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it is the first "cooperative player with a history when playing both of them" I have been able to play (since I played Army of Two for PS3!).

First self coop game? In this game you have 10 cursors to get though the level and collect as many pyramids as you can. (I also don't claim this to be the first though.)

If anyone's interested, there's an old Flash game with a similar mechanic here. Clever little diversion, and time can be both a fun and non-gimmicky mechanic.

Also of note: Cursor*10. Less direct interaction, but more planning ahead.

I played this game a while back, and it seems to have a similar game mechanic. The basic premise is that you get ten goes to get to the top of the tower. but each time all of the ghosts of your prior plays help you collect things or break things or hold down buttons so you can proceed, etc. but you can do fun things like hold down the button for a while, so your future self can proceed, then go back and do something else with that turn. I got a huge kick out of it, and i would hope that the mechanic is similar, if not more prince of persia-y. http://www.nekogames.jp/mt/2008/01/cursor10.html

Cursor x 10 is a little different in that you don't get to choose when it resets, and cursors can't directly interact, but the basic concept has been used by plenty of games. Movies did it first anyway, such as Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, when he reminds himself to hide the keys or setup the bucket later and then the result occurs (although they did create a few paradoxes in that film).

When I read the description, the first thing I thought was that it was the little Cursor*10 flash game. Very cleverly done, it kept me busy for a while.

http://www.nekogames.jp/mt/2008/01/cursor10.html

There's also Cursor*10. Not sure if this one preceded the robot game; it looks a bit more primitive but the basic mechanic is the same.

      http://www.nekogames.jp/mt/2008/01/cursor10.html

On the off-chance you haven't seen it yet.

http://linerider.com/
http://www.nekogames.jp/mt/2008/01/cursor10.html
http://www.wiicade.com/playGame.aspx?gameID=213
http://www.wiicade.com/playGame.aspx?gameID=22&gameName=Paintball

Simplicity is beautiful.

10 years from now the biggest gaming platform will be the mobile phone.