ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 31
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1077 releases
42 Years AgoWarGames
ColecoVisionNorth America
Greetings, Professor Falken. Shall we play a game? This strategic game is based on the popular 1983 movie of the same name, starring Matthew Broderick.
42 Years AgoWhomper Stomper
Apple IIAtari 8-bitNorth America
An action game game written by Mario Inchiosa and Mike Wall in which the player has to tread down ants who are running out of an anthill.
42 Years AgoIce Cream Stall
SG-1000Australia
A business simulation game for the Commodore 64 and the SC-3000.
42 Years AgoMiner 2049er II
Apple IINorth America
The Apple II received another set of Miner 2049er levels in the form of this release, which is often referred to as simply "Miner II."
42 Years AgoMychess II
C64North AmericaEurope
A computer chess game published by Datamost for the Commodore 64 and the Atari 8-bit homecomputer family.
42 Years AgoGridgate
ZX SpectrumEurope
A maze game developed by P. Baker and published by Omega Software Ltd for ZX Spectrum.
42 Years AgoShusse Ozumo
ArcadeJapan
Battle it out sumo-style in this 1984 arcade release from Technos
42 Years AgoMaxi Golf
C64Atari 8-bitNorth America
An golf simulation for 1 to 4 players written by John Horan and published by Adventure International.
42 Years AgoBug Off!
Atari 8-bitEurope
A single screen shoot'em up written by Sparky Starks and published by Adventure International for the Atari 8-bit systems.
42 Years AgoBogy Men
C64Europe
A single-screen platform and ladders game written by Jim Baguley and published by Solar Software for the Commodore 64.
42 Years AgoBizy Beezzzz
C64Europe
A single-screen platform and ladders game written by Jim Baguley and published by Solar Software for the Commodore 64.
42 Years AgoMr Speedy
C64Europe
In this action game written by Jörg Dierks the player controls Mr Speedy who has to paint all the discs on a 7x6 grid within a time limit.
42 Years AgoCopter
ZX SpectrumEurope
A action game in the style of Choplifter! developed by Nigel Taylor and published by Omega Software Ltd for ZX Spectrum.
42 Years AgoChambers of Horrors
ZX SpectrumEurope
A action game developed by Philip Rolfe and published by Omega Software Ltd for ZX Spectrum.
42 Years Ago3D Beee
C64Europe
A 2D side scrolling shoot'em up where one flies a helicopter and shoots at bees.
42 Years AgoLegend of the Knucker-Hole
C64Europe
Legend of the Knucker-Hole is the second game to feature Jet-Book Jack. It was released on the Commodore 64 in 1984.
42 Years AgoNinja-Kid
ArcadeNorth America
An action platformer for the Arcades. It is the first of the Ninja-kun series.
42 Years AgoSunday Golf
Atari 8-bitEurope
Jerry White's golf simulation game for the Atari 8-bit systems that can be played by up to four players.
42 Years AgoTransversion
ZX SpectrumEurope
A action game in which the player moves a ship over a red grid and collects pods(alien spawn) while dodging misiles fired by the alien guardiens.
42 Years AgoPsytraxx
ZX SpectrumEurope
A action-adventure written by Andrew Beale featuring a playing area of more than 1000 screens.
42 Years AgoTutti Frutti
Atari 8-bitEurope
A collect 'em up written by Alan M. Newman for the Atari 8-bit systems and published by Adventure International.
42 Years AgoItazura Tenshi
ArcadeJapan
Control an angel and connect the stars to complete the constellation. Various enemies that get in the way can be defeated using the bow. When all the constellations are completed, RAN and LUM will appear. Make them hug well to get a bonus.
42 Years AgoWing War
ZX SpectrumEurope
Wing War is a rather unique game that was only available in Europe, even though it was announced for the US market and is the only Imagic title that was not released in the US.
42 Years AgoEskimo Eddie
C64Europe
Inspired by Sega's maze-action arcade coin-op Pengo this game invites the player into the Arctic to join Eskimo Eddie's adventures with his faithful Penguin Percy.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.