Multiplayer Game Listing
Last updated 16 Aug 1998

This list has fallen behind a bit... I'm sure there are many PSX and Saturn games not listed here. I'll see what I can do about updating it soon... Thanks to Zerothis for lots of additions and corrections.

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Owning a Lynx as well as a Turbografx and Genesis with Team Player has made me realize that while 2 player games are fun, the fun increases to a much greater degreee with each player that joins in. I've looked around for a listing of games that support the Team Player, but couldn't find any. So, I decided to start my own list of games that allow for more than 2 players to play simultaneously. I hope you find it useful!

If you have any additions, corrections, or comments please mail them to me!

How do different home systems allow for more than two players?


Atari 2600 (VCS)

The 2600 was one of the first video game systems. Although it had 2 controller ports, a pair of paddles could plug into each port allowing for 4 player games.


Odyssey²

One game, Quest for the Rings, was a combination board game and video game. 3 to 5 players could play using two controllers and the keyboard on the unit. Actually, the keyboard isn't used often, but 3 people technically are playing simultaneously.


Atari 5200

Early models of the 5200 had 4 controller ports, but no released game actually supports 4 players simultaneously. Asteroids was listed as a 4 player game in early 5200 catalogs but that game was never released. In addition, Xari Arena and Football (prototypes) might be four player games - I haven't played or heard anything definite about them, though. Finally, Super Breakout supports controllers 3 and 4, but each player has to take turns.


Atari 8-bit

However, the Atari 8-bit computer line (Atari 400, 800) also had four controller ports and used them. The 5200 and Atari 800 are almost identical machines, the only game related difference in the systems is that the 5200 uses analog controllers while the 800 uses digital ones with fewer buttons. In fact, many 5200 games were cracked and made playable on the Atari 800. Additionally, the Atari computers can use 2600 paddles for up to 8 players.


Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom)

The NES has two peripherals that allow for 4 players, the FourScore and the Satellite. The only difference between the two is that the Satellite is wireless.
Camerica/Codemasters/Galoob made their own adapter that supports 8 players, and is also FourScore compatible.


Nintendo Gameboy

The Gameboy usually links only 2 players. Using the multiplayer adapter that's included with F1 Race you can connect up to 4. For what it's worth, here's the list of regular 2 player link games, culled from Nintendo's listing.


Turbografx-16 (PC Engine)

The Turbografx-16 allows up to 5 players with the TurboTap. Without the TurboTap you can only play one player games.


Atari Lynx

The Lynx can link an indefinite number of players, though the game with the highest limit of players is Slime World at 8. T-Tris has an unspecified limit of players.


Genesis (Mega Drive)

The Genesis has three adapters for multiplayer games. I reccomend the Team Player version2. Here's the story: Electronic Arts released a 4 player accessory called the 4WayPlay. Around the same time Sega released a multiplayer accessory called the Team Player. Electronic Arts games support the 4WayPlay, while other Genesis games support the Team Player. Some support both. To remedy this confusing situation, Sega released a remodeled, but more expensive, Team Player that supports both. Because the Electronic Arts adapter uses both controller ports, the maximum amount of players is 4. The Sega adapter allows 4 controllers to access one controller port. You can have a maximum of 5 players with one Team Player, or 8 with two Team Players. These adapters work with the Genesis add-ons Sega-CD and 32X.


Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom)

Hudson makes a SNES adapter called the Super Multitap that allows 4 joypads to be plugged into a controller port, allowing for 5 players. Bullet Proof Software makes the Super Link and Performance makes the Super 5-Play (not endorsed by Nintendo) which do the same. Finally Naki makes the Tribal Tap which supports 5 joypads for a total of 6 players, though no games I know of actually support that many. Only one adapter can be plugged into the second controller port. If you plug an adapter into the first controller port, the game tells you to put it in the second. Check out FM2000's SNES page for more detailed information.


Atari Jaguar

The Jaguar allows for multiplayer games either through networking or a multiplayer adapter. A multi-tap can be connected to each control slot for up to 8 players. It's also rumored that up to 32 Jaguar controllers can be hooked up by daisychaining the multi-taps. No games support more than 4 players.


