List of retro games for 4 players
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@flop Interesting. I will have to explore some of these, but it seems like some of them are only 3-player games, like Rampage, Battle Toads, Xenophobe.
Stone Ball (4 player version) is not on the list. It's a funny football-style game with cave men. Very entertaining.
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These various lists also include any game past two players. Some go as high as eight players. I included the MAME games and added 'Stone Ball' ;) You can bet I'll be playing that this evening.
NES:
Anticipation
8-Bit Xmas 2011
Bomberman II
Championship Bowling [3]
Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat
Gauntlet II
Greg Norman's Golf Power
Harlem Globetrotters
Kings of the Beach [4]
Magic Johnson's Fast Break
Monster Truck Rally
M.U.L.E.
NES Play Action Football
A Nightmare on Elm Street [5]
Nintendo World Cup [6]
R.C. Pro-Am II
Rackets & Rivals
Roundball: 2 on 2 Challenge
Spot: The Video Game
Smash TV
Super Off Road
Super Jeopardy!
Super Spike V'Ball
Swords and Serpents
Top Players' TennisFamicom:
Downtown Nekketsu Kōshinkyoku: Soreyuke Daiundōkai
Ike Ike! Nekketsu Hockey Bu: Subette Koronde Dai Rantō
Nekketsu Kakutō Densetsu
Nekketsu Kōkō Dodge Ball Bu
Nekketsu Street Basket: Ganbare Dunk Heroes
Kunio-kun no Nekketsu Soccer League
U.S. Championship V'Ball
Wit'sSNES:
Bakukyuu Renpatsu!! Super B-Daman: Port 2
Bakutou Dochers: Port 2
Barkley Shut Up and Jam!: Port 2
Battle Cross: Port 2
Battle Jockey: Port 2
Bill Walsh College Football: Port 2
Capcom's Soccer Shootout: Port 2
College Slam: Port 2
Crystal Beans From Dungeon Explorer: Port 2
Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story: Port 2
Dream Basketball - Dunk and Hoop: Port 2
Dynamic Stadium: Port 2
ESPN National Hockey Night: Port 2
FIFA 98: Port 2
FIFA International Soccer: Port 2
FIFA Soccer 96: Port 2
FIFA Soccer 97: Port 2
Final Set: Port 2
Fire Striker: Port 2
From TV Animation Slam Dunk - SD Heat Up!!: Port 2
Go! Go! Dodge League: Port 2
Hammerlock Wrestling: Port 2
Hat Trick Hero 2: Port 2
Head-On Soccer: Port 2
Hebereke no Oishii Puzzle ha Irimasenka: Port 2
Human Grand Prix III - F1 Triple Battle: Port 2
Human Grand Prix IV - F1 Dream Battle: Port 2
Hungry Dinosaurs: Port 2
International Superstar Soccer Deluxe: Port 2
J. League Excite Stage '94: Port 2
J. League Excite Stage '95: Port 2
J. League Excite Stage '96: Port 2
J. League Super Soccer '95: Port 2
J. League Super Soccer: Port 2
JWP Joshi Pro Wrestling - Pure Wrestle Queens: Port 2
Jikkyou Power Pro Wrestling '96: Port 2
Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour: Port 2
Kunio-kun no Dodge Ball dayo Zenin Shuugou!: Port 2
Looney Tunes Basketball: Port 2
Madden NFL '94: Port 2
Madden NFL '95: Port 2
Madden NFL '96: Port 2
Madden NFL '97: Port 2
Madden NFL '98: Port 2
Micro Machines 2 - Turbo Tournament: Port 2
Micro Machines: Port 2
Mizuki Shigeru no Youkai Hyakkiyakou: Port 2
Multi Play Volleyball: Port 2
NBA Give 'N Go: Port 2
NBA Hang Time: Port 2
NBA Jam - Tournament Edition: Port 2
NBA Jam: Port 2
NBA Live 95: Port 2
NBA Live 96: Port 2
NBA Live 97: Port 2
NBA Live 98: Port 2
NCAA Final Four Basketball: Port 2
NCAA Football: Port 2
NFL Quarterback Club 96: Port 2
NFL Quarterback Club: Port 2
NHL '94: Port 2
NHL '98: Port 2
NHL Pro Hockey '94: Port 2
Natsume Championship Wrestling: Port 2
