Battle Garegga

• Battle Garegga
Release Date: 1998
Genre: Shoot ’em Up
Players: 1–2

• Description - Battle Garegga is a vertically scrolling shoot ’em up developed by Raizing. It features military-themed stages, selectable ships, weapon upgrades, option formations, and a rank system that adjusts difficulty based on player performance.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously on the same screen, each controlling a ship. Players fight through stages together, collect power-ups independently, and coordinate movement through dense enemy fire and boss patterns.

Batsugun

• Batsugun
Release Date: 1996
Genre: Shoot ’em Up
Players: 1–2

• Description - Batsugun is a vertically scrolling shoot ’em up from Toaplan, often seen as one of the games that helped bridge older arcade shooters and later bullet hell design. Players choose between different pilot and ship types, each with distinct weapons and shot patterns.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously on the same screen, each controlling their own ship. Both players fight through enemy waves and bosses together while upgrading their firepower independently.

Super Tekkyū Fight!

• Super Tekkyū Fight!
Release Date: 1995
Genre: Action
Players: 1–2

• Description - Super Tekkyū Fight! is an arena-based action game featuring characters from Banpresto’s Compati Hero series, including Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Gundam. While it shares similarities with Bomberman, the gameplay focuses on melee combat using a ball-and-chain weapon rather than explosives. Players can collect power-ups to extend their range, increase attack strength, and gain additional abilities. The game also introduces jumping, allowing players to traverse gaps, avoid hazards, and interact with the environment in ways that add a puzzle-like element to stage design. Levels are structured across multiple worlds with increasingly complex layouts, often requiring careful positioning and timing to reach enemies and progress.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously in the main mode, working together to clear stages and defeat enemies on the same screen.

Super Gussun Oyoyo

• Super Gussun Oyoyo
Release Date: 1993
Genre: Puzzle
Players: 1–2

• Description - Super Gussun Oyoyo is a puzzle game where players place and manipulate blocks to guide characters to safety. It combines simple mechanics with increasingly complex stage design.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, working together to manage blocks and solve stages on the same screen.

Super Chinese World 3

• Super Chinese World 3
Release Date: 1995
Genre: Action RPG
Players: 1–2

• Description - Super Chinese World 3 is a colorful action RPG that combines real-time combat, exploration, and humor. It continues the series’ lighthearted tone with expanded mechanics and a larger adventure.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, exploring and fighting together in real time throughout the game.

Spark World

• Spark World
Release Date: 1995
Genre: Action
Players: 1–2

• Description - Spark World is a top-down action game heavily inspired by Bomberman, featuring car-based characters navigating maze-like arenas and stages. Players place explosive traps that detonate into directional blasts, clearing obstacles and defeating enemies. The game includes a story mode with themed stages and bosses, as well as a robust battle mode with multiple arenas, hazards, and power-ups that modify abilities like blast range, speed, and item effects. Unique mechanics such as multi-hit survivability and status effects add small twists to the familiar formula.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously in the main mode, working together to clear stages and defeat enemies on the same screen.

Sengoku Denshō

• Sengoku Denshō
Release Date: 1993
Genre: Beat ’em Up
Players: 1–2

• Description - Sengoku Denshō is a side-scrolling beat ’em up that blends traditional brawling with supernatural themes based on Japanese folklore. It features transformation mechanics and varied combat styles.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can fight through the game together, taking on enemies side by side across the same stages.

SD Kidō Senshi Gundam V: Sakusen Shidō

• SD Kidō Senshi Gundam: V Sakusen Shidō
Release Date: 1992
Genre: Action / Shooter
Players: 1–2

• Description - SD Kidō Senshi Gundam: V Sakusen Shidō is an early Super Famicom action game featuring super-deformed versions of Gundam mobile suits. The game combines side-scrolling shooting with light platforming elements, as players pilot a Gundam through auto-scrolling stages filled with enemies and hazards. Players have access to multiple weapons from the start, including ranged firearms, melee attacks, and special sub-weapons that operate on cooldown timers. Stages are straightforward, focusing on combat encounters and boss fights rather than exploration.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, each controlling a Gundam and fighting through stages together on the same screen.

SD Kidō Senshi Gundam 2

• SD Kidō Senshi Gundam 2
Release Date: 1993
Genre: Shooter
Players: 1–2

• Description - SD Kidō Senshi Gundam 2 is a shoot ’em up featuring super-deformed versions of characters from the Gundam universe. Players choose from multiple characters, each with different attack styles, and progress through stages filled with enemies and projectiles. The game follows a straightforward shooter format with character-based variation and arcade-style pacing.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, controlling separate characters and fighting through stages together on the same screen.

Ruin Arm

• Ruin Arm
Release Date: 1995
Genre: Action RPG
Players: 1–2

• Description - Ruin Arm is a fantasy action RPG that combines real-time combat with exploration and light story elements. It follows a straightforward structure with an emphasis on combat and progression.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, exploring and fighting together in real time throughout the adventure.

