On This Day in Gaming: November 23

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

November 23

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

Boulder Dash: Rocks! cover19 Years Ago

Boulder Dash: Rocks!

Nintendo DSEurope

Boulder Dash Rocks! is an updated take on the classic game Boulder Dash.

Shrek: Ogres and Dronkeys cover19 Years Ago

Shrek: Ogres and Dronkeys

Nintendo DSEurope

Shrek and Fiona's energetic triplets appear along side Donkey and Dragon's playful offspring, the dronkeys, exclusively on the Nintendo DS.

Ketsui Death Label cover18 Years Ago

Ketsui Death Label

PortNintendo DSJapan

Ketsui Death Label is an Action game, developed by Cave and published by Arika, which was released in Japan in 2008.

Urusei Yatsura: Lum no Wedding Bell cover40 Years Ago

Urusei Yatsura: Lum no Wedding Bell

PortFamicomJapan

In Urusei Yatsura: Lum's Wedding Bell, the player controls Lum as she grows up and has to avoid alien invaders while trying to reach her rescue UFO.

Doukyuu-sei cover31 Years Ago

Doukyuu-sei

PC Engine CDJapan

Doukyuu-sei is a 1992 erotic dating sim (the first of its kind) where the player can meet 14 girls to have a romantic relationship with.

Street Fighter II cover31 Years Ago

Street Fighter II

PortGame BoyEurope

Street Fighter II for Game Boy is a handheld adaptation of Capcom’s arcade fighting game. It retains the one-on-one fighting structure, special moves, and several characters from the original game, but reduces the roster and simplifies the presentation for the Game Boy hardware.

Zen-Nippon Pro Wrestling Featuring Virtua cover29 Years Ago

Zen-Nippon Pro Wrestling Featuring Virtua

SaturnJapan

25 years of All Japan Pro Wrestling comes to Sega Saturn, and now the warriors of Virtua Fighter has taken to the ring to challenge the champions of the world! 12 wrestlers compete to showcase their skills and win the Triple Crown.

Thrasher Presents: Skate and Destroy cover27 Years Ago

Thrasher Presents: Skate and Destroy

PlayStationEurope

Tour the world and ride open and interactive terrain through 12 levels of real-world skate spots from your hometown to New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and international hotspots in the UK and Germany.

Dark Arms: Beast Buster 1999 cover27 Years Ago

Dark Arms: Beast Buster 1999

Neo Geo Pocket ColorNorth America

"I crave power. Power that only the darkest evil can imagine." Enter the sinister underworld of the Dark Realm! Battle creatures of darkness in your quest for the ultimate bio-weapon.

Demolition Racer: No Exit cover26 Years Ago

Demolition Racer: No Exit

DreamcastWorldwide

The sequel to Demolition Racer. Race 14 tortuous tracks with mines and crates all over the place slowing you down, racing over 16 savage cars to a sports car to a hearse with its own characteristics to win the race.

Marvin Strikes Back! cover26 Years Ago

Marvin Strikes Back!

Game Boy ColorNorth America

Looney Tunes: Marvin Strikes Back! (Looney Tunes Collector: Martian Revenge in Europe) is a Looney Tunes game published by Infogrames for the Game Boy Color in 2000.

Knockout Kings 2001 cover26 Years Ago

Knockout Kings 2001

PlayStationEurope

All the egomaniacal, violent splendor of heavyweight boxing comes to the PlayStation 2 in Knockout Kings 2001 by EA Sports. This title employs EA's new CyberScan technology, which allows the boxers faces to be accurately reproduced in full polygonal glory.

Nige-ron-pa cover26 Years Ago

Nige-ron-pa

Neo Geo Pocket ColorJapan

nige-ron-pa is a turn-based RPG set in the world the game was named after featuring humans, elves, demons and other creatures co-existing with each other. Players take control of an elf and a catgirl who are about to take the exam and become workers.

Infinity Cure cover26 Years Ago

Infinity Cure

Standalone expansionNeo Geo Pocket ColorJapan

A standalone fandisc to Infinity with two new routes (Yuuka Cure and Izumi Cure scenarios).

David Beckham Soccer cover25 Years Ago

David Beckham Soccer

PlayStationWorldwide

David Beckham Soccer is a football sports video game for PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Xbox, Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Color. All formats were developed and published by Rage Software Limited, apart from the Game Boy versions which were developed by Yoyo Entertainment.

Popstar Maker cover25 Years Ago

Popstar Maker

PlayStationEurope

Have you got what it takes to become the ultimate pop star maker?

Pooh's Party Game: In Search of the Treasure cover25 Years Ago

Pooh's Party Game: In Search of the Treasure

PlayStationEurope

Join Winnie the Pooh an exciting adventure in search of lost treasure! Invite your friends to join the fun--play lots of games with each other (and play silly tricks ON each other!). A good time is sure to be had by all--just remember to watch out for Woozles and Heffalumps!

WWE Road to WrestleMania X8 cover24 Years Ago

WWE Road to WrestleMania X8

Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide

The road to WrestleMania X8 is a yearlong struggle, which has seen legends reborn, dreams shattered and lives changed forever. It isn?t glamorous, it isn?t easy, and it sure as hell isn?t destiny.

Crazy Chase cover24 Years Ago

Crazy Chase

Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide

Far away in another part of the galaxy (roughly ten gazillion rubber chickens from Earth) floats Planet Clown. It's usually a rollicking place, but folks can't even smile since space pirate Dirty Joe nabbed Princess Honey.

.Hack//Frägment cover21 Years Ago

.Hack//Frägment

PS2Japan

The commercial success of the Project .Hack franchise led to the production of .hack//frägment. The game uses the same engine as the .hack series with an online multiplayer component.

Little Aid cover21 Years Ago

Little Aid

PS2Japan

Little Aid is a otome game by Takuyo for PC and PlayStation 2.

Rockman EXE 6: Dennoujuu Glaga cover21 Years Ago

Rockman EXE 6: Dennoujuu Glaga

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

The original version of Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar. It has Completing requests will increase your rank up to Master.

Rockman EXE 6: Dennoujuu Falzer cover21 Years Ago

Rockman EXE 6: Dennoujuu Falzer

Game Boy AdvanceJapan

The original version of Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar. It has Completing requests will increase your rank up to Master.

Petz: Dogz 2 cover19 Years Ago

Petz: Dogz 2

PS2Nintendo DSWorldwide

Pick a puppy pal from a pack of fuzzy and adorable puppies in Petz Dogz 2! Together, you and your new cuddly companion will encounter a world that’s fun to play in, explore, and share.

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

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