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Urban Champion (World)

NES / Famicom
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Reviewed in
1986
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✪ Reviewed on September 30, 2023
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Nintendo's first NES fighter. Two brawlers shove each other into manhole covers to a soundtrack of repetitive punches. Lays foundations, quickly outpaced by true fighting games.

Your verdict
Category
Fighting 2 players 7+
Description
Minimalist street brawl between two characters trading punches and shoves to knock the opponent into a manhole. Published by Nintendo, released in 1986 in the United States. Two-player mode and later e-Reader version.

Urban Champion review

2/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Decent"
2/5
Music
★★★★★
"Decent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Light"
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Short"
Technical info
💾0,01 MB 📅09/06/1986
Published by Nintendo

Urban Champion (NES) price, value & rarity

Highly sought-after
Q1 loose
 $16 Q6 complete
 $191 Q10 new
 $758 !
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Collector interest

Minimalist beat'em up developed by Nintendo and released in the 1986 Black Box line, among the very first first-party NES titles. Its value rests on its status as a Nintendo launch-era relic rather than its famously thin gameplay. Worldwide distribution came with early box variants (notably hangtab versions), and the title later received an e-Reader card, making it a landmark for collectors of the foundational catalogue.

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