Mechanic · structure & scoring
Multiplayer
Play for two or more people on one machine, taking turns, playing together, or playing against each other.
Local multiplayer takes three forms. Players take turns, each with their own progress; play together on one screen; or play against each other, as on a puzzle game’s two fields.
- AlternatingSuper Mario Bros. 3 (1988). Two players take turns, each with their own continues.1
- VersusSonic 3 & Knuckles (1994). Two players compete as Sonic, Tails, or Knuckles.2
Games
| Game | Year | How | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario Bros. 3 | 1988 | Alternating | two players take turns, each with their own continues |
| Sonic 3 & Knuckles | 1994 | Versus | two players compete as Sonic, Tails, or Knuckles |
References
- ^In the two-player game each player can continue separately. Electronic Gaming Monthly's review describes claiming areas of the map and fighting over them in a game derived from Mario Bros.ManualSuper Mario Bros. 3 Japanese manual · EGM 9
How we know
1人ずつ別々にコンティニューすることができる
last page (PDF p. 45) · archived copy ↗ Claim areas and fight for … control by playing a derivitive of Mario
p. 10 · archived copy ↗ The quote matches our archived copy.
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- ^Sega Visions' preview of Sonic 3 lists a one-player game as Sonic and Tails, Sonic alone, or Tails alone, a two-player competition with Sonic, Tails, or Knuckles over three modes and five zones, and six spaces for saved games.MagazineSega Visions 17
How we know
Now you can save your games in one of six save spaces. In the one- player mode you have the choice of playing as Sonic and Tails, Sonic-alone or Tails alone. … The two-player, head-to-head competition mode offers players the choice of playing as Sonic, Tails or Knuck- les. There are three different Competitive modes and five Competitive zones.
Sonic 3 preview (archive.org page n21) · archived copy ↗ The quote matches our archived copy.
Checked by a second AI model, 2026-10-26.