The 4-player (Four Player) Gaming Thread

[ianoid]

Alright, so I have a little game night now and again and we're always onto the 4 player gaming scene. I'd love to hear what people's favorite classic (pre-PS2) titles are for 4 player gaming. I'll list a few we hit all the time. I'd love to see a comprehensive list if there is one already, but at this point favorites would be good. You can see a glaring absence of NES, GEN, SAT and SNES.

2600 Warlords
8-bit Castle Crisis (arcade Warlords)
Dreamcast SF Rush 2049 (has a great battle mode)
Dreamcast Chu Chu Rocket
Dreamcast Virtua Tennis


My preference is for low skill pick up and play stuff, since it's not like we do this often.

[coreys429]

Battle mode for Mario Kart 64. Golden Eye no doubt on that one. Though I have had great times at Perfect Dark, World Isn't Enough as well. Those were great shooters as well for the 64. Super Off Road for NES....

[Phyeir]

Power Stone 2. With all the items around, it doesn't take long to pick that game up (grab item, beat nearest victim over he head)

Of course, Mario Party.. the ORIGINAL with the blister burning Cast Aways

[Superman]

I have only played the single player mode, but many people swear by the multiplayer mode for The Bomberman series. There are Bomberman games on a few different systems so, if you have a few different systems then it is likely you won't need the system, just the game.

Of course, I don't know offhand which games are the best, so, hopefully, a Bomberman expert will come by and point you in the right direction.

[Red Warrior]

For me personally, it never got any better than the original Super Bomberman for the SNES. Speed Zone set at 5 wins per match in Battle Mode... yeah... pure digital crack.

[swlovinist]

N64

Goldeneye
Starfox 64
Duke Nukem 64
007 The world is not enough
Smash Bros

Sat
Guardian Heroes....good times

And one that is quite fun on a ton of systems....Worms Anything

[Nirvana]

Power Stone 2. With all the items around, it doesn't take long to pick that game up (grab item, beat nearest victim over he head)

Of course, Mario Party.. the ORIGINAL with the blister burning Cast Aways

OMG. Power Stone 2 was amazing. I thought I was like the only one who ever played it.

NBA Jam TE Edition was an amazing 4 player game.

[crazyjackcsa]

I'll leave the Mario Parties/Karts and the shooters out since most people will mention them.

Worms. The original was the best, but all of them are really good.
Saturn Bomberman, I've never played the 10 player mode, but what a great game.

The DC was home to some really interesting 4 player games.

Power Stone 2 was fantastic.
Ooga Booga was a neat idea, too bad nobody played it online.
Fur Fighters was a shooter, but an often over looked one.
Dead or Alive 2 and Marvel Vs. Capcom both boast 4-Player Tag-Team modes

[ToddofDoom]

Pac-Man Vs. for the Gamecube is pretty classy. (It came bundled with Pac-World 2 Player's Choice, I think) It's a good game to just play a quick round or two.

I always liked the 4-player in Team Buddies for the Playstation. It's pretty hard to find and you have to play a lot of single player stuff to unlock multiplayer options. (Although I believe there is a cheat) The four player bomb rugby-style mode is some of the most fun I've had playing 4-player games. Pure chaos.

I am also a big fan of any game you can play through in one sitting as a four player group. Nothing worse than trying to get together over and over to finish your game.

[Arcade Antics]

Nothing tops Power Stone 2.

[Eric Dude]

Saturday Night Slam Masters on the SNES is an experience that you really can't get elsewhere! I hate wrestling games, but I love that game on 4P battle mode!

[LucidDefender]

Lords of Lunar - An awesome Warlords clone for the Playstation of the Lunar Making of CD. Can be activated by entering a button sequence during the intro.

[j_factor]

Death Tank and Death Tank Zwei for Saturn, hidden games in Powerslave and Duke Nukem 3D respectively. Simple but awesome.

And let's not forget the Worms series.

[Game Freak]

I unfortunately dont have very many, sadly, from the pre-ps2 era, as all my consoles bar the n64 are twoport systems. I do have 2600 warlords, but dont have the controllers for it, let alone a multitap if it needs it.

