River City Ransom
River City Ransom offers the combination of Open World, Action Role-playing, and Beat ‘em up elements developed by Technos Japan and published by Arc System Works. Both modes such as Multiplayer and Single-player are available to select and play. The game is the 3rd installment in the series of Kunio-Kun, released for consoles. Like the previous games, this title underwent several modifications in its story and graphics during it localization to make the game more portable. The storyline of the game revolves around high school students named Ryan and Alex, as they cross River City in order to save River City High and the girlfriend of Ryan named Cyndi from the clutches of a villain known as Stick. During the journey, they fight against gangs of students and several bosses. The premise of the game is Beat ‘em up, and it is mixed with role-playing action elements. It offers the non-linear gameplay, enabling the player to navigate an open world, in a sandbox manner. The fighting style of the game is similar to Double Dragon video game, in that the player moves freely across the screen while hitting the button to punch, jump, or kick.
#1 Rival Turf
Rival Turf is a Beat ‘em up and Side-scroll video game developed and published by Jaleco. The game comes with Co-op, Single-player and Versus modes and it acts as the first title in the Rushing Beat Trilogy, which offers The Peace Keepers and Brawl Brothers. In the story, the girlfriend of Jack Flak is abducted by Big AI and his gang famous with the name of Street Kings. After that, the Jack decides to go against them and to fulfill the mission he enlists the help of his buddy named Oswald Nelson. Together with friend, the player starts by heading to the sports stadium to gather more information and find the hideout of the Big AI. The game starts with the player select one of two modes, to take down enemies using punches, kicks, and other weapons gathered over the course of the game. The player is the hero who come out to save his girlfriend named Heather. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and old-school graphics, Rival Turf is the best game to play.