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Strider (arcade game)

Strider
Strider
Arcade flyer
Developer(s) Capcom
Publisher(s) Capcom
Director(s) Kouichi Yotsui
Designer(s) Kouichi Yotsui
Tokuro Fujiwara
Shinichi Yoshimoto
Composer(s) Junko Tamiya
Platform(s) Arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, PlayStation, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx CD, Virtual Console, Wii, ZX Spectrum
Release Arcade
  • JP: March 7, 1989
  • NA: January 1989
  • EU: January 1989
Mega Drive/Genesis
September 29, 1990
Master System
1991
PC Engine
September 22, 1994
PlayStation
  • JP: February 24, 2000
  • NA: July 29, 2000
  • EU: December 15, 2000
Virtual Console
  • JP: November 15, 2011
  • NA: February 16, 2012
  • PAL: March 15, 2012
Genre(s) Platform
Mode(s) Single player (2-player alternating)
Cabinet Upright
Arcade system CPS-1
Display Raster, 384x224 pixels (horizontal),
4096 on-screen colors,
65,536 color depth
Aggregate scores
Aggregator Score
GameRankings 84% (SMD)
(4 reviews)
Defunct Games 91% (SMD)
(10 reviews)
Review scores
Publication Score
AllGame 4/5 stars (ARC)
4.5/5 stars (SMD)
3/5 stars (SMS)
CVG 95% (SMD)
92% (ST)
88% (CPC)
EGM 36/40 (SMD)
Famitsu 30/40 (SMD)
20/40 (PCE)
GamePro 22/25 (SMD)
GameSpy 9/10 (SMD)
Nintendo Life 9/10 stars (SMD)
Your Sinclair 89% (ARC)
90% (ZX)
ACE 919/1000 (SMD)
910/1000 (AMI)
910/1000 (ST)
876/1000 (CPC)
Commodore User 8/10 (ARC)
96% (SMD)
80% (SMS)
Mean Machines 92% (SMD)
67% (SMS)
Mega 89% (SMD)
MegaTech 91% (SMD)
Sega Power 10/10 (SMD)
74% (SMS)
Award
Publication Award
Electronic Gaming Monthly Best Game of the Year,
Best Graphics in a Video Game

Strider, released in Japan as Strider Hiryū (ストライダー飛竜?), is a 1989 side-scrolling platform game developed and released for the CP System arcade hardware by Capcom. Strider is a hack and slash platformer set in a dystopian future in the year 2048 and features a wide range of settings that dramatically affect gameplay.
Strider marked the video game debut of Hiryu, a member of a secret group of ninjas known as the “Striders” shortly after the character's 1988 debut as the main character in a manga titled Strider Hiryu.
Hiryu went on to become the main protagonist of a long-running series of video games and one of Capcom's most popular characters. The arcade game is part of a three-way cooperation between Capcom and manga publisher Moto Kikaku, which also includes a manga book and an NES video game.
Ports for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS and ZX Spectrum were developed by Tiertex and published by U.S. Gold in 1989. Sega ported Strider to its own Genesis console in 1990 to wide acclaim. Of all home versions, the Genesis adaptation is considered the most successful, it won the 1990 Video Game of the Year and Best Graphics in a Video Game awards from Electronic Gaming Monthly and was featured in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die. Strider's innovative, fast-paced gameplay is cited as a major influence on several popular video game franchises such as Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry and God of War. It became one of Capcom's early big hits prior to Street Fighter II, hailed for its innovative gameplay, diverse and unique music, and multilingual voice samples.


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