Rough Ranger

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)
I know these aren't the most interesting differences

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	Super Ranger (NOVA license)	Super Ranger (WDK license)	Rough Ranger

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

Game Map#

Sartre was a big fat liar!
The biggest change between the old and new versions is this Ghosts 'n Goblins-style game map that appears after the intro cutscene.

I like the rogue cursor in the bottom-middle there
At the start of each stage, the current area will be outlined on the big map.

(Source: Original TCRF research)