ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
February 3
The games released on this day in gaming history.
660 releases
24 Years AgoSonic Advance
Game Boy AdvanceNorth America
Sonic Advance is notable for being the first Sonic game released on a Nintendo console, despite both Sega and Nintendo being well-known rivals on the console market throught the 1990s.
26 Years AgoResident Evil Code: Veronica
DreamcastJapan
Resident Evil Code: Veronica is the fourth video game in Capcom's Resident Evil survival horror series. The game continues the survival horror gameplay of its predecessors: the protagonist explores the surroundings, fighting monsters and solving puzzles.
21 Years AgoWWE Smackdown! vs. Raw
PS2Japan
WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw brings two of wrestling's most popular game series together on the PS2. The game re-creates WWE programming with voice-overs and commentary throughout the season mode.
37 Years AgoWrecking Crew
Famicom Disk SystemJapan
Wrecking Crew is a platform action game for one or two players. The player controls Mario (Player 2 as Luigi) working on a demolition site. The goal is to break down all of the stone walls on each stage.
20 Years AgoDragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2
Nintendo DSEurope
Supersonic Warriors 2 is the DS sequel to the GBA fighting game Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors, based on Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball series. The game features one-on-one battles between over 30 characters with their own movement and combos.
26 Years AgoWipeout 3
PlayStationJapan
The third release of Psygnosis's seminal anti-grav racing series, and also the first game from the series to remain exclusive to the PlayStation.
26 Years AgoNASCAR Rumble
PlayStationWorldwide
NASCAR Rumble is a racing game by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation. Players race through 18 different courses set in six different areas collecting powerups to aid them. The game was met with fairly positive reviews, and earned an 80% on GameRankings.
21 Years AgoSuper Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2
Game Boy AdvanceJapan
The battle rages on! Peace slowly settles over the planet Earth after a brutal war against the alien armada. However, the world is not able to rest for long, as new forces emerge and threaten to bring Earth to it's knees once again.
21 Years AgoUEFA Champions League 2004-2005
PCPS2GameCubeWorldwide
The Champions League, where the player leads one team to the Final in the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, in the quest to succeed FC Porto as European Champions, is one of the available modes, but not the most important.
20 Years AgoDevil Kings
PS2Europe
Devil Kings is in the same vein as the Dynasty Warriors series.
20 Years AgoBust-a-Move DS
Nintendo DSNorth America
Bust-A-Move DS brings all of the bubble bursting, puzzle fun onto the Nintendo DS. This time Bub and Bob return to center stage as they fling bubbles from the bottom screen to the top in an attempt to match 3 bubbles causing them to pop.
17 Years AgoMy World, My Way
Nintendo DSNorth America
The game puts the player into the role of Princess Elise, a young, spoiled princess on a quest to impress a handsome adventurer into being her boyfriend. Princess Elise has a unique ability to pout, changing the game's landscape or enemy behavior.
23 Years AgoGalerians: Ash
PS2North America
Survival horror and science fiction come together in the sequel to Galerians. In Galerians: Ash, you reprise the role of Rion as he fights the Last Galerians and their evil leader Ash, who wants to destroy all organic life on Earth.
22 Years AgoR-Type Final
PS2North America
Like other games in the R-Type Series, the game is a scrolling shooter where you need to guide a spaceship through various stages and destroy the many enemies (including very large end of level bosses).
38 Years AgoKamen Rider Club: Gekitotsu Shocker Land
FamicomJapan
Kamen Rider Club: Gekitotsu Shocker Land is an action adventure game developed for the Famicom and published by Bandai in Japan on February 3, 1988.
37 Years AgoMoto Roader
PC EngineJapan
Moto Roader is a futuristic racing game that allows up to five players to compete against each other. Players use the cash earned when they win a race to power up their machine.
35 Years Ago
34 Years AgoGanbare Goemon Gaiden 2: Tenka no Zaihou
FamicomJapan
Ganbare Goemon Gaiden 2: Tenka no Zaihou is a Role-Playing game, developed and published by Konami, which was released in Japan in 1992. This game is the first title that really defined the Goemon (Legend of the Mystical Ninja) series.
32 Years AgoNebulasRay
ArcadeWorldwide
NebulasRay (ネビュラスレイ Nebyurasurei?) is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1994 (but was first referred to, in the Katakana syllabic writing system of the Japanese language, in the ending for Tinkle Pit in…
31 Years AgoPac-In-Time
PortGame BoyNorth America
The game takes place on a huge island separated into eight regions: Desert, Lagoon, Forest, Pyramids, Mountains, Factory, Village, and the Castle. When you manage to get through them, the last one awaits: The Machine which seems to be some sort of a way to get out of here.
31 Years AgoHoukago in Beppin Jogakuin
Super FamicomJapan
Houkago in Beppin Jogakuin is a Strategy game, developed by Access and published by Imagineer, which was released in Japan in 1995. The purpose of this game is to choose one of the three high school girls to become a top-notch special spy.
31 Years AgoSuper Fire Pro Wrestling: Queen's Special
PC Engine CDJapan
Super Fire Pro Wrestling: Queen's Special is based on All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. Every wrestler has three different variations of moves that work at different times; grappling only become available to the player after using the strongest move to weaken the opponent.
31 Years AgoJigsaw World
PlayStationJapan
An anime-esque jigsaw puzzle game with an "Alice in Wonderland" theme.
29 Years AgoPikiinya!
Super FamicomJapan
Pikiinya! is a Japan-exclusive action-puzzle video game developed by Crea-Tech and published by ASCII, which was released in 1997 for the Super Famicom. Pikiinya! takes the Tetris-esque formula of blocks falling from the sky, and adds gyrating tropical-type penguins.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.