Good 3-4 Player Simultaneous Games (Any Platform) Currently Available on MiSTer?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 2:53 am
by bankshot
So of all the console gaming from my childhood, not a single one of myself or my friends ever had the gizmo for a console to allow 3 or 4 player simultaneous play.
What good games are currently available on MiSTer that are 3-4 simultaneous player compatible? Don't care what platform they are on, as long as they are fun. (Atari 2600 Warlords would qualify if there was a way to make 4 paddles work.) Interested in all genres except for RPGs. There seems to be several Capcom arcade games available, but which ones are good?
Re: Good 3-4 Player Simultaneous Games (Any Platform) Currently Available on MiSTer?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 5:33 am
by Chris23235
Gauntlet Arcade
Re: Good 3-4 Player Simultaneous Games (Any Platform) Currently Available on MiSTer?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:32 am
by AngelicLiver
Bomberman '94 on PC-Engine (most Bomberman games support 4+ players, this supports 5)
Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara / Tower of Doom (4 player coop)
Re: Good 3-4 Player Simultaneous Games (Any Platform) Currently Available on MiSTer?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:11 am
by toastboy
rampage arcade is 3-player
Re: Good 3-4 Player Simultaneous Games (Any Platform) Currently Available on MiSTer?
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 4:46 am
by PikWik
Re: Good 3-4 Player Simultaneous Games (Any Platform) Currently Available on MiSTer?
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 2:57 pm
by vteckickedinyo
SNES - Bomberman 5
English patches are available, it's up to 4 players. (I think you can squeeze in a 5th player)
IMO the best Bomberman out there.
Re: Good 3-4 Player Simultaneous Games (Any Platform) Currently Available on MiSTer?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 1:15 am
by bankshot
Thanks everyone for the contributions. Yeah Gauntlet and Bomberman is pretty much all I was familiar with going into this search. AngelicLiver, it's an impressive list you found there. Instead of a "Here's EVERYTHING" list, I was hoping someone else had already weeded out all the lame crap and got to just the good stuff, but THANK YOU! for posting that because it was a great starting point for research. I started by drilling down to one console at a time, starting with SNES, and then watching youtube vids and reading comments. Here's some good looking stuff I've found so far (for SNES):
International Superstar Soccer Deluxe - Apparently the best soccer game on SNES. And 4 player ready.
Smash Tennis - Looks entertaining if a little booze is available and 3 friends can come over.
Super Tetris 3 - Tetris for 4p simultaneous, win.
Tiny Toon Adventures - Wild & Wacky Sports. A goofy 4p version of Track And Field, peeps seem to love it.
Top Gear 3000 - Impressive. A racing game that can split the screen into quadrants for 4p.
I'll keep looking. I'm especially interested in Neo Geo and Arcade options. Jotego released a bunch of 3p/4p stuff with his amazing work on the CPS.
Re: Good 3-4 Player Simultaneous Games (Any Platform) Currently Available on MiSTer?
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 7:03 am
by Maxriptide
For the Playstation core:
ISS Pro Evolution/Winning Eleven 4
Micro Machines V3
Quake
Re: Good 3-4 Player Simultaneous Games (Any Platform) Currently Available on MiSTer?
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2022 7:35 pm
by mrchrister
For NES
Nintendo World Cup and Super Offroad are fun
Re: Good 3-4 Player Simultaneous Games (Any Platform) Currently Available on MiSTer?
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 5:56 am
by _paul_
Super Sprint on Atari ST (and probably other platforms).
Edit: scratch that, the Atari ST core does not seem to support dual joysticks.
Re: Good 3-4 Player Simultaneous Games (Any Platform) Currently Available on MiSTer?
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 2:18 am
by mineral55
Dungeon Explorer on TurboGrafx16 supports 5 players
Re: Good 3-4 Player Simultaneous Games (Any Platform) Currently Available on MiSTer?
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:03 pm
by bankshot
Thank you all, the list grows! Please keep em coming.
Re: Good 3-4 Player Simultaneous Games (Any Platform) Currently Available on MiSTer?
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:26 pm
by redsteakraw
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Smackdown(PSX), Quake II(PSX), Twisted Metal series(PSX), Warlords (2600), Steeple Chase (2600), Medievel Mayhem(2600).
Re: Good 3-4 Player Simultaneous Games (Any Platform) Currently Available on MiSTer?