ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 31
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1077 releases
43 Years AgoPinball Spectacular
C64North America
Pinball Spectacular is a single-screen top-view game which is a cross between pinball and Breakout where you control two bats on the bottom and middle of the screen to hit various objects to score as many points as you can.
43 Years AgoThe Secret of Bastow Manor
C64Europe
The Secret of Bastow Manor is a mystery text adventure.
43 Years AgoMonkey Academy
MSXJapan
This platform game is about solving arithmetic problems. In the equation one number is missing, you 'll have to find the right number. This game is aimed at young children to help them learn arithmetic problem solving or playing with numbers.
43 Years AgoGalactic Trooper
ZX SpectrumEurope
Galactic Trooper is a single player science fiction shooter video game for ZX Spectrum, published in 1983 by Romik.
43 Years Ago
43 Years AgoStarfighter
Atari 8-bitNorth America
A mix of an arcade and simulation game written by Sparky Starks in which the player pilots a spacecraft, the SC-78503 Starfighter, with the goal to destroy hostile enemy spacecraft.
43 Years AgoProtector
BBC Microcomputer SystemEurope
Protector is Synapse Software's first game in 1981 written by Mike Potter for the Atari 400/800. The objective is to rescue stranded people from buildings.
43 Years AgoMonster Smash
Atari 8-bitC64North America
Monster Smash is a side view single screen platformer where your task is to capture all the monsters that are partying around the local graveyard. The screen has four rows of platforms containing four gravestones on three of the levels and part of the platforms can be turned 90°.
43 Years AgoCritical Mass
Apple IINorth America
A graphical text-adventure game designed by Bob Blauschild in which the player has to save the world's five largest cities from being destroyed with thermal nuclear weapons.
43 Years AgoThe Tail Of Beta Lyrae
Atari 8-bitNorth America
A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up written by Philip Price and published by Datamost for the Atari 8-bit home computers.
43 Years AgoGuzzler
SG-1000Japan
Guzzler is a coin operated arcade maze game developed and manufactured by Tehkan Ltd., and licensed to Centuri for United States distribution in 1983. It was released as a conversion kit, including a new marquee and control panel.
43 Years AgoMating Zone
Apple IINorth America
A single-screen shoot'em up written by Tom Luhrs and published by Datamost for the Apple II.
43 Years AgoTriad
C64North America
A Tic-Tac-Toe variant with shoot 'em up elements written by Ed Hobbs and published by Adventure International.
43 Years AgoArex
Apple IIAtari 8-bitNorth America
An action game published by Adventure International for several platforms.
43 Years AgoThe Cosmic Tunnels
Atari 8-bitC64North America
A action game written by Tim Ferris and published by Datamost for the Commodore 64 and the Atari 8-bit family.
43 Years AgoArgos
Apple IINorth America
A single-screen shoot'em up written by Ron Lowrance and published by Datamost for the Apple II.
43 Years AgoConquering Worlds
Apple IINorth America
A strategy game written by Walter Hochbrueckner and published by Datamost for the Apple II.
43 Years AgoArdy the Aardvark
Apple IINorth America
A action maze-game based on the coin-op Anteater in which the player controls the tongue of Ardy the aardvark through an underground maze trying to eat drops of food and to evade worms, stinging ants and spiders.
43 Years AgoCohen's Towers
C64North America
A platformer written by Frank Cohen and published by Datamost. The player controls the delivery boy Allen picking up packages which are scattered around the floors of a tower and delivering them to the mail drop.
43 Years AgoCapture the Flag
Atari 8-bitNorth America
A 3D maze game where one player seeks to capture the flag while the second seeks to capture the other player.
43 Years AgoJumpin' Jack
ZX SpectrumEurope
You have to navigate Jumpin' Jack through the openings in the horizontally moving barriers from the bottom to the top of the screen.
43 Years AgoC'est La Vie
Apple IIAtari 8-bitC64North America
In this 2D top-down action game the player must help Jacques to get as rich as he can by collecting dollar bills scattered on the streets while avoiding obstacles.
43 Years AgoNeptune's Daughters
C64Europe
Players control Neptune who is exploring the depths of the ocean in search of his daughters held captive by the sea snake. The game is split into two sections. The first section has the player guiding Neptune through a series of underwater caverns while destroying jellyfish.
42 Years AgoFlip! The Cartoon Strategy Game
BBC Microcomputer SystemEurope
A two player graphical word strategy game involving matching cartoons and music displayed on screen to gradually reveal hidden words.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.