What Gamespot Users have to say about River City Ransom

  • Rating:9.7

    One of the best games for the NES, and the best beatem up game for the NES, even possibly of all time.

    By SemiMaster | Review Date: Jun 20, 2006 | NES

    There are few games that inspire such reverence in a genre. People think, Final Fantasy as the best in RPG, or Soul Calibur in Fighting Games. Well, there are a few elite games in the greatest beatem ups of all time. Tho... Read Full Review

    2 of 3 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.5

    RCR Brief

    By perlox | Review Date: Apr 07, 2006 | NES

    River City Ransom is one of those great NES games that really didnt get all the respect it deserved. I have enjoyed playing the ridiculous levels and beating the living hell out of people will chains and bats. I would de... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.1

    Rivercity Ransom...My #1 in beat 'em up action!

    By envomtonix | Review Date: Jan 31, 2006 | NES

    One day you go to school and find a note saying that your girlfriend has been captured...what do you do? I don't know, beat some people up for stealing my girlfriend. Let the fists fly and the action commence. Some mi... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.8

    Magnificent 2P side-scrolling adventure with the button-mash brawling of a fighting game and the complexity of an RPG...

    By BiMetroWiccan | Review Date: Jan 09, 2006 | NES

    In River City Ransom, you choose between two male characters, both if playing on Two-Player mode, who are on a quest to rescue a young girl from a gang leader Along the way, you can fight various street thugs, who the... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.2

    Great Fighting Game!

    By EvgeniBuzov | Review Date: Nov 28, 2005 | GBA

    One of the best things about this game is the actuall gameplay and storyline. We all enjoyed the classic River City Ransom for the old NES, and now this game is on Game Boy Advanced! Even though some people say it's not ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    By King9999 | Review Date: Sep 04, 2003 | NES

    River City Ransom is the beat-'em-up genre's Luigi (of Mario Bros. fame): it's the one game that's often neglected, while other games have taken centre stage and have been hailed as being some of the greatest brawlers of... Read Full Review

    3 of 5 users found the following review helpful
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