This game thaught me that when someone is making a cool entrance pre fight speech, its best to just immediately hit them in the face with a bicycle chain.
And lose Reputation (Yes, interrupting a boss character when they are giving their opening talk lowers your reputation, which affects the odds of getting an ally later on. No lockout entirely, just makes it harder to gain reputation to get said ally(es) later on)
Most certainly agree! I’ve been replaying this game on the nt noir this past week with my son and it’s up their with my favorite 2 player local offline co-op games of all time.
This was my favorite NES game as a kid haha even though the N64 was out already by then my family had the old NES from when my older brother was a kid and this game kept me entertained for hours. Beating up thugs with boards and chains was SO badass. Music is great too. BARF!
Sir, you have produced the most sensational archive of NES music and I applaud you for it. Thank you. The sweet tones caress my eardrums like the tip of Simon Belmont's whip snapping against an undead lupine. Vaya con dios, amigo. Namaste.
Is it just me, or did Fighting the Gangs (Running Around) take massive inspiration from Green Onions by Booker T. and the M.G.'s? If so, that's a really nice touch, and tonally appropriate. Definitely deepens my appreciation for this classic.
This was such a kick ass game, liked Double Dragon, but this one was more fun with the upgraded moves, levels of power and all that. The code you had to write down for where you were at we're in the game was insanely long lol. I still play this and others every once in awhile on my original NES. The show down at the high school is badass. Loved the music/score ad well of course. Thank You For This brilliant bit of nostalgia!
just remeber this game and came rushing to hear this amazing soundtrack. Thank you for this. An another thanxs for the track listening in the description
My favorite the two twins on 17:40! Everytime the music begins, I usual be at the end of the hallway to run straight to them. But the final music is funny.
The countless days of me and my brothers getting owned by Randy and Mandy. I finally beat them by myself when I was about 13, and now I can still pop the cartridge in my NES when I'm feeling nostalgic.
This is arguably one of the greatest games on the NES.. so many great aspects to it they created a game just like it for the PS2. It is called BULLY and many of us are still waiting for the sequel to that as well. There was a 16 bit game where your group from school went through other areas and schools and fought until you beat them all up but cant remember what it was... it was like a Tekken game though
336025abC It's closer to 32-bit (Playstation-era) but I believe the game you're referring to is Rival Schools. Did one of the main characters sound like Ocarina of Time-era Link?
This is one of my all time favorite game ever! I wish it could have a better ending than just the black screen with some word on it, get frustrated in the end the first time I ended this one...
I forget how hard they worked on these 8 bit soundtracks sometimes. At first they seem like the definition of “simple” when it’s actually super complex musical scales and tempos on a loop. Really, these are brilliantly put together so that a short strip of music can keep you dynamically engaged. The NES library is filled with examples of legendary “Vine style” musical selections. You have a clear time limit and a confined number and low quality/quantity of instruments. Basically the sound you have gotten so far from computers has sounded like someone programmed the first sex robot with a “queef” function, and you and your buddies took that very distinct sound and made a whole sub genre of music. Oh god and the perididdles…
i still rock RCR on my old ass NES from '89. me and the boys will run through it after a night at the bar. it's like and old movie for me. "you want to watch goodfellas, or play RCR again?" hard choice... thankyou for making this available.
Working from home in quarantine due to the Coronavirus scare. Playing old NES themes in the background while I work. Bringing back some serious memories!
0:21 I hold your city captive & Ryan's girlfriend hostage. With my gangs of students & evil bosses, nobody can stop me now. Meet my demands - or else! ... P.S. Alex & Ryan if you interfere, you'll be in for the fight of your lives! ... SLICK
9:04 sounds like something out of Battle of Olympus. EDIT: Oh! Maybe because both games' soundtracks were written by the same composer, Kazuo Sawa. Never knew this!
Man I remember some of the small things that made this game worth playing. Just before fighting the dragon twins, you search the classrooms, and you can speak with the girlfriend before the fight. I used to beat the game heaps of times as a kid, and used to find small things here n there. Like fighting "cowboy", he wasn't really required to beat the game.
The gba remake of this was pretty sweet and even had more moves. Too bad we haven't seen one in the US since. I'd kill for this to be on a modern system with a new system if they did it right.... maybe like Sleeping dogs or such. Then again I have also been wanting a sequel to crystalis since I was like 8..... and I'm 32.
