Vertical games and multiplayer

[Dougmeister]

Is it true that most (all?) vertical games are played by taking turns?

At the moment, in my caffeine-deprived state-of-mind, I can only think of horizontal games that allow multiple players at the same time.

Please correct me with actual titles, or a website that lists them in such an order.

Thanks.

[leapinlew]

Lots of those flying games are simultaneous multi-player - 1942 style.

[Dougmeister]

Ah.  Forgot those.  Thanks.

Anything else?

[javeryh]

Running a quick search in maws for vertical simultaneous 2 player games yields 410 results.  Lots of clones and different versions of the same games though...

[u_rebelscum]

Doing the same search as above, except parents only, resulted in 210 games.  Most are shooters - flying, but there's shooting - walking, sports, and some puzzles. 

FWIW:
- Some of my fav's are like Ikari: vertical 2 player rotary games.
- A bunch of the puzzles, above, are mature Qix like, if that matters to you.

[shardian]

Contra and Super Contra come to mind as vertical 2 player that is not flying.

[deadkenndys1105]

For the most part vert games alternate.  To bad that I love bumping player 2 in 1942.

[Ninten-doh]

- Some of my fav's are like Ikari: vertical 2 player rotary games.

Yup, me too.  Heavy Barrel, Guerrilla War, etc.  Doug, keep in mind that these require rotary sticks of course.