Greatest SNES Multiplayer Games?

BobbyRobby · (07-18-2007, 04:03 AM)

I just got my Super Nintendo working and am looking for good multiplayer games to play. Here's my preliminary list:

Super Bomberman 1 or 2 - which is better? I know there were several more for the Super Famicom. Are these much better? If so, where could I get them for a reasonable price?
Contra 3
Tetris Attack
Zombies Ate My Neighbors (based on glowing recommendations)
Turtles in Time - what are some other good beat em' ups?
Super Smash TV
Joe & Mac
Sunset Riders
Mystical Ninja
Which of the Pocky & Rocky games are good?

Right now all I own are RPGs and the Mario games, so I'm open to pretty much anything else, even imports if they require no knowledge of japanese beyond selecting menus. I prefer games with small learning curves, and I am not really interested in fighters.

Rocksteady33 · (07-18-2007, 04:04 AM)

Mario Kart.

The M.O.B · (07-18-2007, 04:06 AM)

BATTLETOADS

It sounds silly,but its a really great beat em up.

Linkzg · (07-18-2007, 04:06 AM)

Wild Guns

PkunkFury · (07-18-2007, 04:07 AM)

Secret of Mana!

Anno · (07-18-2007, 04:08 AM)

Rock 'N Roll Racing!

Grecco · (07-18-2007, 04:10 AM)

Originally Posted by PkunkFury:

Secret of Mana!

Yup. Just get a Hudson Multi Tap.

BobbyRobby · (07-18-2007, 04:13 AM)

Originally Posted by The M.O.B:

BATTLETOADS

It sounds silly,but its a really great beat em up.

yeah. hard as hell, but definitely great. Were the Super Nintendo ones any good?

Originally Posted by Grecco:

Yup. Just get a Hudson Multi Tap.

I forgot to mention this. I have a multi tap too. I'm really looking for 4-5 player games.

Halycon · (07-18-2007, 04:15 AM)

Tales of Phantasia.

Mad Decent · (07-18-2007, 04:15 AM)

Street Fighter
Mario Kart
Killer Instinct
NBA Jam
Clayfighter
Sunset Riders

adelante · (07-18-2007, 04:16 AM)

Dirt Trax Fx

dammitmattt · (07-18-2007, 04:16 AM)

I had more fun with 2-player Super Mario Kart than any of the sequels.

Also, there are a number of good sports games, though the EA stuff is pretty crappy on the SNES. Super Tennis was amazingly good and ahead of its time.

ggnoobIGN · (07-18-2007, 04:18 AM)

Ken Griffey Jr. Major League Baseball. Still the greatest baseball gave ever to this day.

EDIT: Oh, and Turtles in Time.

PantherLotus · (07-18-2007, 04:20 AM)

Rampart (or was that NES?)

GhaleonQ · (07-18-2007, 04:22 AM)

Of the games yet to be mentioned, let me throw in my lot with 1 of EA's hockey games (multi-tap support, too!).

dammitmattt · (07-18-2007, 04:23 AM)

Originally Posted by GhaleonQ:

Of the games yet to be mentioned, let me throw in my lot with 1 of EA's hockey games (multi-tap support, too!).

I think it peaked with '93 (but it always felt better to me on the Genesis, although this one of the sports that was pretty close between the two platforms).

ForzaItalia · (07-18-2007, 04:24 AM)

Pffft....you guys fail...NHL '94 4 player action with the multi-tap...

EDIT: Screw you GhaleonQ

ggnoobIGN · (07-18-2007, 04:24 AM)

Originally Posted by ForzaItalia:

Pffft....you guys fail...NHL '94 4 player action with the multi-tap...

Genesis version was superior.

Salazar · (07-18-2007, 04:26 AM)

I only really ever played one game on my SNES - Nintendo World Cup. I am, however, willing to vouch for its greatness as a multiplayer experience.

* My mistake - NES game. Observation stands, though.

GhaleonQ · (07-18-2007, 04:26 AM)

BWAHAHAHA. To be fair, I was going to go with NHLPA '93, if only because Lemieux was a demi-god in it as opposed to his brilliant-if-human self in NHL '94.

dammitmattt · (07-18-2007, 04:27 AM)

Originally Posted by GhaleonQ:

BWAHAHAHA. To be fair, I was going to go with NHLPA '93, if only because Lemieux was a demi-god in it as opposed to his brilliant-if-human self in NHL '94.

Didn't they take out some of the fighting and blood in '94?

ForzaItalia · (07-18-2007, 04:28 AM)

Originally Posted by ggnoobIGN:

Genesis version was superior.

Read the topic title...

ghibli99 · (07-18-2007, 04:29 AM)

Mystical Ninja was the first game I thought of for some hilarious co-op play. Have fun! 16-bit rules!

Doogdogg · (07-18-2007, 04:29 AM)

Top Gear 3000
Fatal Fury
Firepower 2000

jooey · (07-18-2007, 04:30 AM)

POCKY & ROCKY

dankir · (07-18-2007, 04:31 AM)

Mario Kart and BOMBERMAN!!

Dahbomb · (07-18-2007, 04:31 AM)

Maximum Carnage: Separation Anxiety.

GhaleonQ · (07-18-2007, 04:31 AM)

Originally Posted by dammitmattt:

Didn't they take out some of the fighting and blood in '94?

I'm going to say, "Yes," (maybe only in the Super Nintendo version), but, again, that would only be a net positive in my book. Few things are worse than seeing Jagr fall in slow motion to the ice after a check with the horrid "AHHHHWWWW" crowd gasp sound effect.