I dunno if you know, but there is another remake of _River City Ransom_ for the 3DS called _River City: Rival Showdown_ that has *a lot* more content. We're talkin' more story, more city, more moves, pretty much more of everything. If you have a 3DS, then I think that it's *definitely* worth checking out.
The boss music reminds me of farming benny and clyde for money. Just keep fighting them till you save up $100 which seemed like a lot of money back then
In the past, i use to beat this game,i write to the company who make the game,i give them a compliment about the game,and what next,they give me a wwf t-shirt with their american technos logo and a arcade poster. :)
Guys this was my second favorite NES game, first being Goal 3, or Kunio-kun no Soccer. All of Nekketsu soundtracks are already god-tier, but if you want to ascend even further, check out River City Ransom Underground OST, I doubt you'll be able to do any tasks for 1 hour and 27 minutes straight. Anyway, BARF!
W.S.L. Warehouse / Vacant 3rd Wheel Factory track is very solid outside of the obvious actual Double Dragon easter egg track it's probably the closest in sound to Double Dragon even has a slight Metroid vibe.
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the economy is getting bad where the world will end up like this.. hold on I could really go for a double burger *runs outside and beats up 7 of his neighbors for a total of $8.65 *buys double burger and eats* STR+1 AGI+2 Max HP+ 7 ok guys back =D
The setting is a typical Japanese town, except americanized for the non JP version. So, the towns looks a lot like urban japanese places, and so do the schools and the other places, but the characters dress a lot like 50s people lol.
Okay so take this with the single grain of salt that it barely even deserves, BUT, in Japan there's a progression of subcultures that sometimes seems to roughly mirror or follow earlier subcultures of America. It's not exactly 1-to-1, but I think in the 80s and early 90s in Japan there was a certain youthful street-gang subculture that wouldn't have looked too out-of-place in 1950's America, what with their short greased perfectly styled hair and uniform choices in clothing. You can see characters inspired by this subculture a lot in some older anime, like Yu Yu Hakusho. I don't know if they were literally aping 1950's America, but its easy to see how that assumption could be made.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C5%8Ds%C5%8Dzoku Here's some more info on it. Japan and America have done a lot of culture swapping over the years. It's a fun topic to look into.
I can’t even walk down a long hallway with double doors without balling my fist up. Also, I always believe any set of twins are waiting for the right moment to bust out the dragon kick.
![NES Longplay [044] River City Ransom](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/G_gEtc4rAqU/mqdefault.jpg)
This game thaught me that when someone is making a cool entrance pre fight speech, its best to just immediately hit them in the face with a bicycle chain.
"Barf!!"
XD hilarious and awesome.
I am the 100th Like!! WOOOOO
And lose Reputation
(Yes, interrupting a boss character when they are giving their opening talk lowers your reputation, which affects the odds of getting an ally later on. No lockout entirely, just makes it harder to gain reputation to get said ally(es) later on)
@@The-Zer0th-Law GBA version only
You can really tell that the composer for this game was really having fun with it.
this game is a piece of art.
💯
one of the games i replay the most.....
My body tingles from sweet memories playing this as a kid back in the early 90's.....now where's my brass knuckles?
Technos is very underrated in the Music/Sound dept. This game and Nintendo World Cup got incredible OST.
Super Dodgeball too!
And Super Spike V'ball
Nintendo world cup!!! Hell yesss
Crash and the Boys: Street Challenge had an amazing fucking soundtrack. It was hella fun too.
Don't forget double dragon 1, 2 and 3!
The reverb is sweet. Sounds like you're blasting your 13 inch TV in an empty house, which is what I did when my parents weren't home. haha
"Running Around" is still one of my favorite NES songs of all time. I love this game!
Agreed!
Most certainly agree! I’ve been replaying this game on the nt noir this past week with my son and it’s up their with my favorite 2 player local offline co-op games of all time.
A tough fight boss theme 1 is a rockin chune by any standard! One of my favorite on the nes.
Hey… if you think about it, this is the second open world game, and the first “3D space” open world game…
@@Adamchevy I would totally play an online mmo version of this game…
Running Around is the best. The simple but catchy 8bit looping tracks of the NES games are forever etched in my memory.
