On This Day in Gaming: October 30

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

October 30

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

NASCAR Racing cover30 Years Ago

NASCAR Racing

PlayStationWorldwide

The game presents three different game modes: Arcade Race, Simulation Race, and Simulation Testing.

The Simpsons Game cover19 Years Ago

The Simpsons Game

PortNintendo DSNorth America

Nintendo DS port of The Simpsons Game.

Joust cover39 Years Ago

Joust

PortFamicomJapan

The arcade classic was ported to Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System by HAL Laboratory under the programming of legendary Satoru Iwata.

Side Pocket cover39 Years Ago

Side Pocket

PortFamicomJapan

The NES port of Side Pocket, a pocket billiards video game originally released into arcades by Data East in 1986.

Super Collapse 3 cover19 Years Ago

Super Collapse 3

Nintendo DSWorldwide

Super Collapse is back, and you won't believe the fun! The third installment of this highly addictive series boasts more action and surprise than ever before. Adventure awaits as you explore 10 fun and unique lands in the all-new Quest mode.

Theresia cover18 Years Ago

Theresia

Nintendo DSNorth America

Theresia is a horror / visual novel hybrid which is split into two campaigns; Dear Emile and Dear Martel. Dear Emile - A tale of twisted love between a mother and her daughter.

Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ cover17 Years Ago

Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ

Nintendo DSiEurope

In Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ, Little "Ready to Rock" Riding Hood and her friend Momotaro face the greatest threat that has ever besieged folk tales.

Style Savvy cover17 Years Ago

Style Savvy

Nintendo DSEurope

Style Savvy combines creativity and fashion with a collection of trendy clothes, chic accessories and stylish shoes.

Super Street Fighter II Turbo: Revival cover25 Years Ago

Super Street Fighter II Turbo: Revival

Expanded editionGame Boy AdvanceNorth America

Capcom's timeless Street Fighter masterpiece conquers the Game Boy Advance system. Choose from over 16 brawlers from the Street Fighter universe and execute special moves, and super combos to wreak havoc on your opponent and become the best street fighter in the world.

Unsolved Crimes cover18 Years Ago

Unsolved Crimes

Nintendo DSWorldwide

The game is set in New York City. The player is a rookie detective from the homicide division. There are eight cases in the game, and one larger case divided into sections.

7 Wonders II cover17 Years Ago

7 Wonders II

Nintendo DSWorldwideEurope

Journey back in time with the 7 Wonders series to when magnificent structures were being built in far away lands.

Puzzle Star Sweep cover29 Years Ago

Puzzle Star Sweep

PortPlayStationJapan

PlayStation Port of Star Sweep. In this vaguely Tetris-like game, players score points by eliminating "star blocks." A star block is a colored rectangle with a star on one end of it, and blocks are eliminated when the stars of two like-colored blocks touch each other.

Buzz! The Mega Quiz cover19 Years Ago

Buzz! The Mega Quiz

PS2North America

Buzz!: The Mega Quiz released as Buzz! The Maha Quiz in India was developed by Relentless Software and is the fourth game in the Buzz! series for the PlayStation 2, alongside Buzz! Junior: Robo Jam.

Boxing Fever cover25 Years Ago

Boxing Fever

Game Boy AdvanceNorth America

BOXING FEVER is the ultimate fighting challenge for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance system.

World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets cover19 Years Ago

World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets

Nintendo DSNorth America

World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets is a video game based on the popular gambling tournament World Series of Poker.

Battle of Giants: Dinosaurs cover18 Years Ago

Battle of Giants: Dinosaurs

Nintendo DSAustralia

Over 150 million years ago in a world dominated by Dinosaurs, natural disasters were changing earth and causing chaos.

Cid to Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon Toki Wasure no Meikyuu DS+ cover18 Years Ago

Cid to Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon Toki Wasure no Meikyuu DS+

Expanded editionNintendo DSJapan

An enhanced port of Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon to the Nintendo DS. The game includes a new storyline revolving around the character Cid and introduces one new job.

Princess Debut cover18 Years Ago

Princess Debut

Nintendo DSWorldwide

Princess Debut is a rhythm otome game published by Natsume and developed by Cave for the Nintendo DS. The illustration and package design was done by Kotori Momoyuki, a manga artist serialized in Kodansha's Nakayoshi.

Keisan Game: Sansuu 4-nen cover40 Years Ago

Keisan Game: Sansuu 4-nen

FamicomJapan

An educational math game for Japanese students. The fourth in a series of five games released in 1986 by magazine giant Tokyo Shoseki.

Keisan Game: Sansuu 5+6-nen cover40 Years Ago

Keisan Game: Sansuu 5+6-nen

FamicomJapan

An educational math game for older Japanese students. The last in a series of five games released in 1986 by magazine giant Tokyo Shoseki.

Romancia: Dragon Slayer Jr. cover39 Years Ago

Romancia: Dragon Slayer Jr.

FamicomJapan

This game exists in two editions, one for the MSX1 and one for the MSX2 with better graphics. In Romancia: Dragon Slayer Jr., you are a young warrior whom the king sends on a mission to rescue a lost princess.

Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race cover39 Years Ago

Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race

Famicom Disk SystemJapan

Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race is a Japan-exclusive racing game starring Mario in Formula One cars. In the game, players can choose to play alone or with other cars.

Bikkuriman World cover39 Years Ago

Bikkuriman World

PortPC EngineJapan

A version of the arcade game Wonder Boy in Monster Land by developer Westone. Unlike other ports of this game, this version was developed by Westone themselves, but re-themed to use the setting of the anime Bikkuriman, which started airing around the time of released.

Doraemon: Meikyuu Daisakusen cover37 Years Ago

Doraemon: Meikyuu Daisakusen

PortPC EngineJapan

Meikyu Daisakusen is an action puzzle game viewed from an overhead perspective. Each stage consists of a maze filled with various enemies and items. You must collect all of the keys on the stage to open the exit door while avoiding or eliminating enemies.

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

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