River City Ransom - VGF

**NintendoNut** · 01-04-2006, 05:02 PM

I've never played this game. Just never really came across it. From what I see it looks like some sort of action-adventure game. Perhaps elements of a side-scrolling beat 'em up?

Anyway, you have until tomorrow night to nominate 5 games to go on the list of games eligible to be next week's GotW.

Curtis Bonds · 01-04-2006, 05:07 PM

I only played it a little bit, but it was pretty fun. I should find the GBA remake sometime.

I nominate Trauma Center: Under the Knife.

Koga · 01-04-2006, 05:33 PM

I've never heard of it.

***Ace Mercury*** · 01-04-2006, 06:01 PM

It's a fun game; it's immensely fun playing with another (retro) gamer. It's always funny when you accidentally throw a tire at your partner, and you end up kicking each other instead of playing the game 'properly'.

At it's heart, it's a free-range beat-em-up scroller, but it has tons of RPG-like thingies attached to it. You have all the RPG stats like health, attack power, speed, etc. Also, it has a character building system by buying food, equipment, items, and skills from various towns using money you get from beating guys up. It has RPG like progression, where you advance (and backtrack) through the various towns with progressively tougher enemies and bosses, and advance a paltry story. Pretty fun, I must admit; it has a cult following.

Ghost Kitty · 01-04-2006, 07:38 PM

w00t! My nomination won! Go me!

River City Randsom is personally my favorite handheld game of all time.(Yes, that means I've only played the GBA remake.)

The simple yet charming graphics and equally simple yet addictive gameplay is what made this game so awsome...

But there was one thing I hated about the remake: The box-art was God awful!(The Japanese version had great box-art...)

So, yeah, buy this game, original or remake, and have the greatest old-school handheld gaming moment of your life...

I nominate Peater Jackson's King Kong: Official Game of the Movie(Console Version)

[ January 04, 2006, 06:41 PM: Message edited by: Full Metal 9-Volt ]

Tad Venture · 01-04-2006, 09:16 PM

BARF!

Chronos · 01-04-2006, 09:21 PM

Peter Jackson's King Kong? The full title of that game reads like a sleazy lawyer's business card.

I'll give my shout-out to Soul Calibur II. I still find it amusing how badly the GC version of SC2 outsold the PS2 and X-Box version.

Curtis Bonds · 01-04-2006, 10:03 PM

On a side note:

http://www.mega64.com/rcr.mpg

Oh, and also, in Europe, the game was known as "Street Gangs".

[ January 04, 2006, 09:07 PM: Message edited by: Curt Loves Katamari ]

***CaptHayfever*** · 01-05-2006, 01:04 AM

^^^Curse you for beating me to it.

^You too.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

GRENTLEMEN · 01-05-2006, 06:00 AM

Almost as good as Double Dragon...

I nominate Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) ..

The game is seriously one of the best I've ever played.

**L007 is Undecided** · 01-05-2006, 08:28 AM

This is one game I haven't played but seriously want to.

(Oops, already nominated.) I nominate the NES Super Mario Brothers.

[ January 05, 2006, 07:32 AM: Message edited by: Ehll Double ohh Seven. ]

Curtis Bonds · 01-05-2006, 03:58 PM

Trauma Center: Under the Knife
King Kong
Soul Calibur II
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Super Mario Bros.

Trauma Center for me. =o

Ghost Kitty · 01-05-2006, 06:57 PM

I vote for King Kong: Easily the BEST video game based on a movie ever made!

Curtis Bonds · 01-06-2006, 01:30 AM

^You obviously never played Chronicles of Riddick, or the Rouge Squadron games.

Fishmael · 01-06-2006, 04:05 AM

River City Ransom is a classic.

Ghost Kitty · 01-06-2006, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Curt Loves Katamari:
^You obviously never played Chronicles of Riddick, or the Rouge Squadron games.