This was my favorite NES game as a kid haha even though the N64 was out already by then my family had the old NES from when my older brother was a kid and this game kept me entertained for hours. Beating up thugs with boards and chains was SO badass. Music is great too. BARF!
I consider this the greatest for of 50s style music in 8 bits. No other game could match it.
"BARF!!!!!"
+E-Z Mansini HAHAHAHAHAHA...!!
Sir, you have produced the most sensational archive of NES music and I applaud you for it. Thank you. The sweet tones caress my eardrums like the tip of Simon Belmont's whip snapping against an undead lupine. Vaya con dios, amigo. Namaste.
Love the rockabilly sound in Running Around. 8 bit guitar solos sound so cool.
Is it just me, or did Fighting the Gangs (Running Around) take massive inspiration from Green Onions by Booker T. and the M.G.'s? If so, that's a really nice touch, and tonally appropriate. Definitely deepens my appreciation for this classic.
It's a remix or adaptation of that theme...
I wanna Acros Circus someone right now...and then go for a sauna.
River City Tokyo Melee releases March 2017 for Playstation 4.
Man, the Running Around music brings some great memories flooding back. :D
This was such a kick ass game, liked Double Dragon, but this one was more fun with the upgraded moves, levels of power and all that. The code you had to write down for where you were at we're in the game was insanely long lol. I still play this and others every once in awhile on my original NES. The show down at the high school is badass. Loved the music/score ad well of course. Thank You For This brilliant bit of nostalgia!
Me & my brother used to play the crap out of this game back in the day, good stuff!
Malovon same here
Renegade was pretty good too!
Same
just remeber this game and came rushing to hear this amazing soundtrack. Thank you for this. An another thanxs for the track listening in the description
Nothing more hilarious then beating the crap out of someone with their friends passed-out body.
and their eyes are completely white
JennyLeigh2001 yes!!!😂😂😂😂
so true
Right!! Haha
Very unique channel of the soundtracks of NES games. The tunes bring back, so many memories. Subbing!
My favorite the two twins on 17:40! Everytime the music begins, I usual be at the end of the hallway to run straight to them. But the final music is funny.
The countless days of me and my brothers getting owned by Randy and Mandy. I finally beat them by myself when I was about 13, and now I can still pop the cartridge in my NES when I'm feeling nostalgic.
Unused Theme 2 sounds like a credits screen.
A tough fight
The original GTA....without the theft of automobiles, on a grand scale.
Retro City Rampage ;)
the only gta were you are the hero and no a criminal
Bitch, please, the original Yakuza
This is arguably one of the greatest games on the NES.. so many great aspects to it they created a game just like it for the PS2. It is called BULLY and many of us are still waiting for the sequel to that as well. There was a 16 bit game where your group from school went through other areas and schools and fought until you beat them all up but cant remember what it was... it was like a Tekken game though
336025abC It's closer to 32-bit (Playstation-era) but I believe the game you're referring to is Rival Schools. Did one of the main characters sound like Ocarina of Time-era Link?
i swear Wiiguy309 you keep uploading my favorite game soundtracks,kudos on your good tastes in music and keep em coming ;)
This is one of my all time favorite game ever!
I wish it could have a better ending than just the black screen with some word on it, get frustrated in the end the first time I ended this one...
Bro from the heart i really respect what you do. Keep up the good work.
This channel has the best nes music ❤❤❤❤
すごいです!
I have the boss fight theme as my ringtone this game brings back really good memories
Haha, mine is "running around". 😂
20:55 is used in JP version as Ending theme. 22:25 is unused in RCR, but the JP version of NWC uses it.
This blows my day!
Omg this game was the shiznit!!!!
I forget how hard they worked on these 8 bit soundtracks sometimes. At first they seem like the definition of “simple” when it’s actually super complex musical scales and tempos on a loop. Really, these are brilliantly put together so that a short strip of music can keep you dynamically engaged. The NES library is filled with examples of legendary “Vine style” musical selections. You have a clear time limit and a confined number and low quality/quantity of instruments.
Basically the sound you have gotten so far from computers has sounded like someone programmed the first sex robot with a “queef” function, and you and your buddies took that very distinct sound and made a whole sub genre of music.
Oh god and the perididdles…
7:12 and 8:30 the best recording i have on my mind from nes :D
i still rock RCR on my old ass NES from '89. me and the boys will run through it after a night at the bar. it's like and old movie for me. "you want to watch goodfellas, or play RCR again?" hard choice...
thankyou for making this available.