Peace Keepers, The: Port 2
Pieces: Port 2
Rap Jam - Volume One: Port 2
Saturday Night Slam Masters: Port 2
Secret of Mana: Port 2
Shin Nippon Pro Wrestling '94 - Battlefield in Tokyo Dome: Port 2
Shin Nippon Pro Wrestling - Chou Senshi in Tokyo Dome: Port 2
Shin Nippon Pro Wrestling Kounin '95 - Tokyo Dome Battle 7: Port 2
Smash Tennis: Port 2
Sporting News, The - Power Baseball: Port 2
Sterling Sharpe End 2 End: Port 2
Street Hockey '95: Port 2
Street Racer: Port 2
Sugoi Hebereke: Port 2
Sugoro Quest ++ Dicenics: Port 2
Super Bomberman - Panic Bomber W: Port 2
Super Bomberman 2: Port 2
Super Bomberman 3: Port 2
Super Bomberman 4: Port 2
Super Bomberman 5: Port 2
Super Bomberman: Port 2
Super Fire Pro Wrestling - Queen's Special: Port 2
Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special: Port 2
Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium: Port 2
Super Fire Pro Wrestling X: Port 2
Super Formation Soccer 94 - World Cup Final Data: Port 2
Super Formation Soccer 94: Port 2
Super Formation Soccer 95 della Serie A - UCC Xaqua: Port 2
Super Formation Soccer 95 della Serie A: Port 2
Super Formation Soccer 96: Port 2
Super Formation Soccer II: Port 2
Super Ice Hockey: Port 2
Super Kyousouba - Kaze no Sylphid: Port 2
Super Power League: Port 2
Super Tekkyuu Fight!: Port 2
Super Tetris 3: Port 2
Syndicate: Port 2
Tenryu Genichiro no Pro Wrestling Revolution: Port 2
Tiny Toon Adventures - Wild & Wacky Sports: Port 2
Top Gear 3000: Port 2
Turbo Toons: Port 2
Virtual Soccer: Port 2
Vs. Collection: Port 2
WWF Raw: Port 2
Yuujin no Furi Furi Girls: Port 2
Zero 4 Champ RR-Z: Port 2
Zero 4 Champ RR: Port 2Sega Genesis:
ATP Tour
Barclay Shut Up & Jam
Barclay Shut Up & Jam 2
College Football's National Championship, College Football's National Championship II
College Slam
Dino Dini's Soccer
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Fever Pitch Soccer / Head-On Soccer
General Chaos
Gauntlet IV
Ichidant-R
International Rugby
International Superstar Soccer Deluxe
J.League Pro Striker 2, J.League Pro Striker Perfect Edition, Pro Striker Final Stage
Lost Vikings
Mega Bomberman
Micro Machines 2 (Non J-cart version, not sure if j-cart version works with it)
Mortal Kombat 3
NBA Action 94
NBA Jam
NBA Jam Tournament Edition
NCAA Final Four Basketball
NFL 95, Prime Time NFL, NFL 98
NFL Quarterback Club, NFL Quarterback Club 96
Olympic Gold
Party Quiz: Mega Q
Pele II
Pepen ga Pengo
Sega Sports 1
Slam Dunk From TV Animation
Tant-R
Tiny Toon Adventures: ACME All-Stars
Ultimate Soccer
Wimbledon
World Championship Soccer II
World Cup USA 94
Worms
WWF Raw
Yuu Yuu Hakusho: Makyoutou Issen
36 Greatest holes (32X)
NFL Quarterback Club (32X)
NBA Jam: Tournament Edition (32X)
WWF Raw (32X)
Dungeon Explorer (Sega CD)
Dynamic Country Club (Sega CD)
Egawa Sguru Super League CD (Sega CD)
NBA Jam (Sega CD)
Gauntlet
NBA Hangtime
Street Racer
Super Skidmarks
Wayne Gretzky
ESPN National Hockey Night (Sega CD)E.A. Multitap games
Australian Rugby League
Bill Walsh College Football, Bill Walsh College Football 95
Coach K College Basketball
College Football USA 96, College Football USA 97
Elitserien 95, Elitserien 96
FIFA International Soccer, FIFA 95, FIFA 96, FIFA 97, FIFA Road to the World Cup 98
General Chaos
IMG International Tennis
Madden NFL 94, Madden NFL 95, Madden NFL 96, Madden NFL 97, Madden NFL 98
NBA Live 95, NBA Live 96, NBA Live 97, NBA Live 98
