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Platform
NES
Genres
Action · Sports
Player Perspective
Top-down
Developers
Arc System Works · Technos Japan
Publishers
Aksys Games · Arc System Works · American Technos
Release date
October 1, 1992

Summary

Crash 'n' the Boys: Street Challenge drops you into a chaotic high‑school sports showdown where five squads—four selectable and one AI‑controlled—each field five athletes with distinct strengths and quirks. Before every contest you can browse a mall for power‑ups, paying with the medals you’ve earned; because the ultimate victory goes to the team with the most medals, you have to balance spending and saving. The game mixes solo and head‑to‑head events: hammer throw and rooftop jumping are run individually, while hurdles, swimming and a brawling round pit two competitors against each other in a knockout bracket. Up to four friends can join, but only two teams ever race at once, so the extra players simply swap controllers between heats—no multitap required.

Storyline

After the events of Downtown Nekketsu March: Super‑Awesome Field Day, Mamoru Todo decides to host another sports competition in order to defeat Kunio. Theodore “Todd” Thornley IV, still smart‑alecky after being humiliated by his rival Jeff “Crash” Cooney and the Southside High crew at the All‑City Track Meet, issues a personal challenge to Crash.

Todd invites two other elite high schools and adds a team backed by his wealthy father, effectively stacking the deck against Crash’s Southside High School. The player must guide Crash’s team through the Street Challenge to prove they belong on top.

If the player wins the Street Challenge with Crash’s Southside High, the ending shows Crash being invited to a meeting with Todd’s father, who congratulates him and attempts to make peace. Crash, however, doubts that Todd will ever accept a truce.

Todd then conspires with Skip to sow dissent among Team Thornley, offering them flowers and claiming Crash has been bad‑mouthing them. The team tosses the flowers in the trash with a note reading “Todd is a total loser!”—a gesture that earns Crash their respect. Furious, Todd and Crash finally vow to settle their feud on the ice during hockey season.

Edited by Maya Carter

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Alternative Titles

  • Street Challenge Short
  • Crash 'n' the Boys Short