1. Pokemon Stadium 2
2. Monopoly

yeah, thats all i got. I also have only 3 n64 controllers, and ones a superpad 64 ><

[Ed Oscuro]

It's not really set up for four players, but there's always networked DOOM :D

I'm sure Major Stryker would be lots of fun four-player, too. Captain Comic as well.

[heybtbm]

N64 Goldeneye
Starfox 64
Duke Nukem 64
007 The world is not enough
Smash Bros

The Nintendo 64 was probably one of the lamest consoles in history, but is sure had a lot of awesome 4-player titles. 4-player Goldeneye and Smash Bros are better than most multiplayer games out right now.

[LucidDefender]

Death Tank and Death Tank Zwei for Saturn, hidden games in Powerslave and Duke Nukem 3D respectively. Simple but awesome.

And let's not forget the Worms series.

How does one unlock those, if you recall off-hand?

[j_factor]

Death Tank in Powerslave is unlocked by obtaining every "team doll" in the game. Death Tank Zwei is unlocked either by destroying every toilet in Duke Nukem 3D, or by starting a game of Duke with a Quake save file on your system.

[The 1 2 P]

Crash Team Racing on PS1. The racing mode was fun but so was the 4 player battle mode.

[Famidrive-16]

F-Zero X on the 64.

Battletanx on the same system is worth checking out for multiplayer alone, the game itself is average but I played that again with three other friends a while back and it turned into hours of shouting and mayhem.

[Wraith Storm]

My friends and I used to play 4-player Armada on the Dreamcast all the time when it first came out. We loved shooters and RPGs and this game melded them both into one incredible game. Especially with 4-players!!!

[kaedesdisciple]

Break out the NES, a Four Score and Super Spike V'Ball.

Spike a ball right in your friends' faces.

OR

Shove your friends' spikes right back in their faces.

Fun.

[Crutch]

NBA Hang Time for N64 is a great 4-player game. Like NBA Jam, just a bit better.

[Coleman]

NES - I always liked Danny Sullivans Indy Heat - Don't ask me why...
NES - Anticipation will work with 4 people...
I can't believe no one has mentioned Gauntlet...! NES had 4 player Gauntlet 2 and i think Gauntlet legends was 4 player on the N64/Dreamcast?

If you do the PC thing you can always go Diablo and Free Civ is pretty cool but you have to do it on a regular basis or you don't really get anywhere.

For the modern stuff there is lots of "interesting stuff" on the game cube - Zelda 4 swords, Final Fantasy Crystal something or other and i think there was also a pac man game where one player plays regular pacman on a GBA while the other players control the ghost - someone on here will no the name of what i am talking about...

And wasn't Blast Chamber 4 player for the PSX? I know extreme pinball was 4 player but it kinda defeats the purpose of a 4 player experience when only one person gets to play at a time...

These games are all 4 player compatible:
NES:
Bomberman II[1]
Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat
Gauntlet II
Greg Norman's Golf Power
Harlem Globetrotters
Kings of the Beach
Magic Johnson's Fast Break
Monster Truck Rally
M.U.L.E.
NES Play Action Football
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Nintendo World Cup
R.C. Pro-Am II
Rackets & Rivals
Roundball: 2 on 2 Challenge
Spot[2]
Smash TV[3][4]
Super Off Road
Super Jeopardy!
Super Spike V'Ball
Swords & Serpents
Top Players' Tennis
World Cup Soccer

Genesis:
Aerobiz
Aerobiz Supersonic
ATP Tour Championship Tennis
Australian Rugby League
Bahamut Senki
Barkley: Shut Up and Jam!
Bill Walsh College Football
Bill Walsh College Football 95
Brian Lara Cricket '99
Chi Chi's Pro Challenge Golf
Coach K College Basketball
College Football's National Championship
College Football's National Championship II
College Football USA 97
College Slam
Crüe Ball
Elitserien 95
Elitserien 96
ESPN National Hockey Night
FIFA 97
FIFA 98:
FIFA
FIFA
FIFA
Gauntlet IV

