Renegade (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

[@razor198042]

Love how you can punch them even when they’re down, revolutionary design for the time

[@andy68916]

Love how games back then were 15 minutes long yet impossible to beat

[@niceguy999918]

This game was easy. The only thing that gave me trouble was the fat ladies.

[@starwarssatan5588]

I beat it

[@IronMan_thno]

🤣😅🤣this comment is so legit

[@Domarius64]

It's true, it's to do with how much resources they could store, so the difficulty was proportionate to making sure the playtime is hours and not minutes. And that's fine, that's a certain style of game. Dark Souls brought back the kind of game you do not complete in one sitting :)

[@Bloodreign1]

The only real hard part of the game is the last stage, choosing the left door got you into the maze leading up to the fight against Sabu, the door on the right went BACK to stage 3, and you have to do it all over again. That maze though, and remembering where to go, and having to fight two Kim's (the US name for the big woman boss, can't remember her name in the Japanese version), fighting two of these big ass women was a pain in the ass.

[@wordsshackles441]

Destroyed my thumb abusing that A+B dragon kick move. One of the best games of my childhood.

[@NintendoComplete]

It might be super old, but Renegade is the granddaddy of some of the biggest arcade classics of the 80s and 90s, and it's still a blast to play.

[@MFields2178]

Super old? Gee thanks. I was eight when this game came out and remember it like it was yesterday. Although I have a lot of gray hairs now.

[@NintendoComplete]

@@MFields2178 Hahaha well I was six when it came out, and I've noticed the random light colored hair growing in on occasion. Oh well, new or old, young or old, it doesn't mean much. Keep a sense of humor, and you'll still be young at 60, right? :D

[@MFields2178]

NintendoComplete haha unfortunately I have a medical condition that won’t let me get to sixty so I’m getting that old now. It’s cool though. I don’t want to get old anyway.

[@harryhapsh8214]

NintendoComplete it was also the first beat'em up ever made

[@JohnDoe-gk7ok]

@@oldstylegaming4655 I think this came out in Japan before Double Dragon

[@80sfreak42]

In 1988 I used to wake up to get ready for school..I was probably 6 or so and my brother would already be awake playing Nintendo before school...this game was one of the best

[@johnbarnaul4959]

А мой младший брат с утра в Contra )

[@kristophsams5036]

Loved how you went through all that hell to get to the final boss, and Sabu would just blast you away in one shot. So frustrating yet so fun.

[@Bloodreign1]

Man had a gun, no way would you just get up from a gunshot, especially aimed at your head. This game showed some realism there.

[@richardbond258]

I had this game as well as Double Dragon 2. Both games were great.

[@dave6653]

6:03 when my mom asked me to clean the dishes but I played NES games instead.

[@Victory-in-YAHUSHA]

The greatest ending of any video game

[@ShadowZero1980]

How?

[@one7decimal2eight]

​@@ShadowZero1980it was a rhetorical statement

[@LPetal86]

Technos has always impressed me because even with their earliest offering here you can tell they put a lot of time and effort into it, like the overall presentation. A real shame stuff from the original JP version was cut from this!

[@AngryCalvin]

Technos was probably my favorite game developer in the 8-bit era. This game is very overlooked.

[@MFields2178]

I still have fun playing this game to this day. Yes I hated that maze building at the end. I remember as a kid I thought those women you fight that hit you with their purse looked like my next door neighbor and the big woman that slaps you around looked like my mom. We were building a clubhouse in the woods that summer and my friend wanted to be like the last boss Sabu. That boss gave me anxiety with his one shot kills. Great game! Too bad they don’t make games like this anymore.

[@bryantworthing2215]

Dawg, thank you for all of these videos on these classic games!

[@VahanNisanian]

I like how they took the opening theme from the Arcade game, and turned it into the ending theme, but it works perfectly this way. It's like you've successfully accomplished a seemingly-impossible task, and triumphed over everything.

[@johneygd]

Ahaa now i understand why the ending tune sounds sooo dramatic.

[@truemperahzentertainment6133]

Kunio Kun original version that started it all Renegade 1. Part 2 was called Target: Renegade on the NES.

[@mazinz2]

A deli down the road from me had the actual arcade game shortly after it came out here in the US. Used to play it quite a bit, but it was super hard and I did not get that far. Loved the fact the characters would sometimes yell at you "get lost punk". I was very excited when I learned it was coming out for the NES. That excitement turned to displeasure when I saw how bad the NES port ended up being. Still, its Renegade and I will always hold a special place for it. Thanks for this play through

[@Dorelaxen]

Ahh, the old beat 'em up convention of tossing guys in the water/bottomless pit to finish them quickly. Renegade/Kunio Kun really did establish all the tropes to follow. The maze level can suck it, though. Never was able to get past that part as a kid. I also like how immediately after you beat the last boss, it's straight to the credits. No ending, no "Yeah, I WAS tough enough for you, BITCH!" or anything. Just...done.

