What is the first 2 player game you remember playing?

[GuilewasNK]

I think for me it was Combat on the old Atari 2600.

[danny-o]

I think that was my first one too.

[cougar65]

I think my first was Streets of Rage 2 on Sega Genesis. Wat a great game

[onetrackmind]

super mario brothers (i was always luigi)

[magilacudy]

Super Mario/ DuckHunt. I'd always try to sucker my friends into controlling the ducks.

[GuilewasNK]

Heh, Combat was so cool at the time. Tanks and planes. So awesome. My sister and I used to play that ALL the time.

http://www.atariguide.com/0/090.htm

http://www.atariguide.com//sss/mini-combat.gif

[dtcarson]

Most likely Combat. Loved that bounce-the-shots-off-the-walls mode. Then later on we got Space Invaders, and the whole family gathered around the 21" playing round robin. Good times.
My brother is gaming, he's got a PS2 and an Xbox, and my mom plays card games and stuff on the PC. When my folks come up to visit, I usually get my dad to play Ratchet and Clank, Hot Shots Golf, or Katamari Damacy together. Last time we actually played Neo Contra. Not necessarily his type of game, but we had fun [and thank goodness for unlimited continues on Easy mode, we died like seven million times].

[GuilewasNK]

Yeah, the ricochet shots were a blast in Combat!

[soulwish2003]

pong

[GuilewasNK]

Crap! I forgot I had Radio Shack Pong while growing up too. I still think we had Combat first though.

[javeryh]

It was either Combat (the first really fun 2 player game for the 2600) or something in the arcade like alternating Pac-Man. Meh, something that was out in the early 80s...

http://www.atariage.com/2600/boxes/b_Combat_Color_front.jpg

[GuilewasNK]

Not only was Combat the first really fun 2 player game...I believe it was the first 2600 game outright.

Yeah, I forgot about invisible tank! Hot stuff.

[nootch]

Well I guess this thread is about the first 2 player game that we REMEMBER playing and while I am pretty sure I played some mario at an early age, the first 2 player game I remember playing was the arcade game, Golden Axe. Fun game as I do recall.

[doodle777_98]

wow, mine was combat too. I like the one with the tanks where the shot can bounce.

[dtcarson]

Oh, Pong. We still have that, we have the Sears TeleGames 4-games in one unit. Up to four players, 2 built in 'controllers' and 2 additional external ones. I guess that was actually the first, and now that it has been mentioned, I do remember playing that. I think that came before the 2600, but not sure.

[MrBadExample]

Definitely Combat for me. Good times...

[Apossum]

Combat, of course.

But the first one that I got hooked to was Double Dragon in the arcade. I was obsessed with it.

[cleaver]

2 player w/ turns Super Mario Brothers
2 player simultaneous Rush N' Attaack

[Lord Draconus777]

Super Mario Bros. 3, bitches.

[pimpinc333]

Heh, Combat was so cool at the time. Tanks and planes. So awesome. My sister and I used to play that ALL the time.

http://www.atariguide.com/0/090.htm

http://www.atariguide.com//sss/mini-combat.gif


Dude thank you sooo miuch this brings back alot of memories from when me and my bro and sis used to play this. I was like 3 and never could remember the name of it. Awesome, yep this was my first 2 player game also.

[ryanbph]

pong, the first 2 player co op, contra...loved contra

[GuilewasNK]

Contra was a favorite of me and my buddies in Junior High School.

[THE DARK KNIGHT]

Combat.....2600.

[GuilewasNK]

The best thing about Combat is that anyone can just pick it up and play it.

[CheapyD]

http://www.pong-story.com/coleco_ranger.htm

[evilmax17]

http://www.pong-story.com/coleco_ranger.htm

Might like this (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1010138#post1010138)

[jerfgoke]

Played Contra so much growing up that I'll probably never forget U U D D L R L R B A select start.

[GuilewasNK]

http://www.pong-story.com/coleco_ranger.htm

Yeah!

This is the one I had....

http://www.iaw.on.ca/~hdeklein/pong04.jpg

It came with a light gun too.

[$hady]

Show me yours and i'll show you mine..............

[MrWazeleski]

The first two player game that I can remember playing, is good ol Mario Kart for the SNES with my brother.

[Grave_Addiction]

I think for me it was Combat on the old Atari 2600.

That was the first game that popped into my head when I read the thread title.

The best was making your vehicles invisible and fighting that way.

Combat could possibly be the best two-player game ever. It was so simple, but just so much fun.

[b0bx13]

Combat....tanks, none of that invisible/richochet bullshit, just straight up tank killin' fun with my father 8-)

[urzishra14]

probably a Pinball machine..then after that probably TNMT 2... i do recall playing that vividly me and my dad completed the game on a saturday one day and our fingers were so blistered.. good times.. more recently my dad and I sat down and completed Gauntlet (on midway arcade treasures) 8 hours.. but it was great... i should really get a system that can play NWN for the computer because he loves that game.

[seanw]

For two player simulatenous, Combat. I can't think of anything between that and Contra.

