ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 29
The games released on this day in gaming history.
437 releases
24 Years AgoMonster Jam: Maximum Destruction
GameCubeWorldwide
Using recognizable Monster Trucks, Monster Jam Maximum Destruction is a fast action vehicle combat game. Players control the awesome power of a huge monster truck to smash through walls, leap over buses, and grind opponents beneath their tires.
17 Years AgoThe Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft
WiiWorldwide
The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft is a point-and-click adventure, based on the book "The Tower Treasure".
24 Years AgoFire Blade
GameCubeWorldwide
Fire Blade is a flight simulation video game released in 2002 by Kuju Entertainment. In the game, the player takes control of an advanced helicopter gunship as a part of the Fire Blade task force, which in the arc of the game's story is responsible for fighting terrorism.
16 Years AgoDeadliest Catch: Sea of Chaos
Xbox 360Worldwide
Capturing the drama and excitement of the Discovery Channel’s Emmy-winning TV series Deadliest Catch, this game challenges players to take on the world’s toughest job: crab fishing.
16 Years AgoVirtual Villagers 5: New Believers
PCMacWorldwide
Virtual Villagers 5: New Believers is the fifth entry in the strategy game series by Last Day of Work.
9 Years AgoTouhou Hyouibana: Antinomy of Common Flowers
PCJapan
Touhou Hyouibana: Antinomy of Common Flowers is the 15.5th official installment of the Touhou Project, developed by Team Shanghai Alice in conjuction with Twilight Frontier. The game was announced during the Play, Doujin! Year-End Party stream.
2 Years AgoRally Arcade Classics
PS5Worldwide
Rev up your engines, it's almost time to race back to the past with Rally Arcade Classics!
22 Years AgoLegacy: Dark Shadows
PCWorldwide
Legacy: Dark Shadows is a 3 disc PC adventure game in a sci-fi setting. It was made by TriSynery and Razbor Studios.
16 Years AgoRaskulls
Xbox 360Worldwide
Raskulls is an action platformer for the Xbox Live Arcade. The game features a single-player mode and both local and online multiplayer. The focus is on lighthearted humor and addictive, unique platforming gameplay.
11 Years AgosZone Online
PCWorldwide
sZone Online is open world MMORPG and a post-apocalyptic shooter. Be a scientist, a soldier, a hunter or an engineer. Explore anomalous territories, search for artifacts, fight mutants and other players.
10 Years AgoSuper Duper Flying Genocide 2017
PCWorldwide
Super Duper Flying Genocide 2017 is funny game about UFO that wanna cath all peoples on the Earth. Do you wanna help him?
10 Years AgoKalaban
PCWorldwide
Kalaban is a horror-themed 2D action-adventure. The game focuses on story-telling and open-ended gameplay. The game is set in the year 1995, in an alternate history version of Finland.
9 Years AgoGensokyo Defenders
PCJapan
Use Traps and Spell Cards to fight back the magical masses! Blistering shoot-em-up action meets tactical tower defense as you choose from almost 20 popular characters to stop the fairy onslaught!
6 Years AgoPapa's Quiz
PCMacLinuxWorldwideNorth America
Papa’s Quiz is a party game for 1-8 players. Use phones or tablets as controllers and compete in multiple question types, where the smartest and fastest player will be the last standing victor! Share screen on Discord or use Steam Remote Play to play with your friends!
4 Years AgoArcade Archives: Bubble Bobble
PortSwitchWorldwide
Arcade Archives: Bubble Bobble is a port of the action game Bubble Bobble. Players control the twin Bubble Dragons that are called Bubblun and Bobblun, and travel through one hundred different stages. The game became popular and led to a long series of sequels and spin-offs.
35 Years AgoGG Aleste
Game GearJapan
GG Aleste is a game in Compile's Aleste series of shoot-'em-ups for the Sega Game Gear. It was only released in Japan and is one of the few Compile Game Gear games published by Compile rather than Sega.
31 Years AgoEF 2000
PCWorldwide
Made by the same team that produced TFX, this simulation focuses on the Eurofighter 2000. Set in a fictional campaign against Russia, you are called into action when a Russian force attempts to take control of Norway and Sweden as a foothold to an invasion of northern Europe.
31 Years AgoXenophage: Alien BloodSport
PCWorldwide
The best fighters from around the universe battle in the ultimate tournament. Each win allows you to advance to the next round. Lose, and your homeworld is destroyed.
29 Years AgoCho Ren Sha 68K
X68000Japan
Cho Ren Sha 68K is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up in which the player takes control of an unnamed spaceship to fight against a horde of enemy spacecraft on a giant and seemingly endless ring-shaped space station.
27 Years AgoBakusou Dekotora Densetsu for WonderSwan
WonderSwanJapan
You are a young man who lives in Japan and likes driving trucks. There is a competition of truck drivers who deliver goods all across the country. Willing to impress your girlfriend Yukie, you decide to participate in the races and to win the title of the best trucker in Japan.
27 Years AgoVirtual Pool Hall
PCNorth America
Virtual Pool Hall is the fifth game in the Virtual Pool series. It is essentially an updated version of Virtual Pool 2, with graphical and gameplay improvements, alongside new modes such as snooker.
25 Years AgoApocripha/0 Fanbox Happiness Cage
PCJapan
Apocripha/0 FANBOX Happiness Cage is an visual novel, developed and published by Stack, which was released in Japan in 2001.
25 Years AgoKioh Gyoku
PCJapan
Kioh Gyoku (稀翁玉, lit. "Rare Venerable Orb") is a vertical-scrolling danmaku shoot 'em up, and is the second official game in the Seihou Project by "Shunsatsu sare do?" (at time part of Amusement Makers). It was released specifically for the Windows operating system.
25 Years AgoMemories Off 2nd
PCJapan
The 2001 sequel to Memories Off continues the interactive romance visual novel saga.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.