This Day in Gaming History Archives

This Day in Gaming History: Nintendo Game Boy Gets Advance Gets a Hit from Hyrule

The Legend of Zelda series stands tall amongst the greatest franchises of all time. Every new release is highly-anticipated and on November 4, 2004, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap was released in Japan to critical acclaim. Called Zeruda no Densetsu: Fushigi no Bōshi in Japan, The...

Richard Booth November 4, 2025

This Day in Gaming History: Atari Hits the Gas Pedal

In this day in gaming history, albeit 1976, Kee Games unleashed Sprint 2 to arcades in North America. While this would seem as though it would be a sequel, Sprint was actually released in 1978. The "2" in Sprint 2 notates the number of players. Developed and Published...

Richard Booth November 2, 2025

This Day in Gaming History: PlayStation 2 Gets a Makeover

Welcome to a new feature we're calling "This Day in Gaming History," where we, you guessed it, note important events that occured on specific dates throughout the history of this great industry. Today we're exploring the PlayStation 2 SCPH-7000 model, also known by gamers as the PS2 slim....

Richard Booth November 1, 2025