Renegade 2: Return to Jacob’s Star

1995 Midnight Software / SSI Platform: PC DOS Renegade 2: Return to Jacob’s Star was a planned sequel to Renegade: Battle for Jacob’s Star, the 1995 DOS space combat game developed by Midnight Software and published by SSI. Although the original game saw release, its follow-up was not so fortunate, disappearing despite being advertised and apparently progressing quite far into development. The sequel was featured within SSI’s 1995 catalogue, promising 50 new missions, additional spacecraft and multiplayer support. It sounded like a substantial follow-up to the original game, but unfortunately never made it onto shop shelves. A playable one-mission demonstration has survived, giving us at least a small glimpse of what was being developed. However, the fate of the full game remains something of a mystery. Preservation researcher Mikael Magnano has been investigating the title and very kindly got in touch with GTW to share his findings. According to Mikael’s research, there are…

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