ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
October 18
The games released on this day in gaming history.
107 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
30 Years AgoBrain Dead 13
PlayStationJapan
In Braindead 13, the player takes on the role of a young computer expert who one day is called to fix a computer at some scary castle and in no time flat, finds himself in trouble. It is up to the player to use the complex moves of an interactive movie to escape from the castle.
27 Years AgoTest Drive: Off-Road 3
PlayStationNorth America
Some cars should stay on the pavement, while others are designed to go where no other vehicle has gone before. Those are the vehicles included in TEST DRIVE OFF ROAD.
25 Years AgoDenki Blocks!
Game Boy ColorEurope
The people of Puzzle Island love to play puzzle games. Their favorite is Denki Blocks! A game of skill that is played by sliding blocks around a board, joining colored blocks together to build shapes and solve puzzles.
19 Years AgoDigimon World Data Squad
PS2Worldwide
The game is set in the Digimon Data Squad universe, and revolves around the Seven Great Demon Lords. In this game the player will be able to control the four main Savers characters, Marcus Damon, Thomas H.
26 Years AgoTest Drive V-Rally
PortDreamcastNorth America
V-Rally 2 is a rally racing video game and the sequel to V-Rally. It was succeeded by V-Rally 3. The PlayStation version is known in Europe as V-Rally 2: Championship Edition and in North America as Need for Speed: V-Rally 2.
26 Years AgoTeam Buddies
PlayStationWorldwide
One fine and sunny day in the land that Buddies roam, there was a great and mighty disco in a tent. This tent would bob up and down with the music. All of a sudden, a large, flat, grey, flying THING blocked out the sun (The Great Eclipse) and began to drop crates.
31 Years AgoCyber Sled
PlayStationNorth America
High-tech tanks meet full blown, first person firepower. Cyber Sled cataplults you to a future where tank warfare resembles forumla one racing on an arena football field.
30 Years AgoBottom of the 9th
SaturnWorldwide
Play Exhibition and Season modes as your favorite team from the Major League Baseball. 300 real life players, complete with a full list of stats, are included for this combination of simulation and arcade style baseball.
21 Years AgoDig Dug: Digging Strike
Nintendo DSNorth America
This 3D adventure combines the classic arcade digging action with new baddies, environments, weapons, mini-games and strategies to deliver the most action-packed Dig Dug game to date.
21 Years AgoWorld Poker Tour
PS2Game Boy AdvanceNorth America
Bet, raise and bluff your way to the top as you make your mark in the virtual poker world by creating your very own character and controlling the destiny of your career.
41 Years AgoStack-up
NESNorth America
Stack-Up is a video game released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, designed for use with the Robotic Operating Buddy (R.O.B.) Stack-Up is one of two games in Nintendo's Robot Series, the other being Gyromite (Robot Gyro in Japan).
38 Years AgoEggerland: Souzou he no Tabidachi
Famicom Disk SystemJapan
Eggerland: Souzou he no Tabidachi is a part of the Eggerland series. The storyline isn't really known since there is no storyline in the game. All you see is Lolo, the main character walk into a castle, and the doors shut behind him.
38 Years AgoThe Black Bass
FamicomJapan
The Black Bass is a fishing game designed for the Nintendo Entertainment System by HOT B games and released in 1988. Although not presented as a sequel, this game is the second in the Black Bass series-the first game being a Japan-exclusive.
35 Years AgoXerd no Densetsu
Game BoyJapan
The "Xerd" of the game's title is a hero who defeated evil 800 years in the past. You control another character (default name Jake), prince of the one of the kingdoms, to defeat his evil twin brother by hunting down the reincarnation of the legendary hero.
31 Years AgoVoltage Fighter Gowcaizer
Neo GeoNorth AmericaJapan
Stones of power are given to some chosen fighters, who are being trained by a master to defeat the master's darker tendencies of destroying humanity. The fighters do not necessarily get along even as the world heads toward peril.
30 Years AgoMr. Bones
SaturnNorth America
Mr. Bones, is a multi-genre video game released for the Sega Saturn in 1996, created for SEGA by Ed Annunziata and Zono Incorporated. The game's soundtrack was composed and performed by famed guitarist Ronnie Montrose.
30 Years AgoThoroughbred Breeder III
Super FamicomJapan
Thoroughbred Breeder III is a Sports game, developed and published by Hect, which was released in Japan in 1996.
30 Years AgoMighty Hits
SaturnJapan
Mighty Hits is a shooting gallery game and the gameplay and stages are very similar to Point Blank in theme and presentation. The game has a cartoony wild west theme throughout the cut scenes and menu screens.
30 Years AgoMegatudo 2096
PlayStationJapan
It is the year 2096, and the Megatudo Grand Prix is on! 12 pilots from 12 manufacturers, each with their own unique Maneuver Wear, will fight to win the tournament.
30 Years AgoJewels of the Oracle
SaturnJapan
Jewels of the Oracle is a stationary puzzle game with no real story line or plot.
30 Years AgoStone Walkers
PlayStationJapan
Stone Walkers is an adventure game in which you take the role of Randy a teacher similar to Indiana Jones and his two girl helpers in a dangerous adventure searching for a mayan artifact called the Jade Mask.
30 Years AgoThe Deep: Ushinawareta Shinkai
PlayStationJapan
Goes to solve a mystery set in a number of Mysterious Deep Sea 3D adventure game. Various missions, such as seabed surveys and archaeological sites of luggage from the crash recovery, and many other events recorded battle with an organization hostile submarines.
28 Years AgoVirtua Fighter 3tb
Expanded editionDreamcastNorth America
An updated port of Virtua Fighter 3, released in Japanese arcades in September 1997 and the Sega Dreamcast in November 1998. It adds a new "team battle" game mode, which allows players to choose three characters instead of one.
26 Years AgoThe Wild Thornberrys' Animal Adventures
PlayStationNorth America
Players join Eliza and her globetrotting family of nature documentarians as they travel to exotic locations in search of rare and endangered animals in Wild Thornberrys: Animal Adventure.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.