THE retrobates

Favourite co-op game

Darran Jones

Double Dragon has always been my favourite game to play co-op with a friend. The fact you can mercilessly beat them up at the end is the icing on the cake. Expertise:

Juggling a gorgeous wife, two beautiful girls and an award-winning magazine Currently playing:

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Favourite game of all time: Strider

sam ribbits

I enjoyed the co-op puzzlesolving in Portal 2 a lot. It helps that it’s one of the best games of its generation anyway. Expertise:

Toxic Overcooked versus mode strats

Currently playing:

Stardew Valley

Favourite game of all time: Croc: Legend Of The Gobbos

andrew Fisher

Sensible’s brilliant C64 shooter Wizball had a two-player team mode, I was the Wizard and my brother controlled the Catellite. Expertise:

Over 30 years of gaming, from Commodore 64 to Wii U Currently playing:

Sam’s Journey

Favourite game of all time: Super Mario World

Drew sleep

I’m all for high-skill team play. Me and my partner used to be a force of nature in the bottom lane of Summoner’s Rift in League Of Legends. Expertise:

Being Retro Gamer’s resident Puppet Master

Currently playing:

Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

Favourite game of all time: Final Fantasy VIII

Graeme mason

Streets of Rage 2, despite the inevitable arguments over who gets the health power-ups. Expertise:

Adjusting the tape azimuth with a screwdriver

Currently playing:

Elite Dangerous

Favourite game of all time: Resident Evil 4

paul Drury

Rip-off, a beautiful vector game from 1980 made by one of my heroes, Tim Skelly. A lovely man and a pioneer of co-operative gameplay. Expertise:

Atari concept art

Currently playing:

Mario Bros Game and Watch Favourite game of all time: Sheep In Space

nick Thorpe

I’ll forever have fond memories of fighting my way through Ragol with friends in Phantasy Star Online, even if we did mostly do it offline on the Gamecube version to avoid phone bills.

Expertise:

Owning five Master Systems (I sold two)

Currently playing:

Winter Heat

Favourite game of all time: Sonic The Hedgehog

David crookes

I really enjoyed blasting through Contra III on the SNES with my brother and found the extra pair of hands came in handy. Expertise:

Amstrad, Lynx, adventures, Dizzy and Playstation (but is it retro? Debate!)

Currently playing:

Fortnite Battle Royale Favourite game of all time: Broken Sword

Jason kelk

I’ve never really been a co-op kind of player, but have some fond memories of Salamander with friends as a kid. Expertise:

Being a homebrew hero Currently playing:

Firefleet

Favourite game of all time:

Io