3DO

The 3DO Control Pad 2 has its own controller port that allows other controllers to "daisychain" off it. (one controller plugs into the system, the next controller plugs into that one, etc) for an "infinite" amount of players. Somewhere around 30 is where loss of signal starts to occur, and a reasonable limit for games is 16. (Thanks to sirdyst@slip.net and Maria Harrell at 3DO for clearing that up). The 3DO Control Pad 1 doesn't have the daisychain port, so keep this in mind if you're buying controllers.


Sega Saturn

The Saturn has the 6 Player adapter that allows six controllers to access one controller port. So, a maximum of seven players with one adapter, or 12 with two adapters. That's right, 12 players! On one screen!


Sony Playstation

The Playstation has a Multi-Tap that allows four controllers and four memory cards to access a controller port. So yes, a maximum of eight players. In addition, up to four players might be able to play on two linked consoles (see accessories page.) For more information about the games, check out the Playstation Galleria and Playstation Gamer.


Nintendo64

The Nintendo64 has four controller ports. Hudson Japan has an adapter for the fourth control slot that expands it to five more slots for 8 players. If one was hooked up to each slot that'd be 20 players, though I'm not sure this is possible.


Sega Dreamcast

The Dreamcast has four controller ports. It also has support for modem / cable modem play according to rumors.


PC

Home computers have lots of games that support networking, but not very many that allow more than two players on one screen. The main problem is that it's difficult to connect that many controllers to a PC. I won't go into listing supported games here, but for more information check out the Multijoy Homepage (6 players) Sidewinder page (4 players), and Gravis GRiP system (4 players).


Thanks to Norman G. Sippel for giving me a list of some NES games.
Thanks to Paul Freitag for some more of the NES games.
Thanks to Lee Seitz for some of the 2600 game listings.
Thanks to Jeff Lodoen (jlodoen@shell.portal.com) for posting the list of 4 player Atari 800 games. (I only list the simultaneous ones)
Thanks to Roberto Campos for listing some games.
Thanks to Carl Muller for telling me about his SNES soccer games.
Thanks to Damian Gick for some 3DO/Playstation information.
Thanks to Nestor Wong for info about the SNES adapter.
Thanks to The Morbid Guy for the Atari 800 info.

This list is just a modest start... Please e-mail me with additions!

2600 Game                  maker             players
Blackjack                   Sears               3
Gi Joe: Cobra Strike        Parker Bros.        3
Party Mix (supercharger)                        4
Steeplechase                                    4
Street Racer                Atari               4
 aka Speedway               Sears
Video Olympics              Atari               4
 aka Pong Olympics          Sears
Warlords                    Atari               4

Atari 800 Game (* cartridge?)                players
Asteroids                   Atari               4
Basketball                  Atari               4
*Dandy                                          4
*Hockey                     Thorn EMI           4
*M.U.L.E.                                       4
*Maze War                                       4
Silicon Warrior             Epyx                4
*Soccer                     Thorn EMI           4
Super Breakout              Atari               8 (simultaneous?)
Survivor                    Synapse             4
Zepplin                     Synapse             4

Gameboy Game                                 Adapter 
F-1 Race                    Nintendo            4
Faceball 2000               Bullet Proof        4
Micro Machines              Ocean               4
Super R.C. Pro-Am Racing    Nintendo            4
Top Rank Tennis             Nintendo            4
TRAX                        Hal America         4
Wario Blast                 Nintendo            4
Wave Race                   Nintendo            4
World Circuit Series        Ultra Soft          4
WWF: Raw                    LJN                 4
Yoshi's Cookie              Nintendo            4

