On This Day in Gaming: October 18

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

Magical Drop cover26 Years Ago

Magical Drop

PortGame Boy ColorNorth America

The Game Boy Color Magical Drop is heavily based on Magical Drop III. One notable omission from previous Magical Drop titles is the lack of a Story mode. This leaves the standard Endless mode as the only single-player mode.

Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette cover25 Years Ago

Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette

PS2Japan

Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette is a rail shooter game that is the sequel to the popular arcade game Silent Scope.

JumpStart: Dino Adventure Field Trip cover25 Years Ago

JumpStart: Dino Adventure Field Trip

Game Boy ColorNorth America

JumpStart: Dino Adventure Field Trip focuses on preschool and kindergarten concepts. In this game, Frankie is sent back to the time of the dinosaurs using the Time Machine. He meets a mother pterosaur, whose eggs have disappeared.

Puyo Pop cover25 Years Ago

Puyo Pop

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

Puyo Pop for the Game Boy Advance was the first game in the series to be developed by Sonic Team. It combines Puyo Puyo 2's mechanics with an all-new story mode.

E.T. the Extra Terrestrial: Digital Companion cover25 Years Ago

E.T. the Extra Terrestrial: Digital Companion

Game Boy ColorNorth America

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Digital Companion is a game based on the classic 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. First, E.T. asks you many questions, like your first and last name, zip code, address, and favorite things.

Fisherman's Bass Club cover24 Years Ago

Fisherman's Bass Club

PS2Worldwide

Fisherman's Bass Club takes anglers of all ages and abilities into the world of Trophy Bass Fishing. Learn the secrets to hooking bigmouth bass in remote lakes around the world.

Invader cover24 Years Ago

Invader

Game Boy AdvanceEurope

Invader is a vertical scrolling shoot-em-up for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. There are 8 levels to shoot through each ending with a end-boss. The player can select from 2 different ships each with specific features.

Pinball Advance cover24 Years Ago

Pinball Advance

Game Boy AdvanceNorth America

Pinball Advance is an Action game, developed by Rebellion and published by Digital Worldwide, which was released in 2002.

Gyakuten Saiban 2 cover24 Years Ago

Gyakuten Saiban 2

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

Gyakuten Saiban 2 (original version of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All) is a visual novel adventure video game. It was originally released for the Game Boy Advance in 2002 in Japan.

The Fairly OddParents: Clash With the Anti-World cover21 Years Ago

The Fairly OddParents: Clash With the Anti-World

Game Boy AdvanceNorth America

Cosmo, Wanda and Timmy Turner set out on a zany new adventure as they are pitted against their nemesis, Mr. Crocker, and evil anti-fairies who have broken into Dimmsdale.

Majesco's 3-in-1 Sports Pack cover21 Years Ago

Majesco's 3-in-1 Sports Pack

Game Boy AdvanceNorth America

A triple pack of sports games.

Chicken Shoot cover21 Years Ago

Chicken Shoot

PortGame Boy AdvanceNorth America

Chicken Shoot is a gallery shooting game based on free 2003 flash game of the same name. Played from the first-person perspective, the player points the Wii remote and shoots all chickens that fly across the screen.

Disney's Chicken Little cover21 Years Ago

Disney's Chicken Little

PortGame Boy AdvanceWorldwide

A New Hero Has Emerged! Save the town of Oakey Oaks from alien invaders! Live the adventures of Chicken Little and his band of misfit friends, master an arsenal of gadgets and power-up and play as commander Ace.

SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature From the Krusty Krab cover20 Years Ago

SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature From the Krusty Krab

PortNintendo DSWorldwide

Nintendo DS port of SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature From the Krusty Krab.

Seaman 2 cover19 Years Ago

Seaman 2

PS2Japan

Seaman 2: Pekin Genjin Ikusei Kit is a virtual pet video game for the PlayStation 2. It's a sequel to Seaman on the Dreamcast.

Nancy Drew: The Deadly Secret of Olde World Park cover19 Years Ago

Nancy Drew: The Deadly Secret of Olde World Park

Nintendo DSWorldwide

Become Nancy Drew as she unravels the mystery of the missing billionaire in this engaging action adventure game for the Nintendo DS. Use Nancy's detective skills to solve puzzles and discover clues left by a slew of suspicious characters.

Palais de Reine cover19 Years Ago

Palais de Reine

PS2Japan

Diplomatic queen simulation + medieval fantasy romance. As the sole heiress to the late king, you must show that you have what it takes to rule the kingdom. Or perhaps you'd prefer to take one of your nobles as a consort?

Happy Cooking cover19 Years Ago

Happy Cooking

Nintendo DSEurope

In Happy Cooking there are over 50 real dishes to prepare, cook, and serve - the recipes include international flavors (Japanese, Asian, Nepal, European, American ) and even sweets.

Galaxy Angel II: Key to the Infinite Corridor cover19 Years Ago

Galaxy Angel II: Key to the Infinite Corridor

PS2Worldwide

Two new members join the Rune Angel Troupe, Natsume Izayoi and Roselle Mateus. Taking place 6 months after the events of Verel's Insurrection, the crew find themselves In the midst of a reassignment upheaval.

Cookie & Cream cover19 Years Ago

Cookie & Cream

Nintendo DSAustralia

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.

Paws & Claws Best Friends: Dogs & Cats cover19 Years Ago

Paws & Claws Best Friends: Dogs & Cats

Nintendo DSAustralia

A dual-species pet simulator from THQ.

Totally Spies! 3: Secret Agents cover19 Years Ago

Totally Spies! 3: Secret Agents

Nintendo DSNorth AmericaAustralia

This is a 2d side-scrolling action game.

Crash of the Titans cover19 Years Ago

Crash of the Titans

PortGame Boy AdvanceEurope

The Game Boy Advance version of Crash of the Titans features linear 2D gameplay where the focus is to break crates while jacking Titans, it also has its own story merging the DS and console versions.

Music On: Playing Piano cover16 Years Ago

Music On: Playing Piano

Nintendo DSiNorth America

Playing the piano has never been so easy and so much fun!

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

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