Renegade

From Sega Retro

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
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Master System
EU 		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.

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
45 [2]
27 [3]
75 №60
51 [4]
45 №33, p101
28 №42, p38/39
47 №20, p60
47 №6, p56/57
67 [1]
84 [5]
Sega Master System
 52
Based on
10 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
51
[6]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
45
[2]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
27
[3]
Joypad (FR)
76
[7]
Mega Force (FR)
76
[8]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES) PAL
75
[9]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
51
[10]
Player One (FR) PAL
45
[11]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
28
[12]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
47
[13]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
47
[14]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
67
[1]
Supersonic (FR)
84
[15]
Supersonic (FR) PAL
84
[16]
Sega Master System
 57
Based on
14 reviews

Renegade

Master System, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Master System, AU

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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sega Force, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-04), page 87
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 GamesMaster, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-19), page 87
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 GamesMaster, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 80
  4. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-26), page 72/73 (72)
  5. ↑ Supersonic, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 38 (34)
  6. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 152
  7. ↑ Joypad, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 144
  8. ↑ Mega Force, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 100
  9. ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Mayo 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 48
  10. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-26), page 72
  11. ↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-07-10), page 101
  12. ↑ Sega Power, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-01), page 38
  13. ↑ Sega Pro, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-13), page 60
  14. ↑ Sega Zone, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 56
  15. ↑ Supersonic, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 38
  16. ↑ Supersonic, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 34
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