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(Arcade version was by published in Japan by Taito too. See the two follwings links, https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=1924&image=1, https://web.archive.org/web/20030621100427/http://www.taito.co.jp:80/game_history/index.html.) |
(Same as my last edit. Arcade version was published everywhere by Taito. NES version was published by Technos in Japan and by Taito in the US. Arcade and NES version were both developed by Technos.) |
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'''Renegade''' is a game released in American and European arcades in 1986 by [[Taito Corporation|Taito]]. It is a westernized conversion of the Japanese arcade game {{nihongo|'''''Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun'''''|熱血硬派くにおくん||which roughly translates to ''"Hot-Blooded Tough Guy Kunio"''}}, released earlier the same year | '''Renegade''' is a game released in American and European arcades in 1986 by [[Taito Corporation|Taito]]. It is a westernized conversion of the Japanese arcade game {{nihongo|'''''Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun'''''|熱血硬派くにおくん||which roughly translates to ''"Hot-Blooded Tough Guy Kunio"''}}, released earlier the same year. It is an immediate technological predecessor to [[Double Dragon]], and Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun is the inaugural game in the [[:Category:Kunio-kun|Kunio-kun series]] (which includes [[Super Dodge Ball]] and [[River City Ransom]]). Kunio-kun first introduced several trademarks of the [[:Category:Beat 'em up|beat 'em up]] genre, including 4-directional control, punch-jump-kick play action, and enemies which can sustain multiple hits. It is considered to be one of the most influential titles of the video game industry. It is also incredibly difficult and unforgiving. | ||
Renegade is one of the most cosmetically altered localizations of a Japanese game. ''Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun'' was prepared for the North American and Worldwide markets by changing the game's graphics in an attempt to adapt the game's setting to a more western style (with what can be seen as thinly veiled 'inspiration' from the film ''The Warriors''). The gangs of thugs and bikers featured in ''Renegade'' were originally high school deliquents and bōsōzoku members in ''Kunio-kun''. The subway level in the first stage was originally a Japanese train station, whereas most of the signs and billboards in the last two stages were also written in Japanese. | Renegade is one of the most cosmetically altered localizations of a Japanese game. ''Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun'' was prepared for the North American and Worldwide markets by changing the game's graphics in an attempt to adapt the game's setting to a more western style (with what can be seen as thinly veiled 'inspiration' from the film ''The Warriors''). The gangs of thugs and bikers featured in ''Renegade'' were originally high school deliquents and bōsōzoku members in ''Kunio-kun''. The subway level in the first stage was originally a Japanese train station, whereas most of the signs and billboards in the last two stages were also written in Japanese. | ||