which co-op games would you guys recommend getting?
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which co-op games would you guys recommend getting?
*** Gunstar Heroes ***
Contra Hard Corps
Adventures of Batman and Robin
Streets of Rage 2
World of Illusion
Bio-Hazard Battle
Golden Axe 2
Off the top of my head...
Battletech- One player steers the Mech, the other player controls the upper body for attacking. It's fun as hell.
Streets of Rage series- Beating up generic bad guys en masse, with a two-player specific move or two to boot.
TMNT: THe Hyperstone Heist- Easy as hell, but fun.
Gunstar Heroes- Shit is flying and blowing up everywhere. Fast paced and fun.
World Series Baseball '95- Arguably the best baseball game on the Genesis.
NBA Jam T.E.- Arcade basketball, two on two, fast paced and over the top... it's an enjoyable game with two players.
Master of Monsters- If you've got a friend up likes turn-based RPGish games, this game's a great way to blow about two hours.
Herzog Zwei- RTS and shmup combine to make for a great way to go head to head via split screen.
Soldier of Fortune- Overhead run 'n gun that can get bit annoying if one player hangs back too often, or is a greedy shit with collecting the dropped money, but it can be enjoyable.
Bio-Hazard Battle- Two player shmup taking on bugs. What more do you want?
SFII:SCE/SSFII- It's Street Fighter, it's solid fighting, it's a no brainer really.
Edit:
Forgot about Air Buster. A solid, two-player shmup.
Wait, Street Fighter's cooperative? You mean two people can play as Ken and Ryu at once and double team poor little Chun Li? That's just evil.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Coop
@OP =
World of Illusion. With two capes taking up so much screen this game becomes a mite messy and thankfully harder.
SoR 1; to a lesser extent 2.
GA 1 and 2.
Gunstar Heroes. Similar to WoI except that it's messy even on 1P.
Super Smash TV. Good luck.
Any of the Streets of Rage series.
Gunstar Heroes
Streets of Rage 1, 2, and 3
Contra Hard Corps
TMNT: Hyperstone Heist
Golden Axe 1 and 2
X-Men 2: Clone Wars
Spider-Man and Venom: Separation Anxiety (I'd recommend the SNES version, mind you)
Combat Cars (it has a co-op race mode)
That's what comes to mind right now. The Genesis has a terrific lineup of co-op games. Arguably the best of any console.
It helps the co-op process along when one player gets on the other player's nerves ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by StarMist
And for those wondering, Master of Monsters can be played 1 human to 3 CPU, 2 on 2, 3 on 1, and all human. So while you may end up with a versus match, you can still team up on the CPU players.
ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
The Ren & Stimpy Show presents: Stimpy's invention
Streets of Rage 1/2/3
Golden Axe 1/2
Forgotten Worlds
Bio-Hazard Battle
Ms. Pac-Man
...
Other than what's been recommended so far:
Alien Storm
Bonanza Bros.
Gain Ground (so far this game is terrific!)
Sunset Riders
Super Bubble Bobble MD (unlicensed)
Wani Wani World (JP)
Zombies Ate My Neighbors (though it's better on SNES and, frankly, not as much fun as I'd expected)
Dungeon Explorer (Sega CD)
Avoid:
Cutthroat Island
X-Men
Kolibri (32X) (co-op just doesn't work)
Most of the best have already been mentioned (Streets of Rage, Gunstar Heroes, Batman and Robin, Hard Corps, Aeroblasters, Zombies etc)
Lost Vikings is great on three player (2-player kinda' sucks though)
Second Samurai is quite funny and over the top
Monster Lair is alright (nothing special)
I got some decent time out of Dinosaurs for Hire (nothing special, but I find it entertaining)
Two Crude Dudes is a whole lot of fun
Streets Of Rage games and Golden Axe
Soldiers of Fortune, definitely.
The first Toejam and Earl. A 2 player Roguelike where you can high five eachother to trade health? Awesome.
Seriously, if you are easily entertained, Pit-Fighter co-op is hilarious. The Genesis version is at least playable too.
Nothing better than throwing motorcycles at biker chicks.
I have to mention Soul Star as one of the most memorable and original co-op experiences.
Sorry it's not strictly a Genesis game.
