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video game released on the

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, MSX, and

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in 1989 by

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under their "

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" label. The game is a sequel to '' Target: Renegade'' which itself is a sequel to the arcade game ''

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''. Unlike the first two games, ''Renegade III'' follows the character known only as "Renegade" as he travels through time to rescue his captured girlfriend. It also dropped the two-player mode found in the previous title. An

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version was developed but never released. It was leaked years later.

Reception

Though the game was highly praised by critics, receiving high scores in several prominent gaming publications such as a 91% score being awarded by ''

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'', and 84% in

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, it was derided by fans who criticised the game's storyline, lack of deep gameplay, weapons, glitches, poor physics and lack of a two-player option. The Spanish magazine ''Microhobby'' valued the game with the following scores:(Spanish
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