BAAAAARRRF!
*Disappears and drops a coin worth 10 bucks*
Working from home in quarantine due to the Coronavirus scare. Playing old NES themes in the background while I work. Bringing back some serious memories!
God I love this game. Still own it.
17:37 Waaaaaaiiiit, I know that song!
Did they really put the Double Dragon theme in this game? Was that an easter egg or something? Wow.
yeah both games were developed by Technōs Japan 👍
@@SeenGod I never played through the whole game though. Did Billy and Jimmy make a guest appearance or something?
@@calebchild4467 They are boss in this game.
0:21
I hold your city captive &
Ryan's girlfriend hostage.
With my gangs of students &
evil bosses, nobody can stop
me now. Meet my demands - or
else! ... P.S. Alex & Ryan if
you interfere, you'll be in
for the fight of your lives!
... SLICK
Makes you want to go around punching people irl for coins. "ALMOST" XD
9:04 sounds like something out of Battle of Olympus.
EDIT: Oh! Maybe because both games' soundtracks were written by the same composer, Kazuo Sawa. Never knew this!
You didn’t even edit your comment
it feels like a new music, thank you very much :)
One dislike said this: BARF!
Man I remember some of the small things that made this game worth playing. Just before fighting the dragon twins, you search the classrooms, and you can speak with the girlfriend before the fight. I used to beat the game heaps of times as a kid, and used to find small things here n there. Like fighting "cowboy", he wasn't really required to beat the game.
ty So much
The gba remake of this was pretty sweet and even had more moves. Too bad we haven't seen one in the US since. I'd kill for this to be on a modern system with a new system if they did it right.... maybe like Sleeping dogs or such.
Then again I have also been wanting a sequel to crystalis since I was like 8..... and I'm 32.
+CrysResan This has been in the works for awhile. supposed to come out by March of next year steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=389876248
+dragoonfunykid Looks good, but Japan didn't make that one.
+CrysResan And where's my StarTropics 3???
I dunno if you know, but there is another remake of _River City Ransom_ for the 3DS called _River City: Rival Showdown_ that has *a lot* more content. We're talkin' more story, more city, more moves, pretty much more of everything. If you have a 3DS, then I think that it's *definitely* worth checking out.
Thank you Steam kept this a secret for me. hate that.
This game introduced me to yankii badassery at the tender age of 3. Thanks for the osts! So nostalgic
Love this soundtrack!! River City High is hype!!!
My favourite NES game, hands down. Loved to experiment every skill combo possible.
Hey, look! It's Chinese Guile Lou Diamond Phillips and the Miami Vice guy!
Most memorable game on the NES
Wow hearing all these songs makes me want to play this game all over again. Wish my nes was in stereo ;)
Ahh, Street gangs it takes me back to another time and it's so nostalgic it can get. Still got my nes and my two copies if Street gangs.
Menu/shop theme is baller!
LO MEJOR DE LA NES
Im so glad i looked up best beat em up games and this is one of them.
Never waited the end of foe's speech to break his face ! I played it much with my brother whereas i couldn't even read a single english word :D
The guy on the box looks like Olivier Gruner from the film Angel Town.
downtown nekketsu monogatari
I remember playing this when I was younger. I'm excited for the sequel that's coming out soon.
16:07 has singing that late 80's/ early 90's song with the part that goes "Wiggle it just a little bit!"
run on kunio-kun
when that played, I knew things began to get real (especially since the Dragon Twins fight almost like the Lee Brothers).
I used to play all day back in the days :) Ah man good memories
Great game and great OST. thanks.
this was my favorite NES game....remember the secret shop in the black wall in the tunnel?
Did this come out before Double Dragon? I always liked this game way more than DD or Bad Dudes.
The only Technos game that came out before Double Dragon was Renegade (which in the JP version is in the same series as RCR.)
The boss music reminds me of farming benny and clyde for money. Just keep fighting them till you save up $100 which seemed like a lot of money back then
In the past, i use to beat this game,i write to the company who make the game,i give them a compliment about the game,and what next,they give me a wwf t-shirt with their american technos logo and a arcade poster. :)
7:12 Kirby?
The Twin Dragons theme....Enough said!!!
Where/how did you find the unused tracks? And where in the game did the Double Dragon II theme appear?
