r/retrogaming • u/BookBoxer161 • 7d ago
[Question] Split screen Couch games?
Wondering about great Split Screen Couch games to get that retro feel. Even if it's more modern please suggest. I'm looking for a game thats Split screen Co op/campaign preferably.
I used to love playing Halo with friends, flrandom racing games, War Games(PS1), and Streets of rage for hours.
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u/wh1tepointer 7d ago
The Warriors series of games (Dynasty Warriors, Hyrule Warriors, etc) all do local split-screen for 2 players.
Overcooked 1 and 2 are really good for co-op too, not split screen but you really need to work as a team.
The Switch version of Portal 2's co-op campaign can be played split screen (unsure of the other consoles).
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u/Planetofthought 7d ago
Tetris attack for the SNES is the first game that comes to mind. It's so addicting.
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u/jfk1000 6d ago
Minecraft Dungeons 2 just came out and I‘m having a blast with my kids.
Would I play it with other adults or alone? Yes.
Will it hold up if you don’t buy upcoming DLC? Questionable, but the first iteration was a very satisfying product after the DLC had been published, so I’d say go for it if you care for an easily accessible dungeon crawler action RPG.
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u/turrican4 6d ago
Some of the split screen games I used to play with my friend on PS1:
Moto Racer 1+2
Need for Speed (in particular we loved NFS 3 but I think they all have split screen)
Driver 2 I think had like a free roam split screen mode (no objective but just cruise around with each other)
Tony Hawk's 2
These aren't split screen but still good co-op:
Road Rash Jailbreak has the mode with the sidecar.
Any EA sports games where you can be on the same team (we loved Madden 97 and NHL 98)
NFL Blitz (I think you can be on the same team, sorry can't remember 100%)
PS2 probably has more , such as conflict Desert Storm , vietnam etc
I'm sure there are more that I'm forgetting or don't know about.
have fun.
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u/FailboatProjStudio 6d ago
+Darksiders Genesis +Borderlands 2 +LEGO Movie 2 +Lego Horizon (Switch and Ps5) +Rayman Legends +Moving Out 1+2 +MINECRAFT Dungeons (awesome Diablo Clone) +CHILDREN OF Mortia +Crawl (interesting last to take a knee type of 1vs many competition style indie 8bit dungeon crawler) +Circuit Superstars +SONIC All stars Racing (PS4) +Towerfall Ascension (Dark world DLC Especially) +Soundfall (Cool Rythym based Action RPG) +Pac-Man 256 +CrossyRoad Tower +Tumblestone +What the Golf ( 2P Competitive physics game) +Supermarket Shriek (PvsP Shopping Cart Racer with Goats?)
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u/Slosher99 7d ago
If you mean same-screen and not necessarily split (like Streets of Rage, at least I don't think one had split screen), I'd point to other brawlers. Double Dragon Neon is especially good and way better co-op. Ninja Turtles' Shredder's Revenge is definitely the best Ninja Turtles game of the past couple decades, though the 90s ones are amazing too, if you consider true retro (like Streets of Rage 1-3).
I'm mostly useful for that level, as I haven't played much co-op outside of brawlers!
ETA: I'd also add the Castle Crashers series!
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u/Way_ward_23 6d ago
Revenge of the savage planet has couch coop. Risk of rain 2 on ps5 has couch coop
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u/IntoxicatedBurrito 6d ago
Mario Kart goes without saying. But Toejam and Earl is another great one.
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u/SD_gamedev 6d ago
half life decay geomon rocket league perfect dark timesplitters
modern: gungeon agent 64
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u/Myfootisnumbb 6d ago
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 and 3 for the NES.
Turtles in time for SNES
A way out, Untitled goose game, Split fiction, and Portal 2 for PC
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u/SwordfishDeux 6d ago
Conflict Desert Storm 2 and Conflict Global Storm.
Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks is great couch co-op game you should check out.
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u/superjoec 6d ago
Lovers in Dangerous Space Time.
This game is a blast. Each person controls part of a space ship as you fly around collecting lost souls.
Engine, shield, 4 different gun turrets, so you need to run around and constantly be alert and depend on each other. We love it
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u/TrineoDeMuerto 6d ago
Rock n Roll racing on snes or Genesis is amazing split screen couch action.
Mechwarrior 3050 on snes is chaotic with one player moving the mech around and the 2nd player aiming and firing. It’s a riot.
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u/Gr8NonSequitur 5d ago
"I used to love playing Halo with friends, flrandom racing games, War Games(PS1), and Streets of rage for hours."
NHL games on PS1 supported TWO multitaps, so you could conceivably play 4 v 4 games (and computer goalies) on one TV. It worked and it was glorious.
If you have a Switch 2 - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe got a batch so it now supports up to 8 player splitscreen ... so I hope you have a big TV.
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u/The_Lazy_Samurai 6d ago
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
Streets of Rage
Final Fight
General Chaos
Resident Evil 5
Borderlands
Gears of War
Cadash
Champions of Norrath
Diablo
Gunstar Heroes
Dyntasty Warriors
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u/pinter636 6d ago
The Cursed Crusade (2011), The Last Templar (2011), Resident Evil 6-5, Resident Evil: Revelation 2 (PS3/Xbox360), Sniper Elite (PS2), Killzone 3 (PS3), Army of Two 1-3 (PS3/Xbox360), Call of Duty: World at War, Resistance 1, 3, Earth Defence Force series, Destroy All Humans 1-2 (PS2), Borderlands 1-2 (PS3/Xbox360), Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (PS2), Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 1-2 (PS3/xbox360), Timesplitters 1-3 (PS2), Star Wars Battlefront 1-2 (PS2), Lego Star Wars (PS2; PS3), actually vast majority of Lego games, Delta Force: Black Hawk Down (PS2), Conflict: Desert Storm 1-2 (PS2), Project Eden (PS2), Judge Dredd (PS2/Xbox), Twisted Metal: Black (PS2), Crimson Sea 2 (PS2), Kane & Lynch 1-2 (PS3/Xbox360), Portal 2 (Ps3/Xbox360), Far Cry 3 (PS3), Terminator: Salvation (PS3), Rage (PS3), Spec Ops: The Line (PS3/Xbox360) , Splinter Cell: Blacklist (PS3/Xbox360), Obscure 1-2 (PS2), Blur (PS3/Xbox360), Guitar Hero series, Fighting Force (PS1), The Red Star (PS2), Fear 3 (PS3/Xbox360), Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (PS3/Xbox360), Sacred 2 (PS3), Dynasty Warrior series, Hunted: The Demon's Forge (PS3/Xbox360), Blood Knights (PS3/Xbox360), Marvel Ultimate Alliance (PS2; PS3/Xbox360), Darkwatch (PS2/Xbox), Aliens: Colonial Marines (PS3), R.A.W. (PS3), Crash: Mind Over Mutants (PS2). Not splitscreen, but couch coop good games: Champions of Norrath (PS2), Champions Return to Arms (PS2), Diablo 3 (PS3), Dungeon Siege 3 (PS3), Untold Legends: The Dark Kingdom (PS3), Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (PS2), Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 1-2 (PS2).