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

Dragon Crystal cover35 Years Ago

Dragon Crystal

PortMaster SystemEurope

A roguelike "dungeon" crawler that leads you through 30 levels on your quest to find a way to return to your own world. You're caught in a fantastic world of unearthly beauty and deadly demons. You'll pass through thirty worlds in search of the Magic Goblet.

Yoshi's Cookie cover34 Years Ago

Yoshi's Cookie

PortGame BoyJapan

The Game Boy version of Yoshi's Cookie was released as part of a dual launch with the NES version of the game.

Donkey Kong Country: Competition Cartridge cover32 Years Ago

Donkey Kong Country: Competition Cartridge

PortSNESNorth America

The Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge is a cut-down competition variant of Donkey Kong Country manufactured for use in the Nintendo PowerFest '94 game competition and later featured in the Blockbuster World Video Game Championships II event.

Heracles no Eikou IV: Kamigami kara no Okurimono cover32 Years Ago

Heracles no Eikou IV: Kamigami kara no Okurimono

Super FamicomJapan

You join your friends Plato and Epipha from the mythical city of Atlantis. Their fine professor has been researching possibilities of ever lasting life. Soon after the game begins, an event happens that transcends life as they know it.

Critical Depth cover29 Years Ago

Critical Depth

PlayStationNorth America

Critical Depth is based on concept and engine of SingleTrac's original best selling Twisted Metal franchise. This game is basically a demolition derby which permits the usage of ballistic projectiles, but occurs under water and every vehicle used in it are submarines.

Formula Karts: Special Edition cover29 Years Ago

Formula Karts: Special Edition

PortPlayStationEurope

Formula Karts is a semi-realistic racing title that attempts to capture the spirit of kart racing with it's low slung feeling of speed, and corner after corner of impressive handling (and inevitable sliding).

SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters' Clash - SNK Card Fighter's Version cover27 Years Ago

SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters' Clash - SNK Card Fighter's Version

Neo Geo Pocket ColorWorldwide

SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters' Clash, released in 1999 for the Neo Geo Pocket Color handheld console, was the first crossover between SNK and Capcom. Characters in the game are illustrated in the super deformed (chibi) art style.

SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters' Clash - Capcom Card Fighter's Version cover27 Years Ago

SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters' Clash - Capcom Card Fighter's Version

Neo Geo Pocket ColorWorldwide

SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters' Clash, released in 1999 for the Neo Geo Pocket Color handheld console, was the first crossover between SNK and Capcom. Characters in the game are illustrated in the super deformed (chibi) art style.

Nyanyan Ga Nyan: Light Fantasy Gaiden cover27 Years Ago

Nyanyan Ga Nyan: Light Fantasy Gaiden

PlayStationJapan

In the country village of Nekomura resides the cat tribe "Nyanyan". When the girls of the tribe reaches the age of 15 they have to pass the "adult ceremony" and when they pass the ceremony they get the "Choreography Command".

Roadsters cover26 Years Ago

Roadsters

DreamcastWorldwide

Buckle up and brace yourself for the big time baby. This isn't just high speed racing on 10 different adrenaline pumping tracks with changing weather conditions and super responsible vehicle handling. It's street smarts.

Airforce Delta cover26 Years Ago

Airforce Delta

PortGame Boy ColorNorth America

As a jet fighter pilot in a civil war, the player will take to the skies in a behind-the-plane view for ten missions with a selection of up to eight aircraft.

Prince of Persia: Arabian Nights cover26 Years Ago

Prince of Persia: Arabian Nights

PortDreamcastNorth America

Prince of Persia: Arabian Nights is the Dreamcast port of Prince of Persia 3D. It was developed by Avalanche Software and published by Mattel Interactive in North America a year after the original was released.

Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2 cover26 Years Ago

Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2

PortGame Boy ColorWorldwide

Sarge's Heroes 2 starts where Sarge's Heroes left off. It is announced that the capture of Field Marshal Tannenberg will end the war. Since General Plastro has disappeared, it is suggested that he has become a victim of plastrification and been trapped in the real world.

Mary-Kate and Ashley: Pocket Planner cover26 Years Ago

Mary-Kate and Ashley: Pocket Planner

Game Boy ColorNorth America

Is your life totally disorganized? Do you lose track of what you need to do? Have you lost the phone number of the cutest guy in school?

Hot Wheels: Burnin' Rubber cover25 Years Ago

Hot Wheels: Burnin' Rubber

Game Boy AdvanceNorth America

Start your engines and race for the championship in your favorite Hot Wheels cars as they fly over jumps, careen around hairpin turns and speed through radical environments!

Paris-Marseille Racing cover25 Years Ago

Paris-Marseille Racing

PlayStationWorldwide

Take control of your DeLorian, police car, Mini or Beetle and race through some of France's most famous (and busiest) roads and cities. With tournament, time attack and single race modes, the game allows you to race within three classes, in each of which you must place first.

Napoleon cover25 Years Ago

Napoleon

Game Boy AdvanceEurope

Napoleon is real-time strategy game for the GameBoy Advance starring the historically famous commander. It was released in two countries: France and Japan. Napoleon is a Japanese Game Boy Advance launch title developed by Genki and published Nintendo.

Blaster Master: Blasting Again cover25 Years Ago

Blaster Master: Blasting Again

PlayStationNorth America

Blaster Master: Blasting Again (known as Blaster Master in Japan) is a 2000 action-adventure video game developed by Art System and published by Sunsoft in Japan and Europe and Crave Entertainment in North America for the PlayStation.

Pop'n music 7 cover24 Years Ago

Pop'n music 7

PS2Japan

The 7th game in the Pop'n Music franchise.

Total Club Manager 2004 cover23 Years Ago

Total Club Manager 2004

PS2Worldwide

Total Club Manager 2004 is a football-oriented computer game in the FIFA Manager series, the first sequel to Total Club Manager 2003.

Disney's Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey & Donald cover23 Years Ago

Disney's Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey & Donald

PortGame Boy AdvanceJapan

Huey, Dewy and Louie went to hide in the attic to hide from their uncle Donald's temper when they came across a mysterious book. Upon opening it, hand appears and kidnaps the boys into Storybook Land.

Tony Hawk's Underground cover23 Years Ago

Tony Hawk's Underground

PortGame Boy AdvanceEurope

Like earlier entries in the Tony Hawk skateboarding series on the Game Boy Advance, Tony Hawk's Underground adapts the console title to the handheld platform using isometric graphics and polygonal characters.

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

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion

PortGame Boy AdvanceEurope

Game Boy Advance port of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion.

Backyard Basketball cover23 Years Ago

Backyard Basketball

PS2Worldwide

The first installment of backyard basketball series, where you can play as cartoon versions of real NBA and WNBA players.

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