• Rampage: World Tour
Release Date: 1998
Genre: Action
Players: 1–3
• Description - Rampage: World Tour is a destruction-based action game where you play as giant monsters smashing buildings, eating people, and wrecking cities.
• Co-op Experience - Up to three players play simultaneously, destroying everything together.
• Rampage 2: Universal Tour
Release Date: 1999
Genre: Action
Players: 1–3
• Description - Rampage 2 is more of the same basic formula, with more monsters and more city destruction.
• Co-op Experience - Up to three players play simultaneously, wrecking stages together.
• Sin and Punishment
Release Date: 2000
Genre: On-Rails Shooter
Players: 1–2
• Description - Sin and Punishment is a fast-paced on-rails shooter with tight controls, constant action, and a strong arcade feel.
• Co-op Experience - Co-op splits the controls between two players. One player handles movement and jumping, while the other controls shooting.
• StarCraft 64
Release Date: 2000
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Players: 1–2
• Description - StarCraft 64 is a console adaptation of the RTS classic, with resource gathering, base building, and large-scale battles.
• Co-op Experience - Two players play in split-screen co-op with shared resources, building and managing the same force together.
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Release Date: 1999
Genre: First-Person Shooter / Tactical Shooter
Players: 1–2
• Description - Rainbow Six is a slower, more tactical first-person shooter focused on realism, quick deaths, and mission planning.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play together in split-screen co-op through the campaign.
• Turok: Rage Wars
Release Date: 1999
Genre: First-Person Shooter
Players: 1–2
• Description - Turok: Rage Wars is mostly an arena shooter, but its trials mode includes a mix of objectives, bosses, and enemy fights.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play through parts of trials mode together, though not every challenge is co-op and some are still competitive.
• Vigilante 8
Release Date: 1998
Genre: Vehicular Combat
Players: 1–2
• Description - Vigilante 8 is a vehicle combat game in the style of Twisted Metal, with cars, special weapons, and destructible stages.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play through the story mode in split-screen co-op by selecting Quest mode.
• Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense
Release Date: 1999
Genre: Vehicular Combat
Players: 1–2
• Description - Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense builds on the first game with more vehicles, more weapons, and a more refined version of the same formula.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play through the story mode in split-screen co-op.
• Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon R
Release Date: 1993
Genre: Beat ’em Up
Players: 1–2
• Description - Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon R is a side-scrolling beat ’em up based on the second season of the Sailor Moon anime. You play as one of the Sailor Guardians, each with unique attributes and screen-clearing special attacks, fighting through stages inspired by the series. It builds on the previous Super Famicom entry with improved mechanics, more moves, and additional content including a Chibiusa-focused mode and a separate versus fighting mode. While the core gameplay is straightforward, the presentation, character variety, and anime accuracy give it a distinct identity among 16-bit brawlers.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, each controlling a different Sailor Guardian. Co-op includes unique combined attacks designed specifically for two-player play, encouraging coordination rather than just mirroring single-player.
• Crystal Beans: From Dungeon Explorer
Release Date: 1993
Genre: Action RPG
Players: 1–3
• Description - Crystal Beans: From Dungeon Explorer is Hudson’s Super Famicom follow-up to the Dungeon Explorer formula. It mixes fantasy dungeon crawling, real-time combat, and a broad cast of characters into a more console-style action RPG structure.
• Co-op Experience - Up to Three players can explore dungeons and fight enemies together in real time, making it feel like a more adventure-focused take on cooperative action RPG design.
• Deae Tonosama Appare Ichiban
Release Date: 1994
Genre: Action / Shooter
Players: 1–2
• Description - Deae Tonosama Appare Ichiban is a top-down action shooter in the style of Pocky & Rocky, set in a bizarre take on feudal Japan mixed with sci-fi and global settings. You play as one of two eccentric protagonists, each with different movement and attack styles, fighting through stages filled with enemies, mini-bosses, and large bosses. The game features standard shooting mechanics along with a dash for evasion, screen-clearing magic attacks, and a transformation system that allows characters to temporarily become powerful alternate forms. Levels include a mix of free movement and forced scrolling, along with occasional platforming sections. The game also includes branching stage selection and optional bonus stages.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, each controlling one of the two characters. Both players move through the same stages together, combining attacks, using magic, and coordinating positioning during enemy waves and boss fights.
• Front Mission Series: Gun Hazard
Release Date: 1996
Genre: Action RPG / Mech
Players: 1–2 (with cheat)
• Description - Front Mission Series: Gun Hazard is a side-scrolling action RPG that spins off from the tactical Front Mission series. Instead of turn-based combat, it focuses on real-time mech action, letting you pilot and customize Wanzers while progressing through a story-driven campaign. It blends shooting, light platforming, and RPG progression into one of the more unique late Super Famicom releases.
