Arcade Longplay [052] Strider

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    Originally i wanted to do a run without helper robots, but that was to hard, so i deciced to do one without ever losing health or getting hit.
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  • @noesunyoutuber7680
    @noesunyoutuber7680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    I love how Hiryu's response to a giant aerial battleship is "You're sending a toy into battle?" when he's just a single man with a plasma not-actually-a-sword. Old video game protagonists are ridiculously hardcore.

  • @denislechevalier8517
    @denislechevalier8517 10 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    One of the most amazing feat. in this game is that there are 4 languages used ! :
    Japanese, english, chinese-madarin, and russian ! I have asked to a russian lady if it was russian, she told me yes :) Michiel, the prime-minister of Russian Federation is saying something like "we will never allow this/that to happen". Just incredible, a 5 stars game, more than a legend !

    • @dlfrsilver
      @dlfrsilver 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *****
      eh what's the point with my comment ? I was commenting on the game itself, not about it being superior on genesis and what not on any other system.

    • @denislechevalier8517
      @denislechevalier8517 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ben owen : indeed :)

    • @gc3k
      @gc3k 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Denis Lechevalier Too bad the latest Strider game wasn't multi-language

    • @denislechevalier8517
      @denislechevalier8517 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL !

    • @CPT85
      @CPT85 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sagistar I thought that was Portuguese the Amazon women were speaking. 😳

  • @MoxieCatte
    @MoxieCatte 10 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    This game has the best introduction of all time. Dat laugh.

    • @Game-The-System
      @Game-The-System 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Came here just to hear it.

    • @Seiko180
      @Seiko180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      me too, I can't get over that laugh lol

  • @maestrolodahl8681
    @maestrolodahl8681 8 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    8 people will never leave Eurasia alive....

  • @pauldugdale7106
    @pauldugdale7106 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This game would have made an amazing film. The music at the beginning of level 2 still puts chills up my spine! Love it!

    • @channelsurf17
      @channelsurf17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Level 2's music as a whole is one of the best soundtracks for a Level in video game history. It tells the story of being in a cold place and then the changes when you go to the "sunny" area and back to dark and dank...it's incredible.

  • @MDthornton83
    @MDthornton83 10 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Strider is most definitely one of the best games Capcom gave us back in the old days. While the franchise is best known for this arcade game, it originally started as a manga back in 1988, which told the story of Strider Hiryu. His name literally means "Flying Dragon". I love this game. And I think it still holds up wonderfully today. Yes, the controls have aged a bit, and it doesn't seem as responsive. But otherwise, it's still a great game after many years later. Eventually, Capcom made the long overdue sequel to this game, Strider 2. And I saw trailers for the new Strider game by Double Helix. And it looks pretty awesome. I hear that it's already out. So I'll definitely be trying out that game when I get a chance to.

    • @johnnihil1689
      @johnnihil1689 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I didn't know that. I thought they took Strider from Lord of the Rings or something. I need to read the manga.

    • @TeranIcer
      @TeranIcer ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolutely still a standout, even today. I was in love with this game, the damn music stayed in my head for decades LoL

  • @city0166
    @city0166 8 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    This game was not that easy. Who ever this is they are nice. I spent way too many quarters in this game.

  • @TeranIcer
    @TeranIcer ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One my all-time fav arcade games. The animation & movement was spectacular, esp for 1989-90. Even the music was memorable. Strider was maybe ahead of it's time IMO.

  • @johnnihil1689
    @johnnihil1689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    This game still looks fresh. It looks like something an indie developer would make as a love letter to the 90s.

    • @a-laboratory7053
      @a-laboratory7053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This game was made in 1989 by capcom.

    • @brooklyn9398
      @brooklyn9398 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Third boss looks like the same cube
      In elder scrolls Skyrim

    • @AH-hz5xc
      @AH-hz5xc ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Occams

    • @MxArgent
      @MxArgent 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      it really is a massive tech demo for what the CPS could pull off. The amount of custom coding and animation that went into ensuring Hiryu's stance is consistent regardless of what surface he's on is incredible. Horizontal surfaces, vertical surfaces, all sorts of different angles, even the inverse gravity segments - the animation code handles them all gracefully. No mean feat in a pre-Inverse Kinematics world.

