Renegade

Type of the game: [Coin-Op] Arcade Video Game
Renegade © 1986 Taito America Corp.

An incredibly difficult but classic beat-em-up from Technos that sees a single player taking on huge gangs of street fighters. The game is spread across four stages levels, each of which is only 2 or 3 screens wide; giving the player nowhere to hide. Renegade was a rather more brutal game than others of its genre, and even allowed the player to keep attacking a downed enemy. It was also possible to pick up fallen enemies and throw them at oncoming fighters.

Renegade's designer would take what they learned while designing and writing Renegade and improve upon it in every conceivable way for the legendary "Double Dragon", released a year later.

Game ID : TA-0018
Prom Stickers : N

Main CPU : M6502 (@ 1.5 Mhz)
Sound CPU : M6809 (@ 1.5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM3526 (@ 3 Mhz), Custom (@ 8 Khz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 240 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette Colors : 256

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

Released in December 1986.

Apollon Music released a limited-edition soundtrack album (Cassette format) for this game (Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun Sound Story) on 05/1987.

Western version of "Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun". The game's graphics were redrawn for the game's localization as Renegade to the game's characters and settings a western feel. The plot was also changed from beating up numerous gangs who are bullying the main character's best friend to rescuing the main character's girlfriend. Kunio, the main character in the Japanese, would return in numerous games including "Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball-bu", the Japanese version of "Super Dodge Ball", some which underwent a similar localization process when they were released in the west (such as the NES game River City Ransom).

On the first 2 levels, try to throw the enemies from the platforms; being careful, of course, to avoid falling from the platform yourself. Also, to kill the third boss, run away from her and hit the kick button (repeat). When fighting the knife gang on the final stage, if you are stabbed even once, you will die. The safest way to defeat them is with dashing punches. Never engage a single enemy or stay one place for too long, otherwise you will be attacked.

A full map of the game can be found here: www.arcade-history.com/index.php?page=articles&num=12

1. Renegade (1986)
2. Target Renegade (1988, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore C64 & NES)
3. Renegade III - The final chapter (1989, Sinclair ZX Spectrum & Commodore C64)

Director: Yoshihisa Kishimoto
Designer: Masao Shiroto, Misa Yazaki
Programmer: Noriyuki Tomiyama, Shintaro Kumagai

Consoles:

Nintendo Famicom (1987)
Sega Master System

Computers:

Commodore C64 (1987)
Amstrad CPC (1987)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1987)
Thomson TO8 (1988)
Amstrad CPC (1988, "Taito Coin-Op Hits")
Commodore Amiga (1989)
Atari ST (1989)
Apple II
Thomson M05

Game's rom.
Machine's picture.