Hear the message from Sick, the meanest ganglord in town: "I hold your high school captive, and some of the students will have a trying moment, if they're ever fool enough to cross my path!" But you aren't afraid of anybody! Face the terrible gangs and neutralize their bosses, in order to deliver the city from terror!

Overall 9.2    Graphics 8.8    Sound 8.2    Addictive 9.2    Story 6.6    Depth 7.2    Difficulty 7.6

Oh the memories   Smashbros64z
River City Ransom, one of my favorite games for the NES of all time all because it is so fun to play...
  Graphics 10   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 9   Difficulty 9
      Review Rating: 4/5     Submitted: 08-11-12     Review Replies: 1

This blows my day....   Boxia
River City Ransom was released in Japan by Technos Japan for the Famicom in april of 1989, but didn'...
  Graphics 9   Sound 9   Addictive 10   Story 3   Depth 5   Difficulty 9
      Review Rating: 4/5     Submitted: 01-12-14     Review Replies: 0

River City Ransom   warmaker
River City Ransom is a story of a guy (or two brothers in multiplay) who has his girlfriend kidnappe...
  Graphics 8   Sound 7   Addictive 9   Story 7   Depth 8   Difficulty 8
      Review Rating: 3.5/5     Submitted: 04-27-11     Review Replies: 0

BARF!   ryansmith
River City Ransom is all of the fun of Double Dragon and other beat em up games, with a few twists. ...
  Graphics 9   Sound 8   Addictive 7   Story 9   Depth 7   Difficulty 7
      Review Rating: 3.1/5     Submitted: 01-21-13     Review Replies: 0

Love the NES? Play one of its finest.   endings
Oh my goodness. Rivery City Ransom. This is my favorite NES game ever. Today I ran into a friend who...
  Graphics 8   Sound 7   Addictive 10   Story 5   Depth 7   Difficulty 5
      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 06-28-14     Review Replies: 1

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sauce man 06-20-18 - 02:41 PM
 Well, at least we still have this inspiration of Scott Pilgrim. :D
8bitNESPlayer 04-01-16 - 09:30 AM
 I'm history, dude!
pinkeyedtree 02-25-15 - 11:35 PM
 me and my brother used to and still do really enjoy this one. many funny moments
Will1 01-17-15 - 05:35 PM
 Game is cool
Maverick987 09-18-14 - 06:09 PM
 it's cool to play as a greaser the whole game has a 50s feel to it
orionfoxgibson 12-03-12 - 01:14 AM
 This game rocks. Glad to hear many can enjoy it today.
Deleted Account.. 09-15-12 - 01:40 AM
 Lol this is pretty fun. No idea where to go yet, but still having fun playing. :)
Takeshi 06-02-12 - 11:58 AM
 Good times of Nintendo 8-bit
thelastrichmond.. 05-29-12 - 11:42 PM
 U cant play two players but you can add cheat through gamegenie.com press esc button to get to the menu
Jsmooth15 05-11-12 - 06:39 PM
 What an old school classic.....
Kay420kill 04-11-12 - 02:47 AM
 i played this 20+ years ago 2 player with my sister we beat the livin crap outa each other
Kay420kill 04-11-12 - 02:47 AM
 expencive sushi is the way to go swordfish
Kay420kill 04-11-12 - 02:20 AM
 both z and x to jump
mryoyo74 04-02-12 - 03:21 PM
 how do I jump, I know it was in the real game, but what do I press to jump?
macreuben 02-29-12 - 06:58 PM
 sweet this game rules
deathgamer12 02-28-12 - 09:52 PM
 can any 1 tell me how to play 2 player on here plz
deathgamer12 02-28-12 - 09:51 PM
 i member this good old classic game n its still fun til this day only problem is idk how to play 2 players any 1 know thanx
Jordanv78 12-09-10 - 11:04 AM
 Any fan of beat'em up's should play this game. So much fun.
mmac1132 11-06-10 - 03:06 PM
 so many funny moments of the "bad guys" throwing stuff directed at me and the object ends up hitting his buddy in the head 3 stooges style.
stonefox55 10-14-10 - 05:38 PM
 why isnt the keyboard working?? it worked before
arcanet 07-02-10 - 03:27 PM
 hello
ls95 05-30-10 - 01:10 PM
 this game's awesome and it kicks ass
Lagslayer 05-21-10 - 10:10 PM
 Finally found it. This game was fun, but for the life of me I couldn't remember the name.
c00lnap 08-19-09 - 07:26 PM
 This game is fun I just wished I didnt lag so much
nate dawg 07-17-09 - 09:15 PM
 this game is fun :)