River City Ransom

River City Ransom
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Technōs Japan (FC/NES) SPS (X68000) KID (PCE Super CD-ROM²) Million (GBA)
Publisher(s)	JP/NA: Technos (FC/NES) JP: Sharp (X68000) JP: Naxat Soft (PCE Super CD-ROM²) JP: Arc System Works (VC) JP/NA: Atlus (GBA) NA: Aksys Games (VC) EU: Infogrames(NES) EU: 505 Games (VC)
Director(s)	Mitsuhiro Yoshida, Hiroyuki Sekimoto
Composer(s)	Kazuo Sawa
Platform(s)	Family Computer/NES, Sharp X68000, PC-Engine Super CD-ROM², Game Boy Advance
Release	April 25, 1989 Family Computer/NES JP: April 25, 1989 NA: January 1990 EU: 1992 DE: August 1993 Sharp X68000 JP: April 1990 Super CD-ROM² JP: December 24, 1993 Game Boy Advance JP: March 5, 2004 NA: May 26, 2004
Genre(s)	Beat 'em up, Action role-playing, Open world
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

River City Ransom, originally released as Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (ダウンタウン熱血物語^?, Dauntaun Nekketsu Monogatari, lit. "Downtown Hot-Blooded Story") in Japan and later as Street Gangs in PAL regions, is an open world action role-playing beat 'em up video game for the Family Computer/NES. It was developed by Technōs Japan and originally released in Japan on April 25, 1989. It is the third game in Technos' Kunio-kun series released for the console, preceded by Renegade and Super Dodge Ball. Like its predecessors, River City Ransom underwent great changes in its storyline and graphical presentation during its localization in order to make the game more palatable in the Western market. It was one of the first console games published by North American subsidiary American Technos.

Remakes of the game have been released for the Sharp X68000, PC-Engine Super CD-ROM², and Game Boy Advance (GBA). The NES version was re-released on Wii's Virtual Console in 2007 as well as Wii U's Virtual Console in October 2015. It was also released on the 3DS Virtual Console in the PAL Regions in July 25, 2013 and in North America in November 14, 2013.