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1 player or 2 players simultaneous cooperative. Published by Technos in Japan 1989-04-25, American Technos in North America 1990-01, Infogrames in Europe 1991, and (I guess by Infogrames) in Australia 1991.
The literal translation of the name is, 'Downtown Hot-Blooded Story'.

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kunio? This game is the 2nd in the unofficial nekketsu series. A scene of the game has protagonist's bare buttocks is clearly visible. This is against against Nintendo's Content Guidelines as revealed by their own documents. Games can be contuined via passwords.
Zerothis - # 2006-12-27 10:18:33

River City Ransom takes place in River City, where our heroes, Alex and Ryan, find a letter on Ryan's locker from a guy named Slick. The letter says that Ryan's girlfriend, Cyndi, has been kidnapped, and Slick has taken River City hostage with the help of countless gangs and evil bosses. It's up to our heroes to save poor Cyndi and free River City from the clutches of Slick and his underlings. You can play as Alex and take on the challenge alone or battle with two players simultaneously as Alex and Ryan. Kick and punch to fight your way through gang members, evil bosses and other goons, or use a variety of weapons including a chain whip, brass knuckles and a tire, to name a few. Raise your stats by eating right, and gain new techniques by reading books. With your fighting prowess and never-ending spirit, the bad guys won't know what hit them.
# 2008-05-07 19:52:57 - official description - edit article

They take your girlfriend. You gotta get her back. A buddy helps you out. You walk around beating people senseless and taking their cash to get food and more techniques you learn via books.
The moral: Steeping on hostile truf usually attracts conflict and you can learn how to flail and turn into a ball if you read a book. Fun game even though it's not believable that your school would be that far away from you and they'd still kidnap your girlfriend instead of someone more important or closer, but yeah... fun game.
Ordering a smile in fast food restaurants was neat, so I started doing it in real life. Got different results. Heh.
Pfilosophy - # 2006-12-27 10:18:33 - edit article

Awesome game, one of my childhood classics. I remember I used to play this all the time with my brother. The only problem was writing down the password (to save your game). It was like a million characters long and case-sensitive. One mistake would cost you the game--god help you if you have bad handwriting. You definitely want to play this game with a friend, that's where this game really shines. RUN! RUN! I'M GONNA LOSE MY MONEY!
cjlee001 - # 2006-12-27 10:18:33