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Best 2 player games on GamesNostalgia

This category includes 2 player games, also known as two-player games or multiplayer games for two, game experiences designed specifically for two participants, either with competitive or cooperative gameplay.

The concept of 2 player games has always been present throughout the history of gaming, catering to the desire for friendly rivalry or cooperation between two individuals. These games can encompass a wide range of genres, including sports, strategy, fighting, racing, puzzles, and more. One of the first two-player computer games was Archon: The Light and the Dark, the fantasy board game made by Free Fall. The popular coin-op Bubble Bobble is one of the best examples of cooperative arcade games.

Fighting games are perfect for two players: the 1985 C64 game Kung-Fu: The Way of the Exploding Fist was followed by International Karate + and many other titles. This was before the legendary fighting games Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. If these games focus on the competition between two players, a beat-em-up such as Double Dragon II: The Revenge is based on cooperation, like the shooters Contra and Gunstar Heroes.

Clearly, we can't help but mention sports sims like Kick Off 2 and Sensible Soccer, great titles if you play solo but real masterpieces if you play against a friend. Finally, the Amiga racing game Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge is a fantastic example of a 2-player competitive game based on split-screen.

Street Fighter II dosgenesisamiga

Street Fighter II is the arcade sequel to the original Street Fighter and was developed and published by Capcom in 1991. Originally made for arcades, it was later released for other platforms, including that Amiga and PC.

Year: 1992 Genre: Brawler

2 players anime arcade brawler competitive fighting

Sensible World of Soccer 2024-25 amiga

Sensible World of Soccer 2024-25 is the fan-made update to the 2024-25 season of the iconic Sensible Soccer game. Sensible World of Soccer, affectionately known as SWOS, remains one of the most iconic football games ever created.

Year: 2024 Genre: Sports

2 players amiga original game birds-eye view competitive football mod soccer sports

Mortal Kombat II dosamigagenesis

Mortal Kombat II is the second installment in the Mortal Kombat franchise, developed by Midway games and published by Acclaim Entertainment in 1993. This sequel is just one of the ...

Year: 1994 Genre: Brawler

2 players arcade brawler coin-op conversion fighting martial arts motion capture versus violence

Emerald Mine II amiga

Emerald Mine II, released in 1990 for the Amiga by Kingsoft, is the direct sequel to one of the most beloved puzzle games on the Commodore platform. The series, originally designed...

Year: 1988 Genre: Puzzler

2 players amiga original game boulder dash variants co-op maze puzzler

Super Street Fighter II Turbo dosamiga

Super Street Fighter II Turbo is a competitive fighting game created by Capcom and released initially as an arcade in 1994. It is the fifth game in the Street Fighter 2 series, b...

Year: 1995 Genre: Brawler

2 players 3do aga arcade brawler competitive fighting versus

Sensible World of Soccer 96/97 amiga

Sensible World of Soccer '96/'97 is the fourth and final release of the popular soccer game created by Sensible Software. Released in 1996 for PC and Amiga, it's mostly an updated ...

Year: 1996 Genre: Sports

2 players birds-eye view football multiplayer real-time soccer sport management sports top-down

The Settlers amigados

The Settlers is a medieval city-building simulation game by Blue Byte Software, first released in 1993 for Commodore Amiga and in 1995 for MS-DOS. In America, it was published as Serf City: Life Is Feudal.

Year: 1993 Genre: Strategy

2 players amiga original game business simulation city building real-time rts strategy

Golden Axe genesisamiga

Golden Axe is a side-scrolling hack and slash fantasy game created by Sega and released for arcade machines in 1989. The game was ported the same year to the SEGA Mega Drive/Genesi...

Year: 1990 Genre: Brawler

2 players arcade brawler co-op coin-op conversion fantasy hack and slash progressive beat-em-up sword and sorcery

Mortal Kombat dosgenesisamiga

Mortal Kombat is a side-scrolling fighting game created in 1992 by the four person company Midway Games and released initially as an arcade. Thanks to its huge success, the game wa...

Year: 1993 Genre: Brawler

2 players arcade brawler coin-op conversion fighting martial arts motion capture versus violence

FIFA International Soccer dosamigagenesis

FIFA International Soccer is a soccer/football sim released by Electronic Arts in 1993 for the Sega Mega Drive. It marked the beginning of one of the longest-running and most profitable sports game franchises in history.

Year: 1993 Genre: Sports

2 players football isometric licensed multiplayer soccer sports

Deluxe Galaga amiga

Deluxe Galaga is a shareware remake of the famous arcade Galaga for the Amiga. It was created in 1993 by Edgar M. Vigdal (also the author of Deluxe PacMan). The game is an enhan...

Year: 1994 Genre: Arcade

2 players aga amiga original game arcade enhanced remakes shareware shooter top-down

Sensible World of Soccer 95/96 amiga

Sensible World of Soccer 95/96 is an improved version of Sensible World of Soccer, the soccer sim created by Sensible Software. The game represents a crucial evolution in the foo...

Year: 1995 Genre: Sports

2 players football management multiplayer real-time soccer sports

Contra III: The Alien Wars snes

Contra III: The Alien Wars marked the debut of the iconic Konami run-and-gun series on the Super Nintendo in 1992. Developed and published by Konami, the game was created by a team that included veterans from earlier Contra titles.

Year: 1994 Genre: Shooter

2 players aliens co-op platform-shooter run and gun side-scrolling snes original game top-down

Super Tennis snes

Super Tennis, also known as Super Tennis World Circuit, is one of the early standout sports titles for the Super NES. Released in 1991, developed by Tose and published by Nintendo,...

Year: 1991 Genre: Sports

2 players competitive snes original game sports tennis