ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 31
The games released on this day in gaming history.
109 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
30 Years AgoThe King of Fighters '96
SaturnJapan
The King of Fighters '96 is a 1996 fighting game. It is the third game in The King of Fighters series, following The King of Fighters '95. SNK's flagship series returns for another year.
27 Years AgoVigilante 8: 2nd Offense
PlayStationEurope
The story of Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense centers on the international meddlings of an oil conglomerate from the future known as OMAR (Oil Monopoly Alliance Regime).
16 Years AgoSpace Ace
Nintendo DSiEurope
In Space Ace you play the heroic Ace who must stop the evil Commander Borf from taking over the Earth! Borf plans to reduce all of humankind to infants and take over the planet.
33 Years AgoMega Man IV
Game BoyEurope
A huge celebration at the World Robot Expo is shattered by the sight of a flying saucer streaking across the sky. But instead of holding little green men, this saucer holds one very mad scientist! Armed with a mind control machine that transmits a sinister signal.
38 Years AgoMickey Mousecapade
NESEuropeNorth America
"Help! Help!" echos a mysterious voice. Mickey Mouse, the famous world explorer, has heard the cries of one of his friends and he's off on a rescue mission...
36 Years AgoAir Buster
PC EngineNorth America
Air Buster has its roots in such scrolling shoots as R-Type, Gradius and Truxton. Its two-player simultaneous action is a relatively unique twist on the genre.
34 Years AgoSuper Buster Bros.
SNESEurope
Super Pang is an adventure for one or two players that takes the player around the world, aiming to rid the planet of a terrible foe: seemingly innocuous-looking bubbles.
30 Years AgoPowerSlave
SaturnNorth America
In this first-person shooter, you assume the role of an armed forces specialist dispatched to probe unusual occurrences in the ancient Egyptian city of Karnak.
28 Years AgoAkuji the Heartless
PlayStationNorth America
Akuji the Heartless is an action-adventure video game, released in 1998 on the PlayStation. It uses a modified Gex: Enter the Gecko engine, and both games were developed by Crystal Dynamics. The gameplay involves hack and slash combat combined with platform elements.
38 Years AgoOthello
NESAustralia
Othello is a conversion of the board game. It was developed by Kawada and published by HAL Laboratory for the Famicom Disk System in Japan.
34 Years AgoR-Type Leo
ArcadeJapan
R-Type Leo is a horizontally scrolling shooter arcade game. It is a spin-off of the R-Type series and the last entry to be released in Arcades. R-Type Leo was initially an original shoot 'em up game in development by Nanao before Irem retooled it into an R-Type project instead.
36 Years AgoDr. Mario
PortGame BoyNorth America
Dr. Mario is a falling block tile-matching video game, in which Mario assumes the role of a doctor, dropping two-colored medical capsules into a medicine bottle representing the playing field.
31 Years AgoWWF Raw
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
Raw slams your senses with 24 megs of the most ruthless mat mayhem ever! The hottest superstars, all new superhumans megamoves and more in-and-out-of-the-ring action stand between you and the championship belt. This Raw...and RAW IS WAR!
28 Years AgoWCW/nWo Thunder
PlayStationNorth America
Feel the power. Take control of the world's greatest athletes in WCW/NWO Thunder! Dictate the rules, then break them.
34 Years AgoEarnest Evans
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
In the 1930's, famed archaeologist Earnest Evans unearthed his greatest challenge: three ancient idols that together could bring an end to life on Earth. The idols were scattered at random throughout the world by the god of the winds, Hastur, before its power was crushed.
30 Years AgoBrian Lara Cricket '96
Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide
Brian Lara Cricket '96, known as Lara '96 and Shane Warne Cricket in Australia and New Zealand, is the sequel to Brian Lara Cricket and the second game in the Brian Lara-endorsed series of cricket video games.
30 Years AgoCrusader: No Remorse
PortPlayStationSaturnNorth America
As a Silencer, one of the elite enforcers of the World Economic Consortium, you're supposed to be incorruptible. But if the system you serve is utterly corrupt, where does that leave you? You go over to the Resistance, the same pack you used to hunt down.
27 Years AgoElemental Gimmick Gear
DreamcastNorth America
Elemental Gimmick Gear is a sci-fi fantasy action-adventure game. It primarily uses hand-drawn art, switching to 3D graphics during boss battles.
26 Years AgoDisney's The Emperor's New Groove
PortGame Boy ColorNorth America
The Emperor's New Groove is a video game based on the 2000 Disney film of the same name, developed by Sandbox Studios for the Game Boy Color.
37 Years AgoBasketball Nightmare
Master SystemEurope
Basketball Nightmare is a basketball game where the player plays basketball against strange humanoid creatures on the court where the creature lives. The player must play and defeat each creature before moving onto a new place with a new harder opponent.
36 Years AgoQuarth
PortGame BoyNorth America
Quarth is a combination of Tetris-style gameplay and a fixed shooter in the Space Invaders tradition.
40 Years AgoSanxion
Master SystemNorth America
Sanxion is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up, the goal to traverse each level from left to right avoiding or destroying any enemies and obstacles. The side-scroller speed is controllable, increasing the closer the player is to the center of the screen.
36 Years AgoJackpot
NESAustralia
Jackpot is an unlicensed slot simulator game. Jackpot has several different style slot games with realistic vintage slot sounds for an authentic simulation of being at the casino!
32 Years AgoYogi Bear's Gold Rush
Game BoyNorth America
Yogi Bear's Goldrush is an Action game, developed by Entertainment Int and published by GameTek, which was released in 1994.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.