• Co-op Experience - The game features a hidden 2-player mode enabled through a cheat. Once you have a partner character, a second player can take control of the AI partner’s Wanzer during missions. To activate it, hold Down + L + R + Start on the second controller during gameplay. This allows full cooperative play, with both players fighting side by side in real time using separate mechs.
• Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shōgun Magginesu
Release Date: 1993
Genre: Action Adventure
Players: 1–2
• Description - Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shōgun Magginesu is a Super Famicom action adventure and the follow-up to The Legend of the Mystical Ninja. It blends side-scrolling action with towns, humor, and the weird charm the series is known for.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play through the game together. Both players move through the same stages at the same time and fight side by side throughout the adventure.
• Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishi Jūrokubē no Karakuri Manjigatame
Release Date: 1994
Genre: Action Adventure / Platformer
Players: 1–2
• Description - Ganbare Goemon 3 builds on the Super Famicom formula with a more ambitious structure, mixing side-scrolling action, exploration, and some of the strangest humor and set pieces in the series. It is one of the most beloved entries in the 16-bit Goemon lineup.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play together through the main adventure, moving through stages side by side and helping each other in combat and platforming sections.
• Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Dōchū: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake
Release Date: 1995
Genre: Action Platformer
Players: 1–2
• Description - Ganbare Goemon 4 is a later Super Famicom entry that leans harder into side-scrolling action while keeping the series’ strange humor, vibrant presentation, and offbeat Japanese setting. It feels polished, fast, and packed with personality.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously through the full adventure, fighting and platforming together across the same stages.
• Ghost Chaser Densei
Release Date: 1994
Genre: Beat ’em Up
Players: 1–2
• Description - Ghost Chaser Densei is one of the stronger original beat ’em ups on the Super Famicom, offering deeper mechanics than most games in the genre. You choose between three distinct characters, each with different speed, strength, and attack styles, and fight through a short but well-paced campaign. The combat stands out with a wide moveset that includes combos, juggling, ground attacks, knockdowns, and special moves tied to a secondary meter. It also features risk-reward mechanics like sacrificing health for powerful attacks. Despite its small number of stages, the gameplay stays engaging thanks to solid enemy design and responsive controls.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, fighting through the same stages together. Co-op works especially well with the game’s deeper combat system, allowing players to juggle enemies, control space, and support each other during tougher encounters.
• Gourmet Sentai Bara Yarou
Release Date: 1995
Genre: Beat ’em Up
Players: 1–2
• Description - Gourmet Sentai Bara Yarou is one of the strangest beat ’em ups on the Super Famicom, mixing solid combat mechanics with a bizarre food-based theme and over-the-top presentation. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where food is scarce, you play as cybernetic fighters defending a surviving city from an invading force. The game stands out for its deeper-than-expected combat system, including stun states, grapples, command grabs, and a variety of follow-up attacks that go beyond the usual brawler formula. It also features a unique cooking system between stages where collected ingredients are used to restore health, though it is unintuitive and easy to mess up without trial and error.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, fighting through stages together using the same combat system. Co-op works well with the game’s mechanics, letting players set up stuns, coordinate grabs, and control crowds together. The ability to create an AI clone adds even more chaos, giving the team extra support and making fights feel more active despite the game’s slower pacing.
• The Great Battle II: Last Fighter Twin
Release Date: 1992
Genre: Beat ’em Up
Players: 1–2
• Description - The Great Battle II: Last Fighter Twin is a Super Famicom crossover beat ’em up in Banpresto’s Compati Hero series, bringing together SD versions of Ultraman, Kamen Rider, Gundam, and other heroes for side-scrolling arcade action.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play through the game together. Both players fight through the same stages at the same time.
• The Great Battle III
Release Date: 1993
Genre: Beat ’em Up
Players: 1–2
• Description - The Great Battle III is a Super Famicom crossover beat ’em up in the Compati Hero series featuring SD characters from Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Gundam. It continues the series’ arcade-style action with better presentation and a more polished feel.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play through the game together. Both players fight through the same stages at the same time.
• The Great Battle IV
Release Date: 1994
Genre: Action Platformer
Players: 1–2
• Description - The Great Battle IV shifts the series toward a more platform-heavy action style while keeping the SD crossover cast and colorful presentation. It mixes combat and stage traversal in a way that makes it feel distinct from the earlier brawler-focused entries.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, working through the same levels together and helping each other through combat and platforming sections.