On This Day in Gaming: December 3

ON THIS DAY IN GAMING

December 3

The games released on this day in gaming history.

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

NCAA College Basketball 2K3 cover24 Years Ago

NCAA College Basketball 2K3

PS2North America

NCAA College Basketball 2K3 is an American college basketball video game which was initially released on December 2, 2002 for the Xbox, PS2 and GameCube. It is to this day the only title in the series that uses the "College Basketball" designation rather than "College Hoops".

Diner Dash: Flo on the Go cover17 Years Ago

Diner Dash: Flo on the Go

Nintendo DSWorldwide

The famous Flo is back but this time she's traded in her apron for a passport to paradise! With all the hustle and bustle ... will our hard-working waitress get a chance to relax?

Yggdra Unison: Seiken Buyuuden cover17 Years Ago

Yggdra Unison: Seiken Buyuuden

Nintendo DSJapan

The game is a reimagining of Yggdra Union in a different gameplay format.

Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming cover16 Years Ago

Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming

Nintendo DSEurope

Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming is an all-new action-puzzle game set in the world of Harvest Moon.

Tetris Party Live cover16 Years Ago

Tetris Party Live

Nintendo DSiEurope

Tetris Party Live features several exciting games Battle and Duel Space.

Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II cover34 Years Ago

Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II

PC EngineJapan

The game is set 20 years after Prince Selios, the hero of the original game, has defeated the demon god Agunija. Iseruhasa is at peace. Selios has married Dina and she has given birth to Atlas.

Godzilla: Battle Legends cover33 Years Ago

Godzilla: Battle Legends

PC EngineNorth America

Godzilla: Battle Legends (simply referred to as "Godzilla" in North America) is a fighting game based on the Godzilla film franchise, made for the Turbo Duo in 1993, developed by Alfa System and published in the United States by Hudson Soft.

Disney's DuckTales 2 cover33 Years Ago

Disney's DuckTales 2

PortGame BoyJapan

DuckTales 2 is a platform video game developed by Make Software and published by Capcom. It is a sequel to the original DuckTales based on the Disney animated series of the same name. It was released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in early 1993.

Super Kyuukyoku Harikiri Stadium cover33 Years Ago

Super Kyuukyoku Harikiri Stadium

Super FamicomJapan

Super Kyuukyoku Harikiri Stadium is a Sports game, published by Taito Corporation, which was released in Japan in 1993.

Kikuni Masahiko no Jantoushi Dora-ou 2 cover33 Years Ago

Kikuni Masahiko no Jantoushi Dora-ou 2

Super FamicomJapan

Kikuni Masahiko no Jantoushi Dora Ou 2 is a mahjong game with a parody supernatural superhero theme. Like its predecessor, it uses mahjong as a sort of component for its "battle" system.

Double Dragon II: The Revenge cover33 Years Ago

Double Dragon II: The Revenge

Expanded editionPC Engine CDJapan

The PC Engine CD version of Double Dragon II by Naxat Soft is surprisingly modeled closely after the NES game, from featuring mostly the same levels down to the rule of having no more than two enemies on screen at a time.

Tama: Adventurous Ball in Giddy Labyrinth cover32 Years Ago

Tama: Adventurous Ball in Giddy Labyrinth

PlayStationWorldwide

Guide an intrepid sphere called Tama through a rather flighty maze.

AIV: A Ressha de Ikou 4 - Evolution cover32 Years Ago

AIV: A Ressha de Ikou 4 - Evolution

Expanded editionPlayStationJapan

A.IV. Evolution is an updated console-only port of Take the A-Train IV, the fourth main entry in Artdink's long-running railroad management simulation series.

Nekketsu Oyako: Hot Blooded Family cover32 Years Ago

Nekketsu Oyako: Hot Blooded Family

PlayStationJapan

Middle-aged housewife Saeko Hibino has a secret: she's actually a Nobel laureate theoretical physicist who devised a completely new type of antimatter fusion reactor at only 17 years old.

Mahjong Station Mazin cover32 Years Ago

Mahjong Station Mazin

PlayStationJapan

A PlayStation mahjong game with a kooky cast of characters.

Alpine Racer cover32 Years Ago

Alpine Racer

ArcadeJapan

Alpine Racer is a 3D Alpine skiing arcade game released by Namco in 1995. It features downhill and gate with three courses and two play modes - Race and Time Attack. The player stands on a set of ski-like foot stands while holding onto two bars for stability to play.

Nekketsu Oyako cover32 Years Ago

Nekketsu Oyako

PlayStationJapan

Nekketsu Oyako is a beat-'em-up by Technosoft released for the PlayStation in 1994 and the Sega Saturn in 1995. Neither version was released outside Japan. The title roughly translates to "Burning-Blood Family." The game is noted for its humorous presentation.

Crime Crackers cover32 Years Ago

Crime Crackers

PlayStationJapan

Crime Crackers is a a first-person action shooting game. The player controls the Pink Dolphin team as they explore each area, defeating enemies and collecting useful items. Combat is real-time, but the player must switch into attack mode in order to attack enemies.

Mahjong Gokuu Tenjiku cover32 Years Ago

Mahjong Gokuu Tenjiku

PlayStationJapan

Mahjong Gokū Tenjiku is a mahjong tournament between characters from Xi You Ji ("Journey to the West"), the classic Chinese novel.

Jackie Chan in Fists of Fire cover31 Years Ago

Jackie Chan in Fists of Fire

Expanded editionArcadeWorldwide

Jackie Chan in Fists of Fire is an upgraded version of The Kung-Fu Master Jackie Chan.

Cruis'n USA cover30 Years Ago

Cruis'n USA

PortNintendo 64North America

Cruis'n USA is an arcade racing game originally released in 1994. It was developed by Midway Games and published and distributed by Nintendo. It is the first game in the Cruis'n series and features locations around the United States.

Godzilla Trading Battle cover28 Years Ago

Godzilla Trading Battle

PlayStationJapan

Godzilla Trading Battle is a PlayStation video game released only in Japan in 1998 by Toho Co., Ltd. It featured almost every Toho kaiju up to that point as well as 6 new monsters created exclusively for the game.

Dance! Dance! Dance! cover28 Years Ago

Dance! Dance! Dance!

PlayStationJapan

Dance! Dance! Dance! is an Action game, developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Shinjuku and published by Konami, which was released in Japan in 1998.

Daisenryaku: Master Combat cover28 Years Ago

Daisenryaku: Master Combat

PlayStationJapan

Daisenryaku - Master's Combat is the second game in the series released in Playstation (the first one was Daisenryaku - Player's Spirit) and the game is also a strategy game.

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