Renegade: The Battle for Jacob's Star

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Renegade: The Battle for Jacob's Star
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Developer(s) Midnight Software
Publisher(s) Strategic Simulations
Platform(s) DOS
Release1995
Genre(s) Space flight simulation
Mode(s) Single-player

Renegade: the Battle for Jacob's Star is a video game developed by Midnight Software and published by SSI for the personal computer.

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Gameplay

Renegade: the Battle for Jacob's Star is based on Renegade Legion . [1]

Reception

A reviewer for Next Generation hailed Renegade: The Battle for Jacob's Star as one of the few Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger clones which does not rely on expensive production to emulate that game's success. Particularly praising the 3D fighter models, absorbing storyline, detailed character development, and strategic gameplay, he gave it four out of five stars. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Renegade". Next Generation . Imagine Media (6): 108. June 1995.
  2. "PC Gamer Reviews Index". PC Gamer . Archived from the original on 1996-12-23.
  3. "MBnet Pelihalli". www.mbnet.fi. Archived from the original on 2002-02-11.