Renegade Nintendo

I mentioned earlier that PedroGames.Com delivers and he sure does. He is certainly my favorite ebay seller. One of the games I got recently was Renegade. This isn't a rare game by any stretch of the imagination but it would have become an necessary purchase eventually if my ultimate goal is to collect every licensed Nintendo game.



This game translated sorta well from the arcade version. About as well as Double Dragon translated to the NES. But I have this facinating obsession with videogame box art and Renegade for Nintendo is an interesting gem. In the actual game you look like a greaser taking on other greasers- sorta like a a deleted scene from the movie Grease. But this box art depicts a calamity that the game just doesn't deliver.



For starters it says something like "the subway is no place to be at 2:00am", well duh, why state the obvious? And I'm assuming the punk in white is supposed to be you, the hero. This guy is clearly a loser. At least the other thugs have weapons. They could have at least have penciled in a knife or a gun! What kind of badass picks fights in a subway at 2am but carries no weapon?



Also the title makes no sense. Isn't a renegade like a rebel? Someone who fights "the establishment"? Is he rebelling against a street gang? Or is he rebelling against society by disturbing the peace?



One last thing that disturbs me is that huge drop off to where the subway tracks are. Someone should post a "watch your step" sign... or something.



There was an old TV show called Renegade with Lorenzo Llamas (which someone compares Billy Mitchell to in the documentary Chasing Ghosts) but this clown on the cover is certainly no Lorenzo.



I know I know... you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, but in the case of Renegade for Nintendo, it's too damn fun!