NES Game                                     4Score/Satellite
Bomberman II                Hudson              3
Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat  Tradewest           4
(Camerica racing game)      Camerica            8(*1)
Gauntlet II                 Mindscape           4
Golf Power (Greg Norman)    Virgin              4(*2)
Harlem Globetrotters        GameTek             4
Kings of the Beach          Ultra Soft          4
Magic Johnson's Fast Break  Tradewest           4
Monster Truck Rally         INTV                4
M.U.L.E.                    Mindscape           4
Nightmare on Elm Street     LJN                 4
Play Action Football        Nintendo            4
Quattro Sports (BMX game)   Galoob              3
R.C. Pro-Am II              Tradewest           4
Roundball: 2 on 2 Challenge Mindscape           4
Smash TV                    Acclaim             2(*3)
Spot                        Virgin              4?
Super Jeopardy              GameTek             4
Super Off Road              Tradewest           4
Super Spike V'Ball          Technos/Nintendo    4
Super Spike/World Cup...    Nintendo            4
Swords and Serpents         Acclaim             4
Top Players' Tennis         Asmik               4
World Cup Soccer            Nintendo            4

(1) Camerica/Codemasters/Galoob adapter
(2) Players take turns, but the game supports the 4Score
(3) each player uses 2 controllers

Lynx Game                                    Com-Lynx
Awesome Golf                Atari               4
Battlewheels                Beyond Games        6
Battlezone 2000             Atari               4
California Games            Atari               4
Checkered Flag              Atari               6
Gauntlet III                Atari               4
Jimmy Connors' Tennis       Atari               4
Rampage                     Atari               4
Slime World                 Atari               8
Super Off Road              Tradewest           4
T-Tris                      Bastian Schick      ?
Tournament Cyberball        Atari               4
Xenophobe                   Atari               4
Warbirds                    Atari               4
Zarlor Mercenary            Atari               4

Turbografx Game                              TurboTap
Battle Lode Runner (Japan)                      5
Battle Royale                    NEC            5
Bomberman                        NEC            5
Bomberman '93                    NEC            5
Bomberman '94 (Japan)            Hudson         5
Davis Cup Tennis                 NEC            4
Dungeon Explorer                 NEC            5
Dungeon Explorer II              NEC            5
Fire Pro Wrestling 3 (Japan)                    5?
Formation Soccer '95 (Japan S-CD)               4
Human (pro wrestling - Japan)    Human          5?
Human Sports Festival (Japan S-CD)Human         4
J-League Soccer '94 (Japan S-CD)                4
Motoroader                       NEC            5
Panic Bomber (Japan S-CD)                       5
TV Sports Basketball             NEC            5
TV Sports Football               NEC            5
TV Sports Ice Hockey             NEC            5
World Sports Competition         NEC            5

Sega Genesis Game                            4-Way-Play   Team Player
Barkley: Shut up and Jam 2   Accolade                        4
Bill Walsh College Football (CD) Electronic Art 4
Bill Walsh College Football  Electronic Arts    4
Coach K College Basketball   Electronic Arts    4
College Football USA '96     Electronic Arts    4
College Football's Natl Chp. Sega                            4
College Football's Natl...2  Sega                            4
College Slam                 Acclaim                         4
Columns III                  Vic Tokai          X            5
Gauntlet IV                  Tengen             4            4
ESPN National Hockey Night   Sony                            4
FIFA International Soccer (CD) Electronic Arts  4
FIFA International Soccer    Electronic Arts    4
FIFA Soccer '95              Electronic Arts    4
FIFA Soccer '96              Electronic Arts    4
General Chaos                Electronic Arts    4
Mutant League Hockey         Electronic Arts    4
NBA Action '94               Sega                            5
NBA Action '95               Sega                            5
NBA Jam (CD)                                                 4
NBA Jam                      Arena (Mega Drive)              8
NBA Jam                      Arena                           4
NBA Jam TE (32X)             Acclaim                         4
NBA Jam TE                   Acclaim                         4
NFL '95                      Sega                            4
NFL Quarterback Club (32X)   Acclaim                         5
NFL Quarterback Club '96     Acclaim                         5
NHL '94 (CD)                 Electronic Arts    4
NHL '94                      Electronic Arts    4
NHL '96                      Electronic Arts    4
Pele' II World Tnmt. Soccer  Accolade                        4?
PGA Tour Golf III            Electronic Arts    4?
Prime Time NFL               Sega                            4
Rugby World Cup '95          Electronic Arts    4
Tiny Toon ACME All Stars     Konami                          4
Triple Play '96              Electronic Arts    4
Wayne Gretzky...All Stars    Time Warner Int.                4
Wheel of Fortune (CD)        Gametek                         3
World Cup USA '94            U.S. Gold                       4
WWF Raw                      Acclaim                         4
Yu Yu Hakusho (Japan)

