Comments on: 2up?

Question: 2up?

1f2frfbf — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:11:06 -0800

Recommend me some good head to head games for the NES (aka: Famicom or old-skool nintendo).

My friends and I have had fun playing Dr. Mario head to head, and are looking for other games that let two players play at once, either in competition or cooperation. I like sports games okay, but some friends prefer otherwise, so help me build my library to keep everyone happy.

Kind of previously.

By: Aquaman

Aquaman — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:13:21 -0800

Tecmo Bowl, or if you can find it, Blood On The Ice.

By: jozxyqk

jozxyqk — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:15:47 -0800

Contra!

By: bookwo3107

bookwo3107 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:16:43 -0800

Super rare (but super-awesome): Tengen Tetris (the one in the black cart)! Co-op tetris will open your eyes, my friend.

By: DrDreidel

DrDreidel — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:21:46 -0800

Pro Wrestling. If not for the fun gameplay that for the engrish. "A winner is you!"

By: Metroid Baby

Metroid Baby — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:22:31 -0800

Bubble Bobble and Ice Hockey! (The best part of Ice Hockey is making your little guys get in fights.)

I enjoyed Excitebike a lot as a kid. And Rampage is good fun.

By: philscience

philscience — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:22:59 -0800

Super Dodgeball! River City Ransom!!

By: wocka wocka wocka

wocka wocka wocka — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:26:28 -0800

seconding Bubble Bobble.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:42:05 -0800

Snow Brothers is strange and sort of funny. It has a weird rhythm to it that's easy to get into. A friend and I used to play it together a lot.

By: a3matrix

a3matrix — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:51:49 -0800

Blades of Steel (hockey)

By: xbonesgt

xbonesgt — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:52:55 -0800

Ice Climber and, as previously mentioned, Ice Hockey.

I don't think Excitebike allowed head-to-head play, but I might be wrong.

By: burnmp3s

burnmp3s — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:58:56 -0800

Base Wars: Futuristic robot baseball weirdness. Instead of being able to tag someone out, you have to beat them in a fighting game-style robot battle. In league mode you can upgrade your robot players' equipment. If Base Wars is too gimicky for you, my favorite normal NES baseball game is Baseball Stars.

Gold Medal Challenge '92: One of various Olympic-themed games. Track and Field is the best known and most popular, but I prefer Gold Medal Challenge. It has a good mix of straight-up button masher events, and tricky timing events. It also has a fun marathon event where you update your speed for each leg every few events.

Double Dragon series (especially Double Dragon 2): Co-op beat-em-up games. The controls for DD2 were somewhat tricky but very effective considering the limited control options with only two buttons and the d-pad. If you want RPG elements, go with River City Ransom, and if you want more difficulty go with Battletoads.

By: pocams

pocams — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:02:18 -0800

Guerilla War is a ton of fun co-op.

By: xbonesgt

xbonesgt — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:02:54 -0800

oh! and I can't believe I forgot the original RBI Baseball. I hate playing, watching, and hearing about the sport but I still love this game.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:03:18 -0800

Smash TV!

By: Metroid Baby

Metroid Baby — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:39:49 -0800

Oh, it looks like Excitebike is one-player only. Dang. Scratch that one then.

By: hooray

hooray — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:15:12 -0800

Balloon Fight. Also great as a one-player game.

By: starman

starman — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:38:49 -0800

Super Techmo Bowl, Ikari Warriors.

By: Who_Am_I

Who_Am_I — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:51:20 -0800

Jackal.

By: Kronoss

Kronoss — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:41:53 -0800

Micro Machines was my favorite head to head NES game.

It has very different and very fun 2 player race option where the two cars appeared, overhead, on a single screen (as in, not a split screen) and the first player to get far enough ahead of the second player so that the car left the screen would get a point. Then the 2 cars would restart at the same spot. First person to 10(?) wins.

It sounds weird, but it really must be played to be appreciated.

By: neckro23

neckro23 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:51:38 -0800

(the original Double Dragon for the NES wasn't two-player, except for its one-on-one "vs" mode.)

My suggestion, not yet mentioned: Spy vs. Spy.

My suggestions, already mentioned: Contra! River City Ransom! Double Dragon II!

By: Acari

Acari — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:17:45 -0800

Crash 'n the Boys

It's vicious.
Games include drowning your opponents in a swimming match, hammer throw golf, and a straight up fist fight.

By: ashabanapal

ashabanapal — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:53:08 -0800

There are several lists of faves here. I would highly recommend Super C, RC Pro-Am, Bases Loaded, and Skate or Die 2.

By: Durhey

Durhey — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:43:10 -0800

Tetris 2. It's not really tetris, but if you're into Dr. Mario, it will scratch the block droppy versus itch.

By: 1f2frfbf

1f2frfbf — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:54:21 -0800

Excellent suggestions, all! I'll be taking this list with me to the flea market this weekend and trolling ebay after that.

By: Monster_Zero

Monster_Zero — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:18:01 -0800

Put in another vote for Ice Hockey, or as I like to call it, "the finest hockey simulation ever created"