This week in video-game history is all about unwise console decisions. Did you ever have an N-Gage or a 3DO?

October 3

2001: The Silent Hill 2 original soundtrack goes on sale in Japan. It's sad that future Silent Hill scores won't be this good, especially now that Akira Yamaoka is no longer working on the series. 

October 4

1993: Panasonic releases their epic flop the 3DO. Seventeen years later, they're planning to release an all-knew portable console called the Jungle into an already crowded market. Godspeed, Panasonic. 

1997: Gunpei Yokoi dies in a car accident. Known for creating the Game Boy, he is unfortunately best remembered as the man who thought the Virtual Boy was a good idea. 

2005: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow marks the first appearance of the series on the DS. It also made me hate drawing symbols on the DS touch screen.

October 6

1990: The Game Gear is released. Does anyone have one with a functioning speaker and backlight?

2000: American McGee's Alice goes on sale. The box art  for this game always horrified me.

2005: Gamestop takes over EB Games. It wasn't until 2007 that they officially removed all EB signs. 

October 7

2000: Ogre Battle 64 is released. Like all Ogre Battle games, it is now incredibly hard to find for an affordable price and might be the rarest title on the Nintendo 64, besides a working copy of Conker's Bad Fur Day. 

2003: Nokia tries to up their game with the release of the N-Gage. Sensible people worldwide scoff at the postage-stamp-sized screen and keep on using their reasonably priced cellphones and dedicated mobile gaming devices. 

October 8

1970: Tetsua Nomura is born. At some point in his first 20 years he developed a strange desire to put useless zippers on clothing. Or that's what comes through in his iconic character designs in the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts series. 

October 9

1981: The Mickey Mouse Game & Watch handheld goes on sale. What makes this particular Game & Watch so important is that it later sold over 1 million copies.