> Robotron, Crazy Climber, and Smash TV are all classic single player games that > require two joysticks. Double Dragon, Final Fight, or pretty much anything in the > beat-'em-up genre has two players at the same time.
Let's not forget the fun of Karate Champ (at which I suck, but that's beside the point). BTW, KC, Smash TV and its cousin Total Carnage are actually 2P simultaneous, each of up to two players using two joysticks at the same time.
> Quite a few vertical shooters were, too, like 1941, 1942, et. al., which I didn't even realize.
1942 is alternating 2P, not simultaneous. Only one joystick... However, most of the 19xx successors to my knowledge are 2P co-op.
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