Cite as
Target: Renegade NES manual
Original
https://archive.org/details/NESManuals
sha256
d3f40d29b789848d44dc3c384bae6e0655a4e225657647de90c44dd8418f16aa
Archived
https://archive.org/download/NESManuals/Target%20Renegade%20%28USA%29_djvu.xml
Accessed
2026-11-06
Licence
© Taito; scan hosted by the Internet Archive
Credit
Taito Software; scan in the Internet Archive item "NESManuals" (file "Target Renegade (USA)"); the pin is the item's OCR, as DjVu XML.
Notes
The instruction booklet packed with the NES cartridge Target: Renegade (USA). The OCR is poor throughout; quotes follow it, with a reading where it is garbled.

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Claims (4)

The US NES booklet is Taito Software's. It prints a copyright of 1989 and calls "Target: Renegade" a trademark of Ocean Software Ltd.; Taito's NES advertisement of 1990 says the same and calls the game "the bone-crushing sequel to the original smash arcade hit, Renegade".inside front cover (PDF p. 2), imprintp. 21 (PDF p. 12), WarrantyManual
The NES booklet's story has Mr. Big kidnap Renegade's brother Matt and hold him in Big's Pig Pen, on the upper side of town. The game has seven levels of four scenes each: a scene ends when every gang member in it is beaten, and a level when its gang leader is. Strength falls when the player is hit or knocked down, the game ends when the status indicator reaches zero, and hearts dropped by beaten enemies, and the end of a level, restore it. A continue is offered once a game, from level two on.p. 2 (PDF p. 3), The Storyp. 2 (PDF p. 3), The Storyp. 2 (PDF p. 3), The Storyp. 3 (PDF p. 3), How to Playp. 3 (PDF p. 3), How to Playp. 3 (PDF p. 3), How to Playp. 3 (PDF p. 3), How to Playp. 3 (PDF p. 3), How to Playp. 3 (PDF p. 3), How to Playp. 3 (PDF p. 3), How to Playp. 9 (PDF p. 6), Bonus Itemsp. 15 (PDF p. 9), Continue Optionp. 15 (PDF p. 9), Continue OptionManual
On the NES, A punches and B throws a side kick. Up and B is a flying kick, up with left or right and B a running flying kick, and down and B a foot sweep; with a weapon in hand A swings or throws it. Weapons include fire extinguishers, garbage cans, and baseball bats. A heart is picked up by standing on it and pressing down and A together.p. 5 (PDF p. 4), How to Operatep. 5 (PDF p. 4), How to Operatepp. 6-7 (PDF p. 5), Fighting Techniquesp. 7 (PDF p. 5), Fighting Techniquesp. 9 (PDF p. 6), Bonus Itemsp. 9 (PDF p. 6), Bonus ItemsManual
The NES booklet's levels are the parking garage (levels one to three), downtown (four), the park (five), uptown (six), and Mr. Big's Pig Pen (seven). Its gangs include the Sleazy Riders, Bat Boys and South Side Stranglers in the garage, with Big Boo; the Dagger Dudes, knife throwers, and the Bruise Brigade downtown, with Siggy; the skateboarding Skate Lords and the Hammer Heads in the park; the Karate Clan uptown, with a warning to show the Bouncers identification at the Pig Pen; and, in the Pig Pen, more Bouncers, the Bruise Brigade by the pool tables, and Mr. Big.p. 10 (PDF p. 7), Game Levelsp. 10 (PDF p. 7), Game Levelsp. 10 (PDF p. 7), Game Levelsp. 10 (PDF p. 7), Game Levelsp. 10 (PDF p. 7), Game Levelsp. 11 (PDF p. 7), Level Fourp. 11 (PDF p. 7), Level Fourp. 11 (PDF p. 7), Level Fourpp. 12-13 (PDF p. 8), Levels Five and Sixp. 12 (PDF p. 8), Level Fivep. 12 (PDF p. 8), Level Fivep. 13 (PDF p. 8), Level Sixp. 13 (PDF p. 8), Level Sixp. 14 (PDF p. 9), Level Sevenp. 14 (PDF p. 9), Level Sevenp. 14 (PDF p. 9), Level SevenManual