Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Renegade

Title	Renegade
First release	1986
Developer	Technōs Japan
Publisher	Taito
Platforms	Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, DOS, NES / Famicom, ZX Spectrum, Arcade ADB
Genre	beat 'em up
Also known as	Nekketsu Kouha Kunio Kun · 熱血硬派くにおくん · River City Ransom Zero · Fiery Renegade Kunio
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	EC Early Childhood
Releases	ZX Spectrum: 1986-08-01 Amstrad CPC: 1987-01-01 (PAL) NES / Famicom: 1987-04-17 (NTSC-J), 1988-01-01 DOS: 1988-01-01 (Other) Commodore 64: 1988-12-02 Amiga: 1989-01-01
Wikidata ID	Q88947

Brooklyn's mean streets serve as the backdrop for combat across five levels, including the subway and docks. Players utilize a variety of aggressive moves like headbutts, flying kicks, and punches to brawl through biker gangs and armed thugs. This beat 'em up requires navigating inhospitable environments to rescue a kidnapped girlfriend from her captors.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.

Sources

Wikidata (Q88947) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (c64/renegade) · last updated 2026-10-01 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amiga/renegade) · last updated 2026-09-28 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (zxspectrum/renegade) · last updated 2026-10-07 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amstradcpc/renegade-2) · last updated 2026-10-22 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (28395) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (28300) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (111430) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (7385) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (84573) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (1406,19111) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (renegade) · last updated 2026-10-02 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`renegade`
Title at ADB	Renegade (US)
Manufacturer	Technos Japan (Taito America license)
Year	1986
Genre	Fighter / 2.5D
Players	2
MAME driver status	GOOD

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Technos Japan (Taito America license)); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) · fetched 2026-10-02 16:27 UTC · filled here: platform

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Taito · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (15): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Taito · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Taito · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (3): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Taito · internal use only.

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Videos

NES Longplay [107] Renegade (US)

World-of-Longplays · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 14:05auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

RENEGADE (C64 - FULL GAME)

Zeusdaz - The Unemulated Retro Game Channel · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 14:38auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

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