• Wiz ‘n’ Liz
Release Date: 1993
Genre: Platformer
Players: 1–2
• Description - Wiz ‘n’ Liz is a fast-paced platformer focused on collecting items and navigating timed stages.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously in splitscreen, each controlling a character. Players collect items and progress through stages together.
• TaleSpin
Release Date: 1992
Genre: Platformer / Shoot ’em Up
Players: 1–2
• Description - TaleSpin is a side-scrolling action game that combines platforming and aerial shooting segments, based on the Disney animated series. Players control Baloo and Kit as they move through stages collecting cargo, avoiding hazards, and engaging in combat, with each character having different abilities such as higher jumping or close-range attacks.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously on the same screen, with one controlling Baloo and the other controlling Kit. Players move through platforming sections together, collect items, and fight enemies cooperatively while using their character-specific abilities to progress through stages.
• Saturday Night Slam Masters
Release Date: 1995
Genre: Wrestling / Fighting
Players: 1–2
• Description - Saturday Night Slam Masters is a wrestling game featuring arcade-style mechanics, grapples, and ring-based combat.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can team up in tag matches, each controlling a wrestler and working together against AI opponents.
• Raiden Trad
Release Date: 1991
Genre: Shoot ’em Up
Players: 1–2
• Description - Raiden Trad is a vertical shoot ’em up featuring enemy waves, weapon upgrades, and stage-based progression.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, each controlling a ship on the same screen. Players fight through stages together and progress cooperatively.
• Pit-Fighter
Release Date: 1991
Genre: Fighting
Players: 1–2
• Description - Pit-Fighter is an arcade-style fighting game centered around one-on-one matches with digitized visuals and environmental hazards.
• Co-op Experience - You can team up with a second player for 2 on 2 matches.
• Pirates of Dark Water
Release Date: 1994
Genre: Beat ’em Up
Players: 1–2
• Description - Pirates of Dark Water is a side-scrolling beat ’em up featuring characters from the animated series, with melee combat and stage progression.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, each controlling a character on the same screen. Players fight enemies and progress through stages together.
• Mega Bomberman
Release Date: 1994
Genre: Action / Puzzle
Players: 1–2
• Description - Mega Bomberman is an action puzzle game featuring grid-based stages, bomb placement, destructible environments, and enemy encounters.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously in story mode, working together to clear stages by placing bombs, defeating enemies, and progressing cooperatively.
• The Lawnmower Man
Release Date: 1994
Genre: Action / Run and Gun
Players: 1–2
• Description - The Lawnmower Man is an action game that alternates between side-scrolling run and gun stages and 3D virtual reality flying segments. Players control Dr. Angelo and Carla as they move through enemy-filled levels using weapons and navigating hazards.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously during the side-scrolling stages, each controlling a character on the same screen with independent movement and attacks that do not affect each other. If one player falls behind, they are repositioned near their partner. The 3D virtual reality stages are single-player only, requiring players to alternate turns.
• King of the Monsters 2
Release Date: 1993
Genre: Action / Beat ’em Up
Players: 1–2
• Description - King of the Monsters 2 is a side-scrolling action game where players control giant monsters fighting through stages filled with enemies and destructible environments.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, each controlling a monster on the same screen. Players fight through stages together and defeat enemies cooperatively.
• F-22 Interceptor
Release Date: 1991
Genre: Flight Combat
Players: 1–2
• Description - F-22 Interceptor is a flight combat simulator where players pilot jets through mission-based objectives involving aerial combat and navigation.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play using shared control, with one player handling flight movement while the second player manages weapons and targeting systems during missions.
• Combat Cars
Release Date: 1994
Genre: Racing / Combat
Players: 1–2
• Description - Combat Cars is a top-down racing game with weapon-based combat, featuring various characters and tracks.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously in split-screen, each controlling their own vehicle. Players race and fight through events while progressing through the game at the same time.
