Tag Archives: Two-Player

Games that two people can play simultaneously.

Arcade, Psikyo

Gunbird 2, Arcade

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The sequel to 1994’s “Gunbird“, Gunbird 2 is more of the same “tall-screen” vertically-scrolling, two-player cooperative, bullet hell action in a futuristic Steampunk setting. It was again developed by Psikyo and was first released into arcades in 1998.

Actually, that’s not fair – Gunbird 2 is definitely NOT “more of the same” because it’s actually a big improvement over the first Gunbird. In almost every department. Graphics, sound, gameplay and characters. Which makes it extra special, IMHO. 🙂

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Antstream, Arcade, Unico Electronics

Fancy World, Arcade

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I can’t bring myself to use the subtitle of this game in the main title, because it’s such a hideously bad translation… I’ll just call the game “Fancy World” and leave out the “Earth of Crisis” part… 🙂 The intro sequence also has some of the funniest English videogame translations I’ve ever read… So, for lovers of bad translations, this game is a goldmine. 🙂

Developed by Unico Electronics of South Korea in 1995 and first released into arcades in 1996, Fancy World is an obscure arcade game that few people will have ever heard of. In spite of the dodgy title screen, the bad translations, and the silly name, this game is actually really rather good. It’s a bit like Taito‘s superb Parasol Stars, or SNK‘s Nightmare in the Dark, and it even has a two-player cooperative mode, like those games.

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Arcade, Toaplan

Out Zone, Arcade

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Out Zone is a somewhat obscure, but rather excellent, two-player vertically-scrolling shooter, in the style of Ikari Warriors, released into arcades in 1990 by Toaplan. It’s not a game many will have heard of, but it certainly manages to provide some entertainment, when played today.

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Arcade, Technōs Japan

The Combatribes, Arcade

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The Combatribes is a scrolling fighting game, similar in style to Double Dragon or Renegade. It was developed and published by Technos Japan in 1990. In arcades the cabinet had three joysticks for simultaneous multiplayer action.

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Arcade, Fabtek, Seibu Kaihatsu

The Double Dynamites, Arcade

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The Double Dynamites is an excellent cooperative two-player shooter. It was developed by Seibu Kaihatsu and first released into arcades in 1989. Fabtek released the game in North America.

The Double Dynamites is a bit like a third-person Operation Wolf, with continual scrolling, lots of shooting, lots of carnage, and lots of explosions. Each player is represented as a see-through torso, with guns blazing, visible only from behind and from the waist up.

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Arcade, Capcom

The King of Dragons, Arcade

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Capcom‘s somewhat obscure 1991 arcade game, The King of Dragons, is a scrolling three-player fighting game set in a colourful fantasy world.

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Super Nintendo, Titus

Lamborghini: American Challenge, Super Nintendo

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Developed and published by Titus in 1993, Lamborghini: American Challenge is a third-person racing game where you drive a Lamborghini supercar around various locations in America. And it is an exceptionally good console racer, made from good, old-fashioned 2D pixel art and a convincing old school road effect.

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Interplay, Silicon & Synapse, Super Nintendo

RPM Racing, Super Nintendo

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RPM Racing for the SNES is an isometric, split-screen racing game that was developed by Silicon & Synapse (the company that later became Blizzard) and published by Interplay in 1991 in North America, and in 1992 in Japan. I don’t think it was ever given an official European release. The RPM part of the title stands for: “Radical Psycho Machine“.

It is the predecessor to Rock n’ Roll Racing (1993), and the successor to Racing Destruction Set (1984). They apparently took the core logic editor and track editor from Racing Destruction Set and ported it over to the SNES, before customising it with everything else they wanted in the game.

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Arcade, Sega, Sega AM2

Virtua Fighter, Arcade

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Sega‘s Virtua Fighter was the first arcade fighting game to feature full 3D graphics, and was initially released in October 1993. It was a product of Sega‘s AM2 R&D team, a development group within Sega headed by Yu Suzuki, using the Sega Model 1 arcade board.

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PlayStation 2, Polyphony Digital, Sony

Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, PlayStation 2

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Developed by Polyphony Digital and first published by Sony in 2001, Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec is the third in the famous series of driving games on the PlayStation. This time, on the PlayStation 2. And it is just as good as you might imagine…

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