On This Day in Gaming: November 21

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

November 21

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Stinger cover40 Years Ago

Stinger

Famicom Disk SystemJapan

Stinger is a shoot-em-up developed by Konami. It is the North American version of the sequel to Twinbee.

Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City cover32 Years Ago

Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City

SNESNorth America

This is no pick up game... It's a twisted adventure created by vengeful mad scientist Dr. Max Cranium!

Batman Forever: The Arcade Game cover30 Years Ago

Batman Forever: The Arcade Game

PortSaturnNorth America

A Final-Fight/Double-Dragon style game which features the Caped Crusader and his sidekick Robin in a traditional beat-em-up. Based on the Batman Forever movie, this side-scrolling beat-em-up features the plot, several memorable characters, and quotes from its movie counterpart.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cover23 Years Ago

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

PortGame Boy AdvanceEurope

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 2003 Game Boy Advance video game, based on the 2003 TV series. In this game each Turtle has his own unique set of levels to complete.

Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt cover22 Years Ago

Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt

Nintendo DSNorth America

An episode in the Metroid Prime series which started on the GameCube, this game takes place between Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.

Cacoma Knight in Bizyland cover34 Years Ago

Cacoma Knight in Bizyland

Super FamicomJapan

Cacoma Knight is a hybrid of action and puzzle elements. Each level is a single screen. The first image that the player sees is a landscape, for example, a forest or a town.

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion cover23 Years Ago

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion

PS2Europe

Brilliant minds know how to bring a book to life, but it takes a boy genius to actually bring it to life, literally.

Cooking Mama 2: Dinner With Friends cover18 Years Ago

Cooking Mama 2: Dinner With Friends

Nintendo DSAustralia

As in the original The Cooking Mama, players in The Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends, prepare various culinary dishes using the Nintendo DS's touch screen.

Crimson Tears cover22 Years Ago

Crimson Tears

PS2Europe

The game is set in Tokyo in the year 2049 and revolves around three characters whose home has been destroyed. As seen on the game's front cover, this trio seems human; however, they are actually bio-engineered weapons developed by a company named A.R.M.A. called "mutanoids".

Asphalt: Urban GT cover22 Years Ago

Asphalt: Urban GT

PortNintendo DSNorth America

Asphalt Urban GT is a racing video game for the Nintendo DS and the Nokia N-Gage handheld video game consoles. It was developed by Gameloft and published by Ubisoft, and released on November 21, 2004, making it one of the DS launch titles.

Touchmaster 2 cover18 Years Ago

Touchmaster 2

Nintendo DSWorldwide

Select from 20 brand new card, puzzle, strategy, action and picture games that you can enjoy on the go. Play alone or compete head to head with an opponent. With its easy touch-screen controls and challenging gameplay you'll be addicted for hours.

Score International Baja 1000 cover18 Years Ago

Score International Baja 1000

PS2Europe

Score International Baja 1000 is an offroad racing game featuring over 90 vehicles and multiple classes including trophy trucks, class I, motorcycles, and ATVs.

Tunnel B1 cover30 Years Ago

Tunnel B1

PlayStationNorth America

Prepare yourself for dangerous underground combat action in TUNNEL B1 for the PlayStation. Command your specialized B1 hovercraft in fierce battles, as you attempt to bring down an evil madman intent on detonating a thermonuclear explosion and destroying the world.

Ecks vs. Sever cover25 Years Ago

Ecks vs. Sever

Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide

At the beginning of the game, players choose which character, Ecks or Sever, they wish to control. Both characters' plots intertwine and are given different level designs for each of their missions.

Real Soccer 2009 cover18 Years Ago

Real Soccer 2009

Nintendo DSEurope

Take the field and prepare for true-to-life soccer action. Seize control of the ball and execute your most incredible moves to maneuver past your opposition and score solidly in the goal.

Master of the Monster Lair cover18 Years Ago

Master of the Monster Lair

Nintendo DSWorldwide

Master of the Monster Lair is a dungeon crawling RPG with a different twist, whereas in previous dungeon crawlers the objective is to find the dungeons and monsters to clear them, the player creates the dungeon (or a monster lair in this ca…

Pachicom cover41 Years Ago

Pachicom

FamicomJapan

Pachinko-themed game released in Japan for the MSX, PC-88, Family Computer, and Famicom Disk System. Pachicom is an early pachinko simulator for various Japanese home computers along with Nintendo's Famicom and Famicom Disk System.

Onyanko Town cover41 Years Ago

Onyanko Town

FamicomJapan

Players must play the role of a mother cat called Milky who lives in a dangerous metropolis full of dogs. The dogs want to kill Milky before she can rescue her son Michael who wandered out into the city on his own (and became lost).

Ganso Saiyuuki: Super Monkey Daibouken cover40 Years Ago

Ganso Saiyuuki: Super Monkey Daibouken

FamicomJapan

Sun Wukong must assist the Buddhist monk Xuanzang with his task of collecting some sūtras as they make the treacherous voyage from China to India. Other guardians can be asked to join the adventuring party after meeting up with them.

Aigiina no Yogen: From the Legend of Balubalouk cover40 Years Ago

Aigiina no Yogen: From the Legend of Balubalouk

FamicomJapan

An action/platformer with an RPG facade, in which the player searches dungeons for treasure. It was the first NES game Vic Tokai ever produced.

Moero TwinBee: Cinnamon Hakase wo Sukue! cover40 Years Ago

Moero TwinBee: Cinnamon Hakase wo Sukue!

Famicom Disk SystemJapan

Moero TwinBee: Cinnamon Hakase wo Sukue! is the second game in the TwinBee series.

Punch-Out!!: Shouhin-ban cover39 Years Ago

Punch-Out!!: Shouhin-ban

RemakeFamicomJapan

Also known by the unofficial titles of Punch-Out!! Gold and Punch-Out!!

Big Challenge! Dogfight Spirit cover38 Years Ago

Big Challenge! Dogfight Spirit

Famicom Disk SystemJapan

The player controls a blue helicopter fighting against waves of enemy vehicles and ground turrets. Each mission takes the helicopter to a different part of the world

Tel-Tel Stadium cover36 Years Ago

Tel-Tel Stadium

Mega Drive / GenesisWorldwide

Tel-Tel Stadium is a 1990 baseball game. The game is a typical baseball game where you are only allowed to control the pitcher and batter - once the ball is hit, you can only watch what the rest of the team does.

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

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