Snes
All the bombermans.
Barkley: Shut up and Jam
Bill Walsh College Football
Calafornia Games
Calafornia Games 2
Capcom's Soccer Shootout
Elite Soccer
FIFA 9x
Firestriker
Hammerlock Wrestling
International Superstar Soccer
International Superstar Soccer Deluxe.
International Track and Field.
Looney Tunes B-Ball
Madden NFL 9x
Micro Machines 1
Micro Machines 2
Micro Machines 2 turbo,
NBA Jam TE
NBA Live 9x
Olympic Summer Games
Saturday Night Slam Masters
Secret of Mana
Sporting News Power Baseball
Street Racer
Super Bomberman 1-5
Super Drop Zone
The Peacekeepers
Tiny Toons Wacky Sports
Top Gear 3000
WWF Raw

Amiga
Adrenalynn
Air Taxi
Ballistic Diplomacy
Base Jumpers
Blitzbombers
Bratwurst
Bug Bomber
Burn Out
Cold Blooded Murder
Dynablaster
FlatMates
FireFlies
Gauntlet 2
Great Courts 2
Hired Guns
Indy Heat
James Bond
Kargon
Kick Off 2
KnockOut 2
Laser Bikes
Leatherneck
Master Blaster
Max Rally
Megatron
MineRunner
Monsters of Terror
Over The Net
Poweroids
Pro Tennis Tour 2
Projectyle
Rally Cross Challenge
Rampage
Street Racer
Subtrade
Super Gem'z
Super Skidmarks
Super Skoda Challenge
Super Tennis Champs
Tank Attack
Tangle
The Race
Tie Break
Traders
Turbo Hockey 2
TV Sports Basketball
X 2
Xtreme Racing
Zerberk

MAME
Atari Football
Crime Fighters
Desert Assault
Eliminator
Gauntlet
Gauntlet 2
Indy Heat
Moonwalker
Passing Shot
Punk Shot
Rampage
Real Ghostbusters
Stone Ball
Sunset Riders
Super Offroad
Super Sprint
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
The Main Event
The Simpsons
Vendetta
WWF Wrestlefest
Xmen

N64
All Star Baseball '99
Battletanx
Diddy Kong Racing,
Duke Nukem 64
Extreme G3
FIFA Soccer 64
Forsaken 64
Goldeneye,
Hexen 64
Iggy's Wreckin' Balls
ISS 64
ISS 98
Madden 64
Mario Kart 64
Mario Party 1-4
NBA Hangtime
NFL Quarterback Club 98
NHL Breakaway 98
Perfect Dark
Quake 2
Rampage World Tour
Reckin' Balls
Road Rash 64
Starfox 64
Super Mario Kart 64
Turok 2
Turok Rage Wars
Wayne Gretzky 3D Hockey
WCW Nitro
WCW VS NWO
Wipeout 64
WWF No Mercy
WWF Raw Is War
WWF Warzone
WWF Wrestlemania 2000

PSX
Adidas Power Soccer
Blast Chamber
Bomberman Fantasy Race
Bomberman World
Circuit Breakers
College Slam
Dare Devil Derby 3D
Devil Dice
FIFA 200x
FIFA 9x
International Track & Field
International Track & Field 2
ISS 9x
League of Pain
Madden NFL 9x
Micro Machines V3
Micro Maniacs,
Monopoly
NBA In the Zone
NBA Jam Extreme
NBA Live 9x
NBA Shoot Out 9x
NCAA Football 9x
NFL Game Day 9x
NHL 9x
NHL Faceoff 9x
NHL Open Ice
Olympic Soccer
Olympic Summer Games
Pitball
Rally Cross
Simpsons Wrestling,
Slam N Jam 96
Space Jam
Sporting News Baseball
Street Racer
Striker 96
Syndicate Wars
Tecmo Super Bowl
Ten Pin Alley
Thrill Kill
Triple Play 9x
VR Golf 97
WWF In Your House
WWF Smackdown
WWF Warzone

Turbografx
Battle Lode Runner
Battle Royale
Bomberman
Bomberman 93
Bomberman 94
Davis Cup Tennis
Dungeon Explorer
Dungeon Explorer 2
Fire Pro Wrestling 3
Motoroader
TV Sports Basketball
TV Sports Football
TV Sports Ice Hockey
World Sports Competition

[JunkTheMagicDragon]

dc: quake iii arena

takes a while to get the controller settings properly adjusted, but once you do it's great fun.

