there’s nothing like kickin ass with
your friends welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be counting down the top
10 greatest retro co-op games for this
list will only be including games
leading up to and including the fifth
generation of consoles we’re also making
it a requirement that players share the
screen at the same time eliminating
turn-based games sports games as well as
tournament fighting games on the basis
that players don’t cooperate but murder
each other number 10 Metal Slug Metal
Slug kicking off our list is the insane
run-and-gun arcade classic in which
buddies can bring the horror of war to
the enemy’s doorstep here players find
and use countless fantastic weapons
upgrades and tanks to take out the
forces of an evil general whose rebels
have launched a coup against the world’s
governments six levels full of POWs to
rescue a buddy to fight beside and a ton
of heavy artillery what’s not to like
number nine Wild guns
we love the Wild West especially when
it’s all steampunk packed with sci-fi
and has you relentlessly shoot the
screen the plot here is the player one
assumes the role of Annie who wants
revenge against a gang for the death of
her family and player two who plays her
bounty hunter friend Clint we dig the
rapid third-person action
it makes our trigger fingers itch
number eight Streets of Rage 2 with the
city falling into the hands of a
criminal syndicate three police officers
quit the corrupt force to put their
lives on the line this means that you
and a friend take on the roles of two of
the three idealistically unarmed cops
who possess exceptional martial arts and
boxing skills
this means curb stopping wave after wave
of degenerate filth in an effort to
clean up the streets
it’s called Streets of Rage for a reason
and it’s essential play for male-bonding
number seven
final fight if you haven’t played this
before you don’t know what you’re
missing transporting you to Metro City
two players choose between three
selectable characters each with their
own skillsets one of these happens to be
the newly elected mayor and former pro
wrestler Mike Haggar the goal defeat the
mad gear gang and rescue hey gars
daughter Jessica this means six stages
of brutal face pounding awesome number
six Pocky and rocky this arcade style
top-down co-opt gem by Natsumi takes
place within an anime inspired version
of ancient Japan there players choose
between a girl and her raccoon friend
and set out to battle brainwash goblins
and stop the mysterious force that’s
controlling them a cleverly disguised
shooter this romp is best played as a
pair and is wildly fast paced addictive
and bursting with personality
number five Double Dragon to the revenge
long before halo these brothers are the
ones who best represented red and blue
side-scrolling beat-em-up this sequel to
the excellent but ultimately solo NES
outing took things to the extreme
remember the brothers love-interest
Marian that you saved in the original
probably not but anyway here she’s
brutally shot to death in the intro and
all that’s left is sweet sweet vengeance
there’s nothing like street justice and
this one brings it to awesome new
locations like a heliport lumber
superstore wheat field and finally the
gang hideout number four the simpsons
arcade game everyone loved the simpsons
back when arcades were all the rage and
we still do especially in this
multiplayer game playing as the Simpson
gang out to save Maggie from mr. burns
and Smithers this beat him up had up to
4 players take on the not so friendly
inhabitants of Springfield while it’s
not overly complex it’s timeless fun
with a decent amount of fanservice to
the show besides where else can a
suburban mom beat up people with a
vacuum cleaner
wait is that sexist
number three Smash TV an arcade classic
before being ported to various home
consoles this do-or-die extravaganza
pitted pals against wave upon wave of
enemies forced to fight for survival
within a violent game show in the
desolate future of 1999 the bromantic
gameplay involved moving from room to
room killing enemy hordes from all
directions collecting better weapons
power-ups and prizes until finally
killing the host if this were a real TV
show I’d watch it
number two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
for turtles in time this Konami classic
was amazing to play with others whether
it was four players in the arcade or
with a single buddy on the SNES simple
and fun players made use of a basic
attack power attack and jump to take
down the shredder Krang and the Foot
Clan across time in order to rescue the
Statue of Liberty not only was it simple
enough for anyone to pick up it adapted
everything that we loved from the
original cartoon plus the music kicked
shell number one con 4 3 the alien wars
aliens are dicks am i right
this run-and-gun game for the SNES takes
the two-player side-scrolling mayhem to
a new extreme as the aliens launch a
full-scale assault in the year 26 36 now
that’s the future as the original heroes
descendants Jimbo and Sully this game
brought arcade quality graphics complex
level design more environmental
interaction vehicle segments and the
ability to fire in eight different
directions without having to move or
jump simply put this is glorious
two-player pixelated mayhem
agree with our list which retro co-op
game do you best enjoy with a friend for
more entertaining top 10s be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
