On This Day in Gaming: October 29

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

October 29

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas cover22 Years Ago

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

PS2EuropeAustralia

Returning after his mother's murder to the semi-fictional city of Los Santos (based on Los Angeles), Carl Johnson, a former gang banger, must take back the streets for his family and friends by gaining respect and once again gaining control over the streets.

Grand Theft Auto III cover25 Years Ago

Grand Theft Auto III

PS2New Zealand

Featuring a fully 3-D living city, a combination of narrative driven and non-linear gameplay and a completely open environment, Grand Theft Auto III represents a huge leap forward in interactive entertainment.

Final Fantasy VIII cover27 Years Ago

Final Fantasy VIII

PlayStationAustralia

Final Fantasy VIII is the eighth main installment in the Final Fantasy series. The gameplay makes a departure from many series standards.

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex cover25 Years Ago

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex

PS2North America

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex is the fourth mainline series game and the first to feature Crash Bandicoot on the PlayStation 2. It was later ported to the GameCube and Xbox, making it his first multiplatform appearance.

Dino Crisis cover27 Years Ago

Dino Crisis

PlayStationEuropeAustralia

Dino Crisis is a survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom in 1999. Set in a remote research facility, it follows special agent Regina as she investigates a scientific experiment gone wrong.

Sly 2: Band of Thieves cover22 Years Ago

Sly 2: Band of Thieves

PS2Europe

Sly 2: Band of Thieves is a stealth-action platformer developed by Sucker Punch Productions and released for PlayStation 2 in 2004. Players control Sly Cooper and his gang as they attempt to dismantle the Klaww Gang and recover the scattered parts of Clockwerk.

Manhunt 2 cover19 Years Ago

Manhunt 2

PS2Worldwide

An experiment at a secret research facility has gone catastrophically wrong. Daniel Lamb and Leo Kasper are the only surviving subjects. The Pickman Project will stop at nothing to hunt them down and stop the truth from getting out.

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood cover33 Years Ago

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

PC Engine CDJapan

In Castlevania X: Rondo of Blood, the player takes control of Richter, the ultimate Vampire Killer, guiding him through a total of nine stages filled with treacherous traps and hidden secrets.

Crash: Mind Over Mutant cover18 Years Ago

Crash: Mind Over Mutant

PS2Australia

Crash: Mind Over Mutant is the sequel to Crash of the Titans and the seventh Crash Bandicoot series game. The game uses many of the same mechanics as its predecessor with a few changes.

Jet Force Gemini cover27 Years Ago

Jet Force Gemini

Nintendo 64Europe

The insect invasion has begun. The galaxy is being infested by the evil Mizar and his horde of Drones. Already, the planet of Goldwood has been subjugated and the peaceful Tribals enslaved.

Art of Fighting cover33 Years Ago

Art of Fighting

Super FamicomJapan

This fighting game began the story of the Sakazaki family and Robert Garcia. Yuri Sakazaki has been abducted by Mr. Big to punish her father, Takuma, and her brother, Ryo.

Legend of Legaia cover28 Years Ago

Legend of Legaia

PlayStationJapan

A legendary tale of betrayal and self-destruction. Abuse derived from the greediness of man. the powers of a magical creature betrayed. Will man realize his mistakes before irreparable damage is done?

Altered Beast cover38 Years Ago

Altered Beast

PortMega Drive / GenesisJapan

The Sega Genesis/Mega Drive has different enemy layouts and input mechanics from the original arcade version.

DJ Hero cover17 Years Ago

DJ Hero

PS2Europe

DJ Hero primarily simulates turntablism, a musical style used by disc jockeys to create a new mashup song by incorporating one or more previously recorded songs played on record players along with sound effect generators.

Super Scribblenauts cover16 Years Ago

Super Scribblenauts

Nintendo DSEurope

In this new game created and developed by 5TH Cell, players use the stylus and touch screen to help Maxwell, the game's hero, acquire the "Starite," the prize earned from solving the puzzle in even more robust challenges and redesigned levels.

Metal Slug 7 cover17 Years Ago

Metal Slug 7

Nintendo DSAustralia

The Peregrine Falcon Strike Force, the Ikari Warriors, and the SPARROWS are once again on a search for General Morden and his army. Their mission is to catch General Morden and prevent his attempts at another coup d'état on the government.

Grand Theft Auto Advance cover22 Years Ago

Grand Theft Auto Advance

Game Boy AdvanceEurope

Grand Theft Auto Advance is a handheld console game developed by Digital Eclipse, published by Rockstar Games, and released on October 26, 2004 for the Game Boy Advance. It is the only Grand Theft Auto game to not be developed by a Rockstar studio (formerly DMA Design).

Space Harrier II cover38 Years Ago

Space Harrier II

Mega Drive / GenesisJapan

A call for help comes from deep in the universe. Fantasyland has been taken over by destructive forces. Quick on the scene is Space Harrier equipped with his laser, who must attempt to outwit and outmanoeuvre the hoards and prevent Fantasyland from being blown into oblivion!

ActRaiser 2 cover33 Years Ago

ActRaiser 2

Super FamicomJapan

ActRaiser 2 is a side-scrolling platform game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System developed by Quintet and published by Enix in 1993.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 cover24 Years Ago

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3

PortPlayStationNorth America

A simpler port of THPS3 for the previous console generation. You may not be able to live like the legend, but now you can skate like him.

Mega Man IV cover33 Years Ago

Mega Man IV

Game BoyJapan

A huge celebration at the World Robot Expo is shattered by the sight of a flying saucer streaking across the sky. But instead of holding little green men, this saucer holds one very mad scientist! Armed with a mind control machine that transmits a sinister signal.

Super Thunder Blade cover38 Years Ago

Super Thunder Blade

PortMega Drive / GenesisJapan

Super Thunder Blade is a shooter for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console, published by Sega.

Shipwreckers! cover29 Years Ago

Shipwreckers!

PlayStationNorth America

Shipwreckers is a third-person arcade-style shooter where you sail around in a pirate ship battling other pirate vessels and destroying the gun turrets and flamethrowers that are defending ports in an attempt to spread your swashbuckling reign of terror.

Ford Racing 3 cover22 Years Ago

Ford Racing 3

Nintendo DSPS2Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide

Flex your racing skills with some of the most famous cars in history!

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

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