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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.

Contra nesmsx

Contra is a run-and-gun style platformer developed by Konami and published by Erbe Software in 1987. It was released in arcades and on ZX Spectrum and Amstrad PC to start with. The...

Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter

2 players coin-op conversion platform-shooter run and gun science fiction shooter south america

Sensible World of Soccer 2020 amiga

Sensible World of Soccer 2020 is a real Xmas gift! The one and only Sensible World of Soccer, updated with all the teams, leagues, and players of the 2019/2020 season. The guy...

Year: 2019 Genre: Sports

2 players amiga original game birds-eye view competitive soccer sport management sports

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 genesis

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is a fighting game developed and published by Midway Games in 1995. It is an improved and slightly different version of Mortal Kombat 3. The original thi...

Year: 1996 Genre: Brawler

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

Super Street Fighter II DX amiga

Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers is the fourth chapter of the popular beat-em-up series based on the arcade Street Fighter II. This edition, known as Super Street Fighter 2, is the first to use "Super" in the title.

Year: 1995 Genre: Brawler

2 players aga arcade brawler competitive fighting martial arts versus

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, ...

Year: 1995 Genre: Brawler

2 players 3do aga arcade brawler competitive fighting versus

The Settlers dosamiga

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 strategy

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

FIFA International Soccer dosamiga

FIFA International Soccer is a soccer/football sim released by Electronic Arts in 1993 for the Sega Mega Drive and later ported to several other platforms. It's the prequel of FIF...

Year: 1994 Genre: Sports

2 players football isometric licensed multiplayer soccer sports

North & South amiga

North & South is an action/strategy game based on the comic books "The Blue Jackets", released in 1989 for Amiga and Atari ST and ported later for DOS, ZX Spectrum and other platforms.

Year: 1989 Genre: Strategy

2 players american civil war comics historical battle history strategy war wargame

Contra Force nes

Contra Force is a run-and-gun platformer created by Konami and released exclusively for the NES in 1992 in North America only. This is the fifth game in the Contra series and the...

Year: 1992 Genre: Shooter

2 players nes original game platform-shooter shooter

FIFA Soccer 95 genesis

FIFA Soccer 95 is a football game released by Electronic Arts in 1994 exclusively for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. It was when EA Games was a junior entering the gaming industry; n...

Year: 1994 Genre: Sports

2 players football genesis original game isometric licensed soccer sports

Super Contra nes

Super Contra is an arcade game developed and published by Konami in 1988, also ported for Nintendo Entertainment in 1990 This installment is a sequel to the legendary Contra (19...

Year: 1990 Genre: Shooter

2 players aliens coin-op conversion multi-directional platform-shooter run and gun science fiction shooter side-scrolling

Bubble Bobble amiga

Bubble Bobble is one of the most famous arcades ever created and a personal favorite of GamesNostalgia. This 2D cartoon action platformer designed by Fukio Mitsuji (aka MTJ) was released by Taito initially in 1986.

Year: 1987 Genre: Platformer

2 players arcade clear screen co-op coin-op conversion platformer

Sensible Soccer amiga

Sensible Soccer is the first game of the popular series of football (soccer, if you are in the US) sim created by Sensible Software and published by Renegade. With this package, we...

Year: 1992 Genre: Sports

2 players football multiplayer soccer sports