

Once done, start heading left again until you reach Grotto Street. If you aren't able to catch him, you can go back to the secret place behind River City Bridge, defeat everyone again, and he will spawn again.Īfter you get him, head to the repair shop again. You are supposed to chase after him and punch him once to make him speak. In this area, defeat every single enemy and after you are done, head slightly to the left side near the water to make Rocko spawn Once you arrive you will find a very suspicious fence at the left side, you can climb it in order to access a secret area. To get there, you must head left from the repair shop. Listen to what Roxy says, save if needed and continue towards River City Bridge. Head inside thecar repair shop to trigger the next event. Take the subway, exit and you will appear one screen right from the car repair shop.

Keep heading west, you will arrive at a gym with a subway station. Once you defeat all the luchadors, Pink Bee will appear at the back of the factory, he is not that difficult but has more health than Purple Bee.Īfter defeating him, do as Alex and Ryan said, head West, you will go through a small shopping district with a new dojo with new moves. You have to defeat all of them on each screen of the factory which includes: the entrance, the first level inside the factory, the second level inside the factory and the back of the factory. Keep moving right and you will eventually end up in a factory with a lot of luchador enemies. You will bump into a few shops and a house with a pug graffiti, which is a hideout. Since we just defeated the Nerd boss we are going to continue through the minigolf field.įrom here onwards keep heading right on every screen you find. You can now take the subway or keep moving right through the minigolf place. The World.(Tip) You can pick him up and throw him away from the robot to make the fight easier. I can’t say for sure that Underground is the best beat ’em up of all time, but it deserves its place at the table with RCR, Golden Axe, Final Fight, and Scott Pilgrim vs. The look, feel, and humor of the original is here with a new in-depth fighting system that feels fresh yet familiar while being deeper than basically every other game in the genre. River City Ransom: Underground was worth the wait, and hopefully we don’t have to wait nearly three decades for the next one. While I don’t think the tunes here are quite as memorable as the original, I also haven’t played this game over and over for the past 28 years, so it isn’t a fair comparison. The good bits of nostalgia you’d expect to find are here too, like beautiful pixel art with characters and locations that feel like they belong in the RCR world, and a soundtrack by one of my favorite sometimes chiptune based artists, Disasterpeace.

Weird how Scott Pilgrim took influence from RCR and now Underground takes some influence from it. Underground has kept the campy charm of the original game and upped the ante to Scott Pilgrim levels of ridiculousness with at least one boss having one nearly identical move to a character from the game. She also isn’t white, hurray! Most of Provie’s moves are kick based, as you’d imagine, which means lots of moves juggling enemies with your feet, impressive kicks, and blasting them with a boombox.

I played as one of the new female characters named Provie, a badass break dancer in a hoodie. Unlike most beat ’em-ups that just feature a few basic moves, Underground gets quite deep to the point that it feels nearly like a fighting game more so than a button masher as you effortlessly pull off long and impressive combos that send multiple enemies flying through the air. You can play as one of ten characters in story mode, each with unique move sets that can be unlocked via dojos scattered around the city.