Pipe Dream

• Pipe Dream
Release Date: 1994
Genre: Puzzle
Players: 1–2

• Description - Pipe Dream is a puzzle game where players build a continuous pipeline before the flow begins. It focuses on quick thinking and spatial planning as the pace gradually increases.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously on the same screen, working together to maintain the pipeline and manage the increasing pressure.

Panic in Nakayoshi World

• Panic in Nakayoshi World
Release Date: 1994
Genre: Puzzle / Action
Players: 1–2

• Description - Panic in Nakayoshi World is an overhead puzzle-action game featuring characters from Nakayoshi manga series, including Sailor Moon and Goldfish Warning!. The gameplay is similar to Adventures of Lolo, with players navigating rooms, avoiding enemies, and solving simple puzzles to progress. Each stage requires careful movement and timing as monsters roam the area and obstacles block the path forward.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, working together to navigate stages, avoid enemies, and solve puzzles on the same screen.

Otoboke Ninja Colosseum

• Otoboke Ninja Colosseum
Release Date: 1995
Genre: Action
Players: 1–2

• Description - Otoboke Ninja Colosseum is an arena-based action game often compared to Bomberman, but with its own unique twist. Instead of bombs, players place spiked capsules that burst into shuriken patterns, stunning opponents. Defeating enemies requires a two-step system where stunned targets must be finished off with a chain attack that can be manually directed and curved across the screen. The game includes a standard stage-based mode along with a battle-focused mode featuring multiple arenas, environmental hazards, and a variety of power-ups that affect speed, attack behavior, and control.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously in the main mode, working together to clear stages by coordinating stuns and finishing attacks while navigating enemies and hazards on the same screen.

Melfand Stories

• Melfand Stories
Release Date: 1994
Genre: Beat ’em Up
Players: 1–2

• Description - Melfand Stories is a side-scrolling fantasy beat ’em up developed by Sting, featuring a group of four adventurers traveling through a kingdom overrun by monsters. The game follows a simple left-to-right structure similar to arcade brawlers, with basic attacks, blocking, and occasional magic orbs that act as screen-clearing abilities. Characters have slight differences in speed, strength, and attack range, but share a largely similar moveset. The game includes branching paths on a world map that affect stage progression and lead to different final areas and endings.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, each controlling a different character. Players fight side by side through stages and can perform combined attacks when positioned together, adding a cooperative element to combat.

Lode Runner Twin: Justy to Liberty no Daibōken

• Lode Runner Twin: Justy to Liberty no Daibōken
Release Date: 1994
Genre: Puzzle Platformer
Players: 1–2

• Description - Lode Runner Twin reimagines the classic Lode Runner formula with colorful visuals and a more character-driven presentation. It focuses on digging paths, collecting items, and outmaneuvering enemies in maze-like stages.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, working together to solve stages and manage enemy movement on the same screen.

Kenyū Densetsu Yaiba

• Kenyū Densetsu Yaiba
Release Date: 1994
Genre: Action RPG
Players: 1–2

• Description - Kenyū Densetsu Yaiba is a real-time action RPG based on the Yaiba anime and manga. Instead of turn-based combat, players fight enemies directly using attacks, special techniques, and character abilities during gameplay. The game follows Yaiba’s story as he faces rivals and progresses through a linear adventure, recruiting allies along the way who can be called into battle. It also features item shops where players interact directly with objects rather than navigating traditional menus.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, with a second player joining in to assist during combat. Both players fight together in real time, coordinating attacks and handling enemies on the same screen.

Kaizou Chōjin Shubibinman Zero

• Kaizou Chōjin Shubibinman Zero
Release Date: 1997
Genre: Action Platformer
Players: 1–2

• Description - Kaizou Chōjin Shubibinman Zero is a late Super Famicom release and the final entry in the Shubibinman series. It features fast side-scrolling action, anime-inspired visuals, and a refined version of the series’ combat and movement.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, fighting through stages together with each player controlling a different character.

Kamen Rider

• Kamen Rider
Release Date: 1993
Genre: Beat ’em Up
Players: 1–2

• Description - Kamen Rider is a side-scrolling action game based on the long-running tokusatsu series. It focuses on straightforward combat, recognizable characters, and a simple stage-based structure.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can fight together at the same time, taking on enemies cooperatively across the same stages.

Cosmo Gang: The Video

• Cosmo Gang: The Video
Release Date: 1992
Genre: Shooter
Players: 1–2

• Description - Cosmo Gang: The Video is a fixed-screen shooter from Namco, inspired by earlier arcade titles like Galaxian and Galaga. Players control a starship and defend against waves of enemies that form patterns, dive toward the screen, and attack from multiple directions. The game features a variety of power-ups, including shields, bombs, and special attacks that clear or disrupt enemies. Stages introduce new hazards over time, along with bonus rounds based on the original Cosmo Gang redemption game.

• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, sharing the same screen and working together to clear enemy waves. Both players share lives and can interact with certain power-ups that affect each other, adding a layer of coordination to the gameplay.