River City Ransom - November 2010

**Winnebagel** · 11-02-2010, 07:52 PM

Retro Uprising - Arcade - River City Ransom for NES

Released by Technos in 1989, River City Ransom is a classic beat 'em up for the NES.

The plot follows high school students Alex and Ryan (Kunio and Riki in the Japanese version) as they cross River City in an attempt to rescue River City High and Ryan's girlfriend Cyndi from the clutches of a villain called "Slick". Along the way, they battle with gangs of students (with names such as "The Generic Dudes" or "The Frat Guys") and several bosses and sub-bosses. Enemies will warrant a yell and drop money signifying their defeat, including the well known phrase "BARF!"

River City Ransom has been described as a cross between a beat 'em up and a role-playing game. The game follows a linear path from start to finish. The fighting style is very similar to Double Dragon, in that the player can move freely around the screen while pressing buttons to punch, kick, or jump. However, the characters' effectiveness in battle is determined by several statistics and their knowledge of fighting techniques, such as Grand Slam (Mach Swing), Stone Hands (Mach Punch), and Dragon Feet (Mach Kick), which are purchased like items in shops throughout the city using funds recovered from defeated gang members. This loot may also be spent on various food items and spa treatments which serve to revitalize the player's stats, while displaying a funny animation.

Master River City Ransom for 18 Game Club points.

This is an example of the ending screen you need to submit on for Mastering credit. You may submit on any screen that comes after this one.

**Tails** · 11-03-2010, 07:03 AM

*BARFS*

**Winnebagel** · 11-03-2010, 08:02 AM

Quick! Someone get this man a tissue!

**jim5cents** · 11-04-2010, 08:08 AM

If you had previously mastered it, do you automatically get the points?

**Kong** · 11-04-2010, 10:25 AM

You get the points for your over all score but not for your monthly score. If you want to try to get the trophy for most points this month then you need to beat it again, this month.

**Tails** · 11-04-2010, 11:09 AM

So, what is the best items to get?

Got all the way to the High School before I got bored.

**jim5cents** · 11-04-2010, 01:23 PM

Dragon Feet, Grind for money, buy items that max out kick, will power, stamina, and agility.

I should probably point out that it is possible to input passwords at anytime, so full video verification is probably required.

**Mareeps** · 11-04-2010, 04:15 PM

All Slick's base are belong to me. River City Ransom Mastered. Protip: Buy the Grand Slam book ASAP, it lets you swing weapons extremely fast, making bosses laughably easy.

**Slime Slayer** · 11-04-2010, 04:53 PM

The only thing I buy are the dragon feet.

**elrod21** · 11-04-2010, 04:54 PM

Same here with the dragon feet.

If you know how to use them right it is possible to get through the whole game with just them and beat all the bosses. That is how I used to do it back when this game came out.

**Tails** · 11-05-2010, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jim5cents

Dragon Feet, Grind for money, buy items that max out kick, will power, stamina, and agility.

I should probably point out that it is possible to input passwords at anytime, so full video verification is probably required.

Thanks!

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Really fun game.

**Seahawk** · 11-05-2010, 08:41 AM

Time for a contest from Seahawk:

Whoever makes the fastest submission time of River City Ransom gets their run posted on RU's youtube channel at the end of the month.

**sabby** · 11-10-2010, 03:52 PM

I take it that we have to play this on advanced.

**Winnebagel** · 11-10-2010, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sabby

I take it that we have to play this on advanced.

is there a different ending on advanced? If not, then whatever the default difficulty is should work.

**sabby** · 11-10-2010, 04:38 PM

I don't know, that's why I'm asking?

**Winnebagel** · 11-10-2010, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sabby

I don't know, that's why I'm asking?

I just looked it up again, and the ending is the same either way. The default setting should work.

**lemon2000** · 11-27-2010, 02:33 PM

does this have to be on 1 player or can it be played on co op?

**Winnebagel** · 11-27-2010, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lemon2000

does this have to be on 1 player or can it be played on co op?

For Game Masters is must be played in one player mode.

**Tails** · 12-01-2010, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Time for a contest from Seahawk:

Whoever makes the fastest submission time of River City Ransom gets their run posted on RU's youtube channel at the end of the month.

Dec 1st so I take it I won?

**Seahawk** · 12-04-2010, 02:17 PM

Tails wins with a 37 minute clear.

I'll get that video up as soon as I can.

**Winnebagel** · 12-04-2010, 02:19 PM

Congrats Tailsy!