ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 31
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1077 releases
44 Years AgoMoney Munchers
Apple IINorth America
In this action game, written by Bob Bishop, the player tries to run through a maze collecting money that is lying around.
44 Years AgoSpectre
Apple IINorth America
A Pac-Man variant in which the player moves this time through a split screen 2D/3D-maze collecting dots and avoiding the deadly Questers. Written by Bob Flanagan and Scott Miller and published by Datamost for the Apple II computers.
44 Years AgoPreppie!
Atari 8-bitNorth America
Get the preppie across the street and over some boats in this Frogger-like release from Adventure International.
44 Years AgoPreppie! II
Atari 8-bitNorth America
The preppie is back, and this time he's coloring in a maze.
44 Years AgoStratos
Atari 8-bitNorth America
A crosshair shoot'em up published by Adventure International for several 8-bit systems.
44 Years AgoTunnel Terror
Apple IINorth America
A Tempest inspired game written by Eric Popejoy and published by Adventure International for the Apple II.
44 Years AgoTriad
Apple IIAtari 8-bitNorth America
A Tic-Tac-Toe variant with shoot 'em up elements written by Ed Hobbs and published by Adventure International.
44 Years AgoAirline
Atari 8-bitTRS-80North America
A strategy game for one to four players in which the object is to construct a sizeable corporate empire while competing against human or computerized opponents.
44 Years AgoThe Bilestoad
Apple IINorth America
In The Bilestoad, players control "meatlings" that hack and battle with axes and shields from a top-view perspective.
44 Years AgoThe Eliminator
Atari 8-bitNorth America
A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up based on the arcade classic game Defender that was published by Adventure International for several platforms.
43 Years Ago
43 Years AgoCastle Hassle
Atari 8-bitAustralia
Roklan Software published this combination of JV Software's Action Quest and Ghost Encounters.
43 Years AgoMarket Mogul
PCNorth America
A text-only stock market simulation game in which the players takes the role of the fictive character Beryl Flinch whos task is to get elected chairman of the board of MegaCorp - a conglomerate of ten subsidiaries.
43 Years AgoCosmic Commando
C64Europe
A 1st person shooter in space that was released under three different names("Cosmic Commando", "Space Pirate" and "Star Commander") for various 8-bit homecomputers.
43 Years AgoThe Search for Elsoliado
TRS-80C64North America
A interstellar arcade-simulation game written by Stefan Schramm and published by Adventure International for TRS-80 and C64.
43 Years Ago
43 Years AgoMoogles
Atari 8-bitNorth America
A puzzle game in which the player has to guide the Moogles out of the levels by ordering the arrows so that the Moogles follow them. Written by David Manginelli and published by Sirius Software for the Atari 8-bit computers.
43 Years AgoAlternity
Atari 8-bitNorth America
A shoot'em up in which the player controls a orb along the edges of geometrical shapes and shoots up moving objects.
43 Years AgoRobin to the Rescue
C64Europe
A Robin Hood-themed single-screen platformer written by John P. Shay and published by Solar Software for the Commodore 16 and Commodore 64.
43 Years AgoGalaxions
C64Europe
A shoot'em up based on Namco's arcade game Galaxian, where the player controls a spacecraft at the bottom of the screen moving left or right, destroying aliens above.
43 Years AgoStarbase Defence
C64Europe
1st person shooter where the player controls a cross-hair and tries to protect six generators on the bottom of the screen by shooting down bombs dropped by aliens.
43 Years AgoIndian Attack
C64Europe
A 1st person shooter where the player has to move a cross-hair around the playing area and shoot as many hostile Indians as possible.
43 Years AgoGalactic Patrol
ZX SpectrumEurope
A shoot'em up developed by Richard Brisbourne and published by CRL Group PLC for ZX Spectrum.
43 Years AgoScrambled Egg
ArcadeJapan
A one or two player maze game published and developed by Technos in 1983.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.