Renegade Software

Infobox Company
company_name = Renegade Software
company_
company_slogan =
company_type = Defunct
foundation = 1991
location = UK
num_employees = N/A
key_people = Bitmap Brothers
industry = Video game publisher
products = Gods
Magic Pockets
The Chaos Engine

revenue = N/A
homepage = N/A

Renegade Software was a UK based games publisher, founded in 1991 by the Bitmap Brothers.

Initially the Bitmap Brothers used the new label to publish their own games, after they had become dissatisfied with the practices of publishing companies (their previous games were published by Mirrorsoft) [ [http://www.gods-country.de/tcr/show_article.php?a=bb0 Article] in ST Format issue #18 1991 from http://www.gods-country.de] . Their stated goal was to give game developers more artistic freedom and more recognition [ Zero, issue 13, November 1990, pp.22-24 ] . One of the first games released by Renegade Software was Magic Pockets, for which they had struck a deal with music publisher Rhythm King to include a Betty Boo song in the game [ [http://www.gods-country.de/tcr/show_article.php?a=mp2 Article] from PC Review, from http://www.gods-country.de] .

Later Renegade also published games by other developers and went on as one of the successful independent publishers of its time, until it was acquired by Warner Interactive (run by Time Warner) in 1995, still publishing under the Renegade label. Subsequently in 1997 Warner Interactive was sold to GT Interactive (later Infogrames) and the Renegade label ceased to exist [ [http://www.mobygames.com/company/warner-interactive-entertainment-ltd Warner Interactive Entertainment Ltd.] article on MobyGames] .

Games [ [http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/renegade-software/ List of games published by Renegade] on MobyGames]

* Gods (1991)
* Magic Pockets (1991)
* (1991)
* Sensible Soccer: European Champions (1992)
* Sensible Soccer: European Champions: 92/93 Edition (1992)
* Fire & Ice (1992)
* The Chaos Engine (1993)
* Uridium 2 (1993)
* Turrican 3 (1993)
* Elfmania (1994)
* International Sensible Soccer (1994)
* Ruff 'n' Tumble (1994)
* Sensible World of Soccer (1994)
* Flight of the Amazon Queen (1995)
* Harpoon Classic (1995)
* (1995)
* Virocop (1995)
* Sensible World of Soccer '96/'97 (1996)
* Sensible World of Soccer: European Championship Edition (1996)
* (1996)
* Z (1996)

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