熱血硬派くにおくん
The first game in the [[Kunio-kun series]].

[i][b]Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun[/b][/i] (熱血硬派くにおくん, [i]Hot-Blooded Tough Guy Kunio[/i]) is a 1986 Japanese [[arcade]] [[video game]] where the player takes control of a high school boy called [[Kunio-kun]] as he fights against the various gangs who bully his friend, Hiroshi, at the start of each stage.

The original arcade game was created by "Kishimoto Yoshihisa":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshihisa_Kishimoto and developed by "Technos Japan":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techn%C5%8Ds_Japan (who would become famous for the [[Double Dragon]] series) and published by [[Taito]].

The international version, renamed [i][b]Renegade[/b][/i], features changed graphics and dubbed voices that gives the game a more western-looking setting. The plot was also changed from Kunio beating gangs to avenge his friend to the main hero having to rescue his girlfriend. [i]Renegade[/i] itself would spawn two sequels in Europe.

The game was ported to the [[Nintendo]] [[Famicom]] home console in early 1987 and to the western [[NES]] at the end of the same year. It was released for the [[PlayStation 2]] in Japan as part of the Ore-tachi Game Center Zoku lineup on January 26, 2006.

h4. See also

* [[Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari]]
nekketsu kouha kunio-kun