• Mappy Kids
Release Date: 1989
Genre: Platformer
Players: 1–2
• Description - Mappy Kids is a platformer with exploration and puzzle elements, built around navigating rooms and collecting items.
• Co-op Experience - Two players play simultaneously on the same screen.
• Hirake! Ponkikki
Release Date: 1992
Genre: Action
Players: 1–2
• Description - Hirake! Ponkikki is a simple action game based on the children’s show, with straightforward stages and basic enemy avoidance.
• Co-op Experience - Two players play simultaneously on the same screen.
• Double Dragon (Co-op Hack)
Release Date: 1988
Genre: Beat ’em up
Players: 1–2 (Hack)
• Description - Double Dragon is a side-scrolling beat ’em up where you play as Billy Lee fighting through gangs to rescue Marian. Combat includes punches, kicks, grabs, and weapons picked up from enemies, with a slower, more methodical pace than later entries.
• Co-op Experience - This hack restores two-player simultaneous gameplay, allowing both Billy and Jimmy to fight together as originally expected. Both players share the screen and work through stages side-by-side, making it feel much closer to the arcade experience.
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Co-op Hack)
Release Date: 1987
Genre: Action RPG
Players: 1–2 (Hack)
• Description - Zelda II combines side-scrolling combat with RPG elements, featuring exploration, towns, and real-time battles.
• Co-op Experience - A second player controls a palette-swapped Link. Both players play simultaneously and share health, requiring coordination to survive.
• Wrecking Crew (Co-op Hack)
Release Date: 1985
Genre: Puzzle / Action
Players: 1–2 (Hack)
• Description - Wrecking Crew is a puzzle-platformer where you destroy walls and ladders while avoiding enemies. Each stage requires strategy to clear all obstacles.
• Co-op Experience - The second player controls Spike. Both players work together to clear levels, with redesigned stages built for co-op play.
• Super Mario Bros. (Co-op Hack)
Release Date: 1985
Genre: Platformer
Players: 1–2 (Hack)
• Description - Super Mario Bros. is a side-scrolling platformer where you run, jump, and defeat enemies while progressing through levels to rescue Princess Peach.
• Co-op Experience - This hack allows both players to play at the same time instead of alternating turns. If one player dies, both players must restart the level.
• New Ghostbusters II (Co-op Hack)
Release Date: 1990
Genre: Action
Players: 1–2 (Hack)
• Description - New Ghostbusters II is an action game where you capture ghosts using a stun-and-trap system. One character stuns ghosts while the other captures them.
• Co-op Experience - Two players control each Ghostbuster simultaneously, naturally fitting the gameplay. One player stuns while the other captures, requiring teamwork. Damage is shared between players.
• P.O.W.: Prisoners of War (Co-op Hack)
Release Date: 1989
Genre: Beat ’em up
Players: 1–2 (Hack)
• Description - P.O.W. is a side-scrolling beat ’em up where you fight through waves of enemies using punches, kicks, and weapons. The gameplay is focused on close combat and survival.
• Co-op Experience - The hack enables two-player simultaneous gameplay similar to the arcade version. Each player has their own health and lives, but if one player runs out, the game ends for both.
• DuckTales 2 (Co-op Hack)
Release Date: 1993
Genre: Platformer
Players: 1–2 (Hack)
• Description - DuckTales 2 is a side-scrolling platformer where Scrooge McDuck uses his pogo cane to defeat enemies and navigate levels. The game focuses on precise platforming, exploration, and collecting treasure.
• Co-op Experience - A second player controls Darkwing Duck. Both players move through levels together, though screen transitions can be awkward. If one player dies, both players restart the level.
• Bomberman (Co-op Hack)
Release Date: 1985
Genre: Action / Maze
Players: 1–2 (Hack)
• Description - Bomberman is a maze-based action game where you place bombs to destroy enemies and clear obstacles while navigating grid-based levels. Power-ups increase your blast radius, bomb count, and mobility, adding more strategy as you progress.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously through the main game. Both players work together to clear enemies and complete levels. If one player dies, the level resets, requiring tight coordination.
• Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland
Release Date: 2024
Genre: Platformer
Players: 1–2
• Description - Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland is a 2D platformer designed to run on real NES hardware with a fully authentic 8-bit style. You play through imaginative levels as Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, or Lil, each with slightly different abilities that affect how you navigate stages. Levels focus on exploring, collecting items, and finding a screwdriver to unlock the boss at the end.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play simultaneously, working together to explore levels, collect items, and reach the boss. Each player controls a different character, and their unique abilities can help with traversal and progression.
The Rise of Amondus
Release Date: 2015
Genre: Horizontal Shooter
Players: 1–2
• Description - The Rise of Amondus is a horizontal shooter where you play as the villain, capturing goblins and turning them into your army while progressing through levels. Instead of just shooting enemies, you have to meet a goblin capture quota using a cursor system, adding a layer of strategy alongside the action. You can also switch to a more traditional attack mode for extra firepower.
• Co-op Experience - Co-op is assist-style. The second player controls the cursor or support unit, helping capture goblins or attack enemies while being free to move around the screen. It’s a unique setup that really emphasizes teamwork and makes the game much easier and more enjoyable with two players.
• Copper Jacket
Release Date: 2022
Genre: Action Shooter
Players: 1–2
• Description - Copper Jacket is an action shooter where you play as a renegade soldier fighting through enemy territory to rescue your kidnapped fiancée from your former commander, Zaslavsky. The game features 5 worlds, 13 total levels, boss fights, weapon upgrades, and short cutscenes between areas.
• Co-op Experience - Two players play simultaneously. The second player joins as Anatoly, and both players fight through the stages together.
• Zed and Zee
Release Date: 2024
Genre: Single Screen Platformer
Players: 1–2
• Description - Zed and Zee is an 8-bit action single screen platformer where an android duo battles an army of robots.
• Co-op Experience - Two Players play together at the same time.
• Yeah Yeah Beebiss II
Release Date: 2024
Genre: Single Screen Platformer
Players: 1–2
• Description - Yeah Yeah Beebiss II is a new game built around the old fake ad joke, with 100 stages where you defeat enemies and collect power-ups.
• Co-op Experience - Two players play simultaneously.
• Wart Worm Wingding
Release Date: 2019
Genre: Platformer / Arcade Adventure
Players: 1–2
• Description - Wart Worm Wingding is a two-player arcade adventure for the NES inspired by games like Bubble Bobble and Dig Dug.
• Co-op Experience - Two players play simultaneously.
• Big City Sliding Blaster
Release Date: 2022
Genre: Shooter
Players: 1-2
• Description - Sliding Blaster is a top-down shooter where you can fire in all directions, but you are constantly sliding and can only redirect your movement by boosting.
• Co-op Experience - Two players can play together and control their own ship
• Spacegulls
Release Date: 2020
Genre: Platformer
Players: 1–2
• Description - Spacegulls is a short NES platformer that Morphcat describes as a mix between Joust and Mega Man.
• Co-op Experience - One or two players are supported.
• Pixel Poops Number 2
Release Date: 2021
Genre: Single Screen, Action
Players: 1–2
• Description - Pixel Poops: Number Two is an arcade action game about eating tacos, making huge poops, and using that mechanic to stop joggers across 50 stages.
• Co-op Experience - Two players play simultaneously in co-op.
• Saber Surfers (TBD)
Release Date: TBD
Genre: Platformer
Players: 1–4
• Description - The upcoming Morphcat project is Triple Jump, a multi-cart compilation that includes Böbl, Spacegulls, Micro Mages: Second Quest, and a bonus secret game, Saber Surfers. The game doesn’t have much info on it other than being 4 players. Seems like Balloon fight but with boss fights.
• Co-op Experience - 4 player co-op platformer.