Renegade

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For the developer, see Renegade Software.

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Renegade
System(s): Sega Master System
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Licensor: Taito, Technos Japan
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Developer(s) of original games: Technos Japan
Genre: Action[1]

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Master System
EU
7116
Sega Master System
PT
Sega Master System
UK
£34.9934.99[2] 7116
Sega Master System
AU
Sega Master System
BR
025300
Non-Sega versions

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Renegade is a 1986 arcade beat-em-up by Technos Japan, standing as the "Westernised" version of the slightly earlier release of Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun. Its success in the arcades saw it ported to numerous home consoles and computers, including the Sega Master System in 1993. The Master System port was handled by Natsume and published by Sega.

Gameplay

History

Legacy

Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun was a big success for Technos in Japan, and while Renegade did not meet the same heights in the West, it was popular enough, particularly in the home computer scene, to see two sequels; Target: Renegade and Renegade III: The Final Chapter. Neither of these games were released in the arcades nor were they handled by Technos.

Technos did, however, release multiple Kunio-kun games over the following years; the two immediate successors, Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball Bu and Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari being released as Super Dodge Ball and River City Ransom/Street Gangs, respectively. The only Kunio-kun game to be released for a Sega system is 1992's Nekketsu Kouko Dodgeball Bu: Soccer Hen MD.

Much of Renegade's development team would go onto producing a spiritual successor, Double Dragon, designed to have both Japanese and Western appeal without the need for significant localisation. Double Dragon was ported to the Master System in 1988, leading to a curious situation where this Sega version of Renegade was released five years after its successor.

Magazine articles

Main article: Renegade/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
51
[3]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
45
[4]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
27
[5]
Joypad (FR)
76
[6]
Mega Force (FR)
76
[7]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES) PAL
75
[8]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
51
[9]
Player One (FR) PAL
45
[10]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
28
[11]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
47
[12]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
47
[13]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
67
[2]
Supersonic (FR)
84
[14]
Supersonic (FR) PAL
84
[15]
Sega Master System
57
Based on
14 reviews

Renegade

Master System, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Master System, PT
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Cover
Master System, AU

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Cart
Master System, BR
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Cover
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Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Master System
 ?
CRC32 3be7f641
MD5 bbce8b8ac26e2f582defe0056346f035
SHA-1 c07a04f3ab811b52c97b9bf850670057148de6f0
256kB Cartridge (EU)

References


Renegade

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