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Multiplayer: Free for All

Video game concept

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76
games
13
platforms

Includes any multiplayer mode which lacks teaming of any sort, where each player is against everyone else.

Notable people involved: Chris Metzen, Glenn Stafford, Sam 'Samwise' Didier, Derek Duke and Jason Hayes

Alternate names: Teamless
Name variations: Free-for-all, FFA

Herbert (Atari 400/800)
Herbert
A800 1988
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars (Windows)
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars
WIN 1996-10-31
Bratz: Forever Diamondz (Nintendo DS)
Bratz: Forever Diamondz
NDS 2006-09-18
StarCraft (Windows)
StarCraft
WIN 1998-03-31
IBM PC Wheel of Fortune (MS-DOS)
IBM PC Wheel of Fortune
DOS 1984
Aliens versus Predator (Macintosh OS Classic)
Aliens versus Predator
MAC 2001
Championship 3D Snooker (Commodore 64)
Championship 3D Snooker
C64 1992
Age of Empires III (Windows)
Age of Empires III
WIN 2005-10-18
Heroes of Might and Magic IV (Windows)
Heroes of Might and Magic IV
WIN 2002-11-15
Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties (Mac OS X)
Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
OSX 2008-07
Quad (MS-DOS)
Quad
DOS 1984
Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties (Windows)
Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
WIN 2007-10-16
Note that FFA is sometimes incorrectly used for any mode that does not have a specific goal (seemingly as a synonym for deathmatch or last man standing modes) rather than a mode where all players are against everyone else.
Contrast: teams

Implied: deathmatch, last man standing

Popular tags

actionstrategy ageofempires homm mightandmagic realtimestrategy snakegame sots-series starcraft tactical traditional warcraft wargame wordgame

Parent group

Multiplayer game modes

Games by year

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The first Multiplayer: Free for All video game was released in 1980.

Blizzard Entertainment and Mode 7 Games published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows28
Mac OS X10
Linux10
MS-DOS10
Mac OS Classic7
Nintendo DS3
Apple II E2
Android1
Atari 400/8001
Internet Only1
TRS-801
ZX Spectrum1
C641

Most common companies

Blizzard Entertainment8
Mode 7 Games4
THQ3
Interplay3
3DO3
New World Computing3
Lighthouse Interactive2
Acorn Software Products2
Microsoft2
Blizzard2
Paradox Interactive2
MacSoft2
Chainsawesome Games2
Overflow2
MacPlay2
Zeppelin2