Four-Player multiplayer

[Waffles]

As you know I'm a huge bit of a nerd, and I have recently been obsessing over the Nintendo 64, the true "white whale" of my childhood.

By watching several reviews on the system, I learned that quite a few games allowed for four-player action, either as co-op, 2-vs-2 or deathmatches. That sounded wicked cool to me and I was wondering if anyone here ever got to try that, gaming against three other friends on the same physical space.

If so... what was your experience like? Was it awesome? Quirky? Gimmicky? I heard that some games implemented this rather poorly and suffered as a result, whilst others were a joy to play.

Personally, the closest I got to experiencing a full four-player affair was by watching my friend hook up the PS1's MultiTap, but we ended up desisting because the two other dudes had to leave early.

Thanks!

 

[DunkeyKong]

I remember playing coop on the Ratchet and Clank Trilogy Collection, I think it was Up Your Arsenal one

We didn't play that mode as long as the campaign, but the experience was really fun! That was also the first time I discovered a split screen mode, it's such an amazing mode

 

[bjork]

I played a very small bit of Goldeneye four-player, but didn't enjoy it because I didn't know the game well and the other 3 did, so I barely got to learn the ropes. Aside from that, I think we played a little WCW/nWo Revenge and that was pretty good. I also want to say there was a Tetris that was four-player, but I might be making that up? It was almost 30 years ago so it's real fuzzy in my brain. I don't remember the performance suffering, though.
That said, I did later play some Phantasy Star Online splitscreen on Gamecube and I remember that being really iffy? It isn't the most complex game but you needed a giant TV so your viewable section wasn't tiny, heh.

 

[Boo Man]

Yes Sir i remember when i was 10 my best friend had an N64
and one time at his Birthday party four of us played Mario Kart
and i think Golden Eye 007

 

[raveci]

an entirely obscure asteroids clone for PC that had 4 player vs mode all on one keyboard, have yet to figure out what it actually was, but we had a blast with it, my tactic was just to spin in place and shoot nonstop, i was very proud of it and would DMCA strike anyone who tried to do the same

 

[xlashley]

i really loved doing four-player multi stuff, back when highschool i always bring the cheap 2 in 1 controller (2 controller in one usb connector) and i brought two so i can play something with 3 other people when lunch break happen. i never have a console so i did it on my laptop with an emulator, we play n64 games like perfect dark and golden eye, and ctr for ps1 games and its really fun. but mostly we play pes (pro evolution soccer) and do 2 v 2 cup and did it with a whole class.