• Columns III: Revenge of Columns
Release Date: 1993
Genre: Puzzle
Players: 1–2
• Description - Columns III expands on the original with additional modes, including competitive and team-based puzzle variations.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play together in cooperative modes where both players manage the same puzzle field, working together to clear gems and maintain the board.
• BreakThru! (Sega Channel)
Release Date: 1994
Genre: Puzzle
Players: 1–2
• Description - BreakThru! is a tile-matching puzzle game where players move a cursor across a grid of colored blocks and remove groups of matching tiles. Blocks can only be cleared when two or more of the same color are touching, causing remaining tiles to shift and fill the space. The game also includes special items like bombs and line-clearing blocks to help remove difficult sections, along with options to introduce new tiles when no matches are available.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play together on the same puzzle grid, working cooperatively to clear matching blocks and manage the board. Both players contribute to removing tiles, using special items, and preventing the grid from locking up when no matches remain.
• Bloodshot (Sega Channel)
Release Date: 1994
Genre: First-Person Shooter
Players: 1–2
• Description - Bloodshot is a first-person shooter featuring maze-like levels, enemy encounters, and sci-fi themed combat. It was released as Bloodshot in Europe on the Mega Drive and Mega CD, and via Sega Channel in North America.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously in split-screen, each controlling their own character. Start a game in single player, then press start on controller two. Both players explore the same levels together, fight enemies, and progress cooperatively.
• Arcade Classics (Centipede)
Release Date: 1996
Genre: Shooter / Compilation
Players: 1–2
• Description - Arcade Classics is a compilation release that includes classic arcade-style gameplay, including Centipede, adapted for the Genesis.
• Co-op Experience - Centipede is the one game in the collection with co-op. Two players can play Centipede together, each controlling their own shooter on the same screen. Both players fight enemy waves cooperatively while progressing through the stages.
• Arcade Classics (Centipede)
Release Date: 1996
Genre: Shooter / Arcade Compilation
Players: 1–2 (Link Cable)
• Description - Arcade Classics includes classic arcade games, including Centipede, with updated presentation for the Game Gear.
• Co-op Experience - Centipede is the only game in the collection with co-op. Two players can connect via link cable while playing Centipede, each controlling their own shooter. Both players fight enemy waves together across connected screens.
• Faceball 2000
Release Date: 1992
Genre: Shooter
Players: 1–2 (Link Cable)
• Description - Faceball 2000 is a first-person shooter featuring simple 3D maze environments and enemy encounters.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can connect via link cable, each controlling their own character in linked environments. Players navigate the same areas in first person and team up to shoot down enemies in the maze.
• The Berlin Wall (JP)
Release Date: 1991
Genre: Puzzle Platformer
Players: 1–2 (Link Cable)
• Description - The Berlin Wall is a single-screen puzzle platformer developed by Kaneko for the Game Gear, released only in Japan. Players control a child with a hammer and must break holes into platforms to trap monsters, knock them through floors, and turn them into food items or power-ups. Despite the name, the game has nothing to do with the historical Berlin Wall and instead uses a cartoon-style presentation.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can connect via link cable and play together in linked sessions. Both players work through the game’s single-screen stages using the same core mechanics of digging traps, managing enemy movement, and clearing each screen cooperatively.
• Dunk Kids (JP)
Release Date: 1994
Genre: Sports / Arcade Basketball
Players: 1–2 (Link Cable)
• Description - Dunk Kids is a fast-paced arcade basketball game with exaggerated movement, quick matches, and simple controls.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can connect via link cable and play on the same team. Each player controls one character and works together during matches.
• Beats of Rage
Release Date: 2003
Genre: Beat ’em Up
Players: 1–2
• Description - Beats of Rage is an open-source beat ’em up engine originally released for Dreamcast, designed around side-scrolling combat and heavily inspired by Streets of Rage. It later became the foundation for a huge number of fan-made games and total conversions.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously on the same screen, each controlling a character through the full game. Players fight enemies together, move through stages cooperatively, and can also use the same structure across many other Beats of Rage-based games and mods.