#11
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 is almost perfectly designed for two-player score rivalry. One player runs the level, the other watches and immediately knows whether they can beat it. Fast restarts, familiar structure, and the kind of muscle memory that comes back even if you haven't played since 2001. It missed the top ten because the multiplayer modes, while fun, are a secondary layer on what's primarily a single-player game with versus tacked on. For quick, competitive two-player sessions though, it's genuinely excellent and worth calling out.