Comments on: Target: Renegade (ZX Spectrum / Commodore 64, 1988) http://www.thegamesofmylife.com/2005/10/27/target-renegade-zx-spectrum-commodore-64-1988/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:30:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Goatlips http://www.thegamesofmylife.com/2005/10/27/target-renegade-zx-spectrum-commodore-64-1988/#comment-8523 Goatlips Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:25:53 +0000 http://www.thegamesofmylife.com/2005/10/27/target-renegade-zx-spectrum-commodore-64-1988/#comment-8523 Target: Renegade has been remade for the PC - http://www.ys3.org/?page.id=2 It's really well done, however, I couldn't get the flying kicks to always work. It seemed, to me, that you can usually only press 2 keys at once and if you press up, left/right and kick (to perform a flying kick) the controls jam up. But the assigned keys were fairly awful (Cursor keys + Right CTRL, and WSAD + Left CTRL), so it may have been me getting them confused. Perhaps you'll have better luck, or you could use a game pad (Xbox 360 pads work on PCs don't forget). Target: Renegade has been remade for the PC - http://www.ys3.org/?page.id=2

It’s really well done, however, I couldn’t get the flying kicks to always work. It seemed, to me, that you can usually only press 2 keys at once and if you press up, left/right and kick (to perform a flying kick) the controls jam up. But the assigned keys were fairly awful (Cursor keys + Right CTRL, and WSAD + Left CTRL), so it may have been me getting them confused. Perhaps you’ll have better luck, or you could use a game pad (Xbox 360 pads work on PCs don’t forget).

]]> By: Fusedplug (aka miles previously) http://www.thegamesofmylife.com/2005/10/27/target-renegade-zx-spectrum-commodore-64-1988/#comment-7159 Fusedplug (aka miles previously) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:28:37 +0000 http://www.thegamesofmylife.com/2005/10/27/target-renegade-zx-spectrum-commodore-64-1988/#comment-7159 Maybe we should bombard chronosoft to make Renegade 3 as it should have looked .. basically the gameplay was sound just make an even bigger game with the game open ended so new levels can be added from extra add on packs? (chronosoft sell new games for the spectrum the link is http://www.cronos.toucansurf.com/ ) excellent site btw :) Maybe we should bombard chronosoft to make Renegade 3 as it should have looked .. basically the gameplay was sound just make an even bigger game with the game open ended so new levels can be added from extra add on packs? (chronosoft sell new games for the spectrum the link is http://www.cronos.toucansurf.com/ ) excellent site btw :)

]]> By: Goatlips http://www.thegamesofmylife.com/2005/10/27/target-renegade-zx-spectrum-commodore-64-1988/#comment-7149 Goatlips Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:53:17 +0000 http://www.thegamesofmylife.com/2005/10/27/target-renegade-zx-spectrum-commodore-64-1988/#comment-7149 I stand corrected Dehumanizer. I seems her name was Suzy: http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/1107618445-00.png I recall now that I preferred the original's 'henchwomen', with their whips, bras and nice trousers.It's amazing what a handful of pixels could do for an adolescent boy back then. ...Anyway, at least I didn't confuse it with that hideous 'Renegade III' thing (which I just had the misfortune of being reminded of on the net)! P.S. Click on my name and run the slideshow to get yourself a great Target Renegade. gif...t. I stand corrected Dehumanizer.

I seems her name was Suzy: http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/1107618445-00.png

I recall now that I preferred the original’s ‘henchwomen’, with their whips, bras and nice trousers.It’s amazing what a handful of pixels could do for an adolescent boy back then.

…Anyway, at least I didn’t confuse it with that hideous ‘Renegade III’ thing (which I just had the misfortune of being reminded of on the net)!

P.S. Click on my name and run the slideshow to get yourself a great Target Renegade. gif…t.

]]> By: Dehumanizer http://www.thegamesofmylife.com/2005/10/27/target-renegade-zx-spectrum-commodore-64-1988/#comment-7050 Dehumanizer Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:05:26 +0000 http://www.thegamesofmylife.com/2005/10/27/target-renegade-zx-spectrum-commodore-64-1988/#comment-7050 Goatlips: the game you're remembering is the original Renegade (also a great game), not T:R, the sequel. Goatlips: the game you’re remembering is the original Renegade (also a great game), not T:R, the sequel.

]]> By: miles http://www.thegamesofmylife.com/2005/10/27/target-renegade-zx-spectrum-commodore-64-1988/#comment-7029 miles Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:24:37 +0000 http://www.thegamesofmylife.com/2005/10/27/target-renegade-zx-spectrum-commodore-64-1988/#comment-7029 This game if marketed correctly could have sold a good few more spectrums at the time, When a game was this good you wanted to own it the first Renegade was impressive and TR did what was thought to be the impossible and topped the original. This type of game was a hard act to follow and I commend the programmers behind it. Without doubt the spectrum version was the best by far there were "special moves" in the game which pre cursored the likes of the combo system in later games seen on the Playstation such as Tekken. It's still a very playable game by todays standards and will stand the test of time 10/10 This game if marketed correctly could have sold a good few more spectrums at the time, When a game was this good you wanted to own it the first Renegade was impressive and TR did what was thought to be the impossible and topped the original. This type of game was a hard act to follow and I commend the programmers behind it. Without doubt the spectrum version was the best by far there were “special moves” in the game which pre cursored the likes of the combo system in later games seen on the Playstation such as Tekken. It’s still a very playable game by todays standards and will stand the test of time 10/10

]]> By: Goatlips http://www.thegamesofmylife.com/2005/10/27/target-renegade-zx-spectrum-commodore-64-1988/#comment-4123 Goatlips Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:00:49 +0000 http://www.thegamesofmylife.com/2005/10/27/target-renegade-zx-spectrum-commodore-64-1988/#comment-4123 Arguably THE best game of it's era. I remember a particularly tough female 'boss' (one of the earliest games to feature females in such roles?). A flaw in the AI meant that if you trapped her on the left side of the screen she became defenceless to your kicks. Amusingly enough however, if you continued your attack until she expired it revealed a fatal bug in the program, since she was so big and fat the game crashed as she tried to fall out of the screen (Spectrum 128 version only). 10/10 (for it's time) Arguably THE best game of it’s era.

I remember a particularly tough female ‘boss’ (one of the earliest games to feature females in such roles?).
A flaw in the AI meant that if you trapped her on the left side of the screen she became defenceless to your kicks. Amusingly enough however, if you continued your attack until she expired it revealed a fatal bug in the program, since she was so big and fat the game crashed as she tried to fall out of the screen (Spectrum 128 version only).

10/10 (for it’s time)

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