[@JFJD]

I’m pretty sure “Mr. K” is supposed to be Kunio/the guy you’re playing as, so it’d be more like “Nobody’s tough as me, bitches!”

[@gr8gmr]

The original Japanese version (featuring Kunio and all the other characters in their original designs) does have an ending, though.

[@johncel1950]

Love the fact that Mr Renegade actually traveled in the train

[@rigopeligro]

This game has the best soundtrack around!!

[@philliestuntz7214]

This and River City Ransom were great

[@jordanjackson6151]

Yeah. Same here.

[@jasonodell79er]

YES!!!!!

[@Excard0n]

6:00 Didn't know Rosanne Barr was in this game.

[@richieharris3626]

Very funny I through that too. It her name is Kim she is a pain in the ass.

[@proudkiwi7641]

Baha back when everyone had sega megadrives and super Nintendo, my parents bought me an 84 commodore and I would play this game constantly.

[@animatrix1490]

Something about the way the enemies and player character do grabs and throws makes it feel like a really down-n-dirty street fight. Maybe it's the animation--they feel like heavy bodies getting flung around and beaten on. Super cool! (y-you know, for a beatemup :P)

[@Hickspy_]

Never could beat that game as a kid. Now, watching this and seeing what the ending was, I think I would've been pissed off had I devoted the time to actually get good enough to do so.

[@dragonfireny]

The sad story of a man. Losing his mind and having to fight all of his identical siblings to the death at the subway station

[@adamrenfrow]

🤣

[@Anonymous-qg9xx]

Motorcycles!!! Reminds me of Grease 2!!!! The punks could be the scorpians. The ladies in the next level could be pink ladies!!!

[@nerdcouncil]

Wow man those developers showed no mercy by removing an ending!!

[@bigefanning5211]

One of my favorite NES games. So fun.

[@jsnorthskyfts]

This is a legit mashup of Double Dragon & River City Ransom

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

Double Dragon meets River City Random! ^-^ ...Or at least, that's what the art style reminds me of. What a simplistic beat-em-up! It's easy to see that it is one of the first to pioneer the genre and be VASTLY improved upon in the decades that follow! It's interesting to see an underappreciated title with quite a legacy that most people probably don't realize. I also love how it just immediately cuts to the end credits after you kill the last guy. lol

[@hurricanemixer]

Given the moveset, it's a lot less simplistic than many of the beat 'em ups that followed.

[@VahanNisanian]

And thanks to British developer Imagine Software, it began a third franchise in the "Renegade" trilogy. The other two sequels were "Target Renegade" and "Renegade III: The Final Chapter". And when they called the third game in the trilogy "The Final Chapter", they meant it.

[@datnorfsideoflongbeach]

One of my favorite all time nes game

[@sirchi8731]

The backgrounds are great

[@rodrigost.3324]

GREAT GAME ! I ve heard that RENEGADE was inspired by the great classic movie THE WARRIORS

[@blazers4life994]

lol I totally see it now 😂😂 Thanks for the behind the scenes.

[@johnjigga6799]

Bring me back to my childhood

[@jamesteegardner2273]

I feel the same way. A guy something to me the other day that really hit me hard. He said that as a kid, there comes a day when you go outside to play with your friends, and that's the last time that you'll ever go outside as a kid to go and play with your friends ever again. It's crazy when you think about it but it's true. There was a day once when I went to play Nintendo as a kid, and it was the very last time that I'd ever play a game on my Nintendo ever again! It happens to all of us. It's just too bad that we don't realize it at the time.

[@franciscopalmabeltran3257]

I never got to kill Sabuo as a kid. Never knew how to avoid him shooting at you. Yet one of my childhood faves!

[@jamesdixon6332]

Ahhh. The game that taught me the true meaning of equality.

[@ThunderMarco911]

This game is crazily hard, especially when you face Jack/Riki and Joel/Shinji during the maze section. Bosses are deadly in this game when they grab you and Sabu tries to stun us to make us sitting ducks when Sabu draw his gun. Fun fact: If you pick up too many life bonuses, the game thinks you're out of lives and that's game over.

[@rizinggodfist3049]

I'm probably alone but I always liked the ending credits melody 🎶 when you beat the game.

[@pinmike8666]

I would recommend the Famicom version over this; it actually has an ending.

[@acharat6]

Is it translated? I don't wanna miss the story.

[@kristophsams5036]

As someone who played most of the iterations on various platforms since the 80s, I love the NES version. The Famicom felt like the inferior after thought to me.

[@Bloodreign1]

@@acharat6 Nothing to translate, it has no text in the ending.

[@aweirdredtoad3637]

The enemy and character dialogue has been translated multiple times

[@SpaceDuppy]

@@kristophsams5036 I grew up with renegade also but the Japanese version makes sense with context. Different rival schools and junk.

