River City Ransom
Fight through streets with punches, kicks and thrown objects, then develop your fighter with food, equipment and special moves; a second player can join.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.7 / 10
About this game
Kunio and Riki team up against Reiho Academy in a street-fighting adventure. Punch and kick opponents, pick up objects and throw them during fights. Combat also feeds into character development: food and equipped items can improve abilities, while learned special moves expand the available actions. Two-player options support cooperation or fighting between the players. Passwords preserve developed statistics, so building a fighter and choosing how to work with a partner are part of the progression.
Collected in series
River City is part of the Kunio-kun family of schoolyard brawls, comic rivalries and unruly sports games. Its street-fighting adventures let you punch, kick and grab weapons, with several entries adding shops and new moves to learn between fights.
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Famicom / NES
AI review
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Street fighting with character growth and flexible partner interaction.
Shopping and learned moves give brawling a planning layer. Two-player settings make the partner relationship part of the choice.
Strengths
- Character development adds decisions between fights.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy brawling alongside growth choices.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Growth can give successive confrontations a longer-term purpose. | Reviewed | 8.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Thrown objects and learned moves offer alternatives to basic punches. | Reviewed | 9.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension School rivals provide a distinct framing for street fights. | Reviewed | 8.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Passwords preserve statistics, while player-attack settings help define the intended partnership. | Reviewed | 7.9 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Technos
- Publisher
- Technos
- Release date
- 1990
- Platforms
- Famicom / NES
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Fighting · Primary genre
- Tags
- Semi-open WorldHumorousLocal Co-op2D GraphicsSide-scrollingMelee CombatRetro StyleClass Builds
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single playerCo-opMultiplayer
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- Famicom / NESWorldwide1990
- Wii UWorldwide1989
Game gallery
Sources
- www.nintendo.co.jpSource revision: 1
- www.nintendo.co.jp