Gain ground is an awesome 2 player game
Gunstar Heroes, Streets of Rage 2, World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and ToeJam & Earl are the cream of the co-op crop in my opinion. You can't go wrong with any of those.
i second sunset riders, mickey and donald, alien storm (very underrated!!) and two crude dudes - which all tip top titles....
if you want something thats not a brawler / platformer - get columns!! great game, in particular in cooperative two player mode :)
Whoever said Alien Storm is correct.
Columns 3 is great as well. I'm not sure if there is a coop mode, but head to head is a lot of fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mista_Ed
I thought Soul Star was strictly a take turns 2-player game. How is it Coop?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zz Badnusty
One player controls the ship, the other the weapons. It's similar to Virocop.Quote:
Originally Posted by sheath
I don't know Virocop at all, I'll have to check into that too. Gunner Pilot stuff always failed horribly for me in Shadow Squadron and Star Wars Arcade, but mainly because the pilot's movement affected the crosshair. I guess that isn't a problem in Soul Star (not that I will ever experience this first hand)?
I don't know if I'd call it the best, but probably the most memorable for me was Toejam & Earl. I thought that game was hilarious and infinitely re-playable. Me and my buddies would play so much of that game while just fucking around. The random levels really helps.
Oddly enough, I have seen a significant amount of smack talk about TJ&E around here. I think it is easily the best coop overhead game on the system. Toejam&Earl is at least the most unique coop game of its generation. Infinitely replayable is right too.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSonicRetard
(Edit, I just had an impression that I might be mistaken about player 2 controlling shield/engine power. I'll have to try to confirm that. My memory might be getting confused.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kamahl
[The co-pilot is controlling weapons and shield/engine power.
Teamwork and communication is required. As the pilot I could call for my engine power transfered to shields in hairy situations, and there was also communication about what weapons to use. It added quite well to the intensity, and surprisingly my friend really loved playing as weapon/tactical/co-pilot. More surprisingly, we even beat the game in two player mode.]
The real way to use this isn't as a two player mode, but as a twin stick mode. When I play the CD32 version of the game, I use 2 1-button joysticks, sort of like the virtua on sticks for the saturn. It makes the game much, much better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zz Badnusty
How do you hold those joysticks? Do you fasten them down or something? I know there was an Atari joystick coupler, but it's pretty rare.
Sonic 2 (as well as Sonic 3, Sonic 3 & K) are a lot of fun to play in co op.
That's interesting that you were able to do that, but I can not imagine anyway possible to make that work easily for Sega-CD. The multiple weapons are mapped to different buttons. You must have quite the dexterity. And I don't see how one button would cut it.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSonicRetard
The real was to do it is to play with another human being. You know, co-op.
Well the Amiga version was 1-button only, so that's why it's possible. I didn't even consider that the buttons would change mappings on the genesis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zz Badnusty
There's SoulStar on the amiga o.O?
Or is one of you talking SoulStar and the other Virocop :p?
I salute your perspicacity Mr Holmes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kamahl
Though it might've been fun to watch them accuse each other of total idiocy and never having played the game each thought was the one in question.
We'll never know.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarMist
Ha! Good one. I knew Soul Star is (unfinished) on Jaguar CD, and it was planned for 32x, so it wasn't a stretch to figure maybe there was a CD32 release I'd somehow not known about.
And anyway, the posts SonicRetard quoted and responded to were all referring to Soul Star.
I, however, was referring to Virocop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zz Badnusty
Right. Others have made that clear.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSonicRetard
But you quoted and responded to my post which was referring to Soul Star.
My suggestions:
Bonanza Bros
Coach K College Basketball
College Football's National Championship
Doom Troopers
General Chaos
Golden Axe (all)
NBA Live 95
NBA Live 98 (also has 2-on-2 or 3-on-3 modes)
NFL 94 starring Joe Montana
Streets of Rage (all)
X-Men
X-Men 2: Clone Wars
Yu Yu Hakusho
I love Battletech but not the co-op mode. Same goes for LHX. Both are usually an exercise in frustration when played with a friend. Though not as bad, games like Sonic 2 also can be frustrating in co-op; the player that gets Tails gets left behind too much. If 32X games count, then include Knuckles Chaotix to my list of favorites because it's great with two players, even better than the one player mode.