The best split screen games

Games supporting split screen multiplayer mode can be played by more than one player (usually no more than 2) on the same screen, at the same time. The screen is divided in two independent areas (horizontally or vertically) and each player plays in its portion of the screen.

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Caveman Ugh-Lympics

DOS1989 Dynamix

Before the IOC cracked down on fun, Caveman Ugh-Lympics gave us the primeval sporting event we never knew we needed. Clubs, fire, and the 100-meter mate drag—yes, that’s a thing—await you in this 1989 slapstick D...

Winter Supersports 1992

DOS1992

Lamborghini: American Challenge

DOS1992 Titus Interactive

Lamborghini: American Challenge is a racing video game that was originally released in 1992. It was developed by Titus Interactive and is part of the Crazy Cars series. The game is known for its fast-paced, illegal street racing s...

The Settlers

DOS1993protected Blue Byte Software

The Games: Winter Edition

DOS1988 Epyx

Evasive Action

DOS1993 Particle Systems

Tempest 2000

DOS1996remake Atari

Tempest 2000 is a video game developed by Llamasoft and published by Atari Corporation. It was released in 1994 for DOS, Mac, the Atari Jaguar console, etc. Tempest 2000 is an enhanced remake of the original Tempest, which was rel...

Wacky Wheels

DOS1994protected Apogee Software

The Games: Summer Edition

DOS1988 Epyx

The Games: Summer Edition is a sports simulation video game developed and published by Epyx, originally released in 1988. The Games: Summer Edition simulates various summer Olympic events. Players can compete in these events eithe...

Hired Guns

DOS1993 DMA Design

Hired Guns is an abandoned game developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in 1993 for DOS and Amiga platforms. Hired Guns is a sci-fi RPG in which you control four mercenaries in four individual simultaneous first person ...

Super Tetris

DOS1991 Sphere

Chain Reaction

DOS1996 Webfoot Technologies

Imagine a game where minesweeper meets viral chaos—Chain Reaction (1996) isn’t quite that, but it is a fast-paced puzzle-action hybrid where things blow up in neat little patterns. The chain reactions are satisfying, t...

SuperKarts

DOS1995 Manic Media Productions

Battle Isle 2200

DOS1994protected Blue Byte Software

With Battle Isle 2200 (1994), the series goes full 3D cinematic—with cutscenes so dramatic you’d think they were auditioning for a soap opera in space. The gameplay is classic hex strategy, but now with upgraded visual...

The Great War: 1914 - 1918

DOS1993protected Blue Byte Software

Big Red Racing

DOS1995 The Big Red Software Company

Big Red Racing is what happens when you combine arcade mayhem with zero regard for realism and lots of British sarcasm. Drive everything from dump trucks to hovercrafts, insult your friends, and laugh your way to the finish line. ...

Bust-A-Move

DOS1997freeware Taito

Also known as Puzzle Bobble, this bubble-popping classic stars those cute dragons from Bubble Bobble, now in competitive puzzle mode. Match three colors, clear the screen, panic as the ceiling drops—repeat until addicted. Bu...

Bust-A-Move Again

DOSWindows XP/98/95Windows 10/111996 Taito

If you've ever wanted to pop bubbles while being taunted by adorable dinosaurs, Bust-A-Move Again (1996, DOS) is your jam. It’s like Tetris met a bubble tea menu and had a hyperactive child with color coordination issues. Th...

International Athletics

DOS1992 True Emotions Software

Liero

DOS1999freeware

Tennis Cup 2

DOS1992 Loriciels

Xixit

DOS1995 Optik Software

Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos

DOS1993 Blue Byte Software

A game with a name like Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos clearly means business. Released in 1993, it’s an expansion-slash-standalone with new missions, harder AI, and an even more hostile moon. You’ll manage resour...

18th Airborne

DOS1993

18th Airborne is what happens when a military recruitment pamphlet and a tactical shooter have a baby. You’re thrown into the boots of a paratrooper with a mission, a gun, and maybe a vague idea of what’s going on. The...