On This Day in Gaming: August 5

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

August 5

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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NGT: Next Generation Tennis cover24 Years Ago

NGT: Next Generation Tennis

Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide

Playing Next Generation Tennis is like playing a match and watching it live on TV at the same time, with slow motion replays, umpire announcements, realistic player behaviour and crowd noise all adding that touch of authenticity.

Harobots: Robo Hero Battling!! cover24 Years Ago

Harobots: Robo Hero Battling!!

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

Harobots: Robo Hero Battling!! is a Role-Playing game, published by Sunrise Interactive, which was released in Japan in 2002.

Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild cover23 Years Ago

Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild

PS2Worldwide

Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild is a 2003 jetski racing video game developed by Rainbow Studios and published by THQ for PlayStation 2 and mobile. It is a sequel to the original Splashdown for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox

Baseball Mania cover22 Years Ago

Baseball Mania

PS2Japan

A baseball game for PlayStation 2, released as part of the Simple 2000 series in Japan.

EyeToy: Monkey Mania cover22 Years Ago

EyeToy: Monkey Mania

PS2Japan

EyeToy: Monkey Mania (also known as Saru Eye Toy Oosawagi: Wakki Waki Game Tenkomori!! in Asia, Japan, and Korea) is a party game that requires the EyeToy camera to play. It is based on Ape Escape and the monkeys in the game are guided through 50 minigames.

Saiyuki Reload: Gunlock cover22 Years Ago

Saiyuki Reload: Gunlock

PS2Japan

Saiyuki Reload: Gunlock is an Action game, published by Bandai, which was released in Japan in 2004.

Quiz & Variety SukuSuku Inufuku cover22 Years Ago

Quiz & Variety SukuSuku Inufuku

PS2Japan

"Quiz & Variety SukuSuku Inufuku" is an arcade game released by Video System in 1998. While quizzes are the main, many mini-games are included. Clear them and raise a dog-like creature called "Inufuku".

Hayarigami: Keishichou Kaii Jiken File cover22 Years Ago

Hayarigami: Keishichou Kaii Jiken File

PS2Japan

From chain mails that leads to murder, mysterious suicides and missing children, you, as a police officer have to put all your brain cells to work, connect the events together to discover the truth.

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Petz Vet

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

Petz Vet introduces players to life as a veterinarian, diagnosing and treating 35 different medical cases.

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Cartoon Network: Block Party

Game Boy AdvanceNorth America

Cartoon Network Block Party is a party game for Game Boy Advance that enables up to four players to compete "party style" on boards themed to a specific Cartoon Network show, including Johnny Bravo, Ed, Edd 'n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog and Cow and Chicken.

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Densetsu no Starfy 3

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

A short time after Densetsu no Starfy 2, everything was calm and everyone including Stafy was happy again, until another severe thunderstorm came and shook Pufftop Palace. This time, it is more severe than the ones in the past.

Doubutsu-jima no Chobigurumi 2: Tama-chan Monogatari cover22 Years Ago

Doubutsu-jima no Chobigurumi 2: Tama-chan Monogatari

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

The main characters try to use the sweet smell of sweets as a signal to tell Tama-chan's mother where the lost Tama-chan is. Collect recipes and ingredients to make sweets in over 50 mini-games.

Ultra Keibitai: Monster Attack cover22 Years Ago

Ultra Keibitai: Monster Attack

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

Ultra Keibitai: Monster Attack is a turn-based tactical simulation game very similar to the Super Robot Wars series.

Battle B-Daman cover22 Years Ago

Battle B-Daman

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

Yamato Delgado dreams of playing B-Daman, the ancient sport of the B-DaWorld—and his dream comes true when he's chosen to wield Cobalt Blade, the most powerful B-Daman ever.

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Spica Adventure

ArcadeJapan

A 2005 Arcade action-platformer game developed by Taito. A girl with a versatile umbrella must power through a series of fast-paced stages.

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Race Driver: Grid

PortNintendo DSNorth America

Grid will take players to beautifully realised and dramatic race locations over three continents to compete in an unprecedented variety of racing events.

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Electroplankton Luminarrow

Nintendo DSiJapan

Luminarrow plankton are famous for their habit of perfectly following arrow-shaped formations.

Electroplankton Sun-Animalcule cover17 Years Ago

Electroplankton Sun-Animalcule

Nintendo DSiJapan

Sun-Animalcule plankton get their name from their tendency to emit light in a sphere around them.

Best Friends Tonight cover17 Years Ago

Best Friends Tonight

Nintendo DSEurope

Newly recruited as the star of Teen Planet's TV show, you must make the cast become best friends - otherwise the TV show will be cancelled!

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Jubeat Ripples

ArcadeJapan

jubeat ripples is the second game of the popular 4x4 grid arcade rhythm game series by Konami.

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Asphalt 4: Elite Racing

Nintendo DSiJapan

Face the world's richest drivers in high-speed races through traffic.

HeartCatch PreCure! Oshare Collection cover16 Years Ago

HeartCatch PreCure! Oshare Collection

Nintendo DSJapan

A game based on the HeartCatch PreCure! anime series, including a series of mini-games, fights, dressing up, and musical performances.

J.League Winning Eleven 2010 Club Championship cover16 Years Ago

J.League Winning Eleven 2010 Club Championship

PS2Japan

J-League Winning Eleven 2010 Club Championship is an addition to the Winning Eleven J-League series. This game is the successor to the J-League Winning Eleven 2009 Club Championship and only features club teams (no national teams) and teams from both tiers of the J.

Mamegoma 3: Kawaii ga Ippai! cover16 Years Ago

Mamegoma 3: Kawaii ga Ippai!

Nintendo DSJapan

This time, a total of 50 types of Mamegoma, including 10 new ones, will appear, and you can raise up to 8 Mamegoma at the same time in the spacious "Clover Square".

Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.

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