ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
October 21
The games released on this day in gaming history.
859 releases
21 Years AgoPokémon Emerald Version
Expanded editionGame Boy AdvanceEurope
Pokémon Emerald Version is a sister game to Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. Emerald Version provided the main storyline with more depth and length, as well as making small aesthetic changes to the world and adding unique animations for each Pokémon.
34 Years AgoSuper Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Game BoyJapan
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins is a platforming game for the Game Boy and the sequel to Super Mario Land.
27 Years AgoRayman 2: The Great Escape
Nintendo 64Europe
With its enchanted storybook look beautifully translated into 3D, lush, vibrant colors, funny enemy designs, and clever jumping puzzles, Rayman 2 is platforming perfection. No arms, no legs, no problem for the little French creation that could.
26 Years AgoPerfect Dark
Nintendo 64Japan
Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is considered the spiritual successor to Rare's earlier first-person shooter GoldenEye 007, with which it shares many gameplay features.
28 Years AgoMediEvil
PlayStationNorth America
MediEvil is an action-adventure game developed by SCE Cambridge Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.
24 Years AgoThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
PS2Worldwide
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is an action and adventure game based off of the first two movies of the popular Lord of the Rings series, The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers.
18 Years AgoCastlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Nintendo DSNorth America
In the absence of the Holy Whip, those who live in fear of Dracula seek a replacement, which takes the form of the Order of Ecclesia, an organization that holds the secret to manipulating Glyphs.
21 Years AgoDragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
PS2Europe
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi lets you play as more than 60 characters from the Dragon Ball Z TV series. You can battle using authentic special attacks of each character as you run, fly, and swim through fully destructible and free-roaming levels.
23 Years AgoCastlevania: Lament of Innocence
PS2North America
Leon Belmont, an eleventh-century nobleman and knight of the clergy, is about to be wed when his fiancée, Sara Trantoul, suddenly disappears. Leon embarks on an epic journey to bring her back, unaware that a growing evil looms like a shadow over his quest.
23 Years AgoTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
PS2XboxGameCubePCNorth America
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) is a beat 'em up game based on the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television series, following the events of a handful of season one episodes. The player can play as either Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo or Raphael.
32 Years AgoDemon's Crest
Super FamicomJapan
This is the third game featuring Firebrand from the Gargoyle's Quest series. It is side a scrolling platformer.
18 Years AgoThe Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
WiiPS2PS3Xbox 360Worldwide
Three long years have passed since Spyro and Cynder were trapped in the crystal, since then Malefor has unleashed his evil onto the world. In this third chapter of the epic Legend of Spyro trilogy, Spyro must fulfill his destiny and face the Dark Master.
22 Years AgoAce Combat 5: The Unsung War
PS2Japan
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War is a first person air combat and flight simulator. Like other Ace Combat games, each mission is determined by a level briefing and objectives.
23 Years AgoTime Crisis 3
PS2North America
The third installment in Namco's light gun shooting franchise, Time Crisis 3 offers exciting, fast-paced shooting action by the world renowned VSSE agents as they fight to save an innocent nation from total annihilation.
28 Years AgoTetris DX
Expanded editionGame Boy ColorJapan
Tetris DX has everything you need to satisfy your puzzle appetite. Play marathon, the classic Tetris game. Try your hand at ultra or 40 lines, two Tetris games with a twist. The vs. game will have you playing for hours!
28 Years AgoWario Land II
PortGame Boy ColorJapan
What kind of no-good ruffians would break into my castle and steal my treasures?! It's that rotten Captain Syrup and that Black Sugar Gang! I'm looking out for bad guys and scavenging for coins as I track down my treasures.
23 Years AgoCelebrity Deathmatch
PlayStationWorldwide
Based on MTV's claymation animation show Celebrity Deathmatch. You play a series of wrestling matches, much in the style of other wrestling games. The twist being, that you play one of various celebrities, such as Marilyn Manson and Carmen Electra.
28 Years AgoSpace Station Silicon Valley
Nintendo 64North America
A space station that was built more than 1000 years before by Earth, shortly after its launch, vanished. The station has since then mysteriously reappeared and it's bound on a collision course with Earth. Unless Dan and Evo can stop it, all will surely perish.
29 Years AgoClayFighter 63 1/3
Nintendo 64Worldwide
Get ready to crumble! Once again, the clay fighters prove that when you play a state-of-the-art fighter, you might lose lives, you might lose limbs, but there's no reason to lose your sense of humor! Fight in and out of 3D backgrounds.
21 Years AgoWorld Soccer: Winning Eleven 9
XboxPS2Europe
Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (abbreviated PES 5), known as World Soccer: Winning Eleven 9 in Japan and North America (sometimes mislabeled as World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 International), is a 2005 football sports simulation video game developed…
40 Years AgoPro Wrestling
Famicom Disk SystemJapan
Pro Wrestling is a pro wrestling video game developed and published by Nintendo. The game was the third wrestling game on the Nintendo Entertainment System (after M.U.S.C.L.E. and Tag Team Wrestling).
32 Years AgoKid Klown in Crazy Chase
Super FamicomJapan
You play as a clown, trying to finish the level while avoiding Blackjack's booby traps. To successfully finish each level, you'll need to beat the fuse. What is the fuse?
24 Years AgoKid Klown in Crazy Chase
Game Boy AdvanceEurope
You play as a clown, trying to finish the level while avoiding Blackjack's booby traps. To successfully finish each level, you'll need to beat the fuse. What is the fuse?
22 Years AgoThe Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge
PS2Japan
Action game based on Henry Selick's stop-motion movie masterpiece. Players slip into the role of Jack Skellington, King of Halloween, and relive the adventures set in Tim Burton's dark world.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.