ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
October 31
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1467 releases
31 Years AgoThe Residents' Bad Day on the Midway
PCMacWorldwide
Bad Day on the Midway is an interactive multimedia adventure game starring a wide cast of eclectic characters that can be switched between at will. The game encourages exploration of its carnival locale to discover the life stories of each of the characters.
30 Years AgoSWIV 3D
PCDOSWorldwide
In SWIV 3D you fly/drive a helicopter, 4-wheel-drive jeep, ice buggy, or hovership through a variety of terrestrial and extraterrestrial landscapes. Several stages include garages where you switch from a ground vehicle to an air vehicle and vice-versa.
30 Years AgoHunter Hunted
PCWorldwide
Hunter Hunted is a side-scrolling action computer game developed by Sierra Entertainment and published on October 31, 1996.
30 Years AgoMario Teaches Typing 2
PCMacNorth America
Mario Teaches Typing 2 is the sequel to Mario Teaches Typing. It includes several new features, including a certificate of achievement, a keyboard that is color-coded for easy reference, an on-screen keyboard, specially customizable lesson plans, and new levels.
30 Years AgoZPC
PCMacWorldwide
Famous for its art design by Aidan Hughes of KMFDM album-cover fame, ZPC is a first person shooter using the Marathon 2 engine. The plot of the game involves the player, a messiah-like figure, bringing down a totalitarian dictatorship.
30 Years Ago
30 Years Ago3DO Games: Decathlon
3DOWorldwide
As you would expect, all ten events are represented in 3DO's Decathlon: 100-meter dash, 400-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 110-meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, and 1500-meter run.
30 Years AgoDeadly Tide
PCNorth America
Deadly Tide is a pre-rendered shooter in which the player gets to control a deadly new undersea vehicle. The basic plot behind the game is that the aliens have arrived on Earth, and they are not friendly.
30 Years AgoTotal Football Management
DOSEurope
Total Football Management is a soccer manager game, putting the player in charge of a football club where the player makes decisions on what players to buy, stadium improvements, tactics, training and shares.
29 Years AgoChessmaster 5500
PCWorldwide
Chessmaster 5500 is an updated version of Chessmaster 5000.
29 Years AgoStreets of SimCity
PCNorth America
Streets of SimCity is a 1997 racing and vehicular combat computer game published by Maxis.
29 Years AgoNetStorm: Islands At War
PCNorth America
Wage war on floating islands high in the clouds
29 Years AgoMadden NFL 98
PCNorth America
Playcalling expert John Madden again licenses Electronic Arts' flagship football simulation.
29 Years AgoPia Carrot he Youkoso!! 2
PCJapan
Pia Carrot e Yōkoso!! 2 is a dating simulation game and a follow-up to the first game. Set four years later, the Pia Carrot restaurant has proved successful, and a second location has now opened.
29 Years AgoHeavy Gear
PCWorldwide
In a distant future on a planet called Terra Nova an epic war is waged between the AST and the ECEF. You are a "gear" pilot for one of these sides as you join the battle for supremacy.
29 Years AgoStar Wars: Monopoly
PCWorldwide
Monopoly Star Wars is the 1997 Monopoly franchise Star Wars video game based on the board game and set in the Star Wars fictional universe. It is one of many Monopoly video game adaptions. The game was developed by Artech Studios and published by Hasbro Interactive.
29 Years AgoKKND: Krush Kill 'n Destroy Xtreme
Expanded editionDOSPCWorldwide
Welcome to Hell, soldier, and mind the radioactive dust. Join one of two groups battling tooth, claw, tentacle, and any other appendage for survival in this post-nuclear real-time strategy game.
29 Years AgoDefiance
PCNorth America
Defiance puts you in the pilot seat of an experimental LAV-6 SABER, a one-man hovercraft armed with a variety of energy weapons, rockets, and smart-bombs.
28 Years AgoLinks LS 1999
PCWorldwide
Featuring St Andrews Links - Old Course, and many new features, Links LS 1999 is a gleaming addition to the Links franchise. Other courses include Bay Hill Club and Lodge, Latrobe Country, and Entrada at Snow Canyon. Multimedia tours of the courses are available for you to enjoy.
28 Years AgoRed Baron 3D
PCWorldwide
Red Baron 3-D is a World War I combat flight simulation, essentially a heavily patched version of Red Baron II.
28 Years AgoO.D.T.: Escape... ...Or Die Trying
PCNorth America
Find yourself immersed in an atmosphere of mystery, magic and mayhem. Fight your way through incredible, multi-leveled, 3D worlds while searching for a magical green pearl that will help save millions from decimation.
27 Years AgoNASCAR Legends
PCWorldwide
Tired of the same old NASCAR game? Like the look of the old cars and love the drivers? Grew up watching NASCAR in the 70''s? Wondering what is so great about the old day's of NASCAR? Then this is a game for you.
27 Years AgoSpec Ops II: Green Berets
PCNorth America
Spec Ops II: Green Berets is a tactical shooter video game developed by Zombie Studios and published by Ripcord Games exclusively for Microsoft Windows. It is the second game in the Spec Ops series.
27 Years AgoThe Wheel of Time
PCNorth America
The Wheel of Time is a PC first person shooter based on the series of fantasy novels by Robert Jordan.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.