Rough Ranger

Rough Ranger
Also known as: Super Ranger (KR) Developer: SunA Electronics Publishers: SunA Electronics (KR), Sharp Image Electronics (US) Platforms: Arcade (SunA 8-bit hardware) Released in US: 1988 Released in KR: 1988 This game has hidden developer credits. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences.

Sure, Rough Ranger rips off pretty much every aspect of Namco's Rolling Thunder, but did the latter have an 8-bit rendition of Boléro? It did not.

Developer Credits

There are two different copyright texts in the main and audio CPUs. The first is in the main CPU at address 0x00050 in older versions, 0x00080 in newer versions.

Old Version	Version 2.0
SUNA ELECTRONICS K.H.T 88,2,28 RANGER	SUNA ELECTRONICS RANGER 1988,4,15 K.H.T V 2.0

The second is at 0x0080 in the audio CPU:

SUN A ELECTRONIC
S
11,2  1987
K H T
SOUND
PROGRAM #2
SOULE
KOREA

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Version Differences

Boot Screen

Super Ranger (Old)	Rough Ranger (v2.0)	Super Ranger (v2.0)

The ROM check text was changed in Rough Ranger from "O.K." to "GOOD", for some assuredly boring reason. The newer version of Super Ranger just paints the text blue.

Title Screen

Super Ranger	Rough Ranger

The game's title was changed overseas. They didn't make much of an effort to match the original "SUPER" graphic, did they?

Game Map

The biggest change between the old and new versions is this Ghosts 'n Goblins-style game map that appears after the intro cutscene.

At the start of each stage, the current area will be outlined on the big map.

(Source: Original TCRF research)