Renegade

For the developer, see Renegade Software.

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Renegade
System(s): Sega Master System
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Natsume
Licensor: Taito, Technos Japan
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Developer(s) of original games: Technos Japan
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code EU 1993-05 7116 PT 1993 7.900$7.900 UK 1993-05 £34.9934.99 7116 AU 199x BR 199x 025300
Non-Sega versions Amiga Amstrad CPC Apple II Arcade Atari ST Commodore 64 IBM PC MO5 Nintendo Entertainment System ZX Spectrum

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 (熱血硬派くにおくん, "Hot-Blooded Tough Guy Kunio"). 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.

Story

A powerful drug syndicate has taken over the city of New Arcadia in the 1970s. One young man, called "Mr. K," has decided to take on the Syndicate and rid the city of the evil organization.

Gameplay

Mr. K

The game is a belt-scrolling beat-'em-up. There is a two-player mode where the players take turns playing. Stages consist of beating up waves of goons. After defeating them, a door opens up leading to the next segment and eventually to a boss fight. Some stages have multiple paths that can be chosen.

Mr. K moves in any direction using the D-Pad. He attacks to the left with and to the right with . He performs a jumping kick with +. If an enemy grabs him from behind, Mr. K can only attack in the direction he is facing, but he can knock over the enemy by pressing the attack button for the opposite direction. Mr. K sometimes grabs opponents when he is near them. While an opponent is grabbed, he can knee him by pressing the attack button for the direction he is facing or throw him by pressing the attack button for the opposite direction.

Mr. K dashes in a direction with or . Dashing into an opponent knocks the opponent down (though Mr. K can also knock himself out by dashing into a wall). He can punch while dashing by pressing the attack button for the direction he is facing, which does more damage than a normal attack and knocks the opponent down. He can perform a jumping kick while dashing with +.

Mr. K has a health bar that is reduced by enemy attacks. He loses a life if he runs out of heath. He also loses a life instantly if he falls off a platform or if time runs out. The game ends if the player runs out of lives. Enemies also have health bars. Brief cutscenes show Mr. K or the boss gloating when victorious.

Stages

	Rough Transit
	Map: 1️⃣
	Biker Bay
	Map: 1️⃣
	When riding a motorcycle, Mr. K automatically kicks in the direction of an enemy with or .
	A Night to Remember
	Map: 1️⃣
	The Syndicate Mansion
	Map: 1️⃣

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.

Production credits

• Executive Producer: Takashi Shiokawa
• Producer: Kimio Hirota
• Director: Iku Mizutani
• Programer: Hiroshi Hishikawa
• Graphics Designer: Yasunari Hayami, Shinya Miyamoto, Nobuhiro Kawabata
• Character Design: Yasunari Hayami
• Music Director: Iku Mizutani
• Music Composer: Kazuo Sawa
• Game Design: Yasunari Hayami

Licensed from Technos Japan Corp.

© Taito 1992

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Renegade/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK) 51 GamesMaster (UK) PAL 45 GamesMaster (UK) PAL 27 Joypad (FR) 76 Mega Force (FR) 76 Micromanía (segunda época) (ES) PAL 75 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 51 Player One (FR) PAL 45 Sega Power (UK) PAL 28 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 47 Sega Zone (UK) PAL 47 Sega Force (UK) PAL 67 Supersonic (FR) 84 Supersonic (FR) PAL 84

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Renegade

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Technical information

ROM dump status

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

References

Kunio-kun games (and spin-offs) for Sega systems
	Renegade (1993)
	Nekketsu Kouko Dodgeball Bu: Soccer Hen MD (1992)