ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 31
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1077 releases
34 Years AgoPowerama
C64Europe
A vertically scrolling shoot'em up developed by David Crummack and Craig Galley, also known as Magnum Force. A fleet of colossal alien ships are heading towards Earth and the only one who can stop them is the player in his humble scout ship.
34 Years AgoElifoot 2
DOSWorldwide
Early MS-DOS soccer management simulator, with mostly Brazilian squads.
34 Years AgoWrestle Angels
PC-98Worldwide
In Wrestle Angels, the player has to recruit a number of female wrestlers to participate in a fictional championship. The player can choose different wrestlers for each match. Each wrestler has a variety of special moves.
34 Years AgoWrestle Angels 2: Top Eventer
FM TownsJapan
In the second installment of the Wrestle Angels series, the player chooses a female wrestler (from over twenty available ones) to participate in a fictional tournament.
34 Years AgoT-Dragon Quest 2: Mazoku no Daichi
X68000Japan
T-Dragon Quest Mazoku No Daichi is the second unofficial fan-made game from Enix’s Dragon Quest series made by TNB Saisakusho for the Sharp X68000 in 1992.
33 Years AgoDino Jnr. in Canyon Capers
PCNorth America
A platformer that was only released in North America by Villa Crespo Software in which Dino Jnr. needs to complete 5 stages in each of the 4 worlds.
33 Years AgoQuarterPole
PCNorth America
A horse racing simulation and stable management game published in 1993 by Microleague Interactive Software.
33 Years AgoMagicliment
PC-98Japan
In this real-time action adventure RPG, players set off as Pururin, a fledgling hero freshly graduated from the Hero's Academy. Jump, fight, and use magic to collect the seven Rainbow Fragments scattered across the world and prevent the Demon King's resurrection.
33 Years AgoMi ni Iku zo! Hedgehog
X68000Japan
Mi ni Ikuzo! Hedgehog is a Japanese fan game developed for X68000 computers in 1993 by Kiyoshi Sakai (co-creator of Umihara Kawase), and later ported to the PlayStation using the Net Yaroze development kit in 1997 by the same creator.
32 Years AgoPoker Face Paul's Poker
Game GearNorth America
Poker Face Paul's Poker is a Miscellaneous game, developed by Spidersoft and published by Adrenalin Interactive, which was released in 1994.
32 Years AgoPoker Face Paul's Gin
Game GearNorth America
Poker Face Paul's Gin is a Miscellaneous game, developed by Spidersoft and published by Adrenalin Interactive, which was released in 1994.
32 Years AgoPoker Face Paul's Solitaire
Game GearNorth America
Poker Face Paul's Solitaire is a Miscellaneous game, developed by Spidersoft and published by Adrenalin Interactive, which was released in 1994.
32 Years AgoShariki
PCEurope
Shariki (Russian: Balloons) is the original match three game. It was developed by Russian programmer Eugene Alemzhinym for DOS in 1994.
32 Years Ago
32 Years AgoTime Out Sports: Baseball
PCNorth America
Four quick and easy-to play baseball mini-games.
32 Years AgoQuarterPole
PCEurope
A horse racing simulation and stable management game published in 1993 by Microleague Interactive Software.
32 Years AgoButa-san Quest
X68000Japan
A comedic doujin game which parodies classic RPGs like Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, and Ys. Buta-san must battle through various enemies (all of which are pigs) to collect the three crystals scattered across the kingdom and defeat the dark lord.
32 Years AgoWrestle Angels Special: Mou Hitori no Top Eventer
X68000Japan
Wrestle Angels Special follows the same gameplay template as its predecessors in the series. Unlike in the previous games, however, the player creates two female wrestlers.
31 Years AgoIcebreaker: The Text Adventure
PCNorth America
An Interactive Fiction interpretation of Andy Looney's arcade game Icebreaker, created by Andrew Plotkin.
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31 Years AgoRobot City
PCMacWorldwide
Far from the 50 Spacer Worlds, your survival pod crashes on a planet where a secret experiment is taking shape. Robot City, an entire city built and ruled by robots. Without humans to command and supervise them, these robots have evolved their own ways of doing things.
31 Years AgoDoukyuusei 2
DOSJapan
The sequel to the dating sim that rocked the world (maybe) in 1992! Doukyuusei 2 is a 1995 classic erotic love adventure, a genre that is also referred to as "dating simulations". It has a new location and new protagonist.
31 Years AgoBaldies
Atari Jaguar CDNorth AmericaEurope
Baldies is a real-time strategy video game. In the game, players build and manage a community of the titular short and plump bald characters with the ultimate goal of conquering the world by defeating similarly-looking short little hairy people known as the "Hairies".
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.