As Florent Gorges explains in Les Oubliés de la Playhistoire, Rendering Ranger R2 is a title with a specific destiny in many ways. Designed by Manfred Trenz and studio Rainbow Arts (Turrican, The Great Giana Sisters), this game that showcased Nintendo’s 16-bit capabilities was released in Japan on November 17, 1995, making it the only game to appear only in the No foreign game in the archipelago has ever been near the borders of the United States or Europe.
Offering Turrican-style run-and-gun sequences and side-scrolling shooter passages, Rendering Ranger R2 For publishers who have entered the 3D era, it is obviously too late. Manfred Trenz’s game has only caught the attention of the Japanese branch of Virgin Interactive, and hasn’t gotten to the point where more than 10,000 ink cartridges have been printed, hence the game’s rarity and the price to post it on eBay.
However, this state will change because Rendering Ranger R2 It will be available for download on PS5, PS4, Switch and PC at an unknown date. For its part, Limited Run Games will distribute the Super Nintendo cartridge version just for the game’s revenge after 27 years. Pre-orders will begin on August 5.