[@adamtherenegade2001]

I have this on my nes and gosh... I had a blast. Im 20 and i played old games when i was 8yrs. It was the sega genesis. Man.. I never knew how to play just pressing random buttons. But now im older, i got the nes and i like it! Although i didnt beat this game cause of the two warrior brothers.

[@rodneycooper4382]

One of the few new games I could actually beat lol

[@AngryCalvin]

Normally I like Famicom versions of games more than the westernized NES versions. Renegade is the exception. I like the choice of the 1950's atmosphere. It makes this game even more of a classic. It's really unconventional and original and makes the game more fun than the Japanese version.

[@guardiaseguridad176patrimo5]

Aquí hay un efecto mandela por que yo recordaba perfectamente que solo salia un jefe final con la pistola no 2

[@theskyfoogle1511]

Kim/Misuzu is a piece of work

[@kainigwon5433]

"Mr.K ain't tough enough for me."

[@Orcishihi]

I can't believe I never tried out this game :( I was nuts about Double Dragon II and Streets of Rage

[@JuraIbis]

Ah yes Super Dodge Ball OST ;) (I figure this one came first)

[@Anonymous-qg9xx]

At 3:44, I always wondered who's car that is: Mr. K's or Joel's(the man in blue)?? I'm guessing Mr. K trashed his motorcycle as soon as he kicked the villians off their cycles. Joel probably didn't have a motorcycle, and possibly drove to the next scene where he fights Mr K!

[@chriswalls5831]

Classic 80s my new idea part 2

[@YukaTakeuchiFan]

Y'know, I remember playing both this and the arcade version, and if I had to choose between Arcade Level 4 (with the knife guys who killed you in one hit, always, and Sabu still did the same with his gun) and NES Level 4 (with the maze from hell where who knows where you're going, aside from 'not you'), I think these days I'd just throw my lot in with Mr. Stabby Mans.

[@richardmatheson5693]

Hi, is there a way to shake them when they grab you? I hate that guy, specially in the final mission when they are double

[@malik87breaker]

Can't believe there is a throwing out of stage. Nice

[@Dunskaroo]

This plot of this game took place in a time bubble where 1950s and 1980s USA were the same... and happened in Japan.

[@mrt8944]

That big lady behind doors 🤦🤦🤦... I dunno why many trash this game, I really loved it especially considering its an old game.

[@DiceyJJ]

Maybe my favorite NES game 🔥🔥

[@simonmejia6896]

"YOU AIN'T TOUGH ENOUGH FOR ME"

[@Dunskaroo]

Simon Mejía I used get in trouble in first grade for reenacting this game and repeating the cut scene dialogues haha 😂

[@GBF30056]

in renegade, you get to beat your enemies without any reason and in Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun, You get to beat up people and save Kunio's (Your) Best Friends Sounds Heroic in my opinion ngl

[@OldManTheseDays]

I still hear that music in my head…

[@MasterForgedRay]

When i played this as a kid...there was NEVER any hamburgers or any health restoration that i remember.

[@GAMESTERVISION]

the nes version had multiple paths to choose. changing boss fights and rooms u saw. the arcade does not. it looks better but nes version is more fun

[@7thangelad586]

Looks and sounds like the Double Dragon I had on the C64. Is this two player cooperative?? I’m always looking for that kind!

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

The style of the characters kinda reminds me of that one nes game (i forgot what's it called) and it was made by the same company who made double dragon or Capcom

[@hanchiman]

You are correct, they were all made by Technos who created Double Dragon series, River City Ransom (AKA Nekketsu Kunio Kun). Renegade is a US localized version of Kunio Kun about a white dressed highschool delinquent fighting rival gangs. The guy who created Double Dragon and Kunio Kun is Yoshiaki Kishimoto which the games were sorta based of his youth as he was a delinquent in his school days

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

@@hanchiman cool, thanks for the fact

[@ricktherrien8235]

Maybe River City Ransom.

[@altrock86]

I loved that he was Mr. K because my last name starts with K. So that was cool too me. I still can’t beat it though.

[@Pray-4-Me]

This game was bad ass back in the late 1980s still is

[@rustyshack155]

13:37 Sabu's face creeped the hell out of me when I was a kid. It was like a Jumpscare!

[@chieko3017]

Back in the days when renegade was a game.....

[@Theomite]

This was my problem with _Deadly Towers_ : if you don't go in the right doors, you end up all over the place and never the end.

