Retro Game of the Day Archive - December 2025
01st Dec 2025
Yume Penguin Monogatari (Japan)
Nintendo Entertainment System ROM
Iamerror says:
Yume Penguin Monogatari is about a penguin that's dumped by his shallow girlfriend because he's overweight. He tries to lose weight but her douche boyfriend puts fatty food in your way. It's a good game but the message is whack. Nice role models for the kiddies too.
02nd Dec 2025
Barnstorming (1982) (Activision, Steve Cartwright) (AX-013)
Atari 2600 ROM
Iamerror says:
Barnstorming is a game where you navigate a plane to go through barns and avoid obstacles, such as birds .
03rd Dec 2025
Sango Fighter (1994)(Panda Entertainment)
Abandonware Game
Shamael says:
Sango Fighter is a 2D fighting games from Panda Entertainment based on the era of Chinese Three Kingdoms. The Chinese version was released on 1993, followed by the English version on 1994. I first played this game when I was 14, and was one of my favorite fighting games beside Street Fighter and ...
04th Dec 2025
ZooCube (E)(Blizzard)
Nintendo Gameboy Advance ROM
Lulink says:
A puzzle game in which you rotate a cube in the center of the screen to make the bricks fall onto the 6 sides. You need to get 2 identical bricks on top of each-other to destroy them.
There is more to it of course, and if you are into original puzzle games with unusual mechanics, look no further!
05th Dec 2025
EarthBound (USA) [Hack by Mr. Tenda v0.908] (~Mr. Saturn in Hat Quest)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) ROM
DeriLoko1 says:
EarthBound, also known as Mother 2, is Shigesato Itoi's charming, cult-hit RPG about aliens, teenagers, and psychic powers.
06th Dec 2025
Killer Loop [U]
Sony Playstation ISO
Skashe says:
Killer Loop (also known as MagForce Racing) is a futuristic racing game released in 1999. It was developed by VCC Entertainment and published by Crave Entertainment.
The game takes place in a future where gasoline powered vehicles and paved roads have been replaced with electromagnetic vehicles ...
07th Dec 2025
Sansara Saga 1x2 (J)(Lame)
Nintendo Gameboy Advance ROM
DeriLoko2 says:
The title is called Sansara Naga 1x2. Anyway, Sansara Naga 1x2 is a Role-Playing game, developed by Groove Box Japan and published by Victor Interactive Software, which was released in Japan in 2001. It is an action-packed RPG game that is licensed by Nintendo.
08th Dec 2025
Summer Carnival '92 - Recca (Japan) [En by Aeon Genesis v1.0] (~Raging Fire - Recca)
Nintendo Entertainment System ROM
primeris says:
Fast paced vertical scrolling space shooter.
Fire bullets like crazy or don't and build up a charge.
Collect power ups, shields.
Face big bosses.
Steer through bullet hell.
Have fun!
09th Dec 2025
Shaffle Fight (Japan)
Nintendo Entertainment System ROM
Mahala says:
Basically Ludo meets JRPG. Robots from various media make an appearence, in the form of colored pieces in a field. Upon meeting an enemy piece a turn based battle begins, where super-deformed versions of the mecha exchange (presumably) hot-blooded lines between each other. Attack power seems to be determined ...
10th Dec 2025
Tennis (PlayChoice-10)
M.A.M.E. - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator ROM
DeriLoko2 says:
Tennis (PlayChoice-10) is an arcade game that was developed and published by Nintendo. This game features the characters in an actual tennis court (and Mario).
11th Dec 2025
Qix (set 2, smaller roms)
M.A.M.E. - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator ROM
DeriLoko2 says:
Qix (Set 2) is an arcade game that was developed and published by Nintendo. It all starts with a line, then came Qix, then came creative blocks, and then came trap lines.
12th Dec 2025
Tetris (Japan, Taito B-System, Nastar Conversion Kit)
M.A.M.E. - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator ROM
DeriLoko2 says:
Tetris (Japan, B-System, YM2610) is an arcade game which was originally produced by Atari, then came Nintendo (so does Sega).
13th Dec 2025
Qix II (Tournament)
M.A.M.E. - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator ROM
DeriLoko2 says:
Qix II (Tournament) is an arcade game that was developed and published by Nintendo. This game features the line, the fuse, Qix, and many more.
14th Dec 2025
Alien Crush (USA)
PC Engine - TurboGrafx16 ROM
Mad Rabbit says:
Pinball was never as surreal as this. This game features a creepy theme and set the standard for video pinball games. This classic has been the inspiration for newer pinball games such as Pinball of the Dead and Odama while maintaining its status as a solid game in it's own right even after several ...
