Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun Sound Story
血硬派くにおくん サウンド・ストーリー
SOUNDTRACK

DETAILS Format Audio Cassette Released 5 Mar 1987 Publisher Apollon Product ID KHY-1013 Size (cm) 11 x 7 x 1.7 Weight (kg) 0.08

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Antique cassette soundtrack for the arcade Kunio-kun. Vintage stuff, out of stock...

DETAILS Format Famicom Released 21 Apr 1987 Publisher Technos Product ID TJC-KN Size (cm) 14 x 9.5 x 2 Weight (kg) 0.11

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Although significantly watered down from its arcade parent, the Famicom version of Kunio-kun was just as pioneering and influential. Also released as 'Renegade' outside of Japan, this is one of the great anscestors of the action fighting genre as we know it. Standard FC cardboard packaging, 1Mbit cartridge, booklet.

DETAILS Format Game Boy Released 7 Dec 1990 Publisher Technos Product ID DMG-KUJ Size (cm) 10 x 9 x 2 Weight (kg) 0.07

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Subtitled 'The Further Brawls', this handheld episode sees our boy hit the streets once again in a similar action fighting game, with character designs and gameplay close to Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (1989). Quite a fun little game, later released internationally with changed graphics and music as 'Double Dragon II'. Small-size cardboard GB packaging, 1Mbit cartridge, booklet.

DETAILS Format Super Famicom Released 7 Aug 1992 Publisher Technos Product ID SHVC-KN Size (cm) 19 x 10.5 x 3 Weight (kg) 0.18

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'The Original Hot-blooded Tough Guy' is the series' first outing on SFC. There's a lot of potential here - but the gameplay is dull and repetitive, and the action is completely diluted by endless amounts of text. Technos would do a lot better with Return of Double Dragon (Oct 1992). Cardboard packaging, 8Mbit cartridge, colour booklet.

DETAILS Format Super Famicom Released 29 Apr 1994 Publisher Technos Product ID SHVC-QN Size (cm) 19 x 10.5 x 3 Weight (kg) 0.18

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Kunio-kun's second SFC outing is a similar mix of action and story. Again it looks very promising at first (dark & moody atmosphere, extra moves, 2P gameplay) but it ultimately looses any sense of tension or pace because of all the text. Nevertheless the game remains an underground favourite in Japan, and has been steadily gaining value. SFC packaging, 16Mbit cartridge, colour booklet.

DETAILS Format PlayStation 2 Released 26 Jan 2006 Publisher Hamster Product ID SLPM-62706 Size (cm) 19 x 13.5 x 1.5 Weight (kg) 0.17

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Direct port of the landmark 1986 Technos arcade game, part of the Oretachi Gasen Zoku series. PS2 case, PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM disc, replica instructions card holding audio mini-CD & mini-DVD-ROM, colour booklet, guide book, trading card.

DETAILS Format Nintendo 3DS Released 15 Dec 2011 Publisher Arc System Works Product ID CTR-AK9J-JPN Size (cm) 13.5 x 12.3 x 1.3 Weight (kg) 0.09

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Kunio-kun stomps onto the Nintendo 3DS in this stylish return to the series' street violence of old. The 'Arcade Mode' is great fun, and the 3D effect is quite good! Standard 3DS case, 3DS game card, colour booklet.