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Separated protagonists

Video game concept

Player controls two or more characters who travel separately of each other, on purpose or not. Player can freely switch which to control at any point or most of the time.

33
games
19
platforms

Alternate name: Split protagonists

Zombi (Commodore 64)
Zombi
C64 1990
Zombi (Amiga OCS)
Zombi
OCS 1990
Head Over Heels (MSX)
Head Over Heels
MSX 1987
Batsu & Terii Makyou no Tetsujin Rasu (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Batsu & Terii Makyou no Tetsujin Rasu
NES 1987-07-22
Head Over Heels (Atari ST)
Head Over Heels
ST 1989
Space Hulk (Amiga OCS)
Space Hulk
OCS 1993
Kuri Kuri Mix (PlayStation 2)
Kuri Kuri Mix
PS2 2000-12-07
Space Hulk (MS-DOS)
Space Hulk
DOS 1993
Head over Heels (Windows)
Head over Heels
WIN 2003-09-23
Zombi (Amstrad CPC)
Zombi
CPC 1986
LV-426 (Windows)
LV-426
WIN 2007-06-29
Head Over Heels (Amstrad CPC)
Head Over Heels
CPC 1987
Implied:
* Cooperation
* Multiple protagonists

Related:
* Separated
* Alternating protagonist

Popular tags

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Games by year

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The first Separated protagonists video game was released in 1986.

Ocean, Ubi Soft and RetroSpec published most of these games.

Platforms

ZX Spectrum 3
Amiga 3
C64 3
Amstrad CPC 3
Windows 3
MS-DOS 2
Atari ST 2
PS2 2
Linux 2
X360 1
NES 1
BeOS 1
Atari 400/800 1
Amstrad PCW 1
Jaguar 1
C16/Plus4 1
Mac OS X 1
MSX 1
Mobile 1

Most common companies

Ocean7
Ubi Soft6
RetroSpec4
Microsoft2
Space Bullet Dynamics Corporation2
Electronic Arts2