Rendering Ranger™: R² [Rewind]

Okay, to WHO THE HELL EVER actually** beat this game, legit, is a liar. Between stages 6 and 7 is becomes quite apparent that you're at the final boss. I mean, considering how difficult it was to even get to those bosses. Stage 8 and 9 are SADISTIC. I could *not* imagine someone constantly putting quarters in this thing and actually came out happy they've played it. The rewind feature is, hardly helpful. This game is so stretched out and the levels to squeeze through the worlds smallest tunnels. And the worst part, after you lose all your lives out of frustration, even with using rewind. There is no continue. Nope, just a straight up GAME OVER. Okay, ouch.....I love my Shmups...but this is terrible.

Great game! used to play it on snes, despite it crashed my pc twice, I`ve faced no problems while playing, got all achievs!

Manfred Trenz used the pseudonym 'The Master' — a title that was truly fitting (see, for instance, his game 'Enforcer'). Unfortunately, he faced a great deal of bad luck with later projects like 'Turrican 3D', 'Katakis 3D', and his company Denaris Software. I once owned two original copies of 'Rendering Ranger R²' for the Super Famicom. At heart, I’m more of a Commodore, Atari, and SEGA kid; consequently, I largely ignored the whole Super Nintendo / Super Famicom era until 'Rendering Ranger' was released. That game was the reason I bought a Super Famicom and imported the title from Japan. I acquired the second copy from Japan via eBay a few years later. Unlike 'Turrican', 'Rendering Ranger' has significant weaknesses in its run-and-gun levels imho. For my taste, the run-and-gun stages in 'R²' are too linear compared to 'Turrican'. 'Turrican' featured plenty of secrets to discover — something 'R²' unfortunately lacks. On the other hand, 'Rendering Ranger' really SHINES when it comes to its shoot-'em-up sections. Furthermore, 'Rendering Ranger' shouldn't really be compared to 'Turrican'. Regardless, thank You for taking on this project and investing the time and effort to make thi…

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Holy crap, this game is tough in parts. One level (Stage 7?) is absolutely overwhelming. Enemies or projectiles are sometimes very hard to spot because the background has so much yellow in it. Manfred once said about Turrican 2 that the game was meant to be harder and that players should be biting the edge of the table out of desperation. So what about Rendering Ranger R2? Are we supposed to bite into a steel plate there? I’m not the youngest anymore, and my teeth aren’t what they used to be... :D What did he envision for the future back then? :) The game is definitely good and worth playing. It's a very well-done mix of Turrican and Katakis.

Great game; I love run and gun and shmup games. However, there are some issues with the PC version itself. Sometimes the game will crash upon start up, usually if I'm trying to boot from the desktop shortcut. The other issue, is that unless you're playing with a controller, the keyboard bindings are just frustrating to me. Yes, I'm a boomer who likes to play shmups and 2D games with just a keyboard, especially using WASD for movement. Regrettably, there is no way to rebind keys in-game or upon launch. This is usually a standard feature with PC games, even with older ones with source ports. I had to use the app Microsoft Powertoys to rebind the keys in a way that I was comfortable with, which took a bit of tinkering to just even figure out what key does what in-game. The rewind feature is nice, as it makes a very challenging game a lot more accessible. Music, stages, visuals are all great. I guess my only issue with the game is sometimes, it can be hard to see enemy shots incoming on Stage 7, due to so much happening in the backgrounds and with your ship zooming around. Other than that, I love this game. I guess wish the PC port of it allowed one to rebind keys natively; some …