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    Default Genesis / Mega Drive multiplayer games

    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
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    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

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

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    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)

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    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.
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    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.

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

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    OK, I've added General Chaos and Gauntlet IV into the official Sega multitap list as well now. Thanks!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric Dude View Post
    I can tell you that I've used the Sega multitap to play both General Chaos and Gauntlet IV.
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    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 ....
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    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
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    Does the Indy Heat prototype support this accessory?

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

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    Doesn't Columns III support multi-tap?

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    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.

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