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4 Way Play

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1993-09^[1]	$29.9529.95^[1]
EU	199x

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The 4 Way Play is an accessory created by Electronic Arts for the Sega Mega Drive. It allows for up to four players to play together in certain games. Largely, mostly games designed by EA itself supported it. When first released, Sega's official Team Player multi-player adaptor was not compatible with 4 Way Play games. Later releases fixed this incompatibility issue.

The device itself plugs directly into the system and has no wires sticking out and attaches to the front of the system like an extension. To attach like this it plugs into both controller ports. Due to the way it is plugged into the system it is incompatible with devices such as the Sega Multi-Mega and X'eye.

Compatible games

Mega Drive

Mega-CD

Bill Walsh College Football
Bouncers
FIFA International Soccer: Championship Edition
Mighty Mighty Missile!
NHL Hockey '94

Gallery

Front
Back

Magazine articles

Main article: 4 Way Play/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #50: "September 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Print advert in GamePro (US) #51: "October 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Mega Drive, US
Cover

Mega Drive, EU
Cover

External links

Moby Games article

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Press release: 1993-07-21: 4 WAY PLAY: EA SPORTS FIRST TO MARKET FOUR-PLAYER ADAPTER FOR SEGA GENESIS

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[Press_release:_1993-07-21:_4_WAY_PLAY:_EA_SPORTS_FIRST_TO_MARKET_FOUR-PLAYER_ADAPTER_FOR_SEGA_GENESIS-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Press release: 1993-07-21: 4 WAY PLAY: EA SPORTS FIRST TO MARKET FOUR-PLAYER ADAPTER FOR SEGA GENESIS

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 The device itself plugs directly into the system and has no wires sticking out and attaches to the front of the system like an extension. To attach like this it plugs into both controller ports. Due to the way it is plugged into the system it is incompatible with devices such as the [[Sega Multi-Mega]] and [[X'eye]].
-==Compatible Games==
+==Compatible games==
-{{Multicol|
+===Mega Drive===
-*''[[Australian Rugby League]]'' (1994)
+{{multicol|
-*''[[Barkley: Shut Up and Jam 2]]'' (1995)
+''<DPL>
-*''[[Bill Walsh College Football]]'' (1993)
+category=4 Way Play-compatible games
-*''[[Bill Walsh College Football 95]]'' (1994)
+category=Mega Drive games
-*''[[Coach K College Basketball]]'' (1995)
+notnamespace=category
-*''[[College Football USA 96]]'' (1995)
+ordermethod=title
-*''[[College Football USA 97]]'' (1996)
+order=ascending
-*''[[Dino Dini's Soccer]]'' (1994)
+</DPL>''
-*''[[Elitserien 95]]'' (1994)
+|cols=3}}
-*''[[Elitserien 96]]'' (1995)
-*''[[FIFA Road to World Cup 98]]'' (1997)
+===Mega-CD===
-*''[[FIFA International Soccer]]'' (1993)
+''<DPL>
-*''[[FIFA Soccer 95]]'' (1994)
+category=4 Way Play-compatible games
-*''[[FIFA Soccer 96]]'' (1995)
+category=Mega-CD games
-*''[[FIFA Soccer 97]]'' (1996)
+notnamespace=category
-*''[[Gauntlet IV]]'' (1993)
+ordermethod=title
-*''[[General Chaos]]'' (1994)
+order=ascending
-*''[[IMG International Tour Tennis]]'' (1994)
+</DPL>''
-*''[[Madden NFL '94]]'' (1993)
-*''[[Madden NFL '95]]'' (1994)
-*''[[Madden NFL 96]]'' (1995)
-*''[[Madden NFL 97]]'' (1996)
-*''[[Madden NFL 98]]'' (1997)
-*''[[Mega Bomberman]]'' (1994)
-*''[[MLBPA Baseball]]'' (1994)
-*''[[Mutant League Hockey]]'' (1994)
-*''[[NBA Live 95]]'' (1994)
-*''[[NBA Live 96]]'' (1995)
-*''[[NBA Live 97]]'' (1996)
-*''[[NBA Showdown]]'' (1994)
-*''[[NHL '94]]'' (1993)
-*''[[NHL 95]]'' (1994)
-*''[[NHL 96]]'' (1995)
-*''[[NHL 97 (Mega Drive)|NHL 97]]'' (1996)
-*''[[NHL 98]]'' (1997)
-*''[[PGA European Tour]]'' (1994)
-*''[[PGA Tour Golf III]]'' (1994)
-*''[[Rugby World Cup 95]]'' (1994)
-*''[[Street Racer]]'' (1995)
-*''[[Triple Play 96]]'' (1995)
-*''[[Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars]]'' (1995)
-*''[[World Class Leader Board]]'' (1992)
-}}
 ==Gallery==