ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
November 4
The games released on this day in gaming history.
80 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
22 Years AgoThe Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Game Boy AdvanceJapan
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is a top-down action adventure game that tells the origins of the evil Vaati from Four Swords.
24 Years AgoRatchet & Clank
PS2North America
Ratchet & Clank is a 3D platform-adventure game featuring the protagonists Ratchet, a furry alien creature, and Clank, a small robot. The two travel across the galaxy in search of Captain Qwark and ultimately become involved in an effort to prevent a threat to the galaxy.
32 Years AgoThe Lion King
Mega Drive / GenesisEurope
The Lion King brings to life the majesty and mystery of Africa through the tale of Simba, a lion cub faced with the challenging transition to maturity.
21 Years AgoResident Evil 4
Expanded editionPS2Europe
A port of Resident Evil 4 for the PlayStation 2. Almost all of the GameCube's real-time cut scenes were converted into movie files to maintain higher quality.
21 Years AgoFire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Game Boy AdvanceEurope
In Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, you must help protect the nation of Renais from the invading Grado Empire. Plan your strategy, choose your units, and then lead your soldiers in to battle. The more experience your soldiers gain, the more you can upgrade their abilities.
30 Years AgoWave Race 64
Nintendo 64North America
Wave Race 64 is sure to provide some of the most exciting racing you've ever experienced. Feel the pounding and crashing of the waves as you accelerate into straight-aways, whip around the marker buoys and go airborne on the jump ramps. Don't race alone - challenge a friend!
21 Years AgoCrash Tag Team Racing
PS2Europe
After being humiliated yet again by Crash Bandicoot at the end of Crash Twinsanity, Cortex returns to his evil scheming in his dilapidated Iceberg Lair. He stumbles across a newspaper article regarding the closure of Ebeneezer Von Clutch's condemned racing arena.
23 Years AgoFIFA Soccer 2004
PS2North America
FIFA Football 2004, also known as FIFA Soccer 2004 in North America, is a football video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in October 2003 with the tagline "Create Brilliance".
21 Years AgoJak X: Combat Racing
PS2Europe
After saving Haven City once again, Jak and Daxter find themselves poisoned forced into competition on the international car-racing circuit by the execution of Krew's will.
18 Years AgoDragon Ball Z: Infinite World
PS2Worldwide
Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World combines all the best elements of previous Dragon Ball Z games, while boasting new features such as “Dragon Missions”, new battle types and drama scenes for fans to delve deeper than ever before into the Dragon Ball Z universe.
18 Years AgoNHL 09
PS2Worldwide
NHL 09 is the 17th video game in the NHL series released by EA Sports in 2008. Both the Nintendo DS and Wii versions had been planned, but canceled. It was the last installment of the NHL series to be released on Playstation 2 and the last to get a PC release
21 Years AgoSuper Princess Peach
Nintendo DSKorea
Princess Power! Bowser's up to no good again...but this time, it's Princess Peach to the rescue! When Mario, Luigi, and the Mushroom Castle Toads get kidnapped it's up to Peach and her magical umbrella to save them.
23 Years AgoYu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards
Game Boy AdvanceNorth America
In Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards, it's just as important to play your cards right as it is to get the right cards. This unique RPG gives you cards as weapons against the tough competition.
18 Years AgoTom Clancy's EndWar
Nintendo DSNorth America
In addition to traditional RTS controls, EndWar goes beyond other Real Time Strategy games by letting you use your own voice to control your units, offering you true control at the speed of thought.
18 Years AgoMadagascar: Escape 2 Africa
PS2Worldwide
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is a video game based on the film of the same name. It was released on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, and Nintendo DS in November 4, 2008 in North America.
28 Years AgoNBA Live 99
Nintendo 64North 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.
23 Years AgoSOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs
PS2North America
SOCOM II is a third-person tactical shooter. There are 12 different single-player missions: split equally between Albania, Algeria, Brazil and Russia. There are five different ranks that can be played in the game: Ensign, Lieutenant, Commander, Captain and Admiral.
23 Years AgoEyeToy: Play
PS2North America
EyeToy: Play is a video game for the PlayStation 2, released in 2003. It was the first game to make use of the PlayStation 2's video camera accessory, EyeToy. The game was initially packaged with the EyeToy when the accessory was first released.
21 Years AgoThe Sims 2
PortPS2Europe
The console versions of The Sims 2 featured local splitscreen multiplayer, a story mode and an option to control game characters directly, as opposed to queuing options as is traditional Sims gameplay.
21 Years AgoGunstar Super Heroes
Game Boy AdvanceEurope
Blue and Red, the lead characters in Gunstar Super Heroes, must once again keep a stone of great power from falling into the hands of an evil empire intent on resurrecting the God of Ruin.
18 Years AgoDragon Ball: Origins
Nintendo DSNorth America
Dragon Ball: Origins follows Goku and his clever sidekick Bulma as they travel the world overcoming enemies and obstacles to collect the 7 Dragon Balls.
21 Years AgoDonkey Kong Country 3
Expanded editionGame Boy AdvanceEurope
Donkey Kong Country 3 is the Game Boy Advance version of the SNES game "Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!".
21 Years AgoEyeToy: Play 3
PS2Europe
EyeToy: Play 3 contains a set of over 50 different games you can play with the help of a USB camera connected to Playstation 2. Amount of players can vary from 1-4 players and the game is suitable for people of all ages.
21 Years AgoThe Sims 2
PortGame Boy AdvanceEurope
The Sims 2 for Nintendo Game Boy Advance takes place in Strangetown. In it, players create Sims to star in a TV series called 'Strangetown'. The player's Sim then stars in 12 episodes of the series.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.