Thunder & Lightning

  • Thunder & Lightning
    Release Date: 1990
    Genre: Puzzle
    Players: 1–2

    Description - Thunder & Lightning is a block-breaking game similar to Breakout, where players bounce a ball to destroy blocks and clear stages.

    Co-op Experience - Two players play simultaneously, each controlling a paddle and clearing the screen together.

Trog!

Trog
Release Date: 1992
Genre: Action Maze
Players: 1–2

Description - A maze-based action game where players avoid enemies and collect items.

Co-op Experience - Players control two distinct dinosaurs, red and blue, navigating prehistoric mazes and collection items.

Armor Attack

Armor Attack
Release Date: 1982
Genre: Multidirectional Shooter
Players: 1–2

Description - Armor Attack is a Vectrex port of the Cinematronics arcade game. Players control jeeps in an overhead battlefield, destroying enemy tanks and helicopters while navigating a city layout shown through the screen overlay.

Co-op Experience - Two players control separate jeeps simultaneously and work together to destroy enemy vehicles. Players cannot shoot each other, but both players can be destroyed if they collide.

Rip Off

Rip Off
Release Date: 1982
Genre: Shooter
Players: 1–2

Description - Based on the arcade classic, players defend fuel cells from waves of alien raiders attempting to steal them.

Co-op Experience - Two players pilot separate ships simultaneously and cooperate to protect the fuel supply from increasingly difficult enemy attacks.

Star Castle

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Star Castle
Release Date: 1983
Genre: Multidirectional Shooter
Players: 1–2

Description - Star Castle is a Vectrex port of the Cinematronics arcade game. Players attack a central cannon protected by rotating shield rings while avoiding enemy fire.

Co-op Experience - The Vectrex version supports two-player simultaneous cooperative play. Both players control ships on the same screen and work together to break through the rotating shields and destroy the central cannon.

Starhawk

Starhawk
Release Date: 1982
Genre: Shooter
Players: 1–2

Description - Starhawk is a first-person-style vector shooter where players defend a planet from incoming alien ships. Instead of controlling a ship, players move an on-screen gunsight/cursor and fire at targets as they fly over the planet.

Co-op Experience - Two players play simultaneously, each using their own controller to move a separate gunsight. Both players protect the planet by shooting incoming alien craft, while also competing for score.

Dracula

Dracula
Release Date: 1983
Genre: Action
Players: 1–2

Description - Dracula is an Intellivision action game from Imagic where Player 1 controls Dracula as he stalks victims at night, avoids police, wolves, and vultures, and tries to return to his coffin before sunrise.

Co-op Experience - In two-player mode, Player 2 can control the zombies Dracula creates after biting victims. The zombie can assist Dracula by chasing away or attacking the police, making this an early asymmetrical co-op game.

Swords & Serpants

Swords & Serpents
Release Date: 1982
Genre: Dungeon Crawler
Players: 1–2

Description - Swords & Serpents is a top-down Intellivision dungeon crawler where players explore maze-like dungeons, fight monsters, collect treasure, and search for the serpent.

Co-op Experience - Two players can play together, with one player controlling the warrior prince and the other controlling the wizard Nilrem. The warrior handles direct combat, while the wizard can cast spells such as fireball, healing, freezing enemies, and destroying walls.

Monkeyshines!

Monkeyshines!
Release Date: 1981
Genre: Action / Maze
Players: 1–3

Description - Monkeyshines! is an Odyssey² action game built around several monkey-themed puzzle/action modes. Players move around grids of monkey bars, tagging monkeys, avoiding hazards, and dealing with changing playfield layouts.

Co-op Experience - The game supports two-player cooperative play, with both players using the hand controllers. Players can work together to tag monkeys and build a shared score. A third player can also use the Odyssey² keyboard to change the monkey bar layout during play.