[@byronwhite2450]

Loved playing this game as a kid. I remember getting in some action before Wednesday night church during the summer and getting frustrated by those big broads, so frustrated that I in fact dropped a swear word in front of my mom, not once but twice. Needless to say I was forced to turn the game off. 😅

[@giacjack]

spent lot of hours playing this game :)

[@inevitableexpertise1016]

The one game I could never beat for some reason

[@LiftingGunsBibleTradition]

🏍️ @3:30 you can see a “MITSUBISHI” Freeway sign in the background 🛣️

[@anthonylewis4433]

I remember this one I stay up for all most 2 days trying to play this game at my friend's house and my house I miss the Nintendo days also miss Nintendo power magazines in that time

[@AngryCalvin]

Sit down/punch attack, jump kicking off wall. 2 great moves not on the Double Dragon games that should have been. I guess the sit-down attack was on the first Double Dragon after leveling up. I missed it badly in Double Dragon II. Motorcycle level. Different choices of where to go. This game was not Double Dragon but definitely had things that made it different and worth going back to. Things and ideas that would have even made the Double Dragon games better had they included them. I still very much enjoy playing this game. Very overlooked and unfairly attacked. Also another NES title I prefer over the arcade version.

[@swimsawce]

before Dark Souls, there was THESE games!

[@Artimes.]

Well At least I played the game lol. This game was quite brutal and I was only able to make to the Ladies and they deffinitly delivered a smack down on me

[@stoneyj1a1]

Poor man's Double Dragon. I rented this game, it was pretty awesome but couldn't find it in stores to buy.

[@gr8gmr]

"Poor man's Double Dragon"? This game predated Double Dragon and was made by the same creators.

[@gr8gmr]

Do you think you can do a playthrough of the original Japanese release of this game? It's good to show where the Kunio-kun series really came from.

[@Religious_man]

8:37 Lmao, dude on the left was playing dead. I like the expression on their faces when their asses get kicked. 4:30 That was like fighting deranged women with down syndrome.

[@Video-Games-Are-Fun]

haha!!

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

My cousin's use to have this years Ago.

[@Lanasano635]

So i guess Mr.k later reveals that its either Jack (Target renegade) or sonny Lee (Double dragon 3) This timeline gets wired and wired

[@edparadis6685]

you should show the Kunio-Kun orignal verison from Famicom. quite intresting

[@IronMan_thno]

This is just double dragon, with similar music from double dragon and bad street brawler

[@gr8gmr]

Except Double Dragon came out after this game. This was the predecessor to Double Dragon.

[@IronMan_thno]

Japanese or American version???

[@gr8gmr]

@@IronMan_thno Both.

[@Elvis70777]

que recuerdos madre mia!

[@kxp.1496]

I played this on the arcade game in 86 and 87 as a 11 year old and never played the nes, I remember the Firs boss. Get lost punk Second. Beat it scum Big birtha get enough already The knives killed you one stab And the final boss kills you one shot. It took a bunch of quarters but I was able to beat it in one try. the arcade version was no where close to this game but I still bought a nes game the other day

[@RavenEffect341]

“Mr K” talking all this shit after every level. Then the boss of the game is some gun toting idiot named Sabu. There is no ending. Just end credits 😂

[@Monkey_Slasher]

THAT'S IT? I never did beat this game. Fun fact. I always took a path that led to Kim. I enjoyed watching her pick up Mr. K and smack the shit out of him. After that, I would laugh my ass off and lose the game.

[@chadbaier9752]

"You're not tough enough for me."

[@afriendofbean]

I'm sure this is a fun game to play but, what was the meaning of this game? It never showed any intro about someone getting kidnapped and you had to fight bad guys to save the person where all it showed was for you to pick whether you want "One Player" or "Two Players" and then the game starts where you fight bad guys and after defeating the last guy, the end credits start at 14:42 not showing whether you rescued someone and/or it never showed you being claimed as a hero for something.

[@obsoleteworlds]

In the real game you were rescuing your girlfriend. Not sure why this was omitted from the NES game.

[@afriendofbean]

@@obsoleteworlds That's very good to know that this game at least had a meaning that you are rescuing someone. If I was playing this game on NES and after defeating the last guy I would have felt bad that I didn't win anything, save anyone, or be claimed as a hero.

[@Judah--YB]

Memories

[@StoicEver]

Equal oppurtunity ass whoopings in this game!

[@ryandiggs750]

And Double Dragon also

[@gilbertg.8191]

he got that greaser haircut going lol🤣

[@andrewg.1377]

I loved thid game and never forgot that squeak sound with the jump kick.

[@alkaline3254]

5:55 we used to call that B , big momma

[@SuikodenClive]

I could never beat this damn game.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

My cousin always died at the big Berta boss fight.

[@shibez]

streets of rage before streets of rage

[@chris.pbacon1811]

I remember renting this from the video store

[@joshuamartindale868]

Nakketsu Koha Kunio Kun

[@jasonodell79er]

Loved this game. Never came to close to beating it i dont think.

[@pitro1641]

This Nekketsu Kouha Kunio kun ?

[@thepolacek]

That ending crack me up. It’s soo fast