NBA Showdown
NHL 94, NHL 95, NHL 96, NHL 97, NHL 98
PGA Tour Golf III, PGA European Tour, PGA Tour 96
Rugby World Cup 95
Triple Play 96, Triple Play Gold Edition
Wayne Gretzky
FIFA Soccer 96 (32X)
Bill Walsh College Football (Sega CD)
FIFA International Soccer (Sega CD)
NHL 94 (Sega CD)
Gauntlet IV
NBA Hangtime
Street Racer
Wayne Gretzky
ESPN National Hockey Night (Sega CD)J-Cart multiplayer games (no multitap needed, extra ports on cart)
Pete Sampras Tennis
Pete Sampras Tennis 96
Micro Machines 2
Micro Machines 96
Micro Machines Military Edition
Super SkidmarksTurboGrafx-16:
1943 Kai
Bomberman
Cadash
Devil's Crush
Dungeon Explorer
Fantasy Zone
Final Lap Twin
King of Casino
Mega Bomberman
Moto Roader
Moto Roader II
Ninja Spirit
Pac-Land
Panza Kick Boxing
Parasol Stars
Super Soccer
Super Volleyball
TV Sports: Basketball
TV Sports: FootballPlaystation:
1–3 PlayersBishi Bashi Special (Japan)
Capcom Generations 4: Blazing Guns
Captain Commando
Rampage Through Time
Rampage 2: Universal Tour1–4 Players
Adidas Power Soccer
Andretti Racing
Atari Collection 2 (Gauntlet)
Battle Hunter
Blast Chamber
Blaze and Blade: Eternal Quest
Blaze and Blade Busters
Blood Lines
Brian Lara Cricket
CART World Series
Crash Bash
Crash Team Racing
Circuit Breakers
College Slam
Destruction Derby Raw
Devil Dice
Final Fantasy IX (Co-op battle)
Fantastic Four
Grand Tour Racing '98
Hogs of War
Hot Shot Golf
Hot Shot Golf 2
Hunter x Hunter: Maboroshi no Greed Island
International Track & Field
International Track & Field 2000
International Superstar Soccer Pro '98
Iwatobi Penguin (Japan)
Iwatobi Penguin 2 (Japan)
Japan Pro Wrestling 2 (Japan)
NBA Hang Time
NBA Hoopz
NBA In the Zone
NBA Jam Extreme
NBA Jam TE
NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
NFL Blitz 2000 & 2001
NHL Open Ice
Olympic Soccer
Panzer Bandit (Japan)
Pitball
Poy Poy
Poy Poy 2
Quake 2
Rally Cross
Running Wild
SD Gundam G Century (Japan)
Slam N Jam '96
Sled Storm
Speed Freaks
Striker 96
Syndicate Wars
Tales of Destiny (Co-op battle)
Tales of Eternia (released as Tales of Destiny II in North America) (Co-op battle)
Tales of Phantasia (Co-op battle)
Team Buddies
Tetris X (Japan)
Twisted Metal III
Twisted Metal 4
Thrill Kill
VR Golf '97
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2002
Worms Armageddon
Worms World Party
Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style
WWF Attitude
WWF In Your House
WWF Warzone
WWF Smackdown! Know Your Role
WWF Smackdown!2 Know Your Role1–5 Players
Bomberman World
Bomberman Party Edition
Devil Dice1–8 Players
Micro Machines V3
Micro Maniacs
Madden NFL 99
MonopolyMAME (Arcade Games):
2 On 2 Open Ice Challenge (rev 1.21)
Alien Storm
Alien vs. Predator (US 940520)
Arabian Fight
Arabian Magic (US)
Armored Warriors (US 941024)
Atari Football (4 players)
Atari Soccer
Barricade
Battle Circuit (Asia 970319)
Battle Toads
Blazing Tornado
Bomber Man World (World)
Brute Force
Bucky O'Hare (US version UA)
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (US 930201)
Cadillacs Kyouryuu-Shinseiki (Japan 930201)
Captain America and The Avengers (US Rev 1.9)
Captain Commando (US 910928)
Car Polo
Checkmate
Comotion
Cops'n Robbers
Crime Fighters (US 4 players)
Crypt Killer (ver. UAA)
Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat
Dark Adventure
Dead Connection (World)
Desert Assault (US)
Double Dragon 3 - The Rosetta Stone (US)
