ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
November 16
The games released on this day in gaming history.
120 releases · Retro platforms, 1985–2010 · show all platforms and years
18 Years AgoShaun White Snowboarding
PS2Nintendo DSWorldwide
Enter a snowboarding world of total freedom. You can create your own experience in this game, and choose when, where, how and with whom you want to ride.
20 Years AgoNeed for Speed: Carbon
PortPS2Australia
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.
25 Years AgoHeadhunter
DreamcastEurope
Welcome to the future. In the early 21st century, gang warfare and crime have lead to the creation of privatised law enforcement.
25 Years AgoSpyro: Season of Ice
Game Boy AdvanceEurope
Spyro: Season of Ice is the first Spyro game not developed by Insomniac Games and to appear on the Game Boy Advance. Unlike the Playstation series, Seasons of Ice has the player controlling Spyro through an isometric overhead camera.
25 Years AgoHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
PortGame Boy AdvanceEuropeNorth America
The Game Boy Advance version is a top-down puzzle game. The player explores Hogwarts, and must attend classes which often include a challenge of collecting a certain number of items, such as challenge stars or potion ingredients.
25 Years AgoHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
PortGame Boy ColorEuropeNorth America
The Game Boy Color version is a role-playing game with turn-based combat. The player controls Harry, starting from when Hagrid brings him to Diagon Alley.
31 Years AgoDoom
Expanded editionPlayStationNorth America
All Hell's Breaking Loose! This is it! The gaming addiction that's been played by an estimated 10 million fanatics on the PC.
21 Years AgoTony Hawk's American Sk8land
Nintendo DSNorth America
Tony Hawk's American Sk8land is the handheld version of American Wasteland, the seventh entry in the Tony Hawk's series. It is the first entry in the series for the Nintendo DS.
20 Years AgoAge of Empires: The Age of Kings
PortNintendo DSAustralia
Age Of Empires: The Age Of Kings is a portable version of one of the best-selling RTS games ever! You'll command five different civilizations, as you move from the Dark Ages through the Middle Ages, with one goal in mind: Domination of the known world.
18 Years AgoAC/DC Live: Rock Band - Track Pack
PS2Worldwide
The majestic power of AC/DC is about to be unleashed... and you are in the band! Firing cannons, shattering eardrums and leaving nobody un-rocked, you are there as AC/DC plays one of its landmark gigs.
25 Years AgoDoom
PortGame Boy AdvanceNorth America
The GBA port of Doom has some of the original levels missing, but has Link Cable support. The engine is based on the Atari Jaguar port, being the last version with this engine.
22 Years AgoCapcom Fighting Evolution
PS2North America
Capcom Fighting Jam, released in the US as Capcom Fighting Evolution, is a 2004 head-to-head fighting game from Capcom. It was originally released as a coin-operated arcade game for the Namco System 246 hardware and ported to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
19 Years AgoOrcs & Elves
Nintendo DSEurope
Orcs & Elves' is a turn-based role-playing game, played from a first person perspective.
18 Years AgoGuitar Hero: On Tour - Decades
Nintendo DSNorth America
"Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades expands the experience of Guitar Hero: On Tour by letting you rock out to some of the biggest hits from the 70s, 80s, 90s and today. Journey through rock history with decade themed characters and venues."
24 Years AgoBMX XXX
PS2North America
BMX XXX is a 2002 video game published by Acclaim Entertainment under their AKA Acclaim banner for the Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2 and developed by Z-Axis.
20 Years AgoSamurai Warriors 2 Empires
Standalone expansionPS2Japan
Samurai Warriors 2 Empires is an expansion to the original Samurai Warriors 2 and the third Empires expansion by Koei.
19 Years AgoLEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
PortNintendo DSEurope
Play through a fun Star Wars galaxy that combines the endless customization of LEGO with the epic story from all six episodes of Star Wars.
26 Years AgoGold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado
PlayStationNorth America
After stowing away on Cortes's ship bound for the New World, Miguel and Tulio find themselves in a strange land with no food. However, they do find part of a map that might lead them to El Dorado, the lost city of gold.
22 Years AgoFight Club
PS2Worldwide
Fight Club is based on David Fincher's film adaption of Chuck Palahniuk's novel of the same name. Fed up with consumerist American culture, a fight club is founded as a new type of therapy through bare-knuckle fighting.
25 Years AgoMartian Gothic: Unification
PlayStationNorth America
Martian Gothic : Unification is one of the numerous titles which came out at the end of the PlayStation lifespan. At first glance, it looks like a typical Resident Evil rip-off with a futuristic paint, a disturbing cover and bad voice-acting.
25 Years AgoSuper Dodge Ball Advance
Game Boy AdvanceEurope
The year is 20XX and dodge ball has become the number one sport in the world. Teams from all over the world now compete in dodge ball tournaments to prove once and for all who is the best dodge ball team ever.
24 Years AgoShrek Super Party
PS2North America
Shrek: Super Party is a party video game released in 2002 by Mass Media. The game is based on the Shrek movie series. This game is also similar to Pac-Man Fever (which has the same developer) and the Mario Party series of games.
27 Years AgoSuzuki Alstare Extreme Racing
DreamcastNorth America
Suzuki Alstare Exteme Racing is a motorcycle racing game with the Suzuki license. It has two playing modes: time trial (single races against four to seven AI racers) and the championship which are 16 successive races on the 16 courses.
26 Years AgoHercules: The Legendary Journeys
Nintendo 64North America
Take control of the legendary hero Hercules and his friends Iolaus and Serena as they attempt to stop Ares from completing his diabolical plans.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.