On This Day in Gaming: November 3

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

November 3

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Crash Bandicoot: Warped cover28 Years Ago

Crash Bandicoot: Warped

PlayStationNorth America

Crash Bandicoot: Warped is the third game in the Crash Bandicoot series and the first to feature Coco as a playable character.

Fire Emblem cover23 Years Ago

Fire Emblem

Game Boy AdvanceNorth America

It is the seventh game of the Fire Emblem series, the second game in the series to be released for the Game Boy Advance, and the first to be released in both North America and Europe.

Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 cover20 Years Ago

Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007

PS2Australia

​Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 is a soccer simulation game developed and published by Konami. The game offers various modes, including exhibition matches, cup competitions, and an enhanced Master League.

Mario Tennis cover26 Years Ago

Mario Tennis

Nintendo 64AustraliaEurope

All of your favorite characters hit the court in a wild and wacky multiplayer tennis game from the makers of Mario Golf. Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Peach, Toad, and Donkey Kong lead off the all-star, 14-player line-up.

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 cover20 Years Ago

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2

PS2Europe

Tenkaichi 2 is a fighting game with more than 120 playable characters, the biggest amount ever featured in a Dragon Ball game.

True Crime: Streets of LA cover23 Years Ago

True Crime: Streets of LA

PS2Worldwide

True Crime: Streets of LA is a free-roaming driving and action game similar in concept to Grand Theft Auto III. The game's structure is mission-based; most of the missions are dictated by the story and initiate following a cutscene that advances it.

Rule of Rose cover20 Years Ago

Rule of Rose

PS2Europe

Rule of Rose is a survival horror game in which the player, who controls Jennifer, explores the game environments and furthers the plot by accomplishing tasks and experiencing cut-scenes while sporadically encountering enemies and bosses.

Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier cover17 Years Ago

Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier

PS2North America

Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier is a 2009 platform game developed by High Impact Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game is the sixth and final game in the Jak and Daxter series.

Spyro: A Hero's Tail cover22 Years Ago

Spyro: A Hero's Tail

PS2Worldwide

Spyro: A Hero's Tail is the fifth console game in the original Spyro series and the ninth game in the series in all.

Band Hero cover17 Years Ago

Band Hero

PS2Nintendo DSWorldwide

Band Hero is a spinoff video game as part of the Guitar Hero series of music rhythm games, released by Activision on November 3, 2009, for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS consoles.

Art of Fighting 2 cover32 Years Ago

Art of Fighting 2

Neo GeoWorldwide

The second installment in the AoF series added the "rage gauge"; similar to the "spirit system" of its predecessor, it limited the use and effectiveness of special attacks. The game's story is set a year after the original.

Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories cover20 Years Ago

Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories

PS2Europe

Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories is a tactical role-playing game and the sequel to Disgaea: Hour of Darkness. It was re-released for the PlayStation Portable as Disgaea 2 Portable in Japan and as Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days in North America and Europe.

Radiant Historia cover16 Years Ago

Radiant Historia

Nintendo DSJapan

In the midst of an unending war for dominance between two super-powers, Special Intelligence Agent Stocke is assigned to a routine escort mission that goes horribly awry.

Lucky Luke cover28 Years Ago

Lucky Luke

PlayStationNorth AmericaEurope

You, as Lucky Luke, have to stop the Dalton gang from making another crime. Walking around town you have to solve puzzles, shoot criminals and collect money. After finishing the level you have a chance to buy an extra life with the money collected.

Need for Speed: Carbon cover20 Years Ago

Need for Speed: Carbon

PortPS2Europe

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.

Arkanoid: Doh It Again cover29 Years Ago

Arkanoid: Doh It Again

SNESNorth America

Much like the game Breakout, the player controls the "Vaus", a space vessel that acts as the game's "paddle" which prevents a ball from falling from the playing field, attempting to bounce it against a number of bricks. The ball striking a brick causes the brick to disappear.

Dynamite Cop cover27 Years Ago

Dynamite Cop

DreamcastNorth America

A beat 'em up video game published by Sega and initially released in arcades on Sega Model 2 hardware. It is the sequel to the 1996 game, Dynamite Deka which was released outside Japan as Die Hard Arcade.

Metropolis Street Racer cover26 Years Ago

Metropolis Street Racer

DreamcastEurope

Gameplay in MSR is centred around the single-player mode, with tracks and cars in the multiplayer mode being unlocked at the same time as in the single-player game.

Zapper: One Wicked Cricket! cover24 Years Ago

Zapper: One Wicked Cricket!

PS2North America

Zapper is an action-packed and addictive game that starts with the 'avoid-em-up' game play mechanics of Blitz Games' own Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge, and then takes the action to a whole new level.

Wipeout 64 cover28 Years Ago

Wipeout 64

Nintendo 64North America

WipEout 64 was released by Psygnosis as a follow-up to the racing game WipEout XL, taking place one year later in 2098.

Hugo: Cannon Cruise cover22 Years Ago

Hugo: Cannon Cruise

PS2Europe

Hugo: Cannon Cruise is a Simulation game released in Europe in 2004.

C.O.P. The Recruit cover17 Years Ago

C.O.P. The Recruit

Nintendo DSNorth America

Dan Miles is a former underground street racer and new recruit in the Criminal Overturn Program (C.O.P.). Under the terms of the C.O.P., Dan has become a street detective working to protect New York citizens against large-scale threats.

Uno 52 cover20 Years Ago

Uno 52

Nintendo DSWorldwide

America's favorite family card game is mixed with the modern poker craze to create Uno 52. Ten themed backgrounds set the stage in this fast-paced game from America’s favorite toymaker. Four styles of Poker play, including Solitaire and Challenge means the fun never stops!

Jurassic: The Hunted cover17 Years Ago

Jurassic: The Hunted

PS2Worldwide

Jurassic: The Hunted is a fast-paced first-person shooter that sends players back through time, to pit them against the monstrous creatures that ruled the title era.

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

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