+Cody Sharpe the twins fight before the main guy
1 not 2...
Such a rad game probably my all time favorite. Its pretty open ended for a nes brawler.
Guys this was my second favorite NES game, first being Goal 3, or Kunio-kun no Soccer. All of Nekketsu soundtracks are already god-tier, but if you want to ascend even further, check out River City Ransom Underground OST, I doubt you'll be able to do any tasks for 1 hour and 27 minutes straight. Anyway, BARF!
You can use this game's name as a verb, for example "this city is dangerous, anyone who walks the streets at night gets river city ransomed."
A lot of this sounds like it's from Double Dragon :)
Same company. You actually fight Billy and Jimmy Lee (see the Twin Dragons theme).
8:30 11:13 14:23😄💖💖💖💖💖💙💙💙💙❤❤💕💕💖❤💙❤💖❤💕💙💕💓💞💜💝💛💗💕💖💕💙❤💙💙17:37
W.S.L. Warehouse / Vacant 3rd Wheel Factory track is very solid outside of the obvious actual Double Dragon easter egg track it's probably the closest in sound to Double Dragon even has a slight Metroid vibe.
Some of the notes from the first song here sound like on the Team Setup theme from Super Dodge Ball
0:00 Выбор игрового режима / Выбор персонажа
0:21 Пролог и Эпилог / Статус / Персонал
2:19 Заголовок экрана
2:25 Борьба с бандами (бегают)
5:56 Меню / Магазин
7:12 Пароль / Парк
8:30 ролик
9:04 W.S.L. Склад / Свободное 3-е колесное предприятие
11:13 Ривер Сити Высокий
14:23 Жесткий бой (Босс Тема 1)
16:07 Более жесткая схватка (Босс Тема 2)
17:37 Двойные драконы (тема двойного дракона)
19:12 Финальный бой (Финальный босс)
20:55 Неиспользованный Джингл 1
22:07 Неиспользованный Джингл 2
22:14 Неиспользованный Джингл 3
22:18 Неиспользованная тема 1
22:25 Неиспользованная тема 2
At Korcskru The gee - Indeed. Dragon feet, stone hands, and grand slam all the way.
nice
Mao's ftw
Legendary.
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2:48 It looks like Fresh Prince of Bel-Air song
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Marco: "Wham!" Vinnnie: "Wham!"
Can't believe they used the double dragon theme! Technos I believe wanted this to be double dragon IIII!
17:37 The Dragon Twins
the economy is getting bad where the world will end up like this.. hold on I could really go for a double burger *runs outside and beats up 7 of his neighbors for a total of $8.65 *buys double burger and eats* STR+1 AGI+2 Max HP+ 7 ok guys back =D
i bet its akward when they see there neibhors lol
XD
Hilarious!
Is this game suppose to take place in the 1950s? I always thought the characters dressed like they were from that era.
I never really thought about it, but the music sure sounds like rockabilly/golden era rock, so it must be.
The setting is a typical Japanese town, except americanized for the non JP version. So, the towns looks a lot like urban japanese places, and so do the schools and the other places, but the characters dress a lot like 50s people lol.
Okay so take this with the single grain of salt that it barely even deserves, BUT, in Japan there's a progression of subcultures that sometimes seems to roughly mirror or follow earlier subcultures of America. It's not exactly 1-to-1, but I think in the 80s and early 90s in Japan there was a certain youthful street-gang subculture that wouldn't have looked too out-of-place in 1950's America, what with their short greased perfectly styled hair and uniform choices in clothing. You can see characters inspired by this subculture a lot in some older anime, like Yu Yu Hakusho.
I don't know if they were literally aping 1950's America, but its easy to see how that assumption could be made.
Tokyo Rockabilly Club is what they call themselves. They're badass. Only Japan could take a pompadour & fluff it a foot tall.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C5%8Ds%C5%8Dzoku Here's some more info on it. Japan and America have done a lot of culture swapping over the years. It's a fun topic to look into.
I imagine the 2:25 in some jazz cover style (traditional jazz, of course). Maybe ska or old kind of rock'n'roll (from Presley's age). Maybe.
I like "Fighting the gangs" theme, it's a kind of rocky feeling
I can’t even walk down a long hallway with double doors without balling my fist up. Also, I always believe any set of twins are waiting for the right moment to bust out the dragon kick.