Genesis / Mega Drive multiplayer games

[Vroomfunkel]

OK ... so I would like to draw up the definitive list of multi-tap compatible games for the Genesis / Megadrive. All games included, PAL/NTSC/Japansese/Korean/Brazilian/Chinese, whatever. If you can have more than two players, and it needs a multitap to do so then it goes on the list. I'd also like to know which multitap the game uses - the official Sega one or the E.A. one. I will kick off with the few that I know, and will update this post as others are confirmed to me. So let's go! ...

Official Sega Multitap games

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 Skidmarks

[CosmicMonkey]

What about J-Carts, the Codemasters' games with 2 pad ports built into the cart? It's multiplayer without the multi-tap. There's apparently only 6 anyway:

Pete Sampras Tennis
Pete Sampras Tennis 96
Micro Machines 2
Micro Machines 96
Micro Machines Military Edition
Super Skidmarks

[deltoidsteep]

the box for nba jam te says 1-4 players but im not sure which multi tap it uses

[TonyB80]

I think this is a pretty comprehensive list. Hope it helps. Might be a couple of the US or Japanese releases missing, but definitely all the European releases as I've checked them all.

Sega Tap

ATP Tour
Barclay Shut Up & Jam
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
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)
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)

EA Multi-Tap

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)

Compatible With both

Gauntlet
NBA Hangtime
Street Racer
Wayne Gretzky
ESPN National Hockey Night (Sega CD)

[Vroomfunkel]

Thanks all, especially Tony!

Have updated the list - pretty comprehensive there Tony .. but you do need to add Mortal Kombat 3 to the Sega Tap list, there is a secret 4-player tournament mode in there that requires a multitap - I have confirmed that it works with the Sega Tap, not tested with the E.A. one yet though.

[TonyB80]

Barclay Shut Up & Jam 2 is missing from the Sega Tap list.

Didn't know about Mortal Kombat 3 it not mentioned on the box or in the instructions for the european release. What about Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3? Does that have the same mode? i can't check as I don't have the game anymore.

[Greg2600]

I had the EA 4-WAY Play back then, and other than Madden and NHL, we used it all the time for General Chaos, which was an addicting game. Ironically, the fact that it only worked on EA games and the SEGA one didn't work on EA games really sent me over the edge in annoyance with SEGA. Since I didn't buy the 32X or SegaCD, and there really were few games on either that weren't on the Genesis, I never paid them much mind. But that multi-tap thing really annoyed me. Stopped buying any Genesis games right after that, and played the SNES fairly exclusively (by myself) from then on.

[Vroomfunkel]

Added Barclay SUAJ2.

I don't know about UMK3 - the only reason I know about MK3 is because some Russian guy asked me a question about it when I was selling a multitap on Ebay, and I did some investigation here (irritatingly I had just sold a copy of MK3, otherwise I could have tested it myself!).

If I get a copy of UMK3 in then I will try it out, but I am not aware of a similar code for UMK3. THere might be though.

[Eric Dude]

I can tell you that I've used the Sega multitap to play both General Chaos and Gauntlet IV.

[Vroomfunkel]

OK, I've added General Chaos and Gauntlet IV into the official Sega multitap list as well now. Thanks!

[Greg2600]

I can tell you that I've used the Sega multitap to play both General Chaos and Gauntlet IV.Blah! Information I could have used......in 1994! Thanks though. See this is how we were pre-Internet, governed by superstitions, rampant rumors, lies, fibs, tall tales and mish mosh.

[Vroomfunkel]

Aha! Just discovered a new fact ... you can use a multitap with Super Skidmarks, in addition to the two ports on the J-Cart, and can have a 6-player game! Just when you think you know everything about something ....

[PreZZ]

I saw a PERFORMANCE brand new 4 player adapter in a local store, is it the same compatibility as the sega one? Im not sure but I think its compatible with both

[Leo_A]

Does the Indy Heat prototype support this accessory?

Thanks

[Nathan Dunsmore]

Didn't know NBA Hangtime had multitap support. That's one of my favorite multiplayer games on the N64.

[Damien_Da]

Doesn't Columns III support multi-tap?

[8-Bit Archeology]

Not a multi tap game but I think it should be noted as a cool multiplayer.

Zero Tolerance.

It is a one player game by itself. But you can buy or make a system link cable (a controller plug on each end wired corectly , then plugged into the player 2 port).

Its a fun and unique first person 3d shooter.