On This Day in Gaming: October 24

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

October 24

The games released on this day in gaming history.

91 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years

Top Gun: The Second Mission cover35 Years Ago

Top Gun: The Second Mission

NESEuropeAustralia

Top Gun: The Second Mission, known as Top Gun: Duel Fighters in Japan, is a combat flight game developed and published by Konami and released on NES platforms on 1989. It is a sequel to the NES version of Top Gun.

Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island cover20 Years Ago

Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island

PS2North America

Join SpongeBob, Timmy Tuner, and Danny Phantom in an all out battle to stop the evil Mawgu from taking control of Volcano Island!

Flushed Away cover20 Years Ago

Flushed Away

PS2Worldwide

Flushed Away lets players relive the movie and beyond as they assume the roles of Roddy, Rita and take the wheel of the Jammy Dodger watercraft.

Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone cover20 Years Ago

Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone

Game Boy AdvanceNorth America

Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone is a J-RPG and the second game in the Dept. Heaven series and follows the story of a girl named Yggdra whose family was killed and her kingdom conquered by an empire called Bronquia.

NFL Quarterback Club 98 cover29 Years Ago

NFL Quarterback Club 98

Nintendo 64Worldwide

Do you have the courage to be an NFL quarterback? The same folks that brought you TUROK have turned their attentions to the gridiron and have brought great graphics, realistic action, and lots of options to the sport.

Super Mario Bros. 3 cover23 Years Ago

Super Mario Bros. 3

PortGame Boy AdvanceAustralia

The remake of Super Mario Bros. 3 included in Super Mario Advance 4.

Snoopy vs. The Red Baron cover20 Years Ago

Snoopy vs. The Red Baron

PS2Worldwide

Snoopy vs. the Red Baron is a flight combat game released on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and PC in 2006. As the name implies, the protagonist is Snoopy, the dog in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip, Peanuts.

Sega Bass Fishing Duel cover24 Years Ago

Sega Bass Fishing Duel

PS2Japan

Put on fishing caps, fill up the coolers, and get ready to play the game that is just like life on the lake. This is the third title in the SEGA Bass Fishing series. Choose a character from a cast of anglers, each with their own distinct and unique characteristics.

Keeper cover24 Years Ago

Keeper

PlayStationJapan

Keeper is an action/puzzle game developed by Fupac and published by Bullet-Proof Software, and released only in Japan for the Super Famicom.

Buzz! Junior Ace Racers cover18 Years Ago

Buzz! Junior Ace Racers

PS2Europe

Buzz! Junior: Ace Racers is the fifth and latest game in the Buzz! Junior series of party games. It was developed by Cohort Studios and released in 2008 for the PlayStation 2.[1]

What's Cooking? Jamie Oliver cover18 Years Ago

What's Cooking? Jamie Oliver

Nintendo DSEurope

What's Cooking? with Jamie Oliver walks players through virtual and real-life cooking situations, from shopping to chopping, dressing the dish to serving up meals.

Transformers Animated: The Game cover18 Years Ago

Transformers Animated: The Game

Nintendo DSEurope

Based on the hit television series, Transformers Animated: The Game delivers an exciting action-adventure experience.

SDI cover39 Years Ago

SDI

Master SystemJapan

SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative, or simply titled SDI and sometimes known as Global Defense. Players control a satellite and must destroy enemies by moving a crosshair over them and firing the satellite's weapons.

Ide Yousuke Meijin no Jissen Mahjong cover39 Years Ago

Ide Yousuke Meijin no Jissen Mahjong

FamicomJapan

A Famicom-only Mahjong game that teaches a specific variant called "Attack Mahjong" and one of many Mahjong games presented by expert Ide Yosuke. It also had its own special Mahjong controller.

NHL FaceOff 98 cover29 Years Ago

NHL FaceOff 98

PlayStationWorldwide

NHL FaceOff 98 is a Sports game, developed by Killer Game and published by SCEA, which was released in 1997.

J.League Eleven Beat 1997 cover29 Years Ago

J.League Eleven Beat 1997

Nintendo 64Japan

Released in 1997 for the Nintendo 64.

Minimum Nanonic cover29 Years Ago

Minimum Nanonic

PC-FXJapan

Adventure game for PC-FX.

Spec Ops II: Omega Squad cover26 Years Ago

Spec Ops II: Omega Squad

DreamcastNorth America

Spec Ops is an military video game franchise, created by Zombie Studios. The games have primarily been launched on the PC, PlayStation and Dreamcast systems. The first titles in the series were developed by Zombie Studios, and later titles by Runecraft.

Spin Jam cover26 Years Ago

Spin Jam

PlayStationWorldwide

Spin Jam is a puzzle game that involves aiming colored bubbles at flower petals. When three bubbles are united with their respective colored petal, the petal will burst. When all petals burst, you've defeated the level.

Michelin Rally Masters: Race of Champions cover26 Years Ago

Michelin Rally Masters: Race of Champions

PlayStationWorldwide

This is the OFFICIAL game of the real Race of Champions! Take the various authentic ROC cars (22 in all) through different tracks on head-to-head SuperSpecial challenge modes or traditional rally stages as you speed and slide through mud, gravel, snow, and more.

Microsoft Puzzle Collection Entertainment Pack cover26 Years Ago

Microsoft Puzzle Collection Entertainment Pack

PortGame Boy ColorNorth America

A Game Boy version of the Windows puzzle suite of the same name, featuring 6 of the 10 games released on PC, designed by Alexey Pajitnov, the original Tetris designer, on one Gameboy Color cartridge. Jewel Chase. A level based game.

Hoyle Casino cover26 Years Ago

Hoyle Casino

DreamcastNorth America

Set in a virtual Las Vegas casino, players create profiles and are given a set amount of virtual money. A player can then visit any part of the virtual casino and wager their virtual money as they could in a real casino.

Disney's The Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy cover26 Years Ago

Disney's The Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy

Game Boy ColorNorth America

This game is basically Pokémon Pinball minus all the pokémon plus Ariel and her young daughter, Melody -- and a lot of minigames.

NBA ShootOut 2001 cover26 Years Ago

NBA ShootOut 2001

PlayStationWorldwide

NBA SHOOTOUT 2001 offers all the standard features you expect from a quality basketball title: Exhibition games, Season mode with in-depth stat tracking, and Playoff mode. You can also choose the style you want to play, either Simulation or Arcade mode.

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