[Damaramu]

Dreamcast:
Another vote for San Francisco Rush 2049
Toy Commander (a lot of fun if you have all the maps and vehicles unlocked!)

[Orion Pimpdaddy]

Next time friends come over for four-player gaming, I'm going to hang a diagram showing what each button does, for each game. This should cut down on the chaos caused by so many people asking, "now, how do I do XYZ again?"

[Hardcore]

There's Gauntlet Legends, too. Great 4 player game.

[Sneak613]

Hey Everybody,

I'm new to the forum, but I've been recently bitten by the retro-gaming bug again.

One thing I've been looking for is good list of 4 player games. Not 2 player games, but ones that use the multitap adapter of Fourscore(more than 2 players). I'm looking at just the SNES or NES.

I notice one (list) on Wikipedia, but there are a few games on there that are clearly not 4 player as I've personally tried a few of them on the list... Some work, some don't. For example, it lists NHL 94-98. I've tried 94, and it works with 4 players no problem, I tried 96, and it doesn't work.

I was wondering if people could list 4 player games they've confirmed working, or games they remember playing 4 players. I figure with all the resources we have here, we can make a proper list.

I plan on buying some games in the future, but don't want to bother wasting my money on a game I think is 4-player, only to get it home to find out it's only 2 player (like the case of NHL '96)

I've seen other threads similar to this before, but they were all on old boards, or the threads are locked. (for example: http://boards.ign.com/classic_console_gaming_general_board/b5138/109925462/p1/?2 )

I just wanted to start up the discussion again, see if anybody can suggest what games work, or ones they've played and enjoyed.

(again, I'm primarily interested in hearing about SNES & NES)

-Sneak

Let's do up a proper list!

4-player SNES games I've tried (personally) and had work.

SNES:
NHL '94
NBA Jam: Tournament Edtion
NBA Live '96
Bomberman 2

NES:
Super Spike V'Ball
IronMan Stewart's Off Road Racing

[Natty Bumppo]

Master of Monsters for the Genesis was also four player capable.

[Twin Paradox]

NBA Jam T.E. (SNES)
Super Bomberman 2 (SNES)
Super Tetris 3 (SFC) [So insane with 4 players!]

[Compute]

Genesis:

WWF Raw

I'm surprised nobody has listed the Codemasters "J-Cart" games for the Genesis. These have two carts built right into the cartridge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-Cart

It was used for:
* Pete Sampras Tennis
* Pete Sampras Tennis '96
* Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament
* Micro Machines 96
* Micro Machines Military
* Super Skidmarks

The entry even states that MM2 can accommodate up to 8 players using 4 pads. Each player uses either d-pad or face buttons. I have not used a J-Cart, but I remember wanting to play Pete Sampras Tennis for many years just so I could see the cart up close.

[Compute]

Genesis:

WWF Raw

I'm surprised nobody has listed the Codemasters "J-Cart" games for the Genesis. These have two carts built right into the cartridge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-Cart

It was used for:
* Pete Sampras Tennis
* Pete Sampras Tennis '96
* Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament
* Micro Machines 96
* Micro Machines Military
* Super Skidmarks

The entry even states that MM2 can accommodate up to 8 players using 4 pads. Each player uses either d-pad or face buttons. I have not used a J-Cart, but I remember wanting to play Pete Sampras Tennis for many years just so I could see the cart up close.

(Also: MAME isn't a "system.")

[kafa111]

Powerstone 1
Powerstone 2
Phantasy star online
Super bomberman
Super bomber man 2
Goldeneye
and Mario kart 64