Today's Nintendo direct was home to all sorts of cool announcements. For me, the coolest of them all was Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics, an upcoming collection of 7 of Capcom's classic Marvel arcade games. Six of those are fighting games, but the seventh is the co-op The Punisher beat 'em up! The collection is coming to PlayStation, Switch, and Steam. Xbox, for some strange reason, was left out of today's announcement.

Welcome back to  Co-op Classics, the column in which we look at unique cooperative games from yesteryear....

The recently released Egret II Mini arcade cabinet includes Rastan, Taito’s classic fantasy-themed action-platformer. The game’s two sequels, however, didn’t make the cut. Thankfully, all three Rastan games are available on the iiRcade home arcade platform. In fact, Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III just released on iiRcade. ...

Arcade cabinet remakes and re-releases are all the rage these days. The success of Arcade 1UP is a testament to that. And while we've seen mini versions of classic systems and games, like the NeoGeo Mini, what's being announced today from SNK is a big upgrade. 

2019 has been a good year for compilations of classic arcade games, with SNK 40th Anniversary Collection finally getting a multiplatform release, and now Konami’s Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection has arrived on both consoles and PC. This one collects 8 classic arcade games (mostly shoot ‘em ups), three of which feature 2-player lo...

Thanks to a recent update to the SEGA Genesis Classics collection, all of the games are now playable on PSVR. This means players who own the game on the PlayStation 4 and have a PlayStation Virtual Reality headset can now get closer than ever to the classics they love. The update is free and available immediately, so if you’ve been waiting to wear your fancy headset while playing old school games, now is your chance.

SEGA Genesis Classics, which has been out for a while on Steam, is now available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4! To celebrate the release of this hefty collection of 53 classic games, we've got a gallery with loads of co-op screenshots!!

SEGA Genesis Classics is the latest in a long line of 16-bit game compilations from Sega. That said, it’s the first such title for Xbox One and PlayStation 4, and includes many features never before seen in a Sega console collection – including online co-op! With 50 games (17 co-op), this is a great value for classic gaming fans. But th...

Initially revealed in a tweet that got pulled down (and then, eventually, reposted), SEGA officially announced that they'll be bringing 50 classic Genesis titles to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC this May in a new collection. The SEGA Genesis Classics will not only include a number of great titles from that era, but the ability to play with friends no matter where they may be.

I have been writing for Co-Optimus for just over six years now. My personal interest in classic video games led me to work on this very column from early on in my tenure as a Co-Optimus editor. For the first couple years, there were plenty of games that I could cover that I had vivid memories of playing, such as Diablo, X-Men, and Turtles in Time. ...

After a lengthy hiatus, it's time once again for another Co-Op Classics. In this feature, we cover the great (and often not so great) co-op games from the past, with a special emphasis on arcade games. Today, we are taking a look at an obscure game that is unique enough to get the spotlight as a Co-Op Classic: Capcom's Battle Circuit....

During the heyday of the arcade game in the early 1980s, video game companies cranked out clones of popular titles, in the hopes that lightning might strike twice. 1979's Asteroids was a smash hit, one of the greatest video games ever, and thus it spawned all manner of copycats and sequels. Space Duel may not be a sequel in name, but improves upon the hallowed Asteroids formula in unique and entertaining ways, enabling it to stand on its own as a Co-Op Classic.