ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 27
The games released on this day in gaming history.
62 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
30 Years AgoDetective Conan: Chika Yuuenchi Satsujin Jiken
Game BoyJapan
Meitantei Conan: Chika Yūenchi Satsujin Jiken is the first game based on the manga Detective Conan by Gōshō Aoyama, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday since 1994.
30 Years AgoNichibutsu Collection 2
Super FamicomJapan
Nichibutsu Collection 2 is a Miscellaneous game, published by Nichibutsu, which was released in Japan in 1996.
30 Years AgoFire Pro Wrestling S: 6 Men Scramble
SaturnJapan
Fire Pro Wrestling S: 6 Men Scramble is an entry in Human's Fire Pro Wrestling series of wrestling games released for the Sega Saturn in 1996 exclusively in Japan. Fire Pro Wrestling S: 6 Man Scramble is the best Pro Wrestling game released in the video game arena.
30 Years AgoTerra Phantastica
SaturnJapan
A Sega Saturn SRPG featuring a female protagonist who must fulfill her duty of raising a young prince while simultaneously protecting her Kingdom from forces of evil.
30 Years AgoPrivate Idol Disc: Data-hen Race Queen F
SaturnJapan
Idol Digital Photobook released exclusively in Japan for Sega Saturn. Includes short videos, cast profiles, and an answering machine message collection.
30 Years AgoKarma: Curse of the 12 Caves
SaturnJapan
A FMV adventure set in the caves of Dun-Huang. A trap was set for a terrible demon. The trap worked all too well as it also trapped the stone cutters that built the trap in the walls of the cave.
30 Years AgoGalaxy Fräulein Yuna Remix
Expanded editionSaturnJapan
Galaxy Fräulein Yuna Remix is an updated re-release of the original 1992 Yuna game, enhanced by improving the graphics and adding new animation cutscenes.
30 Years AgoImadoki no Vampire: Bloody Bride
PlayStationJapan
The young vampire is sent to the human world in order to find a girl with that aura, having 3 years to complete that task.
30 Years AgoMechanical Violator Hakaider: Last Judgement
SaturnJapan
A shooting game for Saturn based on the Kikaider franchise.
30 Years AgoDragon Knight 4
Super FamicomJapan
Dragon Knight 4 is a sequel to Knights of Xentar (Dragon Knight III). Years have passed after Takeru (a.k.a. Desmond, the hero of the previous Dragon Knight games) defeated the ultimate evil.
30 Years AgoMighty Hits
PlayStationJapan
Mighty Hits is a shooting gallery game and the gameplay and stages are very similar to Point Blank in theme and presentation. The game has a cartoony wild west theme throughout the cut scenes and menu screens.
30 Years AgoDaikoukai Jidai II
PortPlayStationJapan
Daikoukai Jidai II (aka Uncharted Waters - New Horizons) is perhaps the most famous of the series. Even though an English version exists, it still has not managed to achieve the mainstream popularity Pirates! had. There is only a relatively small following outside of East Asia.
30 Years AgoBlast Chamber
PlayStationJapan
Welcome to The Blast Chamber. Your challenge is simple: survive the game! Before entering the chamber you should familiarize yourself with the competition and the chamber itself.
30 Years AgoShin Super Robot Taisen
PlayStationJapan
Super Robot Wars is a series of tactical role-playing video games produced by Banpresto, which is now a Japanese division of Namco Bandai.
30 Years AgoTetris Plus
PortGame BoyJapan
This is yet another updated version of Tetris which was released for PlayStation, Saturn, and Game Boy. This version features Classic mode, Puzzle mode, Versus mode, and Edit mode. In Puzzle mode, you must save the professor who climbs his way to the top.
29 Years AgoNBA Fastbreak '98
PlayStationWorldwide
Pick your favorite team and take it to the championship in NBA Fastbreak 98. Play either a full season an exhibition game or fine tune your skills in practice mode. Run 27 different offensive sets and 16 plays.
29 Years AgoPuyo Puyo Sun Ketteiban
PortPlayStationJapan
This game is a Japan-only port of the third game in the Puyo Puyo series originally made for the Arcades by Sega. The name of Puyo Puyo Sun comes from a Japanese pun on "san", and also indicates a new Ojama brought into the game.
28 Years AgoSanrio TimeNet: Kako-hen
Game Boy ColorJapan
Sanrio Timenet is a monster-battling game developed by Imagineer for the Game Boy Color, which is also compatible with the Game Boy. It was released only in Japan
26 Years AgoPolaris SnoCross
Nintendo 64North America
If it doesn't say Polaris... it ain't SnoCross! Join the Polaris Snowmobile Racing Team and dare to tame the mountain! Pull off a variety of insane tricks as you master the challenges of monster jumps, hidden pitfalls, shortcuts, and treacherous terrain.
25 Years AgoBallistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide
An FBI agent and a rogue NSA agent are pitted against each other in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Both skilled assassins bent on personal revenge, each must terminate the other in order to survive. But unknown to each other, they are both pawns in a much larger conspiracy.
25 Years AgoPolaroid Pete
PS2Europe
The sequel to the cult classic PC Engine action game about photography!
25 Years AgoInuyasha
PlayStationJapan
The purpose is to defeat "Naraku" and collect the scattered "Soul of the Four Souls", but you can continue to collect "Four Soul Fragments" after clearing. There are also original movies only for games produced by Sunrise.
25 Years AgoRescue Copter
PlayStationJapan
The company behind the Jet Copter and Jet Stream series in Japan, AquaSystem, flies its Rescue Copter across the Pacific for this stateside PlayStation release.
25 Years Ago21: Two One
PortDreamcastJapan
A censored and voiced (except the MC) version of 21-TwoOne- Takuya Kirishima is a brilliant young surgeon who can save anyone with a disease. He spends his days working with his childhood friend Seri Sasaki, who is a nurse in the same hospital.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.