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara (US 960619)
Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom (US 940125)
Dunk Mania (DM1/VER.C)
Dynablaster (World)
Euro Champ '92 (World)
Exvania (Japan)
Face Off (Japan)
Football Champ (World)
Gauntlet
Gauntlet II
GI Joe (US)
Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder (US)
Growl (US)
Hard Dunk (World)
Hat Trick Hero (Japan)
Hat Trick Hero '95 (US)
Heated Barrel (US)
High Impact Football (rev LA3 12/27/90)
Hit Me
Hit the Ice (US)
Hook (US)
Hot Rod (turbo 3 player)
Hyper Sports Special (Japan)
Ironman Stewart's Super Off-Road
Ironman Stewart's Super Off-Road Track Pack
John Elway's Team Quarterback
Judge Dredd (rev LA1, prototype)
Karate Blazers (US)
Knights of the Round (US 911127)
Knuckle Heads (World)
Mercs (US 900302)
Metamorphic Force (US ver UAA)
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Set 2)
Muscle Bomber - The Body Explosion (Japan 930713)
Muscle Bomber Duo - Heat Up Warriors (Japan 931206)
Muscle Bomber Duo - Ultimate Team Battle (World 931206)
Mystic Warriors (US ver UAA)
NBA Hangtime (rev L1.1 04/16/96)
NBA Jam (rev 2.00 02/10/93)
NBA Jam TE (rev 4.0 03/23/94)
NBA Maximum Hangtime (rev 1.0 11/8/96)
Nettou! Gekitou! Quiztou!! (Japan)
NFL Blitz 2000
NFL Blitz '99
Numan Athletics (World)
Oriental Legend / Xi Yo Gi Shi Re Zuang (ver. 126)
Pigout
Pit Fighter (rev 3)
Power Drive
Powered Gear: Strategic Variant Armor Equipment (Japan 941024)
Punk Shot (US 4 Players)
Quartet
Racin' Force IS THIS RIGHT? 8 PLAYER?
Rampage (revision 2)
Rampage: World Tour (rev 1.1)
Rampart (Trackball)
Rim Rockin' Basketball (V1.2)
Ring Rage (US)
Run and Gun (US ver. UBA 1993 10.8)
Run and Gun 2 (ver UAA)
Runark (Japan)
Rushing Heroes (ver UAB)
Sangokushi II (Asia 921005)
Saturday Night Slam Masters (US 930713)
Senjou no Ookami II (Japan 900302)
Silent Dragon (World)
Snow Bros. 2 - With New Elves / Otenki Paradise
Spider-Man: The Videogame (US)
Sprint 4 (set 1)
Star Guards
Stone Ball (4 player version)
Sunset Riders (US 4 Players ver. UDA)
Super Cup Finals (World)
Super High Impact (rev LA1 09/30/91)
Super Sprint (rev 1)
Tecmo Bowl (World?)
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (UK 4 Players)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Turtles in Time (US 4 Players ver. UAA)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (US 4 Players)
Tenchi wo Kurau II - Sekiheki no Tatakai (Japan 921031)
The Combatribes (US)
The King of Dragons (US 910910)
The Main Event (4 Players ver. Y)
The Ninja Kids (World)
The Simpsons (4 Players) (KLOV says it requires a pedal?)
The Three Stooges In Brides Is Brides
TouchDown Fever
TouchDown Fever 2
Tournament Cyberball 2072 (rev 1)
Tournament Table (set 1)
Trog (prototype, rev 4.00 07/27/90)
Turbo Force
Undercover Cops (World)
Vendetta (World 4 Players ver. R)
Violent Storm (US ver UAB)
Vs. Tennis
Warlords
Warriors of Fate (US 921031)
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey
Wheel Of Fortune
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (US version UA)
World Soccer Finals
WWF WrestleFest (US)
Xenophobe
X-Men (US 4 Players) -
Wow! 'Stone Ball' is a trip. I didn't look it up before I played and I really wasn't expecting anything like... that. After a good chuckle at the presentation and basic premise, I was struck at just how advanced it is. The animation alone is amazing. I'll be playing a lot more of it in the future.
