Best retro co-op games you've played?

I'm a huge fan of retro co-op games, especially of the arcade/beat em variety. Here are my favourites:

Golden Axe/Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder

Streets of Rage 1, 2, 3

Ice climber

Teenage mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in time

Hook

Dungeons and Dragons: Tower of Doom/Shadow over Mystara

Perfect Dark

Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2

Timesplitters 2

Snake, rattle and roll

X-men Arcade

Simpsons Arcade

Which ones are yours?

My compadre and I had tons of fun for hours playing MOHs.

These are my favorites:

• Streets of Rage 1-3, Remake
• Gunstar Heroes
• Guardian Heroes
• House of the Dead 2
• Virtua Cop 1 & 2
• Halo CE
• Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
• Contra: Hard Corps
• Two Crude Dudes
• X-Men 1-2
• Metal Slug 2
• Fighting Force
• Four Swords
• Batman Forever (for the lulz)

Nothing beats playing a game with a buddy or family member.

Honestly, Halo: CE takes the cake.

Pretty much agree with much of what's listed so far.

• Contra III
• Darius Gaiden
• Doom (classic ones)
• Guardian Heroes
• Streets of Rage
• TMNT II, Turtles in Time, Hyperstone Heist
• WWE games (SVR 2006 and 2007 for me)

Gauntlet and Diablo 1+2 need to be on this list too!

House of the dead 2 and 3

A lot of my favorites in here already: TMNT, Streets of Rage, Gauntlet, Metal Slug, D&D, Perfect Dark, X-Men/Simpsons Arcade, Halo

Some others for me were:
007: Everything or Nothing
Goemon's Great Adventure
Kirby Super Star
Knights of the Round
River City Ransom
Shadow of the Ninja

Forgot about Diablo 2 as well.

Secret of Mana. 3 players was one of the best co op experiences in the 16 bit era.

Twisted Metal series (yes even 3 and 4), Diablo 1 and 2, Contra, and playing with buddies against AI on Starcraft and Warcraft III.

I need to join or start up a retro co-op group! Play these great games online like on xbox arcade or playstation network.

I didn't really care for Perfect Dark's co-op, but the multiplayer (non-story with maps and weapon selection) was phenomenal :) I had so many couch parties in college with that game.

I really enjoyed Neverwinter Nights co-op myself.

@zyxe: so much praise is given to Goldeneyes multiplayer but Perfect Darks is ultra fun chaos especially with added AI. So much going on, so many awesome creative weapons, so many options. love it.

Gauntlet Legends/Dark Legacy (N64, PS2)

Teenage mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in time... probably the best beat em up game ever and it was great in co op

Lost Vikings, most definitely

I'd have to toss Contra 1 and Super C in there, along with Contra 3 that was already mentioned.

Jackal for the NES.

And possibly Magicka on PC.

Kirby superstar on the snes. Lots of co-op fun. Kid friendly as well if an adult plays Kirby.

If you're looking for relationship poison you could try Battle Toads on the NES.

X-Men arcade and Magic Sword.

Might have been crap, I can't clearly remember, but Bugs bunny and taz on the PS1 was quite fun.

ALL ARCADE

• TMNT
• Gauntlet
• Quartet
• Rampage
• Pigskin
• Arch Rivals
• Championship Sprint
• Ivan Stewart's Off Road
• X-Men
• Ninja Gaiden

This was going to be my answer. Co-op RPGs were never really a thing, still isn't except for MMOs which go to another extreme, but Secret of Mana was legitimately good, and fun with 3 people.

And this would be my other choice. Great game. I think best played on the Genesis.

Oh easy, Halo CE and 2. Even with split screen, it hilariously fun to play couch co-op. Trivial Pursuit in its various forms over the past few gens is fun too.

Starsky and Hutch was fun back in the day. One player drove the car and the other shot the bad guys with either a controller or a light gun. I remember having a lot of fun with that one.

Board games turned into videogames are often overlooked, but they can be a lot of fun with friends and it’s a great equalizer if your friend isn’t as skilled at you at gaming.