As for the beat-em-up discussion earlier on this page, the best beat-em-up game ever is STREETS OF RAGE 3...
Followed by GUARDIAN HEROES..
Followed by X-MEN (arcade):
Followed by ODIN SPHERE (yeah, it counts)..
Other favs:
- Panzer Bandits
- God Hand
- Final Fight 3
- Streets of Rage 2
- Mystical Fighter
- Simpsons Arcade Game
- Turtles in Time
- River City Ransom
-
SPLATTERHOUSE 3!
- Battletoads/Double Dragon
-
VIEWTFIUL JOE!
- Sengoku 3
- various Capcom brawlers ( Alien vs Predator, Punisher, Battle Circuit, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Armored Warriros, various Dungeons and Dragons beat em ups)
- Comix Zone
- 3 Dirty Dwarves
- Castle Crashers
are all fucking awesome.
I have the Capcom Classics Collections volume 1 and 2 and there are seriously a good 10 or so beat em up games on there that are just badass, between the two of them. Can't beat the 4 player action of
CAPtain
COMmando (if you have a multitap, which I do). Beat em ups are the best game to play 2 player besides puzzle games imo.