[dayglo]

Combat for the 2600, which for the longest time I thought was called Battle Tanks. Back then, the only TV my parents owned had this large, black bar over the top 1/5th of the screen, so any time my father or I would go to the top of the map, we'd have no idea where we were anymore. The black bar tv was even more fun while playing pacman, and no knowing where the hell the ghost might be.

[phatbunbao]

i thhink super mario bros and super v?

[tornadomann]

Mario 3 on NES with my dad when I was 5

[BasketCase1080]

galaga on the nes when I was about 4 or 5. My dad used to play it with me all the time.

[spoo]

Video Olympics on the 2600. My sis and I played it for hours upon hours. We played a lot of Combat too but I remember playing more Video Olympics.

[evilomar]

Combat for me too, I used to beat my brother's ass on that game, now in arcades I think we used to tear up some Bubble Bobble.

[shieryda]

Combat was the bizzomb, but why hasn't anyone mentioned "Ikari Warriors" or "Heavy Barrel"?

"Time Soldiers" was a great arcade game, too.

[heffaji]

Contra for me. My friend and I had that game down to a science. Also, while the original Zelda wasn't 2-player, the way we played it was.

[GuilewasNK]

Combat was the bizzomb, but why hasn't anyone mentioned "Ikari Warriors" or "Heavy Barrel"?

"Time Soldiers" was a great arcade game, too.

Yep, I played all three in the arcades. I think my favorites in order were...

Time Soldiers
Heavy Barrel
Ikari Warriors

Those were great games. They had them at the bowling alley when I was in YABA and me and my buds would play them a lot.

[Zfin]

Mine was tennis on this.

http://www.pong-story.com/coleco_arcade.htm

[mr ryles]

the 1st good 2 player game I remember is goldeneye 007

[greydemise]

bubble bobble for NES

[CappyCobra]

Connect Four (nobody said it HAD to be a video game ;) )
http://www.areyougame.com/images/items/HB4430.jpg
But if it had to be, I'd say Sears Telegames's Pong.

[bfg9k]

Pong, this one specifically:

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=3&c=933

[zewone]

Contra

[Apossum]

Combat was the bizzomb, but why hasn't anyone mentioned "Ikari Warriors" or "Heavy Barrel"?

"Time Soldiers" was a great arcade game, too.


ikari warriors, another one of those seemingly never ending games. I might have to try and finally beat it one of these days.

what was the code for it? was it A, B,B?

[markholladay]

Combat was my first game. Bit Ikari Warriors is my first fond memories of playing a two player game. Wat was that code, A, B, B, A, I think that was it, great game, and of course Contra after that

[Saucy Jack]

Probably Combat for me too. Excellent game. I might hook up the 2600 this weekend to play it. My mom loves the Atari. I bought another one so that she could play it, and she does play the hell out of it.

[OldTime]

For a game console, I think mine was Pong.

[DT778]

super mario brothers (i was always luigi)
Same here.

[DigitalSpace]

Super Mario Bros. with a friend who lived a few apartments away from me in the same apartment complex I lived in at the time. I was about 7 or 8 years old at the time and it was the late 80s. It was the day my mom bought me my NES and he helped me hook it up before he left for dinner. He came back after that and we played for an hour before he had to leave again.

[Sailorneorune]

Combat, Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros., just like everyone else.

Old games kick ass.

/off to play Sonic

[cdeener]

I would have to say Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird.

[josherz]

mario cart

[spoo]

I also played alot of M.U.L.E. on the Commodore 64 then later on the NES. M.U.L.E. was the first 4 player game I remember playing all the time. I might call up the guys this weekend to play some old school 4 player M.U.L.E.

[EnderBui]

Mortal Kombat on the Genisis.

[RavingGoat]

Combat for me too.

[onikage]

Mario Bros./Duckhunt

[soxfan4525]

Super Mario 3

[Pancake Rabbit]

contra? mario? TMNT2? I'm not sure of the exact game but it probably was mario bros.

[chickenhawk]

Super mario brothers is the first one I remember playing. Whether or not that was actually the first one is an entirely different story. I always wanted to be Mario of course, but I usually ended up being Luigi cause my brother was bigger. :evil:

[rabidmonkeys]

Pong. Where it all started, baby...

[Listen To Dylan]

Killer Instinct for SNES

Still one of my Favorite Games!

[js1]

The 1st contra on nes. That's how I met one of my best friends! He knew the "code" :)

[hero101]

I believe it was double dragon 2 for NES. I forgot the name for the game for Atari.

[guyver2077]

Super Mario/ DuckHunt. I'd always try to sucker my friends into controlling the ducks.


CONTROL THE DUCKS....WTF U CAN DO THAT?

[bfg9k]

CONTROL THE DUCKS....WTF U CAN DO THAT?

Yep, you can manipulate their movement with the control pad

[karmapolice]

Outlaw (i think it was called) for the 2600... I may be 17 but I started with the old and worked to the new.

[Rodimus]

2 Players - Super Mario Bros.

2 player cp-op - Contra

[urzishra14]

after reading through the thread.. it may have been a C64 game.. I loved Zaxxon and Wizard of War.. my dad would always have Sky Shark running.. that could have been it.. and of course.. i remember Arkanoid.. i love that game still.

[dracula]

either pacman in the arcade(1979?) or one of the pong variations on the 2600

[Ozzkev55]

Contra