ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
October 20
The games released on this day in gaming history.
86 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
28 Years AgoMetal Gear Solid
PlayStationNorth America
Metal Gear Solid is a stealth game created by Hideo Kojima which follows the MSX2 video games Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. Despite a transition to 3D, Metal Gear Solid's gameplay remains similar to his predecessors.
32 Years AgoFinal Fantasy III
SNESNorth America
Final Fantasy VI is the sixth main installment in the Final Fantasy series, developed and published by Square. It was the final title in the series to feature two-dimensional graphics, and the first story that did not revolve around crystals.
27 Years AgoCrash Team Racing
PlayStationEurope
Crash Team Racing is a kart racing game featuring popular characters from the Crash Bandicoot series. The gameplay is very similar to other kart racing video games like Mario Kart: players have to choose a character and compete against the other racers on various racetracks.
29 Years AgoStar Fox 64
Nintendo 64AustraliaEurope
The update to the 16-bit Super NES title continues the original's on-rails 3D shooting action on the Nintendo 64.
31 Years AgoMortal Kombat 3
Mega Drive / GenesisSNESEurope
Mortal Kombat 3 brings new elements to the 2D fighting series: multi-level playfields, "Dial-A-Combo" attacks, a "Run" button to speed up the battles, and "Vs." codes, which unlock new powers and abilities once both players enter a code sequence in pre-match-up screens.
28 Years AgoXenogears
PlayStationNorth America
Xenogears Blends Authentic RPG Gameplay with Exquisite Hand-Drawn and Computer-Generated Animation in a Grand Science Fiction Tale. An intricate storyline involving many human and non-human characters will prove to captivate audiences of all ages.
21 Years AgoBurnout Revenge
PS2Japan
In Burnout Revenge, players compete in a range of racing game types with different aims.
23 Years AgoSSX 3
PS2North America
Players can discover the open mountain in the newest version of the smash-hit SSX snowboarding franchise. SSX 3 allows gamers to go anywhere gravity will take them. Players will discover a colossal mountain where they can immerse themselves in a free-roaming snow paradise.
31 Years AgoTerranigma
Super FamicomJapan
Terranigma is an action role-playing game for the SNES. It is one of the few games which has never been released in North America. The Game is about a boy named Ark whose fate is to resurrect the earth and to contribute to the evolution of life.
17 Years AgoWWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
Nintendo DSPS2North America
The best-selling fighting videogame franchise returns to the virtual ring with the most authentic, entertaining and compelling simulation of WWE programming to date.
31 Years AgoDestruction Derby
PlayStationEuropeAustralia
With no rules, no limits and no pit stopping, anything goes in this collision course of crumple zones, hit & run mayhem, and street level slamming where wrecking your opponent's motor in ultra-realistic smashes and crashes is the name of the game.
21 Years AgoSuper Princess Peach
Nintendo DSJapanAsia
Princess Power! Bowser's up to no good again...but this time, it's Princess Peach to the rescue! When Mario, Luigi, and the Mushroom Castle Toads get kidnapped it's up to Peach and her magical umbrella to save them.
17 Years AgoBakugan Battle Brawlers
PS2Worldwide
Bakugan Battle Brawlers is the first videogame based on the Bakugan series.
21 Years AgoPokémon Trozei!
Nintendo DSJapan
A crazy departure from your normal Pokémon game, Pokémon Trozei is a speedy puzzle game that will send your stylus flying! Your goal is to match the faces of four Pokémon in the game board to remove them, then string together more Pokémon faces to perform big combos.
28 Years AgoBody Harvest
Nintendo 64North America
The year is 2016. Humanity has been reduced to a few survivors inhabiting the orbital space station Omega. Over the course of the history, aliens visited the Earth every twenty-five years, "harvesting" humans as an organic material.
26 Years AgoMonster Rancher 2
PlayStationEuropeAustraliaNew Zealand
Monster Rancher 2 (released 1999) is a video game and the second North American and Japanese installment in the Monster Rancher series. In Europe (and other PAL locations) Monster Rancher 2 is the first release in the series and is thus named Monster Rancher.
17 Years AgoMotorStorm: Arctic Edge
PS2North America
Motorstorm: Arctic Edge is an arcade racer pitting you against 8 other racers, human or AI in a competition to win in The Festival. The backdrop for the game is Alaska where you have to race on icy tracks in mountainous regions.
26 Years AgoMega Man Xtreme
Game Boy ColorJapan
The future world is in turmoil. The peace keeping mother computer has been hacked and a virus runs rampant throughout the world.
18 Years AgoSpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom
PS2North America
A Brand New Villain approaches from space: GLOBULOUS! Our Baddie threatens to cover the world with matter-controlling snotty goo! Heroes AND Villains must unite to tackle this threat¿but can they be trusted to work as a team?
20 Years AgoBuzz! Junior: Jungle Party
PS2Europe
Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party will captivate the young and casual gamer through over a variety of competitive mini-games. Each mini-game offers a variety of fun fast paced gameplay of skill and speed that will appeal to the entire family -- from the young to the young at heart.
41 Years AgoTeddy Boy
Master SystemJapan
In Teddy Boy you must scramble from maze to maze - each more magnificent than the one before it - bumping off bugs, guppies, snails, dominos and more as you go. Grab precious points for tennis shoes, teddy bears, snails, and other identifiable objects.
41 Years AgoHang-On
PortMaster SystemJapan
The Sega Master System port of Hang-On. It was released in US as part of Hang On & Safari Hunt bundle.
36 Years AgoArrow Flash
Mega Drive / GenesisJapan
Arrow Flash is a side-scrolling space shooter. The player controls a female spaceship pilot who is sent on a mission into deep space to save the Earth from an assault by an evil dragon from another galaxy.
17 Years AgoMarvel Super Hero Squad
Nintendo DSPS2Worldwide
Marvel Super Hero Squad is an action beat-em-up game for one to four players that is based on the animated Marvel TV series. The game is based in Super Hero City and sees the Super Hero Squad battling against Dr. Doom’s Lethal Legion of villains.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.