Ranma ½: Datou, Ganso Musabetsu Kakutou-ryuu!

'''Ranma ½: Datou, Ganso Musabetsu Kakutou-ryuu! '''is an Action game, developed by Dual and published by, which was released in Japan in 1992.

The title translates to "Overthrow of the Indiscriminate Fighting Style." This is a side-scrolling fighting game similar to Final Fight and is similar to the first PC Engine game. The storyline goes up to the Hiryū Shōten Ha storyline where Ranma must battle against many of his arch rivals. After each stage you can see one of two cut scenes depending on the sex Ranma is when he beats the stage. There are also game over cutscenes when Ranma loses to an opponent.

There are several hidden cutscenes and concept artwork in the game unlocked through passwords.

Campaign
The meat of the game are one on one boss fights between Ranma and his rivals, similar to a fighting game. In most battles, Ranma can switch between his male and female form at the press of a button. Female Ranma is weaker, but is faster then male Ranma, and Ranma must switch between his two forms to achieve victory.

Most of the bosses have more powerful movesets and larger lifebars then Ranma. Usually the boss character will start more powerful moves, the lower their life bar gets

In between boss stages, Ranma can bet lives with the Gambling King in a game of Old Maid. After beating the game, the password to get a game mode based around playing Old Maid with the Gambling King to win back the Tendo Dojo piece by piece is unlocked.

Bosses
The bosses in order are:


 * BathHouse Happosai: Ranma battling Happosai in the bath house, based on the Bathhouse Battle story. As a boss, Happosai throws various objects at Ranma, can make tubs rain from the sky, hide in tubs and rapidly punch Ranma.
 * Kodachi: In this battle, only female Ranma is available and she uses a different moveset then normal, based on Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics. Kodachi is the boss character and uses a similar, but more powerful version of the Gymnastic moveset.
 * Ukyo: A battle against Ukyo based on the Ukyo Kuonji Intro Arc.
 * Ryoga: A Battle against Ryoga, loosely based on his intro storyline.
 * Lobster Principal: A fight against Principal Kuno. Based on the One Hairy Day chapter, the Principal wears a lobster themed costume and attacks using his shaver and lobster claws.
 * Tatewaki Kuno: A fight against Kuno based on the Principal Kuno Intro Arc. The game over cutscene against Kuno is different based on what gender Ranma is currently in.
 * Mousse: A boss battle based on Mousse's intro storyline.
 * Beach Happosai: Another battle against Happosai, based on the Amazon Love Pills Arc. Happosai uses a different moveset then his last fight, based on his usual fighting style. Unlike the manga and anime, the story ends with the Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion Arc beginning.
 * Ryoga: Based on The Roar of Heaven chapter, Ranma spars with an angry Ryoga per Cologne's training. Ryoga fights the same as last time, but has more health and the Bakusai Tenketsu technique. From this battle onward, Ranma has access to the Hiryū Shōten Ha move, which he must use to finish Ryoga.
 * Ranma's rivals: Based on the chapter, Burn, Happy, Burn, this unique section is a series of sequential battles against Ranma's rivals, Principal, Tatewaki, and Mousse in that order. After winning a round against against a rival, Ranma will get a little bit of health restored and move onto the next. If Ranma loses to a rival, he will be pushed back to the prior rival battle.
 * Principal Kuno: The Principal is the first opponent and continuing will result in the player being sent back to Principal. The Principal is wearing his regular outfit and uses a new moveset, tossing pineapple bombs, shears and the Wooden Sword Shredder technique.
 * Tatewaki Kuno: A battle against Kuno, who fights the same as last time except with more health. Losing a life to Mousse, results in Ranma having to fight Kuno again.
 * Mousse: The final of the rival trio, Mousse has more health and has a new chain attack. Aside from this, Mousse fights the same.
 * Master Happosai: The final boss of the game, Happosai has higher health then any other boss in the game and has a wide variety of attacks. It is recommended to use the Hiryu Shoten Ha during the fight.

Versus mode
A battle mode for two players set in the Tendo Dojo, similar to a fighting game. Most of the boss characters are playable in this mode. Both genders of Ranma are choosable as separate characters. Mirror Matches are enabled by holding the select button.

Happosai is not a playable character in this mode, likely due to his tremendous advantage over other characters. The alternate outfits used in the campaign are not available in this mode and all characters wear one outfit, such as Ranma always wearing his red tunic and blue pants. This includes the two character variants with different movesets, Gymnastics Ranma and the Lobster Principal.

To make the competition more fair, all characters have the same health and some of the later bosses do not have their overpowered desperation moves. An example of this is the VS mode Ryoga has all the attacks of his campaign counterpart, except his whip combo as the move's reach and power would be too unfair.

Extra Features
The game is known for a wide variety of cutscenes complete with anime voice actors. There are several passwords to see hidden cutscenes like a music video of Lambada Ranma and a cutscene viewer. There also exist concept artwork such as Girl Ranma, Akane, Shampoo, Ukyo and Kodachi as cyborgs.

Cast
All of the characters are voiced by their anime voice actors.


 * Ranma Saotome
 * Genma Saotome
 * Akane Tendo
 * Soun Tendo
 * Nabiki Tendo
 * Kasumi Tendo
 * Ryoga Hibiki
 * Shampoo
 * Happosai
 * Tatewaki Kuno
 * Mousse
 * Cologne
 * Kodachi Kuno
 * Principal Kuno
 * Mikado Sanzenin: Speaking cameo in the Lambada Ranma video.
 * Azusa Shiratori: Speaking cameo in the Lambada Ranma video.