Best 2-player games

Turnquest1 · Postby **Turnquest1** » March 12th, 2012, 9:08 am

I'm putting together a list of the best 2-player games ever made, for use in my emulator setup. Both vs and co-op games. Anything from Combat on Atari 2600 to arcade games, but focus will be on classic games (pre-Playstation).

Any suggestions as to which games would qualify for such a list?

Burk1 · Postby **Burk1** » March 12th, 2012, 1:15 pm

I much prefer co-op titles,but Mario Brothers is my favorite head to head.

For co-op, Contra has to be my favorite, with double dragon II being second on NES. Golden axe is the best on the Genesis.

Luke · Postby **Luke** » March 12th, 2012, 2:22 pm

World Class Track Meet aka Stadium Events (NES) *with the Power Pad*

nesfan1 · Postby **nesfan1** » March 12th, 2012, 2:36 pm

Super Dodgeball for NES immediately comes to mind.

ZetaX1 · Postby **ZetaX1** » March 12th, 2012, 3:46 pm

[QUOTE=Turnquest]I'm putting together a list of the best 2-player games ever made, for use in my emulator setup. Both vs and co-op games. Anything from Combat on Atari 2600 to arcade games, but focus will be on classic games (pre-Playstation).

Any suggestions as to which games would qualify for such a list?

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Joust (vs or co-op, depending on how you want to play). Warlords. Gauntlet. Any scrolling shooter that allows coop...

Oltobaz1 · Postby **Oltobaz1** » March 12th, 2012, 4:22 pm

Great titles have already mentioned, I thought I'd tell you guys about Super Gachapon World. A Super Famicom game set in the Gundam universe, it's
as much a wargame as it is a VS fighter, with a "fighting engine" you won't find
anywhere else. Much like Bomberman, the solo mode is so so, but the multiplayer mode really shines.

Turnquest1 · Postby **Turnquest1** » March 12th, 2012, 4:46 pm

Great games! Mario Bros and Joust are real classics. As well as Gauntlet and Warlords - but I'm saving these for my best 4-player games list...

I haven't tried World Class Track Meet and Super Dodge yet, but I sure will. Same with Contra. I don't have too much experience with the NES, so these suggestions are very welcome. Super Gachapon World seems interesting too.

soporj1 · Postby **soporj1** » March 12th, 2012, 6:57 pm

Utopia (Intellivision).

oldschoolgamer · Postby **oldschoolgamer** » March 12th, 2012, 8:24 pm

NARC, SMB3, Dr. Mario, The Streets of Rage games, Mortal Kombat, Mario Bros., and the classic TMNT games.

a1 · Postby a1 » March 12th, 2012, 9:19 pm

I'd recommend Trog and Spot for the Nintendo. Trog is a 2-player coop pacman clone with dinosaurs and cavemen; you're the dinosaurs, the cavemen are the ghosts and the powerpellet turns you into a t-rex that can eat the cavemen. It's a good deal easier than PacMan because you can actually fight back by punching the cavemen, but it also has more variety. Spot is a simple puzzle game for 1-4 players. It's very addictive and can get heated.

I'd also recommend any Puyo Pop clone. My personal favorite is Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine on the Genesis (good music). Once two people know how to play it gets crazy.