Great 4-Player Arcade Games?
 

Hey guys... my friends and I have been thinking lately about buying 4 USB controllers and playing some 4-player arcade games (via MAME emulator)... for old time's sake. Our first thought was Marvel vs. Capcom, which I thought was 4-player, but I guess it's not... right now we kinda just have the ninja turtles sidescroller and the dungeons & dragons sidescroller, and those get old kinda fast. I thought I remembered playing a bunch of 4-player arcade games as I kid, I just can't seem to recall the names of any of them.
Any 4-player arcade games you guys would really recommend?

That Simpsons beat em up. I forgot what it was called. It was 4 players, and adapted to the difficulty by adding more enemies when more people play. There is quite a bit of variety in level design. Overall, pretty fun.

If you don't want a beat em up, try.... ...... er... try.... Wow. I have no idea, actually. There was a fun Ghostbusters game, but that was only 3 players.

OMG You gotta play The Simpsons beat'em up game! Simultaneus 4-player mode...and it's friccin' brilliant! Trust me.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...screenshot.png

Edit: Lol you got there first Darkcomet!

Heh, Oh yeah, and don't forget Alien vs Predator! Although that's only 3-player I think. It's really good though!!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...s_predator.jpg

Pretty sure it's only 2... which sucks, because that game is awesome. :(

Hmm Wikipedia says that some cabinets are 3-player.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_v...r_%28Arcade%29

Have you tried Knights of the Round? It's like a mix between Final Fight and Dungeons & Dragons.

X-men arcade, it's a fun four player beat-em up.

The Simpsons
X-men
Wild West C.O.W
Trog
Thunder Zone
The Ninja Kids
TMNT - Turtles in Time
Techmo Bowl
Puzzle Bobble 4
Darius Gaiden
Bubble Bobble 2
Captain America and the Avengers

That's all of the decent ones I can find on my xbox running MAME, sorted by number of players. Enjoy.

:savepoint: TMNT: Turtles in Time
:savepoint: GI-JOE.
:savepoint: Sunset Riders.

Four player arcade games begin and end with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Not Turtles in Time. Just TMNT the Arcade game.

I have many many memories of plowing other kids down in Chuck E Cheese to get to the machine with 3 of my friends and kick some foot-clan ass.

Keep in mind that playing these games in MAME with an infinite number of credits will gradually deteriorate the fond memories you had of these games, and make their flaws much more apparent.

NBA JAM for God's sake!!

I really miss my old arcade days, NBA JAM was teh shit ;____;

Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll be sure to check them out. :)

I recall having a thread like this when I first posted in the Game forum section in the old GFF. Games mentioned but worth mentioning again: X-men , TMNT , TMNT TiT(Turtles In Time...heh just notices its a funny acronym), Knights of the Round (although its 3 players...I think), Simpsons was fun (except theres a buttload of enemies in 4 player mode) and if you wanna just go the two player route...Street Fighter 2 and its many incarnations....Final Fight, and Mortal Kombat.

Gauntlet Legends!

If Punisher could be 4 players:

I'd hit it.

The X-Men arcade and Gauntlet Legends are probably the most memorable for me. Unfortunately, some years ago the local arcade took out GL, and my level 75+ wizard with it. :(

Marvel vs Capcom does have a 4 players rom out there, i think it basicly comes with the normal rom. King of fighter series also had up to 6 player option and some of the other Capcom/marvel vs series. X-men is also a fun to play with 4 players. Thats about all I know, not many out there that I've played

I'd recommend any of the Capcom Dungeons and Dragons games. I'm pretty sure it's 4 player, and there's some nice RPG elements added in to keep it from getting stale.

Even though it's not a true arcade game, Super Smash Bros. was made to have 4 players. The way it zooms out, the challenges availible at the beginning, the balancing. It makes for a great fighting game and an even better party game.