ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 30
The games released on this day in gaming history.
519 releases
25 Years AgoTiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Stackers
Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide
What happens when you take classic puzzle gaming and toss in some of the most lovable characters in cartoon history? You get one undeniably awesome game. Buster Bunny, Plucky Duck, and the rest of the TINY TOONS crew are ready for fun, and you're in the driver's seat.
25 Years AgoCruis'n Velocity
Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide
Grab the steering wheel of 11 different speed machine. Race through 14 tracks including Las Vegas and Mars. Choose from three modes of gameplay - Cruis'n Cup, Championship and Freestyle mode.
25 Years AgoGunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James
PlayStationWorldwide
Step into the boots of a legend of the Old West for a sharp-shooting adventure of true romance and frontier justice. Jesse James' partner has been shot dead and his best girl Zee has been kidnapped by a band of no-good outlaw varmints.
25 Years AgoPlanet of the Apes
PortGame Boy AdvanceWorldwide
Fight for humanity as Ulysses, a deep-space astronaut shipwrecked on Earth nearly 2000 years into the future. To his horror, a deadly breed of intelligent apes has evolved from mankind and now dominate the Earth.
24 Years AgoExtrme Ghostbusters: Code Ecto-1
Game Boy AdvanceNorth America
A Game Boy Advance exclusive game using the Extreme Ghostbusters license.
24 Years AgoExtreme Ghostbusters: Code Ecto-1
Game Boy AdvanceNorth America
Extreme Ghostbusters: Code Ecto-1 (also released as Extreme Ghostbusters in North America) is the second of the Light & Shadow Production releases and was for the Game Boy Advance in March 2002.
24 Years AgoWorld Combat
ArcadeJapan
World Combat is an arcade light gun game developed and published by Konami released to Japan in 2002, and worldwide in 2003. It was produced by Shigenobu Matsuyama. A sequel, Wartran Troopers, was released in 2004.
22 Years AgoYu-Gi-Oh! 7 Trials to Glory: World Championship Tournament 2005
Game Boy AdvanceJapan
It is a game in the series of Yu-Gi-Oh video games made by Konami for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance portable video game system. The game is initially an RPG with strategy mixed in.
22 Years AgoCherry Blossom
PS2Japan
A short visual novel released for the Sega Dreamcast in 2004, by Japanese developer Takuyo.
22 Years AgoTennis no Ouji-sama: 2005 Crystal Drive
Nintendo DSJapan
An action-packed tennis game based on the Prince of Tennis series filled with crazy moves and super powers.
21 Years AgoAnother World for Dreamcast
PortDreamcastWorldwide
An official port of Another World for the Dreamcast.
19 Years AgoM&M's Kart Racing
PortNintendo DSWorldwide
Fasten your seat belts for the exciting new action racing game, M&M's Kart Racing!
17 Years Ago
30 Years AgoOkuman Chouja Game: Nottori Daisakusen!
Game Boy AdvanceJapan
Okuman Chouja Game: Nottori Daisakusen! is a Miscellaneous game, developed by Mobile 21 and published by Takara, which was released in Japan in 2001.
24 Years AgoThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
GameCubeXboxWorldwide
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is an action and adventure game based off of the first two movies of the popular Lord of the Rings series, The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers.
18 Years AgoMario Bros.
PortWiiKorea
The first port of Mario Bros. was developed by Nintendo for the Famicom and later released in American under the Arcade Classics series. It follows most of the features of the arcade game, and adds a difficulty setting.
17 Years AgoChess.com
iOSWorldwide
Chess.com is an online chess platform where players can compete against others or computer opponents in real-time and correspondence matches. The site offers training tools including tactical puzzles, interactive lessons, and video content.
39 Years AgoDeath Sword
Amstrad CPCAtari ST/STEC64ZX SpectrumEurope
Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior is a video game first released for Commodore 64 personal computers in 1987; the title was developed and published by Palace Software, and ported to other computers in the following months.
16 Years AgoCthulhu Saves the World
Xbox 360Worldwide
Cthulhu Saves the World is a role-playing game developed by Zeboyd Games and released in 2010. It features turn-based combat and a comedic story in which Cthulhu seeks to regain his powers by becoming a hero.
13 Years AgoStonehearth
PCNorth America
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land.
26 Years AgoJagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business
Standalone expansionPCWorldwide
The smoke is clearing and the bullets have stopped flying. Arulco is free at last, but your job's not over. An all-powerful corporation is assaulting the tiny country, and once again, you're needed!
10 Years AgoKelvin and the Infamous Machine
AndroidWorldwide
Kelvin and the Infamous Machine is a hilarious point-and-click adventure in which you stumble irresponsibly through history to help legendary geniuses complete their masterworks!
28 Years AgoTouhou Kaikidan: Mystic Square
PC-98Japan
Mystic Square allows the player to select from among four unique protagonists, each hailing from one of the 2 prior danmaku shooting games in the series.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.