The Sega Genesis Mini 2 launched 4 years ago today, with Sega CD games like Sonic CD and new menu music from Yuzo Koshiro. Is yours plugged in? #ThisDayInGaming

Happy Birthday, Michele Knotz! Prepare for trouble: she's voiced Jessie, Misty, May and Nurse Joy in the Pokémon anime since 2006, plus Pokémon Masters. #ThisDayInGaming

Happy Birthday, Chris Sawyer! He wrote RollerCoaster Tycoon almost entirely in assembly, after Transport Tycoon. What did you do to your park guests? #ThisDayInGaming

Happy Birthday, Elias Toufexis! The gravelly voice of Adam Jensen in Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Mankind Divided. He never asked for this. #ThisDayInGaming

Happy 73rd Birthday, Robert Picardo! Star Trek: Voyager's Doctor, also in Elite Force, plus the Shadow Man in Black Ops III zombies and voices in Fallout 4. #ThisDayInGaming

Remembering Miyu Matsuki, who died of lymphoma 11 years ago today at 38. Lailah in Tales of Zestiria, Chihaya in Persona 5 and Claire in Trails of Cold Steel. Born Sep 14, 1977 | Died Oct 27, 2015 #ThisDayInGaming

Happy 63rd Birthday, Jun'ichi Kanemaru! The Japanese voice of Sonic since Sonic Adventure in 1998, through Frontiers and Sonic X Shadow Generations, plus the Sonic X anime. #ThisDayInGaming

Donkey Kong Land III launched in North America 29 years ago today. Dixie and Kiddy Kong on Game Boy, in a banana-yellow cartridge. Did you have one of the yellow carts? #ThisDayInGaming

Happy 87th Birthday, John Cleese! The Monty Python legend was Q in 007: Everything or Nothing, Jasper the butler in Fable III and Sir Cadwell in The Elder Scrolls Online. #ThisDayInGaming

F-Zero X launched in North America 28 years ago today. 30 racers on the track at 60 frames per second on the N64, plus Death Race mode. Who was your machine? #ThisDayInGaming

Remembering Mario Segale, who died 8 years ago today at 84. Nintendo of America rented his warehouse in 1981, and after a talk about late rent, Donkey Kong's jumpman became Mario. Born Apr 30, 1934 | Died Oct 27, 2018 #ThisDayInGaming

Happy 63rd Birthday, Tom Cavanagh, the voice of Mephisto in Deadpool VR! The Flash's Harrison Wells also voiced Ranger Smith in the Yogi Bear game. #ThisDayInGaming

Happy 49th Birthday, Jon Heder! Napoleon Dynamite himself crossed into gaming as Seth in Epic Mickey 2, then voiced Vognaut in Armikrog. Gosh! #ThisDayInGaming

Happy 80th Birthday, Pat Sajak! The longtime Wheel of Fortune host turned up as himself in the official Wheel of Fortune games. Who solved puzzles from the couch? #ThisDayInGaming

Ghostbusters launched on the Commodore 64 in North America 42 years ago today. David Crane's Activision hit had you buying gear, trapping ghosts and dodging the Marshmallow Man. Who you gonna call? #ThisDayInGaming

Rest in peace, Walter Koenig, Star Trek's Pavel Chekov, who died of natural causes at 90. He also played Bester on Babylon 5 and a dictator in the '90s FMV game Maximum Surge. What's your favorite Chekov moment? #ThisDayInGaming

19 years ago today, Will Wright predicted we'd plug games straight into our brains: "At some point we're going to have direct neural connections." He said parents would be up in arms at first. Would you plug in? #ThisDayInGaming

Happy 76th Birthday, Yoichi Erikawa, aka Kou Shibusawa! Koei's co-founder made Nobunaga's Ambition and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the roots of Dynasty Warriors. #ThisDayInGaming

Happy 60th Birthday, Steve Valentine! The voice of Alistair across Dragon Age: Origins, II and Inquisition, and Harry Flynn in Uncharted 2. Did you make Alistair king? #ThisDayInGaming

Happy 64th Birthday, Cary Elwes! Westley from The Princess Bride was also the snarky Bard in The Bard's Tale (2004), and helped write it. Plus Gremlin Gus in Epic Mickey 2. As you wish. #ThisDayInGaming