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Title: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: MartyNg on September 10, 2007, 04:53:35 pm

I just added 2 xbox controllers to my MAME cabinet to allow 4 players. What 3-4 player games do you guys find to be the most fun? I am having a party this weekend and thought I would throw some 3-4 player games into my "Favorites" menu so people give those a whirl rather than everyone fighting to get in on the 1-2 player games. :)

So far, I'm thinking about:

Gauntlet
Simpsons
TMNT
D&D Tower of Doom
NBA Jam
Rampage

Thanks!

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: mlalena on September 10, 2007, 05:03:27 pm

Rampart
Quartet
Cyberball (4p)
D & D: Shadow over Mystara
Gauntlet II

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: ahofle on September 10, 2007, 05:04:12 pm

The 4 player games that see the most action at my house at parties are the turn based 4 player games games like Shuffleshot, World Class Bowling, and Shuuz.  And Gauntlet.  This is of course assuming you aren't having a party for gamer nerds.  ;D

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: MrMojoZ on September 10, 2007, 05:04:39 pm

Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder
Battle Circuit (very odd Capcom beat'em up)

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: Jeff AMN on September 10, 2007, 05:31:55 pm

Without repeating, let's see if I can add to the list.

Spider-Man
Captain America and the Avengers
Bucky O'Hare
TMNT: Turtles in Time

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: stephenp1983 on September 10, 2007, 05:32:22 pm

xmen comes to mind for 4 player games.

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: Major Rock Hardy on September 10, 2007, 06:28:31 pm

doesn't help unless you have 4 spinners/dials/paddle controls but Warlords 4 player is good fun!

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: MonMotha on September 10, 2007, 06:29:46 pm

NFL Blitz is amazingly fun with 4 players, still really fun with 2 players, and utterly boring as a 1 player game.

I'm told that very modern, beefy machines can actually run it realtime in MAME, now.

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: Apollo on September 10, 2007, 06:33:20 pm

Bomberman World is pretty cool

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: jfunk on September 11, 2007, 08:39:05 am

X-Men
Cowboys of Moo Mesa

:)

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: shardian on September 11, 2007, 08:44:07 am

sunset riders

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: Malenko on September 11, 2007, 08:59:20 am

without repeating

2 on 2 NHL Open Ice
and NBA Hangtime, its like jam but better and you can create a player!

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: vidmouse on September 11, 2007, 10:52:59 am

w/o repeating

Warriors of Fate
Growl
Armored Warriors
Knights of the Round
Mercs
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
The King of Dragons

are my favorites not already mentioned.
But, if you want a more "complete" list (w/ some repeats),
I found this at some point, keep it handy for discussions like
this:

