River City Ransom
Play as Alex and Ryan and cross River City to fight street gangs and save your girlfriend from the hands of a bad guy named "Slick." Improve your fighting experience by powering-up your characters in River…
River City Ransom is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Technos Japan, released 31 January 1990 on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Wii U and Xbox One.
What River City Ransom is
River City Ransom is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Technos Japan and released in 1990. It was published by 505 Games. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Wii U, Xbox One, Wii and Nintendo Entertainment System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari, released as River City Ransom in North America and Street Gangs in PAL regions, is a 1989 action-adventure beat 'em up video game developed and published by Technōs Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the third installment of the Kunio-kun series released for the NES, preceded by Renegade and Super Dodge Ball, and the first to be developed specifically for the system.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, open world and sandbox. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Kunio-kun series
River City Ransom is the 16th of 96 entries we hold in the Kunio-kun series. The next entry was Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball-bu: PC Bangai-hen in 1990. Its critic score of 71 is 3 points above the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is River City Ransom EX at 91.
How it was received
River City Ransom holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 48% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1990 averaged 65, so it scored 6 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 54 votes.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for River City Ransom yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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