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@mediamogul I think I just stumbled across it some years back as I was play testing a romset. I have been impressed with the game ever since. It does leverage a dither technique for shadows which can look a little odd without a good shader running, but I do love the goofy premise and the graphics were probably cutting edge at the time. I have it mapped to four player arcade controls on my cocktail cabinet--now if only I could find 3 people to play!
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I especially like the different teams, playing "fields" and weather/environmental effects.
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Fantastic multiplayer lists!
There was another post recently on the form here which had a link to a Google Spreadsheet with multiplayer games, but I haven't been able to find it again.
What would we need to do to get these maximum player numbers reflected on the results returned by the scrapers used on RetroPie?
Thanks for sharing.
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Don't forget Super Mario War port.
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@flop Great list. On the SNES list, what does "Port 2" mean?
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Don´t know, maybe "multitap"?
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Most N64 games with multiplayer have 4 player support. I can recommend you the following N64 titles:
Mario Kart 64; WARNING - You might lose some good friends :P I played this one back in the 90ties with some kids next door. You'll have a good time playing it.
GoldenEye; I still remember this game playing it with the neighbors kid(s) back in the 90ties at his sisters b-day party. Extremely funny playing this with your buddies, now the graphics might look outdated but back in the days this was a great game, and still is in my opinion.
Mario Party Series; the mini games are hilarious to play with your friends.
These are the games I remember on the N64 there are many others, maybe someone her has a complete list of it? Too bad the N64 emu is kinda sucky on the Pi but I believe it's just an coding thing in the future the N64 emu's will be perfect.
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Not worth to create new topic, as this is exactly the one where I need to ask my question.
Now, could someone create a list of multiplayer games, where all of the players can be in one screen ? What I mean is games without the need for splitscreen for each player, IE, Crash Bash or Bomberman-games, where all of the players can be in a single segment screen.
My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music
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@dd-indeed said in List of retro games for 4 players:
What I mean is games without the need for splitscreen for each player, IE, Crash Bash or Bomberman-games, where all of the players can be in a single segment screen.
Well, I would say almost any MAME game which supports multiplayer.
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Now, could someone create a list of multiplayer games, where all of the players can be in one screen ?
That would be a much harder list to compile. @PetroRie has a good idea and you could perhaps also narrow a certain amount of console games down by a few genres, such as multiplayer beat-em-ups, but both are still likely to have a few turn-based multiplayer exceptions found in their ranks.
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Well mainly I would wanna examine games, that were in the consoles, I'm not that much into the MAME/Arcade stuff yet, but I'm curious, that what sort of games of that style there has been for like MegaDrive, SNES, N64 and PS1. But if it's too big of job to do, I'll understand.
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@dd-indeed said in List of retro games for 4 players:
list of multiplayer games, where all of the players can be in one screen ?
I have a suggestion to this list: Power Stone 2 (Dreamcast).
To be honest I never tried Dreamcast on a Raspberry Pi, but it's a fun game for multiplayer gaming with all players in one screen.
If you succeed to run it on a Raspberry, please, let us know!
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@dd-indeed I would guess that the majority would have all players on the same screen. Bomberman, sports games, beat em ups should all be good. The only split screen game I ever played for Genesis was Road Rash, so racing games like that wouldn't fit, but I bet a lot of the racing games for NES would still be single screen.
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Okay, thanks for the info. I'll google and try to find some lists and look for the games in those. I'm kinda wanting to create good party game collection, where everyone could play in single screen without any splitscreen.
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@mediamogul Awesome list thanks for that. I want to try this out for NES.
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@dd-indeed Check this link out:
https://forums.emulator-zone.com/showthread.php?t=15458
I bet a lot of them are splitscreen but you can simply search for the games title in Google Image and see if it's a splitscreen mp game or not.
Not trying to convert you to MAME-ism but many of those multiplayer console games are also released on MAME with better graphics and audio.
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Well I was going to add to this list but that's the single most extensive list of 4-player games I've ever seen. Thanks!
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