco's long running Family Stadium series, also known as Famista.
39 Years AgoWizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
PortFamicomJapan
NES / Famicom port of the first game in the Wizardry series.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.