I do love couch co-op games (Mario Party/Kart are awesome). Goldeneye on the N-64 was a true classic.

StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears

I still enjoy this.  We play Tetris and mario games a lot.  One time, we had 3 people playing Zelda:  Breath of the Wild in the same room, one on a Wii U, One switch , and one on PC emulation.  Not really multiplayer.  Still a lot of fun.

DesertDave

I wonder if LAN parties were more of a European thing? Europe didn't have good access to gaming consoles, but had a plenty of office PCs ..

nout

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The Rise And Fall Of The LAN Party

No mention of couch coop games which are my favorite way to play. One machine, one tv, multiple people. Those have pretty much fallen too. Nintendo is the only company that still takes the genre somewhat seriously and that seems to be waning too.

A few years ago when I had a housemate we'd setup two consoles and two tvs to play AAA titles together. Video games are much more fun when they are irl and semi-social like this.