15th Dec 2025
MX Superfly (Europe)
Nintendo Gamecube ISO
Blacker Death Metal says:
MX Superfly is one of the few good motorbike games i have ever played, if not the best. The game has unrealistic gameplay (in a good way), and a whole crazy ammount of different game modes to play. These range from racing, to soccer, to jumping busses and other things.
The game also features great music.
If ...
16th Dec 2025
Simple Characters 2000 Series Vol.10 - Sakigake!! Otojo Juku - The Dodgeball (Japan) [SLPS-03457]
Sony Playstation ISO
Dabeavis says:
Sakigake!! Otokojuku - The Dodgeball is a Japan-only 2D dodgeball game made by Bandai and D3 Publisher in 2002, part of the Simple Character 2000 series of licensed budget games. It plays much like a partially simplified version of Super Dodgeball for the Neo Geo, with exception of being able to pick ...
17th Dec 2025
1942 Mission (1985)(Tartan Software)
ZX Spectrum (Tapes) ROM
DeriLoko2 says:
1942 Mission is an Adventure game that was developed by Tartan Software and published by CCS. This game had been released in Europe in 1985.
18th Dec 2025
Chew Man Fu (USA)
PC Engine - TurboGrafx16 ROM
austin94yoshi says:
Chew Man Fu (Be Ball in Japan) is an action video game for the TurboGrafx-16 released in 1990. It was re-released on the Wii console's Virtual Console in 2007 and made available for the Wii U in 2014.
19th Dec 2025
Living Books - Aesop's Fables - The Tortoise And The Hare (CD Windows)
ScummVM Game
FBnil says:
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20th Dec 2025
Xenophobe (USA)
Nintendo Entertainment System ROM
ZaphodB says:
Xenephobe is a side-scrolling shoot-em-up game with two-player split-screen action. Choose one of three characters and explore space station, while shooting alien invaders and collecting valuable items and powerful weapons. Clear the base within the time limit to get higher scores and continue on to ...
21st Dec 2025
4 in 1 Super CD (U)
PC Engine CD - Turbo Duo - TurboGrafx CD ISO
kikenovic says:
Get four fantastic games for the "price of one". In this compilation you will find Gate of Thunder, Bonk's Adventure, Bonk's Revenge and Bomberman (at the game selection screen press Up, Right, Down, Left, II).
22nd Dec 2025
Tail 'Gator (USA, Europe)
Nintendo Game Boy ROM
James says:
Tail 'Gator is a 2D Platformer game, developed and published by Natsume, which was released in 1991.
23rd Dec 2025
Oretachi no Sabage Versus (Japan)
PSP ISO
pompoko says:
Follow-up to Japanese Paintball Game "Oretachi no Sabage Portable ". Easy to play without knowledge of Japanese.
24th Dec 2025
Arcade's Greatest Hits Midway 2
Sony Playstation ISO
Astal says:
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25th Dec 2025
3 Jigen Kakutou Ballz (Japan)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) ROM
DarkFire117 says:
This is the Japanese version of Ballz 3D. The use version also runs at a different ROM Speed, 120ns (FastROM).
26th Dec 2025
Alfred Chicken (Europe)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) ROM
ToxicJuicebox says:
A unique 2D platformer. In each level, Alfred has a limited amount of time to find and pop all of the hidden balloons. Popping the last balloon will take Alfred to the next stage. Enemies can be killed by divebombing them with Alfred's beak. Throughout the levels are switches on the ground which Alfred ...
27th Dec 2025
Arabian Nights - Sabaku no Seirei Ou (Japan)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) ROM
nexus89123 says:
This is a traditional role playing game where you control a young girl that wants nothing more than to bring peace to the land. This title was made specifically for the super Famicom console. The story begins by showing how the king of Djinns Ifrit is defeated by a man named Suleiman and made into a ...
28th Dec 2025
Action Puzzle - Prism Land (Japan)
Sony Playstation ISO
joost35nl says:
Prism Land is a bat and ball type of game that started with Breakout in the late 70's and in classics games like Arkanoid.
In Prism Land you play as Prism and Rhythm (a cat and a fairy) who set out to save the seven trapped guardians of the land in a game very similar in gameplay to Breakout. You ...
29th Dec 2025
Primal Rage (Europe)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) ROM
LuizEduardo says:
This is the European version of the game. Primal Rage is a pretty polemic fighting game. In a post apocalyptic world, players must choose between giant Monsters who are now the "Gods" of the earth. In the middle of the fight, players can stomp on the enemy worshipers (humans in the background). The game ...
30th Dec 2025
Time Cruise (USA)
PC Engine - TurboGrafx16 ROM
Mad Rabbit says:
The TG-16′s forgotten pinball game. It’s very different from the Crush games with an almost post-modern board spanning horizontally as well as vertically and a focus on varied and interesting bonus games. It’s not as intense as Devil’s Crush but it definitely has a personality ...
