ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
October 31
The games released on this day in gaming history.
162 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
23 Years AgoTime Crisis 3
PS2Europe
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 AgoRugrats: Search for Reptar
PlayStationNorth America
Rugrats: Search for Reptar is the first video game based off of the popular Nickelodean television series. The game follows the main character of the cartoon Rugrats, Tommy Pickles, who has lost eleven pieces of a twelve-piece jigsaw puzzle featuring the cartoon dinosaur Reptar.
28 Years AgoApocalypse
PlayStationNorth America
Apocalypse is notable for featuring actor Bruce Willis, who provides the main character's likeness and voice, as well as being the first original game by Neversoft, prior to launching their blockbuster Tony Hawk franchise.
27 Years AgoReady 2 Rumble Boxing
Nintendo 64PlayStationWorldwide
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing is a boxing game for the Dreamcast, PlayStation, and Nintendo 64 and it was released in 1999 by Midway. The success of the Dreamcast version led to it becoming one of the few Sega All Stars titles.
28 Years AgoNBA Live 99
PlayStationNorth America
NBA Live 99 is EA Sports' NBA release for the 1998–99 NBA season. Some of the major additions in Live 99 include Practice Mode and multi-season play featuring player development between seasons.
29 Years AgoDuke Nukem 64
PortNintendo 64North America
Duke Nukem's coming to get some! Prepare yourself to become the biggest, baddest, alien basher in the known universe - Duke Nukem; as you blast your way through the streets of LA out to an orbiting station, and onto the moon itself.
23 Years AgoDog's Life
PS2Europe
In Dog's Life you play Jake the puppy, as he explores the USA in an attempt to foil a fiendish plot. Miss Peaches doesn't like dogs, and sees them as a way of making money, by dog-napping Daisy the pedigree dog.
23 Years AgoBionicle: The Game
PS2North America
Bionicle: The Game (also known as Lego Bionicle and titled on the cover as simply Bionicle) is an action-adventure video game released in 2003. The game is based on parts of the movie Bionicle: Mask of Light and other parts of the Bionicle storyline.
18 Years AgoMega Man Star Force 2: Zerker x Ninja
Nintendo DSAustralia
Mega Man Star Force 2 blends a unique formula of RPG exploration elements with fast-paced action, as players travel and battle between coexisting worlds, the physical world and the virtual Wave World, to unravel the mystery around this new troublemaker.
27 Years AgoTest Drive 6
PlayStationWorldwide
Test Drive 6 is a cross-platform racing video game developed by Pitbull Syndicate for the PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Microsoft Windows and Dreamcast. It is the sixth entry in the Test Drive series.
20 Years AgoNeed for Speed: Carbon
PortPS2North America
Need for Speed: Carbon, also known as NFS Carbon or NFSC, is an Electronic Arts video game in the Need for Speed series. It is the tenth installment and was the first game in the series to gain the PEGI rating of 12+. The game is a sequel to 2005's Need for Speed: Most Wanted.
29 Years AgoGhost in the Shell
PlayStationNorth America
This is a cyberpunk-themed third-person shooter video game developed by Exact and Production I.G for the PlayStation. The game plot revolves around a recruit of Public Security Section 9 as he investigates and combats the Human Liberation Front.
34 Years AgoWarriors of Fate
ArcadeJapan
Warriors of Fate is a beat'em up with nine stages. Each contains large mobs including spearman, archers, strongmen, bomb-wielding opponents, and at least one boss.
27 Years AgoSega Rally 2
DreamcastNorth America
Sega Rally 2 is the sequel to Sega Rally Championship. It was released in 1998 in the arcades and was later ported to the Dreamcast and PC.
27 Years AgoJoJo's Bizarre Adventure
PortDreamcastPlayStationWorldwide
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is the console version of 1998 Arcade game of the same title. Two console versions were produced.
28 Years AgoBust-a-Move 4
PlayStationNorth America
Puzzle Bobble 4 (also known as Bust-a-Move 4 in North America and Europe) is the third sequel to the video game Puzzle Bobble and is the final appearance of the series on the Arcade, PlayStation and Dreamcast.
27 Years AgoTurok: Rage Wars
Nintendo 64North America
Turok: Rage Wars is a first-person shooter video game released for the Nintendo 64. The game supports up to four players or bots with a single player mission-based mode also available. The game allows use of the RAM Expansion Pak for enhanced play sessions.
35 Years AgoT2: The Arcade Game
ArcadeNorth America
As the title states, this is the home conversion of the arcade rail-shooter based on the film Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Up to two players shoot through future and present levels as robotic killers reprogrammed to serve the human resistance.
29 Years AgoStar Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi
PlayStationNorth America
Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi is a fighting game released for PlayStation. The 3D fighting genre fulfills its ultimate destiny with Star Wars Masters of Teräs Käsi, an intense one-on-one combat experience for the Sony PlayStation.
27 Years AgoEarthworm Jim 3D
Nintendo 64North America
Earthworm Jim 3D is a platform game, the third in the Earthworm Jim series. It is a sequel to Earthworm Jim and Earthworm Jim 2, and the first game in the series to not be developed by Shiny Entertainment, which had recently instituted a strict "no sequels" policy.
34 Years AgoSuper Buster Bros.
SNESNorth America
Super Pang is an adventure for one or two players that takes the player around the world, aiming to rid the planet of a terrible foe: seemingly innocuous-looking bubbles.
30 Years AgoNBA Live 97
SNESMega Drive / GenesisSaturnPlayStationNorth America
NBA Live 97 is a basketball game with an emphasis on realism. You can choose from all of the NBA teams, create a team with players you create yourself, or choose a team formed by the All-Star players of the east or West coasts.
28 Years AgoBust A Groove
PlayStationNorth America
Bust a Groove is a hybrid music/fighting game combined PaRappa the Rapper-like rhythm-based gameplay with fighting game elements, including special moves designed to damage the opponent and a focus on head-to-head competitive play.
19 Years AgoDementium: The Ward
Nintendo DSNorth America
Dementium - The Ward is a mature-themed first-person shooter/survival horror game for the Nintendo DS that tells the tale of a man who awakens to find himself alone in a mysterious, derelict hospital that is frozen in time.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.