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Best multiplayer games on GamesNostalgia

Multiplayer games are titles where two or more players can join to compete or, in some cases, to collaborate.

The first multiplayer games were played on the same computer, with two joysticks attached, or even four, when the hardware supported it.

Two milestones of video game history, such as Dyna Blaster and M.U.L.E., are two great examples. Some turn-based games implemented an "hotseat" mode, where players could alternate on the same computer.

With the broader use of LAN and the Internet, we moved from playing local multiplayer games on the same screen to playing online multiplayer games. Warcraft is not the first RTS to introduce multiplayer. But with new features like wild monsters and a memorable world of Azeroth, it became a classic. On the other side of the game genre, there is Quake. It’s supposedly the first competitive multiplayer FPS game. It introduced terms many modern esports players are familiar with, like bunny hopping and strafing.

The world of multiplayer games only grew, and many games of different genres introduced multiplayer game modes, including strategies like Command & Conquer and Diablo, which started as a single-player RPG and then eventually transformed into an online-only game.

In this category, we list only generic multiplayer games for three or more players; for two-players games, check the tag 2 players.

Halo: Combat Evolved windowsmac-osx

Halo: Combat Evolved is a sci-fi first-person shooter created by Bungie Studios for Microsoft and released for the Xbox in 2001, then ported to Windows and Macintosh by GearBox in 2003.

Year: 2003 Genre: Shooter

aliens aviation first-person multiplayer science fiction shooter war

Quake dos

Quake is a first-person shooter developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive in 1996. With the success it had with Doom in 1993, id Software decided to capitalize its ...

Year: 1996 Genre: Shooter

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Quake II windows

Quake II doesn't need any introduction. The first-person shooter created by id Software was released in December 1997. The legendary John Carmack worked personally on coding this gem, that was not planned to be a sequel to Quake.

Year: 1997 Genre: Shooter

3d first-person fps multiplayer science fiction shooter texture map

Need for Speed II: Special Edition windows

Need for Speed 2 is the second game in the popular series of racing games created by Electronic Arts starting with The Need for Speed. It was released in 1997 for PlayStation. An...

Year: 1997 Genre: Racing

3d acceleration automobile driving multiplayer racing street racing vehicle simulator

Midtown Madness windows

Midtown Madness is a racing sim created by Angel Studios for Windows and published by Microsoft in 1999. The game allows you to drive different vehicles in four different single-player modes: Blitz, Circuit, Checkpoint, and Cruise.

Year: 1999 Genre: Racing

3d automobile multiplayer north america open world racing street racing vehicle simulator

Bomberman '93 pc-engine

Bomberman '93 is an edition of the famous Bomberman game released by Hudson in 1993 for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 console. The Hudson Soft series began with Bomberman in 1985, a game released for NES and MSX.

Year: 1992 Genre: Arcade

arcade competitive multiplayer pc engine top-down turbografx-16 versus

Claw windows

Claw is a 2D platformer developed and published by Monolith Productions as a PC exclusive in 1997. Despite the fanmade adaptations and the repeated attempts to continue the story officially, it did not receive any sequel.

Year: 1997 Genre: Platformer

2d cartoon multiplayer pirates platformer side-scrolling

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

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

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

Dyna Blaster amiganes

Bomberman, or as it's known in Europe, Dyna Blaster, is one of my all-time favorites games. Originally created in 1983 for the PC Engine, it was later ported to the Atari ST and the Amiga.

Year: 1991 Genre: Arcade

arcade competitive maze multiplayer top-down

Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight amiga

Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight is an action role-playing game developed and published by Mindscape for the Amiga in 1991 and one year later converted to DOS with different sound and music.

Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing

2 players action-rpg amiga original game fantasy hack and slash multiplayer

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 Soccer and considered by many the best game ever created for the Amiga.

Year: 1995 Genre: Sports

2 players football management multiplayer real-time soccer sports

Quake Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity dos

Dissolution of Eternity is the second expansion (or mission pack) for Quake. Developed by Rogue Entertainment, it was released on March 1997 for PC only. It includes 2 new episodes...

Year: 1997 Genre: Shooter

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