What are the best 2 player co-op games for Genesis?

[Shinobi69]

I remember Altered Beast being pretty fun with two people, as well as Forgotten Worlds. What are some of the best 2 player co-op games?

[Demonic Weasel]

Things that jump to mind are the Streets of Rage and Golden Axe series'. And I had fun with Sunset Riders.

[Obviously]

Add to that Gunstar Heroes, Contra Hard Corps.

[GeckoYamori]

What the hell is wrong with you people? Why didn't you mention Toejam & Earl?

[Genesis Knight]

Bonanza Bros.

[David J.]

World of Illusion because it requires teamwork.

[Obviously]

What the hell is wrong with you people? Why didn't you mention Toejam & Earl?

Duh... now I feel stupid.

[Chris Marsh]

Any beat-em-up that has two player mode on it will work (And there are a lot of them).

[j_factor]

Soldiers of Fortune -- the ultimate top-down shooter.

[Alianger]

This list includes the must-haves as well as some enjoyable but slightly flawed games, ranked from best to worst (tried to) and sorted by genre (well sort of).

Streets of Rage 1-3
Golden Axe 1-2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – The Hyperstone Heist
The Punisher
Battletoads
Two Crude Dudes
Skeleton Krew
Battletoads & Double Dragon - The Ultimate Team
Alien Storm

Gunstar Heroes
Contra - Hard Corps
Bio-Hazard Battle
Crack Down
Sunset Riders
The Chaos Engine/Soldiers of Fortune
The Adventures of Batman and Robin
Aero Blasters
Forgotten Worlds
Vapor Trail
Rolling Thunder 2
Wonder Boy III – Monster Lair
Lethal Enforcers 2

World of Illusion
Blades of Vengeance
X-Men 2 – Clone Wars
Toejam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
Great Circus Mystery
Doom Troopers

Toejam & Earl
Arcus Odyssey
Zombies Ate My Neighbours
The Lost World - Jurassic Park 2

Mega Bomberman
Ms. Pac-Man
Bonanza Brothers
Snake Rattle ‘n Roll

Gain Ground
Herzog Zwei
General Chaos

[Melf]

Battletech also has a nift coop mode. One player steers while the other controls the guns, like Star Wars Arcade.

[Drixxel]

The Lost Vikings as well gets my thumbs up for two-playerin' co-op. There's a fine game.

[j_factor]

Another one that hasn't been mentioned is Rolling Thunder 2.

[Alianger]

hmm, they have potential, but both battletech and rt have some highly annoying control problems imo..and the former makes one player mad sooner or later :P didn't know lost vikings was 2p, gotta try that sometime!

any 1p games you'd like to see get a multiplay upgrade?

and completely off topic (though I thought it was a 2p game before playing it), has anyone beaten robocop vs. terminator? I kept shooting the last boss (I think, the robotic head) in the face with plasma for like half an hour (!) before giving up. I noticed most bosses in the game have a Lot of HP, but this is ridiculous :/

[Melf]

Ugh. I think Robocop vs. Terminator was pretty abusive overall. Damn hard game.

[Alianger]

yeah, it's very annoying and not really worth the time. Kind of like playing a shooter with a giant ship and no speed powerups.. the trick is to get a good weapon and keep it by switching weapons when you die.

[Retroman]

hey...im a new member but not viewer...been checkn this site out since the begining...u can also find me over at Digital Press...anyway...dont forget Double Dragon

[darkwingduck13]

I think the best coop game on the Genesis is probably Devilish. My girl and I have had some fun in the past playing that one. One person controls one paddle and another controls the other...basically, one person will end up being responsible for keeping the ball from going off of the screen, and the other will be responsible for making it hit the object you want. Sort of an offense/defense situation, which changes after each level so that you don't even have to switch controllers to play the other position! :D

[Alianger]

playing defense is kinda lame though, but at least it's different.

[Genesis Knight]

Everyone says that Biohazard Battle owns.

[Zebbe]

Great thread. Some games just must be played two. Me and my bro has killed many hours in front of Streets of Rage 2, Bare Knuckle 3 and now, Contra Hard Corps. Fighting with each other is so much fun.

Sonic 2, 3 & K are also good 2 player games, (especially if you want the emeralds in 2). An immortal Tails can really help out on the bosses. :)

[chewy]

The Chaos Engine!!!

[Kikoskia]

Second that. Majorly. Great two player game. :)

[Jubal]

what are the best games on the genesis with cooperative gameplay?

Im partial to Beavis & Butthead but wondering what other options are out there...

-Jubal-

[Obviously]

Boom!

http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?t=689

[Vorty]

Yu Yu Hakusho is brilliant if you can get four players and the right hardware.

[Melf]

Merging threads.

[Jubal]

Merging threads.


oops, sorry i missed the first one. thanks!

[Mordan]

Yu Yu Hakusho is brilliant if you can get four players and the right hardware.

how do you get the R8 YUYU Hakusho? never seen it.

[Mordan]

my best multi games

Eternal Champions
Bio Hazard Battle
Sonic 2 : The Versus Mode.


Street of Rages and Golden Axes are fine. but boring for people watching.

I just bought Micro Machines and it looks promising.

[Grounder]

Altered Beast.

[Christuserloeser]

My favorites atm would be

Streets of Rage
Bare Knuckle 3
Golden Axe 3
Aero Blasters
Battletoads

[Sudo]

ToeJam & Earl, easily.

[ThePirateMike]

Already mentioned, but Soldiers of Fortune/The Chaos Engine has always been my favourite two player co-op game on both the Amiga and the Genesis.

Other than that, My friends and I used to have a lot of fun with the co-op mode in General Chaos.

Rolling Thunder 2 was another good one.

[Dirt Ball Gamer]

Contra Hardcorps, forgotten worlds, and the ones already mentioned.