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Astal
• Astal
Release Date: 1995
Genre: Platformer
Players: 1–2
• Description - Astal is a beautifully animated 2D platformer with some of the best hand-drawn visuals on the Sega Saturn. It stands out for its colorful fantasy world, expressive character art, and polished presentation.
• Co-op Experience - The second player controls Astal’s bird companion, who can fly freely around the screen, attack enemies, and collect items. It is more of an assist role than a fully equal co-op mode, but it works well and adds a lot to the experience.
Batman Forever: The Arcade Game
• Batman Forever: The Arcade Game
Release Date: 1997
Genre: Beat ’em Up
Players: 1–2
• Description - Batman Forever: The Arcade Game is a side-scrolling beat ’em up based on the arcade release rather than the much weaker console tie-ins. It uses digitized actors and a dark visual style that fits the era, even if it has not aged especially gracefully.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can team up as Batman and Robin and fight through enemies together using punches, gadgets, and special attacks. It is not one of the Saturn’s best beat ’em ups, but it is definitely more enjoyable with a second player.
Contra: Legacy of War
• Contra: Legacy of War
Release Date: 1997
Genre: Run and Gun / Shooter
Players: 1–2
• Description - Contra: Legacy of War tries to bring the series into 3D with a top-down perspective and a stronger emphasis on movement and strafing. It is a rough transition compared to the classic 2D games, but it still carries some of the series’ intensity and challenge.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can fight through the game together, dodging enemy fire and trying to survive its difficult stages.
Crypt Killers
• Crypt Killer
Release Date: 1997
Genre: Light Gun Shooter
Players: 1–2
• Description - Crypt Killer is a horror-themed light gun shooter where players blast through stages filled with zombies, skeletons, and other monsters. It has a campy haunted-house feel and a weird charm that makes it more enjoyable than you might expect.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can team up and choose stages together while shooting through enemies side by side. It supports both light guns and controllers, but it is much more enjoyable with light guns and works well as an arcade-style co-op game.
Ghost Pilots
• Ghost Pilots
Release Date: 1991
Genre: Shoot 'em Up
Players: 1–2
• Description - Ghost Pilots is a vertical shooter inspired by World War II aviation. Players pilot military aircraft through enemy territory while battling fighters, bombers, tanks, and battleships. Despite being less well known today, the game was released for both the Neo Geo AES and MVS.
• Co-op Experience - Two players fly simultaneously through the entire game, sharing the screen while battling enemy forces and collecting power-ups.
King of the Monsters
• King of the Monsters
Release Date: 1991
Genre: Wrestling / Fighting
Players: 1–2
• Description - King of the Monsters lets players take control of giant kaiju-inspired monsters and battle across destructible city environments. Buildings can be smashed, vehicles thrown, and opponents grappled in arenas modeled after Japanese cities.
• Co-op Experience - In the cooperative mode, two players team up against computer-controlled monsters, working together to advance through the tournament and defeat increasingly powerful opponents.
King of the Monsters 2
• King of the Monsters 2
Release Date: 1992
Genre: Beat 'em Up / Fighting
Players: 1–2
• Description - King of the Monsters 2 shifts the series toward a stage-based action format. Players battle invading alien monsters across cities, military bases, and other locations while destroying everything in their path.
• Co-op Experience - Two players select monsters and fight side-by-side through the entire campaign, battling bosses and enemy creatures together.
Last Resort
• Last Resort
Release Date: 1992
Genre: Shoot 'em Up
Players: 1–2
• Description - Last Resort is a side-scrolling shooter developed by SNK. Set in a futuristic world overrun by rogue supercomputers, players pilot advanced starfighters equipped with detachable satellite weapons that can be used offensively or defensively.
• Co-op Experience - Two players fly simultaneously through the entire campaign, coordinating attacks and satellite placement to survive enemy formations and bosses.
Metal Slug
• Metal Slug
Release Date: 1996
Genre: Run and Gun
Players: 1–2
• Description - Metal Slug is SNK's legendary run-and-gun shooter featuring hand-drawn animation, military-themed action, and the iconic Metal Slug tank. Players battle General Morden's forces across a globe-spanning campaign.
• Co-op Experience - Two players fight simultaneously through the entire game, rescuing POWs, collecting weapons, and coordinating attacks against massive bosses.
