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%%* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' for the UsefulNotes/{{NES}}.
%%* ''Link's Crossbow Training'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}

* Succession games are very common in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'', such as the infamous LetsPlay thread LetsPlay/{{Boatmurdered}}.

* Nearly all games from UsefulNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames (UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}) onward have support for this. This is also the essence of {{Speedrun}}ning.

There are several distinct types of multiplayer modes in VideoGames. This trope is a SisterTrope of CompetitiveMultiplayer, CoOpMultiplayer and MassivelyMultiplayer.

Only 1 player is present playing in their own game at a time, but there are other players doing this as well.

* Nearly all UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} games have support for this. This is also the essence of {{Speedrun}}ning
* ''VideoGame/NetHack'' has the score list which can be seen by other players on the same system (e.g. a public server), and there are "bones files" which store the contents of a level on which a character died. The program "Hearse" can be used to exchange bones files with other players.

!!Recorded/Ghost Matches

* ''{{Trackmania}}'' is entirely this but also allows you to have 'live' ghost matches with dozens of people on the same track. If you feel like it you can look up the time other people set and download their ghost ride and race against it. You can challenge other people by message or mail as well.

* ''VideoGame/WanganMidnight Maximum Tune'' from the third installment onwards has Ghost Battle mode, where you race the car of an opponent that's following its owner's previous performance. Doing races in Ghost Battle mode earns points that can be used to [[CosmeticAward modify your car's visual appearance]]. ''Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3'', ''3 DX'', and ''3 DX Plus'' allow racing against opponents whose ghosts are stored on the machines, but starting in ''Maximum Tune 4'', opponent ghosts are stored on online servers and can be challenged from any machine on the network.

* ''VideoGame/WanganMidnight Maximum Tune'' from the third installment onwards has Ghost Battle mode, where you race the car of an opponent that's following its owner's previous performance. Doing races in Ghost Battle mode earns points that can be used to [[CosmeticReward modify your car's visual appearance]]. ''Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3'', ''3 DX'', and ''3 DX Plus'' allow racing against opponents whose ghosts are stored on the machines, but starting in ''Maximum Tune 4'', opponent ghosts are stored on online servers and can be challenged from any machine on the network.

* ''VideoGame/WanganMidnight Maximum Tune'' from the third installment onwards has Ghost Battle mode, where you race the car of an opponent that's following its owner's previous performance. ''Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3'', ''3 DX'', and ''3 DX Plus'' allow racing against opponents whose ghosts are stored on the machines, but starting in ''Maximum Tune 4'', opponent ghosts are stored on online servers and can be challenged from any machine on the network.

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* Most {{Arcade Game}}s with 1 joystick and a "2-player" mode, such as ''VideoGame/PacMan''.

* Nearly all [[XboxThreeSixty Xbox 360]] and [[PlayStationThree PS3]] games have support for this. This is also the essence of {{Speedrun}}ning

* Succession games are very common in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'', such as the infamous LetsPlay thread {{Boatmurdered}}.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' for the UsefulNotes/{{NES}}.
* ''Link's Crossbow Training'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}

* ''Trackmania'' is entirely this but also allows you to have 'live' ghost matches with dozens of people on the same track. If you feel like it you can look up the time other people set and download their ghost ride and race against it. You can challenge other people by message or mail as well.

* ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}''
* ''VideoGame/DeadRising''
* In fact, nearly all [[XboxThreeSixty Xbox 360]] and [[PlayStationThree PS3]] games have support for this.
** This is also the essence of {{Speedrun}}ning
* ''NetHack'' has the score list which can be seen by other players on the same system (e.g. a public server), and there are "bones files" which store the contents of a level on which a character died. The program "Hearse" can be used to exchange bones files with other players.

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' for the {{NES}}.
* ''Link's Crossbow Training'' for the {{Wii}}

!!SuccessionGame

Players take a turn in a single-player game, then relinquish control to another at a certain point in the game's progress.

* Although not a built-in part of the game, succession games are very common in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'', such as the infamous LetsPlay thread {{Boatmurdered}}.

* Almost any game can be played this way, even if it isn't part of the game design.

* Most arcade games with 1 joystick and a "2 player" mode, such as VideoGame/PacMan.

* Tetris Friends uses this method for most of its multiplayer games.

* Trackmania is entirely this but also allows you to have 'live' ghost matches with dozens of people on the same track. If you feel like it you can look up the time other people set and download their ghost ride and race against it. You can challenge other people by message or mail as well.

* VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}
* DeadRising

* Although not a built-in part of the game, succession games are very common in VideoGame/DwarfFortress, such as the infamous Let's Play thread {{Boatmurdered}}.
* SuperMarioBrothers 3 for the NES.
* Link's Crossbow Training for the Wii
* Almost any game can be played this way even if it isn't part of the game design.

* Most arcade games with 1 joystick and a "2 player" mode, such as Pac-Man.

** This is also the essence of {{Speedrun}}ning
* ''{{NetHack}}'' has the score list which can be seen by other players on the same system (e.g. a public server), and there are "bones files" which store the contents of a level on which a character died. The program "Hearse" can be used to exchange bones files with other players.

* Although not a built-in part of the game, succession games are very common in DwarfFortress, such as the infamous Let's Play thread {{Boatmurdered}}.

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* The infamous DwarfFortress Let's Play thread {{Boatmurdered}}.

* {{Audiosurf}}

* The infamous DwarfFortress Let's Play thread Boatmurdered.