SNES Game                                    Super Link/Super Multitap 
Barkley: Shut up and Jam!    Accolade           4
Bill Walsh College Football  Electronic Arts    5
Capcom's Soccer Shootout     Capcom             4
College Slam                 Acclaim            4
Elite Soccer                 Gametek            5
ESPN National Hockey Night   Sony Imagesoft
FIFA International Soccer    Electronic Arts    5
FIFA '96 Soccer              Electronic Arts    5
Firestriker                  DTMC               4
Hammerlock Wrestling         Jaleco             4
Head On Soccer               U.S. Gold
J-League Super Soccer        Hudson             4
Looney Tunes B-Ball          Sunsoft            4
Lord of the Rings vol. 1     Interplay          5
Madden NFL '94               Electronic Arts    5
Madden NFL '98               Electronic Arts    4?
Micro Machines               Ocean              4
Natsume Championship Wrestling Natsume          4
NBA Give 'N Go               Konami             4
NBA Jam                      LJN                4
NBA Jam TE                   Acclaim            4
NBA Live '95                 Electronic Arts    5
NBA Live '96                 Electronic Arts    5
NCAA Final Four Basketball   Mindscape          4
NCAA Football                Mindscape
Olympic Summer Games         Black Pearl        5
The Peacekeepers             Jaleco             4
Pieces                       Atlus              5
Rap Jam: Volume 1            Mandingo           5
Saturday Night Slam Masters  Capcom             4
Secret of Mana               Square Soft        3
Slam Dunk TV animation (Japan) Bandai           5
Sporting News Power Baseball Hudson             4
Sterling Sharpe: End 2 End   Jaleco             4
Street Hockey '95            GTE Imagitrek      4
Street Racer                 UBI Soft           4
Super Bomberman              Hudson             4
Super Bomberman 2            Hudson             4
Super Bomberman 3            Hudson             5
Super Bomberman 4            Hudson             5
Super Bomberman 5            Hudson             5
Super Drop Zone              Psygnosis          4
Super Tetris 3 (Japan)       Bullet Proof       4
Tiny Toons Wacky Sports      Konami             4
Top Gear 3000                Kemco              4
Virtual Soccer (Japan)       Hudson             4
(Volleball game - Japan)     Pack-In-Video      5
WWF Raw                      LJN                4

Jaguar Game                                  Team Tap   Networking
Air Cars (unreleased)        Midnight                    4
Battlesphere (soon)          4Play                       8
Fever Pitch Soccer                              4?
NBA Jam: TE                  Atari              4
White Men Can't Jump         Atari              4

3DO Game                                     players
Burning Soldier(1)           Panasonic Soft.    4
Family Fued                  Gametek            8
FIFA Soccer                  3DO                6
True Golf Clas.: Wicked 18   Panasonic Soft.    4
Twisted: the Game Show       Electronic Arts    4
Way of the Warrior(2)        Universal Inter.   4
Zhadnost                     3DO                4
(1) By way of a special code
    Choose option then on second control pad press Ls+Rs+C+X+Right
(2) By way of a special code, a different mini-game
    Select 2 player vs mode, after selecting a character right player
     holds "down right", a, b, c, and start.  Left player holds
     "up left" and both shift keys, then hits start.

Saturn Game                                  Adapter
Bomberman                    Hudson             10
FIFA '96                     Electronic Arts    6
Guardian Heroes (?)          Sega
Madden '97                   Electronic Arts    8
Madden '98                   Electronic Arts    8
NBA Action '95 (?)           Sega
NBA Live '97                 Electronic Arts    10
NFL Quarterback Club '96     Acclaim            12
NFL Quarterback Club '97     Acclaim            12
NHL '96                      Electronic Arts    6
NHL All Star Hockey          Sega               12
Street Racer                 Ubi Soft           8
Three Dirty Dwarves          Sega               3
Worldwide Soccer             Sega               6