Jiggy · (07-18-2007, 04:32 AM)

Well, you already got Zombies, Turtles, and Mystical Ninja, so that leaves Secret of Mana and more importantly Kirby Super Star.

Joei · (07-18-2007, 04:33 AM)

Saturday Night Slam Masters was an excellent multiplayer wrestling game. A few friends and I would rotate renting the game years ago. I'm sure we could have purchased it 2 times over.

ForzaItalia · (07-18-2007, 04:35 AM)

Originally Posted by GhaleonQ:

I'm going to say, "Yes," (maybe only in the Super Nintendo version), but, again, that would only be a net positive in my book. Few things are worse than seeing Jagr fall in slow motion to the ice after a check with the horrid "AHHHHWWWW" crowd gasp sound effect.

The "AHHHHWWWW" was classic after an injury...especially if it was a star player you knocked out. I believe Gary Bettman had something to do with the blood removal and the fighting decrease in the game....at least on the latter for sure he did...

Halycon · (07-18-2007, 04:37 AM)

Originally Posted by Jiggy37:

and more importantly Kirby Super Star.

I can't believe I forgot this.

Best 2 player co-op I've seen in a video game.

GhaleonQ · (07-18-2007, 04:43 AM)

Forza, was that "sure" as in "the conjecture makes sense, therefore it happened" or is that actually the truth? If so, I'll need to add something else to my list of why he was terrible for hockey.

ForzaItalia · (07-18-2007, 04:46 AM)

Originally Posted by GhaleonQ:

Forza, was that "sure" as in "the conjecture makes sense, therefore it happened" or is that actually the truth. If so, I'll need to add something else to my list of why he was terrible for hockey.

I'm pretty sure that Bettman had a lot to do with the limited fighting (was there even any in NHL '94?) back then. I distinctly remember reading an article where Bettman didn't want to glamorize fighting in the EA game and that he asked for it to mimic that of the real game. ie 1.1 fights per game or something like that...

Phthisis · (07-18-2007, 04:50 AM)

Super Ninja Boy

AIRic · (07-18-2007, 04:52 AM)

Originally Posted by ggnoobIGN:

Ken Griffey Jr. Major League Baseball. Still the greatest baseball gave ever to this day.

Seconded. It's pure baseball fun! The characters design, the animations and simple pitching/batting/fielding make this game our favorite mulitplayin' game on the SNES!

Wyndstryker · (07-18-2007, 04:55 AM)

Top Gear 3000 (Probably spent 3000 hours in 4 player races with this lol)
Secret of Mana
Super Bomberman 2
NBA Jam (200 point games ftw!)
Ken Griffey Jr. Major League Baseball (me and my friends started recording our stats...)
Rock & Roll Racing (shooting across the track ftw!)
Battletoads
Killer Instinct
Battle Clash (Oh yes this was multiplayer)
Wild Guns
Zombies ate my neighbors
F-Zero

damn...if I keep going i'll end up listing almost every snes game I played lol.

Synbios459 · (07-18-2007, 05:00 AM)

Anyone have a good program to play NES/SNES games online via emulator?

tnw · (07-18-2007, 05:03 AM)

Originally Posted by Wyndstryker:

Rock & Roll Racing (shooting across the track ftw!)

The stage is set, the green flag drops!

Super off road, or wait, that was for the NES. Oh well, here's a picture anyway

But really, Super Bomberman and Mario Kart are the best multiplayer games ever. So many good memories.

SapientWolf · (07-18-2007, 05:06 AM)

Uniracers
Stunt Race FX
Kirby's Dream Course
Lemmings (yes, Lemmings)

John Harker · (07-18-2007, 05:06 AM)

Zombies Ate My Neighbors is the best.
There are tons of fantastic games, but all you have to do is set your bar there

tnw · (07-18-2007, 05:08 AM)

The Lost Vikings was co-op I think, but I never used it.

Kaeru · (07-18-2007, 05:09 AM)

Mario Kart(SNES) online via Zsnes

Davidion · (07-18-2007, 05:10 AM)

Turtles, Zombie, Kart, Secret of Mana, F-zero have all been mentioned.

There was a mecha game called Metal Warriors which never really seemed to garnish much popularity but I happened to love. There were 6 very different mechas which were used to great effect in the solid but terribly long and difficult single player adventure mode, and it also had a pretty good multiplayer duel mode.

Shame this never turned into a series; it had much potential.

Edit: oooooh, UNIRACERS! That game was awesome.

Divvy · (07-18-2007, 05:15 AM)

The hell, 45 responses and only TWO mentions of Kirby Superstar? Forshame gaf... forshame...

That reminds me, where's my ****ing Kirby Superstar on VC Nintendo? Get on it!

Windu · (07-18-2007, 05:16 AM)

Originally Posted by Rocksteady33:

Mario Kart.

/thread

Ranger X · (07-18-2007, 05:21 AM)

Super Mario Kart.

Runner up for me: Top Gear.

Tiktaalik · (07-18-2007, 05:24 AM)

Super Tennis, Super Tennis!!!! SUPER TENNIS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also NHL '95

KingGondo · (07-18-2007, 05:25 AM)

Originally Posted by ggnoobIGN:

Ken Griffey Jr. Major League Baseball. Still the greatest baseball gave ever to this day.

.

The theme song is timeless!

Phthisis · (07-18-2007, 05:27 AM)

Originally Posted by Davidion:

There was a mecha game called Metal Warriors which never really seemed to garnish much popularity but I happened to love. There were 6 very different mechas which were used to great effect in the solid but terribly long and difficult single player adventure mode, and it also had a pretty good multiplayer duel mode.

Shame this never turned into a series; it had much potential.

Metal Warriors is the best competitive multiplayer SNES game. Such a fun title.