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Riki Kunio came out on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990, developed by Technos Japan. It was part of that wave of late NES games that tried to do something a little different, focusing on street brawls and school rivalries instead of fantasy or sci-fi settings.

You control Riki, a high school student trying to unite all the school gangs by defeating their leaders. The gameplay is a side-scrolling beat 'em up where you punch, kick, and pick up objects like trash cans or even other students to throw. The screen scrolls as you move through neighborhoods, and you have to clear each area of enemies before advancing. The pacing is fast and chaotic, with large groups of fighters swarming you at once. It feels like a messy, over-the-top schoolyard brawl where anything can become a weapon.