your friends welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be counting down the top
10 greatest retro co-op games for this
list will only be including games
leading up to and including the fifth
generation of consoles we’re also making
it a requirement that players share the
screen at the same time eliminating
turn-based games sports games as well as
tournament fighting games on the basis
that players don’t cooperate but murder
each other number 10 Metal Slug Metal
Slug kicking off our list is the insane
run-and-gun arcade classic in which
buddies can bring the horror of war to
the enemy’s doorstep here players find
and use countless fantastic weapons
upgrades and tanks to take out the
forces of an evil general whose rebels
have launched a coup against the world’s
governments six levels full of POWs to
rescue a buddy to fight beside and a ton
of heavy artillery what’s not to like
number nine Wild guns
we love the Wild West especially when
it’s all steampunk packed with sci-fi
and has you relentlessly shoot the
screen the plot here is the player one
assumes the role of Annie who wants
revenge against a gang for the death of
her family and player two who plays her
bounty hunter friend Clint we dig the
rapid third-person action
it makes our trigger fingers itch
number eight Streets of Rage 2 with the
city falling into the hands of a
criminal syndicate three police officers
quit the corrupt force to put their
lives on the line this means that you
and a friend take on the roles of two of
the three idealistically unarmed cops
who possess exceptional martial arts and
boxing skills
this means curb stopping wave after wave
of degenerate filth in an effort to
clean up the streets
it’s called Streets of Rage for a reason
and it’s essential play for male-bonding
number seven
final fight if you haven’t played this
before you don’t know what you’re
missing transporting you to Metro City
two players choose between three
selectable characters each with their
own skillsets one of these happens to be
the newly elected mayor and former pro
wrestler Mike Haggar the goal defeat the
mad gear gang and rescue hey gars
daughter Jessica this means six stages
of brutal face pounding awesome number
six Pocky and rocky this arcade style
top-down co-opt gem by Natsumi takes
place within an anime inspired version
of ancient Japan there players choose
between a girl and her raccoon friend
and set out to battle brainwash goblins
and stop the mysterious force that’s
controlling them a cleverly disguised
shooter this romp is best played as a
pair and is wildly fast paced addictive
and bursting with personality
number five Double Dragon to the revenge
long before halo these brothers are the
ones who best represented red and blue
side-scrolling beat-em-up this sequel to
the excellent but ultimately solo NES
outing took things to the extreme
remember the brothers love-interest
Marian that you saved in the original
probably not but anyway here she’s
brutally shot to death in the intro and
all that’s left is sweet sweet vengeance
there’s nothing like street justice and
this one brings it to awesome new
locations like a heliport lumber
superstore wheat field and finally the
gang hideout number four the simpsons
arcade game everyone loved the simpsons
back when arcades were all the rage and
we still do especially in this
multiplayer game playing as the Simpson
gang out to save Maggie from mr. burns
and Smithers this beat him up had up to
4 players take on the not so friendly
inhabitants of Springfield while it’s
not overly complex it’s timeless fun
with a decent amount of fanservice to
the show besides where else can a
suburban mom beat up people with a
vacuum cleaner
wait is that sexist
number three Smash TV an arcade classic
before being ported to various home
consoles this do-or-die extravaganza
pitted pals against wave upon wave of
enemies forced to fight for survival
within a violent game show in the
desolate future of 1999 the bromantic
gameplay involved moving from room to
room killing enemy hordes from all
directions collecting better weapons
power-ups and prizes until finally
killing the host if this were a real TV
show I’d watch it
number two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
for turtles in time this Konami classic
was amazing to play with others whether
it was four players in the arcade or
with a single buddy on the SNES simple
and fun players made use of a basic
attack power attack and jump to take
down the shredder Krang and the Foot
Clan across time in order to rescue the
Statue of Liberty not only was it simple
enough for anyone to pick up it adapted
everything that we loved from the
original cartoon plus the music kicked
shell number one con 4 3 the alien wars
aliens are dicks am i right
this run-and-gun game for the SNES takes
the two-player side-scrolling mayhem to
a new extreme as the aliens launch a
full-scale assault in the year 26 36 now
that’s the future as the original heroes
descendants Jimbo and Sully this game
brought arcade quality graphics complex
level design more environmental
interaction vehicle segments and the
ability to fire in eight different
directions without having to move or
jump simply put this is glorious
two-player pixelated mayhem
agree with our list which retro co-op
game do you best enjoy with a friend for
more entertaining top 10s be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
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