Metal Slug 2
• Metal Slug 2
Release Date: 1998
Genre: Run and Gun
Players: 1–2
• Description - Metal Slug 2 expands the formula with new characters, weapons, transformations, and larger stages. The game introduces mummies, aliens, and other bizarre elements that would become series staples.
• Co-op Experience - Two players battle through the entire campaign together, sharing power-ups and overcoming increasingly chaotic enemy encounters.
Metal Slug 3
• Metal Slug 3
Release Date: 2000
Genre: Run and Gun
Players: 1–2
• Description - Widely considered the high point of the series, Metal Slug 3 features branching paths, enormous bosses, vehicle transformations, and a lengthy final mission.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play through the entire campaign simultaneously, taking different routes through stages and combining firepower against some of the largest bosses in the series.
Metal Slug 4
• Metal Slug 4
Release Date: 2002
Genre: Run and Gun
Players: 1–2
• Description - Metal Slug 4 introduces the Medal System, encouraging aggressive play and score chasing while retaining the series' signature action.
• Co-op Experience - Two players fight side-by-side through the entire campaign, battling enemy armies, vehicles, and bosses together.
Metal Slug 5
• Metal Slug 5
Release Date: 2003
Genre: Run and Gun
Players: 1–2
• Description - Metal Slug 5 focuses on faster gameplay and introduces the slide mechanic along with new weapons and enemy designs.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can complete the entire campaign together, coordinating movement and weapon usage against large enemy forces.
Metal Slug X
• Metal Slug X
Release Date: 1999
Genre: Run and Gun
Players: 1–2
• Description - Metal Slug X is an enhanced version of Metal Slug 2 featuring rebalanced gameplay, additional enemies, improved performance, and new weapon placements.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play through the entire campaign together, battling enemy forces and giant bosses while collecting the series' signature arsenal of weapons.
Mutation Nation
• Mutation Nation
Release Date: 1992
Genre: Beat 'em Up
Players: 1–2
• Description - Mutation Nation is a post-apocalyptic beat 'em up where players battle mutants, cyborgs, and bio-engineered monsters created by a rogue scientist. The game is known for its oversized enemies, grotesque creature designs, and colorful visuals.
• Co-op Experience - Two players fight side-by-side through the entire campaign, battling waves of mutants and powerful bosses together.
Nam-1975
• NAM-1975
Release Date: 1990
Genre: Run and Gun
Players: 1–2
• Description - NAM-1975 was one of the Neo Geo's launch titles. Players take control of special forces soldiers fighting through the Vietnam War and beyond in a game inspired by action films such as Rambo and Missing in Action.
• Co-op Experience - Two players fight simultaneously through the entire campaign, moving through fixed shooting stages while battling waves of enemy soldiers and bosses.
Neo Bomberman (MVS only)
• Neo Bomberman
Release Date: 1997
Genre: Action / Maze
Players: 1–2
• Description - Neo Bomberman brings Hudson Soft's explosive maze-action gameplay to the Neo Geo. Players blast enemies, collect power-ups, rescue captives, and navigate increasingly complex stages. The game was released exclusively for the Neo Geo MVS arcade platform.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play through the entire campaign together, coordinating bomb placement, uncovering power-ups, and clearing stages cooperatively.
Neo Mr. Do (MVS only)
• Neo Mr. Do!
Release Date: 1996
Genre: Maze Action
Players: 1–2
• Description - Neo Mr. Do! is a Neo Geo adaptation of Universal's arcade classic. Players dig through maze-like stages, collect cherries, crush enemies with rolling apples, and trigger chain reactions for bonus points. The game was released exclusively for the Neo Geo MVS arcade system.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, working together to clear stages while avoiding enemies and competing for high scores.
Nightmare in the Dark (MVS only)
• Nightmare in the Dark
Release Date: 2000
Genre: Platformer
Players: 1–2
• Description - Nightmare in the Dark is a gothic action platformer developed by Eleven. Players control gravediggers who battle monsters by trapping them in fireballs and sending them rolling through enemies. The game was released exclusively for the Neo Geo MVS.
• Co-op Experience - Two players fight through the entire game simultaneously, combining attacks to clear stages and defeat large bosses.