R²レンダリング・レンジャー © 1995 Virgin Interactive Ent., Inc.
(R² - Rendering Ranger)
Players control the titular Rendering Ranger, a special forces soldier tasked with defending the Earth and its remaining inhabitants from a devastating alien invasion. A high score screen is present and there are many different types of laser guns to acquire throughout the post-apocalyptic adventure. The player can choose from three to seven lives. However, there are no continues so practice is essential to winning the game. The player can take five hits before losing a life but pits automatically make him lose a life. Weapons are found in floating orbs, and each color holds a different kind of gun.
Game ID: SHVC-AVCJ-JPN
Released on November 17, 1995 exclusively in Japan.
The game was developed by Manfred Trenz, creator of the Turrican series. This game was only released in Japan, but almost everything is in English. According to an interview with Trenz, he stated that the game was originally named as Targa and it featured hand drawn graphics, and later it was changed to pre-rendered graphics following the success of Donkey Kong Country, hence the name change; however, a Targa prototype was located with the pre-rendered graphics. By the time the game was finally finished, the only company interested in publishing it was the Japanese branch of Virgin Interactive.
The game is extremely rare as the production run is estimated to be in the thousands (5000 copies to be more precise).
Developed by Rainbow Arts Software
Concept: Manfred Trenz
Game Design: Manfred Trenz
Grafik: Manfred Trenz
3D Concept Art: Jorgen Trolle Orberg
3D Lead Artist: Manfred Kraemer
3D Modeling: Manfred Kraemer, Jorgen Trolle Orberg, Stephan Lethaus, Tobias J. Richter
Textures: Joerg Kruehne
Additional Graphics: Jesper Eskildsen
Cyberware Scan: Ulrike Spierling
Clay Models: Regine Kammerer
Musicsystem: Jesper Olsen
Sound FX: Jesper Olsen
Music: Stefan Kramer
Additional Music: Jesper Olsen
QA: Manfred Trenz, Ichiro Nonaka, Elke Jung, Erik Simon
Producer: Thomas Brockhage
Special Thanks: lke Jung, Thomas Trenz, Michael Dahm, Andreas Wrublewsky, Ramona Dahm, Kurt Weiskopf, Dirk Oellerich, Joerg Linden, Erik Simon, Michael Bittner, Jurie Horneman, Thorsten Mutschall, Ole Mogensen, Jørgen Trolle Ørberg, Søren Raadved Lund, Chip Level Design, Leo Burkert, Winnie Forster, James Cox, Ichiro Nonaka
Game's ROM.