ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
October 5
The games released on this day in gaming history.
56 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
25 Years AgoEA Sports F1 2001
PS2Europe
Battle for position at every sweeping bend, high-speed straightaway, and hairpin turn within the world's most glamorous sproting arena. Engage in high stakes racing from Monaco to Monza and take on the most intelligent and daring racers to hit the Formula One circuit.
16 Years AgoVampire Moon: The Mystery of the Hidden Sun
Nintendo DSNorth America
Become a young journalist and try to find out what caused a sudden solar eclipse in Transylvania and why people are missing. A hidden-object game with an intense story and beautiful, atmospheric graphics.
25 Years AgoPocky & Rocky with Becky
Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide
An evil Hydra Dragon has been awakened from a long sleep and has unleashed the world's most fearded mythical creatures on the land. It is up to you to stop them and eventually put an end to the evil Hydra's madness!
36 Years AgoThe Ultimate Stuntman
NESWorldwide
Too hot to handle? Or can you take up the challenge? Equipped with a dazzling range of weapons and skills, travel through scores of different action scenes, battling against the hottest, meanest, mechanized maniacs ever dreamed up!
36 Years AgoRainbow Islands Extra
Expanded editionMega Drive / GenesisJapan
Rainbow Islands Extra is a strange update to Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2, released by Taito for arcades in 1988.
32 Years AgoBubble Symphony
ArcadeWorldwide
Bub and Bob are once again transformed into bubble dragons and have to climb up the Rainbow Tower to fight the Super Dark Great Dragon, while collecting potions to turn back into human form.
26 Years AgoKhamrai
PlayStationJapan
In Khamrai, you're thrown into a realm where gods and men live among each other; where six nations float through the sky in an uneasy truce; where full-scale war is almost an inevitability. A bit of a taller order than usual.
26 Years AgoTatsunoko Fight
PlayStationJapan
Anison Spirits's top 3, Sasaki Isao, Mizuki Ichio, Horie Michiko, line-up! Completely original opening and ening music as well as original animation work by Tatsunoko Pro! Every character's opening and ending is of course, loaded with rare, game-only animation.
26 Years AgoYamasa Digi Guide: Hyper Rush
PlayStationJapan
Yamasa Digi Guide - Hyper Rush is a gambling machine simulator. It faithfully emulate the Hyper Rush gambling machine with a good presentation, 3 different levels of zoom and the player can configurate all the options in the machine.
26 Years AgoYamasa Digi Guide: New Pulsar R
PlayStationJapan
Yamasa Digi Guide - New Pulsar R is a gambling machine simulator. It faithfully emulate the gambling machine with a good presentation and the player can configurate all the options in the machine.
26 Years AgoKisou Jidaigeki Sugoroku: Shinobi No Roku
PlayStationJapan
Kisou Jidaigeki Sugoroku - Shinobi No Roku is a curious board game in which the player controls a group of ninja characters that will advance through different board tables using different kind of objects and battle cards.
26 Years AgoSimple 1500 Series Vol. 21: The Yakyuu - Pro Yakyuu Jitsumeiban
PlayStationJapan
Simple 1500 Series Vol.21 - The Yakyuu - Pro Yakyuu Jitsumei-ban is a baseball simulation game featuring players detailed data, and the player can design the team tactics, trade players, etc. The game features also a 2 players vs mode using a save of a team in the main game.
25 Years AgoX-Men: Reign of Apocalypse
Game Boy AdvanceEurope
You and your fellow X-Men are lost in an alternate reality, only to discover that supervillain Apocalypse reigns supreme. Not only do you find yourself at the mercy of his minions, but also the line between foe and friend is dangerously blurred in this mirror universe.
25 Years AgoRune: Viking Warlord
PortPS2Europe
In Rune: Viking Warlord, players assume the role of Ragnar the Viking; the mightiest warrior of a bygone age. In a land where might makes right, it is Ragnar who doles out justice with the blade of his massive battleaxe.
23 Years AgoDisney's The Lion King 1 1/2
Game Boy AdvanceNorth America
Timon and Pumbaa are back for an all new adventure that takes place during the original The Lion King movie, although from the point of view of the two animal goons.
21 Years AgoEuro Rally Champion
PS2Europe
Dirty drivers must test their skill against the elements, as well as against the clock, in the Championship mode raced across densely wooded forest trails, treacherous Alpine passes and the extremes of the African desert.
20 Years AgoMonster Trucks Mayhem
Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide
Monster Trucks Mayhem Make all your fantasies come true when you climb up into the cab of some of the baddest vehicles on the planet! Put your skills to the test against others in a free-wheelin carnage of destruction and mayhem!
20 Years AgoATV Thunder Ridge Riders
Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide
ATV: Thunder Ridge Riders puts the thrills of all-terrain racing in the palm of your hand! Kick it with your friends on a bone-jarring excursion out to Thunder Ridge, and conquer Mother Nature in an earth-ripping, heart-pounding joyride across miles of insane terrain!
19 Years AgoCookie & Cream
Nintendo DSEurope
Cookie & Cream is an action/platformer where players navigate their way through challenging terrain on the top screen while solving puzzles and disarming traps on the touch screen below.
19 Years AgoSafari Adventures: Africa
PS2Europe
Help your friends save the animals! Discover the various planet ecosystems and resolve the problems linked to environmental degredation. Make friends with over 50 animals, including elephants, cheetahs and more.
19 Years AgoTop Gun
PS2Europe
Top Gun is an action game relased by Blast Entertaiment in 2007 for the Playstation 2 console and is the second based on the movie of the same name. Prove your skills at the Top Gun flight school before taking on dangerous enemies for real! Can you handle the pressure?
17 Years AgoThorium Wars
Nintendo DSiNorth America
DSi Ware title by 3PM Games and published by Big John Games.
16 Years AgoPetz Fantasy: Moonlight Magic
Nintendo DSNorth America
Cutesy fantasy creatures to play with.
16 Years AgoLittlest Pet Shop 3: Biggest Stars - Purple Team
Nintendo DSNorth AmericaEurope
Get ready to go for the gold! It's time to hit the arena for the LITTLEST PET SHOP Biggest Stars competition—and this time your pets are in the spotlight! Ten fun and challenging mini games are your pets' tickets to the big time.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.