River City Ransom

Beat'em up by Technos from the beloved Nekketsu series of games. The player or players travel through various city locations, encountering various gangs along the way. Gang members can be defeated by punching and kicking, as well as you can use various items, taken from the opponents weapons, as well as you can throw it at the enemy. In place of the defeated gang member, appear coins, collecting which can be spent in shopping centers to buy items that restore health and improve combat skills. The main characters have stats, as in RPGs, which can be improved in this way, as well as buy books to learn fighting techniques.

In the Western version, the evil Slick has kidnapped Ryan's girlfriend and taken over the school, Ryan and Alex (the second player) have to fight their way through the ruthless gangs of River City to face Slick and free his girlfriend. In the Japanese version, the plot is basically the same, only the characters are named Riki and Kunio and are dressed in their school uniforms. To finish the game, players must find and defeat all the bosses.

In order to immerse yourself in the original Japanese atmosphere of the game, we advise you to play the relocalized version from the fans.

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