Playstation Game                             Adapter  Linked
???? 3 (Japan, Wrestling)    Tomy               4
Adidas Power Soccer          Psygnosis          4
Andretti Racing              Electronic Arts    x      4
Atari Collection 2 (Gauntlet)Midway             4
Blast Chamber                Activision         4
Bomberman World              Atlus              5
CART World Series            Sony               x      4
Circuit Breakers             Mindscape          4
College Slam                 Acclaim            4
Dare Devil Derby 3D          Mindscape          8
Devil Dice                   THQ                4
FIFA Soccer '96              Electronic Arts    8
FIFA Soccer '97              Electronic Arts    8
Grand Tour Racing '98        Activision         x      4
In the Zone                  Konami             4
International Track & Field  Konami             4
Intern. Superstar Soccer '98 Konami             4
Iwatobi Penguin (Japan)      Inprore            4
Iwatobi Penguin 2 (Japan)    Culture Clubhouse  4
Japan Pro Wrestling 2 (Japan)Tomy               4
League of Pain               Psygnosis          8
Madden '97                   Electronic Arts    8
Madden '98                   Electronic Arts    8
Micro Machines V3            Midway             8
Monopoly                     Hasbro             8
NBA Hang Time                Midway             4
NBA: In the Zone             Konami             8
NBA In the Zone 2            Konami             8
NBA Jam Extreme              Acclaim            4
NBA Jam TE                   Acclaim            4
NBA Live 96                  Electronic Arts    8
NBA Live 97                  Electronic Arts    8
NBA Live 98                  Electronic Arts    8
NBA Shoot Out                Sony               8
NBA Shoot Out '97            Sony               8
NCAA Fastbreak '98           Midway             8
NCAA Final Four              Mindscape          8
NCAA Football '98            Electronic Arts    8
NCAA Football '99            Electronic Arts    8
NCAA Football Gamebreaker    Sony               8
NFL Quarterback Club '97     Acclaim            8
NFL Game Day '97             Sony               8
NFL Game Day '98             Sony               8
NHL 97                       Electronic Arts    8
NHL 98                       Electronic Arts    8
NHL Faceoff '97              Sony               8
NHL Faceoff '98              Sony               8
NHL Open Ice                 Midway             4
Olympic Soccer               US Gold            4
Olympic Summer Games                            8
Panzer Bandit (Japan)        Banpresto          4
Pitball                      Accolade           4
Poy Poy                      Konami             4
Rally Cross                  Sony               4
SD Gundam G Century (Japan)  Bandai             4
Slam N Jam '96               Crystal Dynamics   4
Space Jam                    Acclaim            6
Sporting News Baseball       Hudson             4
Street Racer                 Ubi Soft           8
Striker 96                                      4
Syndicate Wars               Bullfrog           4
Tecmo Super Bowl             Tecmo              8
Ten Pin Alley                ASC                6
Tetris X (Japan)             ?                  4 (?)
Thrill Kill                  Virgin             4
Triple Play '97              Electronic Arts    8
Triple Play '98              Electronic Arts    8
VR Golf '97                  VR Sports          4
WWF In Your House            Acclaim            4
WWF Warzone                  Acclaim            4

Nintendo64 Game                              Players
All Star Baseball '99        Acclaim            4
Duke Nukem 64                GT Interactive     4
FIFA Soccer 64               Electronic Arts    4
Goldeneye                    Nintendo           4
Hexen 64                     GT Interactive     4
Iggy's Wreckin' Balls        Acclaim            4
Intern. Superstar Soccer 64  Konami             4
Intern. Superstar Soccer '98 Konami             4
Kirby's Air Ride (soon)      Nintendo           4
Madden 64                    Electronic Arts    4
NBA Hangtime                 Midway             4
NHL Breakaway '98            Acclaim            4
NFL Quarterback Club '98     Acclaim            4
Rampage World Tour           Midway             3
Reckin' Balls                Acclaim            4
Starfox 64                   Nintendo           4
Super Mario Kart 64          Nintendo           4
Wayne Gretzky 3D Hockey      Midway             4
WWF Warzone                  Acclaim            4

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