Bah! They are nothing compared to Kong.

GRENTLEMEN · 01-07-2006, 01:15 AM

I vote Castlevania! w00t.

**L007 is Undecided** · 01-08-2006, 01:40 PM

I vote... Super Mario Brothers.

**Booyakasha** · 01-11-2006, 10:00 PM

River City Ransom is brilliant. It taught me one of life's most important lessons--after a hard day of beating the crap out of gang members with an iron bar, there's no better way to unwind than heading to your local restaurant and eating a coffee cup.

In order for 'Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Video Game of the Motion Picture' to be the best movie-to-game conversion ever made, it has to be superior to both 'Goldeneye' and 'Kung-Fu' (which was based on one of Jackie Chan's early films). Is it? I'm inclined to doubt it, unless the final version is loads better than the demo I tried at Gamestop.

01-04-2006, 05:02 PM	#1
NintendoNut NinNut Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hold on, I know this..... Gender: Posts: 8,236 Thanks: 63 Thanked 32 Times in 26 Posts Points: 44,263.46 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 44,263.46 Donate	I've never played this game. Just never really came across it. From what I see it looks like some sort of action-adventure game. Perhaps elements of a side-scrolling beat 'em up? Anyway, you have until tomorrow night to nominate 5 games to go on the list of games eligible to be next week's GotW.

01-04-2006, 05:07 PM	#2
Curtis Bonds Banned Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 15,389.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 15,889.00 Donate	I only played it a little bit, but it was pretty fun. I should find the GBA remake sometime. I nominate Trauma Center: Under the Knife.

01-04-2006, 05:33 PM	#3
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,093 Thanks: 104 Thanked 176 Times in 118 Posts Points: 104,309.41 Bank: 17,752.41 Total Points: 122,061.82 Donate	I've never heard of it.

01-04-2006, 06:01 PM	#4
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 18,943 Thanks: 360 Thanked 1,493 Times in 783 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Points: 97,983.84 Bank: 12,202,050.71 Total Points: 12,300,034.55 Donate	It's a fun game; it's immensely fun playing with another (retro) gamer. It's always funny when you accidentally throw a tire at your partner, and you end up kicking each other instead of playing the game 'properly'. At it's heart, it's a free-range beat-em-up scroller, but it has tons of RPG-like thingies attached to it. You have all the RPG stats like health, attack power, speed, etc. Also, it has a character building system by buying food, equipment, items, and skills from various towns using money you get from beating guys up. It has RPG like progression, where you advance (and backtrack) through the various towns with progressively tougher enemies and bosses, and advance a paltry story. Pretty fun, I must admit; it has a cult following.

01-04-2006, 07:38 PM	#5
Ghost Kitty Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The place... THE PLACE!!! Gender: Posts: 787 Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Points: 9,799.87 Bank: 68.67 Total Points: 9,868.55 Donate	w00t! My nomination won! Go me! River City Randsom is personally my favorite handheld game of all time.(Yes, that means I've only played the GBA remake.) The simple yet charming graphics and equally simple yet addictive gameplay is what made this game so awsome... But there was one thing I hated about the remake: The box-art was God awful!(The Japanese version had great box-art...) So, yeah, buy this game, original or remake, and have the greatest old-school handheld gaming moment of your life... I nominate Peater Jackson's King Kong: Official Game of the Movie(Console Version) [ January 04, 2006, 06:41 PM: Message edited by: Full Metal 9-Volt ]

01-04-2006, 09:16 PM	#6
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01-04-2006, 09:21 PM	#7
Chronos Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 285 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 3,548.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 4,048.00 Donate	Peter Jackson's King Kong? The full title of that game reads like a sleazy lawyer's business card. I'll give my shout-out to Soul Calibur II. I still find it amusing how badly the GC version of SC2 outsold the PS2 and X-Box version.

