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VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, July 1990

staff, VideoGames & Computer Entertainment. 1990. “VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, July 1990.” VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, July 1990. Larry Flynt Publications.

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VG&CE July 1990
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https://archive.org/details/vgce-jul-1990
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7d3eb5efdf13e2e1ebe29508c346b2ffcfeaea04f45f7d2941662fc134228882
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https://archive.org/download/vgce-jul-1990/VGCE_Jul_1990_djvu.xml
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2026-11-06
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© Larry Flynt Publications (at the time of publication); scan hosted by the Internet Archive; quoted briefly
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Scan in the Internet Archive item "vgce-jul-1990"; the pin is the item's OCR, as DjVu XML.
Notes
Pinned for Target: Renegade (NES review by Howard H. Wen, and Taito's advertisement). The issue number isn't printed in the OCR read; the id counts back from issue 32 (September 1991). A second scan is in the item "video-games-computer-entertainment-july-1990".

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VideoGames & Computer Entertainment's July 1990 issue printed RePlay magazine's chart of the top coin-ops of March 1990, from an earnings-opinion poll of operators, with "Klax by Atari" second among the best new upright games, after Namco's Winning Run.image 19, Top Coin-Ops of March 1990image 22, Top Coin-Ops of March 1990, Best New Uprightsimage 22, Top Coin-Ops of March 1990, Best New UprightsMagazine
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".image 21, Taito advertisementimage 21, Taito advertisementManual
Howard H. Wen reviewed the NES game, at $39.95, in VideoGames & Computer Entertainment in July 1990 and rated it 4 out of 10 overall (sound/music 5, graphics 4, playability 4). He called it "a disappointment", "just another sequel that is not as fun—or as good—as its predecessor": several of Renegade's moves, such as throwing an enemy overhead or punching one who is down, can't be done, and "one would probably argue" that the graphics are worse than the original's. He found its portrayal of the player attacking women on the second stage "quite disturbing".p. 42 (image 42), Target: Renegadep. 42 (image 42), Target: Renegadep. 42 (image 42), Target: Renegadep. 44 (image 44), Target: Renegadep. 44 (image 44), Target: Renegadep. 44 (image 44), Target: Renegadep. 44 (image 44), Target: Renegadep. 44 (image 44), Target: RenegadeMagazine