2 On 2 Open Ice Challenge (rev 1.21)
Alien Storm
Alien vs. Predator (US 940520)
Arabian Fight
Arabian Magic (US)
Armored Warriors (US 941024)
Atari Football (4 players)
Atari Soccer
Barricade
Battle Circuit (Asia 970319)
Battle Toads
Blazing Tornado
Bomber Man World (World)
Brute Force
Bucky O'Hare (US version UA)
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (US 930201)
Cadillacs Kyouryuu-Shinseiki (Japan 930201)
Captain America and The Avengers (US Rev 1.9)
Captain Commando (US 910928)
Car Polo
Checkmate
Comotion
Cops'n Robbers
Crime Fighters (US 4 players)
Crypt Killer (ver. UAA)
Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat
Dark Adventure
Dead Connection (World)
Desert Assault (US)
Double Dragon 3 - The Rosetta Stone (US)
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara (US 960619)
Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom (US 940125)
Dunk Mania (DM1/VER.C)
Dynablaster (World)
Euro Champ '92 (World)
Exvania (Japan)
Face Off (Japan)
Football Champ (World)
Gauntlet
Gauntlet II
GI Joe (US)
Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder (US)
Growl (US)
Hard Dunk (World)
Hat Trick Hero (Japan)
Hat Trick Hero '95 (US)
Heated Barrel (US)
High Impact Football (rev LA3 12/27/90)
Hit Me
Hit the Ice (US)
Hook (US)
Hot Rod (turbo 3 player)
Hyper Sports Special (Japan)
Ironman Stewart's Super Off-Road
Ironman Stewart's Super Off-Road Track Pack
John Elway's Team Quarterback
Judge Dredd (rev LA1, prototype)
Karate Blazers (US)
Knights of the Round (US 911127)
Knuckle Heads (World)
Mercs (US 900302)
Metamorphic Force (US ver UAA)
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Set 2)
Muscle Bomber - The Body Explosion (Japan 930713)
Muscle Bomber Duo - Heat Up Warriors (Japan 931206)
Muscle Bomber Duo - Ultimate Team Battle (World 931206)
Mystic Warriors (US ver UAA)
NBA Hangtime (rev L1.1 04/16/96)
NBA Jam (rev 2.00 02/10/93)
NBA Jam TE (rev 4.0 03/23/94)
NBA Maximum Hangtime (rev 1.0 11/8/96)
Nettou! Gekitou! Quiztou!! (Japan)
NFL Blitz 2000
NFL Blitz '99
Numan Athletics (World)
Oriental Legend / Xi Yo Gi Shi Re Zuang (ver. 126)
Pigout
Pit Fighter (rev 3)
Power Drive
Powered Gear: Strategic Variant Armor Equipment (Japan 941024)
Punk Shot (US 4 Players)
Quartet
Racin' Force   IS THIS RIGHT? 8 PLAYER?
Rampage (revision 2)
Rampage: World Tour (rev 1.1)
Rampart (Trackball)
Rim Rockin' Basketball (V1.2)
Ring Rage (US)
Run and Gun (US ver. UBA 1993 10.
Run and Gun 2 (ver UAA)
Runark (Japan)
Rushing Heroes (ver UAB)
Sangokushi II (Asia 921005)
Saturday Night Slam Masters (US 930713)
Senjou no Ookami II (Japan 900302)
Silent Dragon (World)
Snow Bros. 2 - With New Elves / Otenki Paradise
Spider-Man: The Videogame (US)
Sprint 4 (set 1)
Star Guards
Sunset Riders (US 4 Players ver. UDA)
Super Cup Finals (World)
Super High Impact (rev LA1 09/30/91)
Super Sprint (rev 1)
Tecmo Bowl (World?)
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (UK 4 Players)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Turtles in Time (US 4 Players ver. UAA)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (US 4 Players)
Tenchi wo Kurau II - Sekiheki no Tatakai (Japan 921031)
The Combatribes (US)
The King of Dragons (US 910910)
The Main Event (4 Players ver. Y)
The Ninja Kids (World)
The Simpsons (4 Players) (KLOV says it requires a pedal?)
The Three Stooges In Brides Is Brides
TouchDown Fever
TouchDown Fever 2
Tournament Cyberball 2072 (rev 1)
Tournament Table (set 1)
Trog (prototype, rev 4.00 07/27/90)
Turbo Force
Undercover Cops (World)
Vendetta (World 4 Players ver. R)
Violent Storm (US ver UAB)
Vs. Tennis
Warlords
Warriors of Fate (US 921031)
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey
Wheel Of Fortune
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (US version UA)
World Soccer Finals
WWF WrestleFest (US)
Xenophobe
X-Men (US 4 Players)

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: Dire Radiant on September 11, 2007, 07:45:16 pm

Sound design choice I think Marty. I've noticed that 95% of the time its either single player or one player at a time. Those just seem to be the games people prefer but then someone always says "Hey! Gauntlet!" So I'm currently redesigning my CP as a two player panel (SF2ish layout) but I'm building in a USB hub and keeping 2 gamepads handy for the occasional 4 player game. To my mind that's a much more elegant solution than a frankenpanel the size of the USS Nimitz.

For what its worth, Gauntlet suddenly becomes a lot less fun when you can just hammer a credit button the whole time anyway.

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: Bleagh on September 11, 2007, 09:30:20 pm

It's not in mame, but Guilty Gear Isuka is great fun.

There's a pc version out there.

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: Zebidee on September 12, 2007, 01:29:40 am

If you have a 4 player cab then you simply MUST put Sega Virtua Tennis on  it (PC game, not mame).  It rocks!

config can be tricky but it is worth it!

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: arcadefever on September 12, 2007, 01:53:17 am

combatribes  3 players

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: Chris on September 12, 2007, 04:09:34 am

What, no love for Track and Field/HyperSports?  Although they are not 4 player simultaneous.

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: bratwurst on September 14, 2007, 01:34:58 pm

Cyberball TE - I've thought of making a dedicated 2 screen cabinet for head to head play.

Rampart
Sunset Riders
NBA Jam

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: RayB on September 14, 2007, 04:42:02 pm

Keeping it short to games I remember being fun back in the day:

Top 3:
Gauntlet
Cyberball
Sega Daytona

Also fun:
Demolition Derby

I remember dumping cash into but not sure if they were all that FUN:
Hot Rod
Gain Ground
Quartet

And of course the infinite number of scrolling beat-em-ups, but none of those are that great considering you just mash buttons and continue ad-nauseum...

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: rackoon on September 14, 2007, 11:09:35 pm

GOLDEN TEE! :hissy:

Title: Re: Your favorite 3-4 Player games?
Post by: Spaz Monkey on September 15, 2007, 11:20:37 pm

3 player, Xenophobe