01-04-2006, 10:03 PM	#8
Curtis Bonds Banned Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 15,389.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 15,889.00 Donate	On a side note: http://www.mega64.com/rcr.mpg Oh, and also, in Europe, the game was known as "Street Gangs". [ January 04, 2006, 09:07 PM: Message edited by: Curt Loves Katamari ]

01-05-2006, 01:04 AM	#9
*CaptHayfever* Smash Supermod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 19,273 Thanks: 160 Thanked 733 Times in 474 Posts Points: 105,389.73 Bank: 923.79 Total Points: 106,313.52 Donate	^^^Curse you for beating me to it. ^You too. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

01-05-2006, 06:00 AM	#10
GRENTLEMEN Retro Nintendo Supermod Art & Literature Mod Metroid Mod Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 15,881 Thanks: 456 Thanked 1,151 Times in 628 Posts Points: 6,374.57 Bank: 1,830,360.28 Total Points: 1,836,734.85 Donate	Almost as good as Double Dragon... I nominate Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) .. The game is seriously one of the best I've ever played.

01-05-2006, 08:28 AM	#11
L007 is Undecided Axe Shreddin' Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: Farmerland. Gender: Posts: 7,341 Thanks: 90 Thanked 292 Times in 172 Posts Points: 2,170.54 Bank: 16,278.34 Total Points: 18,448.88 Donate	This is one game I haven't played but seriously want to. (Oops, already nominated.) I nominate the NES Super Mario Brothers. [ January 05, 2006, 07:32 AM: Message edited by: Ehll Double ohh Seven. ]

01-05-2006, 03:58 PM	#12
Curtis Bonds Banned Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 15,389.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 15,889.00 Donate	Trauma Center: Under the Knife King Kong Soul Calibur II Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Super Mario Bros. Trauma Center for me. =o

01-05-2006, 06:57 PM	#13
Ghost Kitty Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The place... THE PLACE!!! Gender: Posts: 787 Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Points: 9,799.87 Bank: 68.67 Total Points: 9,868.55 Donate	I vote for King Kong: Easily the BEST video game based on a movie ever made!

01-06-2006, 01:30 AM	#14
Curtis Bonds Banned Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 15,389.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 15,889.00 Donate	^You obviously never played Chronicles of Riddick, or the Rouge Squadron games.

01-06-2006, 04:05 AM	#15
Fishmael Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Palmdale, California Posts: 3,226 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 2,599.64 Bank: 1,608.43 Total Points: 4,208.07 Donate	River City Ransom is a classic.

01-07-2006, 01:15 AM	#17
GRENTLEMEN Retro Nintendo Supermod Art & Literature Mod Metroid Mod Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 15,881 Thanks: 456 Thanked 1,151 Times in 628 Posts Points: 6,374.57 Bank: 1,830,360.28 Total Points: 1,836,734.85 Donate	I vote Castlevania! w00t.

01-08-2006, 01:40 PM	#18
L007 is Undecided Axe Shreddin' Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: Farmerland. Gender: Posts: 7,341 Thanks: 90 Thanked 292 Times in 172 Posts Points: 2,170.54 Bank: 16,278.34 Total Points: 18,448.88 Donate	I vote... Super Mario Brothers.

01-11-2006, 10:00 PM	#19
Booyakasha Mod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 6,812 Thanks: 75 Thanked 340 Times in 221 Posts Points: 9,941.64 Bank: 20,637.07 Total Points: 30,578.71 Donate	River City Ransom is brilliant. It taught me one of life's most important lessons--after a hard day of beating the crap out of gang members with an iron bar, there's no better way to unwind than heading to your local restaurant and eating a coffee cup. In order for 'Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Video Game of the Motion Picture' to be the best movie-to-game conversion ever made, it has to be superior to both 'Goldeneye' and 'Kung-Fu' (which was based on one of Jackie Chan's early films). Is it? I'm inclined to doubt it, unless the final version is loads better than the demo I tried at Gamestop.