Renegade follows the story of a vigilante who fights his way through countless gangs in order to bring peace back to his city. Battle your way through subways, parks, alleyways and parking lots. For added fun, there’s a wild motorcycle ride to challenge you. Use your arsenal of kicks, punches (including the infamous sit-on punch) and jump kicks, as well as a variety of throws to knock your opponents into submission.
Along the way, pick up items like a hamburger that restores your life, a heart that increases your lives by one, a power-up to increase your attack strength, and a speed item that gives you a speed burst while on your motorcycle. You’ll need all the help you can get to take out your aggression on street punks, thugs, outlaw bikers, killer kung-fu females and an array of bosses standing in your way. Take the law into your own hands to defeat countless scumbags and take your city back like the renegade you are.
Mon, 05 May 2008 by Damien McFerran
1. ICEknight
29 Feb 2008, 14:28 GMT
Ugh, that must be the worst port this game ever had, along with the C64 version.
I really hope they give us the Master System version instead... or the Amstrad CPC or Spectrum versions, even.
2. Serpent
01 Mar 2008, 22:42 GMT
This game was a poor man's Double Dragon. Pure and simple.
3. Jonny2x4
21 Mar 2008, 20:04 GMT
Anyone who says this is a poor man's Double Dragon is ignorant. This came BEFORE Double Dragon. It isn't really that bad for a first gen title, but it isn't that great. The game is near impossible on Lv. 3.
4. meatlander
31 Mar 2008, 19:15 GMT
I remember playing this on the NES when it was new... now true I was young, but I remember this game being insanely difficult.
5. Serpent
17 Apr 2008, 04:58 GMT
@ Jonny2x4
You said it your self, "it isn't that great". so how am i being ignorant?
6. D00M
17 Apr 2008, 07:52 GMT
We need Target Renegade for the Spectrum 128k
7. Dazza
17 Apr 2008, 08:04 GMT
D00M - I agree, Target Renegade was excellent. Seeing as the Speccy didn't have a conversion of Double Dragon at the time this was the best way to have some 2 player beat em up action. It was a lot different from the original Renegade where you were pretty much stuck in one area. In TR it scrolled along like Double Dragon and you could pick up pool cues and smash them over the bad guys heads!
An interesting use of Taito's license by Ocean it has to be said. The sequel Renegade 3 was a let down however as it was only one player. In that you could travel back in time to beat up dinosaurs! lol
8. D00M
17 Apr 2008, 08:45 GMT
Dazza, I think it was one of the best scrolling beat-em up's on the Speccy, It had great levels, and if you were lucky enough to have it for the 128k it loaded all in one go and had excellent music.
Loved the car park level with the bikes/bikers (Can't beat a flying kick to a speeding bike!) and the level with those annoying dogs.
One of the few Speccy games I finished
9. jedimetroid
18 Apr 2008, 21:26 GMT
serpent, you got burned, admit it
10. Herandar
18 Apr 2008, 21:38 GMT
Lorenzo Lamas is... Renegade.
11. President_Leever
24 Apr 2008, 19:34 GMT
This was great. On the Master System.
12. Adamant
03 May 2008, 08:54 GMT
Somewhat noteable for being the first Kunio game. Of course, since some dumbass in America decided people would rather play as Joe Generic McBoring than Kunio, you wouldn't know that from this release.
13. lordbowser
05 May 2008, 01:14 GMT
This game ain't tough enough for me. I actually play this quite often despite it not being that great. I really like the music though, sounds kinda like an 8 bit version of the Stray Cats.
14. michinmuri
05 May 2008, 03:08 GMT
Was a good arcade game, not so good NES game. I always loved beating someone to the ground, then sit on their chest and pound face. That was sexy.
15. ZEIDO
06 May 2008, 12:47 GMT
Actually, this WAS THE BEST beat-em up on a home computer, but on the ZX Spectrum, and was only bettered by the 'unofficial sequel' by Imagine, Target Renegade. I WISH we could Speccy ports on the VC
16. Tony
09 May 2008, 23:23 GMT
I never did get into the NES version. Its not awful, infact IGN's review is actually pretty positive despite the age of the game.
I think retro collectors will enjoy it
17. Yami Bakura
29 Oct 2008, 20:23 GMT
@ Herandar
Exactly what I was thinking, lol!
I'm glad that someone else thought of that old show when they saw this.
18. stinssd
02 Mar 2009, 14:21 GMT
And now for a limerick:
***
In this game when you want to kick left
You'll find yourself thus quite bereft.
With controls as amusing
as this game you'll be losing,
Instead give this game a good heft.
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