what was the first game to offer 4 player split screen?

[Anthony1]

Ok, I'm talking about the first game on a home console that allowed you to play a multiplayer game with the screen divided up into four little boxes, so that four people could play at one time.


The first one that I remember is Goldeneye for the N64, but I'm sure that there must have been other games that did this prior to that.

[Chronodriftersx]

mario kart 64 and Star Fox 64 do this, Star Fox was pretty old.

[Anthony1]

mario kart 64 and Star Fox 64 do this, Star Fox was pretty old.


So the Nintendo 64 was the first system to have a 4 player game that split the screen into 4's ?


I guess it makes sense, because it has 4 controller ports.

[it290]

I think there's a racing game on the Saturn that has 4-player split-screen, but I can't remember the name or when it was released... it may have predated the above mentioned games, though.

[fennec fox]

I could've sworn there was a SNES or Genesis racing game that allowed four players, with the screen split up into horizontal stripes, but I can't remember the name...

[SMB]

Wasn't Sonic R for Saturn 4-screen multiplayer?

[kai123]

I could've sworn there was a SNES or Genesis racing game that allowed four players, with the screen split up into horizontal stripes, but I can't remember the name...


http://www.gamersgraveyard.com/repository/snes/peripherals/supermultitap.html


That is a good list of all the games that use the multitap for the snes. I think Top Gear 3000 for the SNES was the first to allow 4 players to play by splitting the screen for everyone. I could be wrong and would love to know which was the first to do this. :-P

[kevincure]

Warlords is pretty close to being split-screen, right?

[Zubiac666]

I could've sworn there was a SNES or Genesis racing game that allowed four players, with the screen split up into horizontal stripes, but I can't remember the name...


http://www.gamersgraveyard.com/repository/snes/peripherals/supermultitap.html


That is a good list of all the games that use the multitap for the snes. I think Top Gear 3000 for the SNES was the first to allow 4 players to play by splitting the screen for everyone. I could be wrong and would love to know which was the first to do this. :-P

you are right
and second one was "Street Racer"(a bad mario.kart clone) which also offered 4 player split screen(snes/i don't know if the genesis ver also offered 4 player mode)
there was also a saturn/playstation version with 8(!!)player split-screen
unplayable though... x_x

[davidbrit2]

You guys aren't going back far enough. Steeplechase for the Atari 2600. ;-)

[charitycasegreg]

You guys aren't going back far enough. Steeplechase for the Atari 2600. ;-)

Are you serious? :eek 2: My first one was also Goldeneye for N64