Lost In Translation/Renegade

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Renegade
Manufacturer	Technos (Taito America license)
Released	1986
Control Method	8-way Joystick 3 Button(s)
Main CPU	M6502 (@ 1.500 MHz) M6809 (@ 1.500 MHz)
Sound CPU	Mono YM3526 (@ 3.000 MHz) Custom (@ 8.000 kHz)
Video Details	Raster (Horizontal) 240 x 240 pixels 60.00 Hz 256 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	26 ROMs 851,968 bytes (832.00 KiB)
MAME ID	renegade · kuniokub · kuniokun

About The Game

Renegade is an arcade video game beat-em-up 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.

Trivia

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

Updates

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).

Tips and tricks

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.

Series

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)

Cabinet and Artwork

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  Renegade arcade cabinet.

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  Taito's Renegade flyer.

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  Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun flyer.

Ports

Box art for the Imagine port of Renegade by Bob Wakelin.

Alternate box art Renegade.

Consoles

Nintendo Famicom (1987)

Sega Master System

Sony Playstation 2 (2006, "Oretachi Game Center - Nekketsu Kouka Kunio-Kun")

Computers

Commodore C64 (1987)

Amstrad CPC (1987)

Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1987)

Thomson TO8 (1988)

Commodore Amiga (1989)

Atari ST (1989)

Apple II

Thomson M05

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Kunio-Kun Sound Collection	C228-5008	1989-06-05	Apollon Music Industrial Corp	CD version.
Nekketsu Kouha Kunio Kun Music Collection	GNCA-7122	2008-11-21	Geneon Entertainment	4 CD version.
Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun Sound Story	KHY-1013	1987-03-05	Apollon	Cassette version.
Oretachi Game Center: Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-Kun	N/A	2006-01-26	Hamster	CD version.

External Links

• Sinclair ZX Spectrum version of Renegade at the World of Spectrum

References

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.