Looking for a good top view co-op

thedeathstar

I'm looking for a game like Gauntlet that I can play with my wife. We just finished Gauntlet IV on Genesis, and something similar but not exactly the same would be great, especially if there's something that incorporates more strategy or puzzle solving. Any system is good. Any ideas?

tyreal90

One of the greatest games ever made was a little top down RPG called Diablo. It had fully voice acted NPCs. It had amazing lore and it would be like Gauntlet mixed with skyrim.

It's only downside was you needed to have two computers to play but luckily, they created a Playstation 1 version of the game that was two player. My brother and I put 50+ hours into that game together going into dungeons and fighting our way through the denizens of hell. It was a hard game but dying wasn't the end of the world.

That would be my strongest recommendation for you both!

tyreal90

@thedeathstar

Also, it works on my retropie on pi3 so my brother and I have put some additional time in.

meleu

@thedeathstar said in Looking for a good top view co-op:

especially if there's something that incorporates more strategy or puzzle solving.

It immediatelly reminded me Goofy Troop (SNES). Hope you enjoy. :)

drake999

Rambo: First Blood part II is a great classic top view CO-OP game for the Sega Master System. Also, shock troopers for the Neo Geo is loads of fun.

Omnija

jackle for nes
herc's adventure for psx
pocky and rocky for snes
Legend of Mana psx or secret of mana snes
Seiken densetsu 3 snes

meleu

Hey guys! I'm talking about a nice discovery I've made today in this topic: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/9442/a-site-specialized-in-cataloging-co-op-games

It's related to what we are talking in this topic here.

pjft

I remember Ikari Warriors as well, but unsure if you'd be a fan of the military shooter setting? Heavy Barrel might be another - I think it's 2 players, and you can get it on the NES and Arcade.

I don't recall if Chaos Engine (Genesis) would also be 2 player.

Once again, all shooters, unsure if there's a lot of puzzles.

The Lost Vikings would also be a nice one, but it isn't top down. It is more puzzle-focused, though.

Omnija

@pjft yes Chaos Engine is 2 player.

thedeathstar

Awesome, thanks for all the suggestions. Most of those are new to me, so I appreciate it.

caver01

@thedeathstar if you like arcade, Smash TV is fun to beat. Vindicators is another top-down coop (tanks). RipOff is fun and fast, not really a campaign. Then there are shooters like 194x, DoDonPachi, TwoTigers etc.

caver01

@thedeathstar Blasteroids, especially when you join ships together.

meleu

Oh! How could we forget Zombies Ate My Neighbors?! I'm used to play the SNES version, but wikipedia says that there's a MegaDrive version too.

mediamogul

@meleu

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chubsta

Gauntlet and Gauntlet 2 arcade, Smash TV, can't be beat!

dankcushions

toejam & earl!

chubsta

@mediamogul said in Looking for a good top view co-op:

Oh No! More Zombies Ate My Neighbors

I haven't heard of that before - the original was one of my favourite games ever so thanks for the heads-up, will grab it and have a play, i guess it is SNES?

mediamogul

@chubsta

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backstander

I remember playing a lot of Bomberman '94 on the PC Engine/TG16 with my girl friend back in the day! This version supported up to 5 players at once! I think there's been a Bomberman/Dyna Blaster game ported to just about every retro console, handheld and the arcade.
https://tiredoldhack.com/2017/02/26/the-complete-history-of-bomberman/