twiztor | 851 Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 is there a complete list of NES simultaneous 2-player (or even 4-player!) co-op games? when i have friends over, i always end up reverting to the same handful of games. or even worse, resorting to alternating turns. not that i'm complaining about Tecmo Super Bowl, mind you.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,494 Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 (edited) These are the three/four player games for NES (North America): Bomberman II (3-players) Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat Gauntlet II Greg Norman's Golf Power Harlem Globetrotters Kings of the Beach Magic Johnson's Fast Break Monopoly Monster Truck Rally M.U.L.E. NES Play Action Football A Nightmare on Elm Street Nintendo World Cup R.C. Pro-Am II Rock 'n Ball Roundball: 2 on 2 Challenge Spot: The Video Game Super Off Road Super Jeopardy! Super Spike V'Ball Swords and Serpents Top Players' Tennis The homebrews Micro Mages and Justice Duel also support the Fourscore for four player. Smash TV can use the Fourscore for two players using two controllers each in co-op. Edited December 1, 2023 by Tulpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 519 Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 I think Smash TV can be played with single controllers if you don't have a four score. Not my video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 235 Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 River City Ransom is the first game that came to mind. I need to get another copy of that one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,494 Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 27 minutes ago, CMR said: I think Smash TV can be played with single controllers if you don't have a four score. It can, but you lose the strafing ability. Two controllers per player allows independent moving and shooting direction, as you use both d-pads. The SNES version can use one controller, as the four buttons can act as a second d-pad. I think there might have been a button overlay to enhance that. Can't remember. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT | 91 Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Silk Worm is a lesser talked about shooter where one person controls the jeep on the ground and one controls the helicopter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 If you can get over the shitty controls there's always 2 player NARC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 235 Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 22 hours ago, Tulpa said: These are the three/four player games for NES (North America): Bomberman II (3-players) Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat Gauntlet II Greg Norman's Golf Power Harlem Globetrotters Kings of the Beach Magic Johnson's Fast Break Monopoly Monster Truck Rally M.U.L.E. NES Play Action Football A Nightmare on Elm Street Nintendo World Cup R.C. Pro-Am II Rock 'n Ball Roundball: 2 on 2 Challenge Spot: The Video Game Super Off Road Super Jeopardy! Super Spike V'Ball Swords and Serpents Top Players' Tennis The homebrews Micro Mages and Justice Duel also support the Fourscore for four player. Smash TV can use the Fourscore for two players using two controllers each in co-op. For some reason in my OG post, my phone wouldn't let me quote you here; great list! A Nightmare on Elm Street is an underrated one IMHO. Super Spike V Ball was a classic from my box of games given to me by my neighbor in 1997. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_wizard_666 | 1,325 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 MULE is an interesting multi-player game...it's technically competitive, but there's also a degree of cooperation needed. In order to get the best ending, the combined total for all players needs to reach a certain level, so while you're competing to be the most profitable, you also don't want to completely fubar your opponents either. One that likely won't get mentioned much is Thundercade. Great little shooter. Cabal is also pretty awesome. If i remember correctly, you could also go 2 player vs the computer in WWF Wrestlemania Challenge. Anyway, I don't think there's an official list, but it'd be a fun thing to compile. Hmmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,494 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 There's probably a LOT of co-op games on the NES, maybe more than most realize. I know that I started looking at the list of NES games and thinking, "Oh, yeah, that one's co-op. I forgot about that." When there's 700+ retail games and an ever growing list of homebrews, it's easy to lose track of a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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