Best co-op games

It's co-op time, come on grab your friends

Words: GamesRadar Staff on May 16, 2012

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bruno-bacaj - September 3, 2012 2 a.m.

but you showld have the money to have so mutch fun dont u think i dont even have an xbox or ps3 i have only my old ps2 that sucks
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DryvBy - May 18, 2012 5:43 p.m.

You could make a top 100 of that list easily. I might work on that for my website. Double Dragon II River City Ransom Streets of Rage Remake Golden Axe Syndicate Diablo ...
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TheTrooper424 - May 18, 2012 9:59 a.m.

Hell yes...The Warriors!!
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EwoksTasteLikeChicken - May 17, 2012 6:35 p.m.

Doom II and Minecraft.
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mountain flames - May 17, 2012 4:57 p.m.

BEST CO-OPS...WWF No Mercy 64, which is still the best wrestling game i have played - it must be about 12 years old now(puts WWE 12 to shame, Corey Ledesma gets paid for nothing)Perfect Dark 4 player splitscreen(or Goldeneye 007)... Iss Pro Evolution Soccer 1 & 2 on the PS1....much more fun than the online multiplayer's of today, i think!
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gopher1369 - May 18, 2012 4:03 a.m.

Goldeneye didn't have a co-op mode, and Perfect Dark's was only 2 player, not 4. But I do agree, splitscreen co-op is definitely better fun than online! 4 friends, one living room, 2 (or more) Xboxes, 2 large LCD TVs, beer, pizza, Halo 3. Brilliant :)
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Darkhawk - May 17, 2012 2:39 p.m.

Kirby's Epic Yarn is easily one of the best (and certainly the most universally friendly).
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Elard621 - May 17, 2012 2:08 p.m.

Left 4 dead 2 is surely good, but it didn´t grab me as Left 4 dead. The characters wer better in my opinion, and the levels (though having less elements that make the game better)were preepier. Don´t get me wrong, I love LD2, but the fisrt one is far better for me.
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Elard621 - May 17, 2012 2:11 p.m.

Okay, I had a lot of mistakes in this comment. "wer" means "were", "preepier" means creepier" and other gramatical mistakes. I´m so sorry.
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n00b - May 17, 2012 1:10 p.m.

Metal Slug... X!!!
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KA87 - May 17, 2012 7:57 a.m.

That is a truly hard topic to narrow down because there are just so many coop games today and so many of them feel very similar. Thanks for reminding me of those old fashion 2 player fighters from the early 90's. I loved playing them with my friends as a kid.
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Ausoi - May 17, 2012 7:09 a.m.

For me... Halo: Combat Evolved (16 player via system link) All the Halos really but we prolly spent the most time with the original Time Splitters 2 Gears of war Pc... Majesty: The fantasy kingdom sim Age of Empires (1, 2) Diablo (1, 2) Warcraft (1, 2) and custom games through WC III (DOTA!? and LOTR, THE MATRIX, other fun stuff...)
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FierceDeity - May 17, 2012 3:54 a.m.

Four Swords Adventures was the shit back in the day. It's begging for a wii u remake with 3ds connectivity
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winner2 - May 17, 2012 3:53 a.m.

Champions of Norrath has to be one of my favorite co-ops ever.
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UncleMomo - May 17, 2012 3:35 a.m.

Showing my age a bit here but: Bubble Bobble Salamander Contra 4/Super Probotector Geoman/Legend of the Mystical Ninja Legend of Zelda - 4 Swords Pacman Vs Kuri Kuri Mix
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taokaka - May 17, 2012 2:47 a.m.

JOURNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! also lara croft and the guardian of light should be on there
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Hobogonigal - May 17, 2012 1:52 a.m.

Have to agree with The Warriors. That game was awesome. I remember a friend and I running around town stealing car radios, robbing drug dealers and throwing machetes at people. Good times...
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Nomado - May 17, 2012 2:03 a.m.

Yeah i remember The Warriors too I loved movie and game too. Its underrated Rockstar game IMO. Awesome game and i liked coop
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MMCD - May 17, 2012 12:33 a.m.

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory is no where to be seen? For shame GamesRadar, for shame. It is one of the most solid co-op games I've ever played, it allows missions to be approached in so many ways. It's also one of the best stealth games in existence. Last year while awaiting a release of something far less interesting a friend and I re-installed chaos theory. We spent an hour, SIXTY MINUTES, playing the first mission, we didn't die or anything, we were just having fun messing around. It's a game that gives you freedom despite being very focused on specific objectives. I was going to say that it gave you massive amounts of freedom within what is essentially a tiny space, but considering each mission for Chaos Theory is some 4 times larger than the maps on the majority of most third person shooter games these days I'd be lying.
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drew-pepin - May 17, 2012 6:38 a.m.

Because this is their list of favorites. If a game ain't on the list it wasn't worth their time to mention it. Just because you like the game for whatever reason doesn't make them wrong for not including it.
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