    • @mosheahvows5071
      @mosheahvows5071 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's literally a game made to steal quarters. Settle down

  • @lydellfabin64
    @lydellfabin64 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    who played this when the sega genesis version first came out in 90? My mind was blown!

    • @eddiewilson3724
      @eddiewilson3724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      hell yeah mine cost like 69.99 back then might have been 75

    • @griffinhamill761
      @griffinhamill761 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Same. I was particularly impressed with the part where you run down the mountain with the immense snowy background scrolling behind you was breathtaking!

    • @dionyates2482
      @dionyates2482 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yup. This, Ghouls N' Ghosts and Mercs were incredible Capcom conversions. The 16-bit era was so good even today's kids know many of the games

    • @leehunter1246
      @leehunter1246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Never played the Sega version. And If I wasn't single and drinking you would have never known that lol

    • @GokkunGuru
      @GokkunGuru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I bought a knockoff Mega Drive cartridge from Hong Kong. Filed down the outer edge of my Sega Genesis slot housing and played this game for months until I finished it. Good memories of my early teens.

  • @CasualRemy
    @CasualRemy 12 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The sound of Strider's sword is the best sound in the game

  • @dougggtheoof
    @dougggtheoof 9 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    0:08 Best villain laugh I've heard.

  • @Klausvans
    @Klausvans 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This game is really representative of the cold war of that time between USA and USSR, but we were too young to really understand that! Now I really can! So good memories from my childhood!

  • @Einhander49
    @Einhander49 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The way he says I GOT YOU! Only to end up dying within seconds, lol.

  • @Flood520
    @Flood520 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Back in the day, this game made me rage quit an arcade. One of the toughest games I've ever played.

  • @infinitecanadian
    @infinitecanadian 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    For all his tough-guy talk, that guy at the end was sure a lightweight. One slice and that was it for him...

    • @Captain_Rhodes
      @Captain_Rhodes 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      infinitecanadian no he was realy hard but if you have the robot helpers they do it for you!

    • @a2pha
      @a2pha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Which is odd because I remember I had to hit him like 8x in a row in the real arcade game. Spent many quarters on that last level.

    • @jayskicksnfits9372
      @jayskicksnfits9372 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@Captain_Rhodes*really*

  • @Captain_Rhodes
    @Captain_Rhodes 9 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    that laugh. man that used to piss me off

    • @Seiko180
      @Seiko180 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      you gotta love that laugh lol

  • @TheKrustaceox
    @TheKrustaceox 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The plot in this game is absolutely brilliant, if anyone have missed it due to poor dialogue scene management. By the end of the game the Kzach minister, Amazon leader woman and Pirate-like military leader are all, in a way, hoping for Strider to free the world from Grandmaster Meio's tyrany (All Sons of old Gods, Die!"). The game is a clear criticism against fascism.
    The fact that the game imediatelly starts with Strider invading with furious speed a heavily armed, futuristic and corrupt Kzach republic and with absolutely zero background story or prologue... is just magnificent.

    • @libertydefenders8276
      @libertydefenders8276 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Against fascism? I think you missed the conspicuously anti-Marxist messaging and symbolism in this game. "All sons of old gods" must die is in fact a Marxist slogan. Decimating tradition and Christianity is a tenet of early twentieth century Bolshevism and to this day a hallmark of MArxist theory. The Jewish Bolsheviks exterminated gentiles from Ukraine to KAZAKHSTAN annihilating Christians (and Muslims in all fairness) in the name of atheism -JEWISH atheism

    • @zyura
      @zyura 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@libertydefenders8276 You're absolutely correct!

    • @FoieGras
      @FoieGras 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@libertydefenders8276 Why do people lie about these things! Jewish Bolsheviks were anti-communism and anti-semetic! In fact they were characterized by being anti-cultural itself to protest against Nazi occupation.
      "All sons of old gods must die?" is a Marxist slogan? A simple Google search would disprove that immediately!
      Also atheism itself isn't even an ideology! How can it even have a banner!
      @TheKrustaceox is right!

    • @kloa4219
      @kloa4219 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah, it's anti-totalitarianism

  • @hazchem1
    @hazchem1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Had to watch this to see how to get over the downhill snowy slope and over that jump on level 2. Great port onto the Genesis. Practically perfect.

  • @DLCOrganization
    @DLCOrganization 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    HOO-DEBBY!! HOO-DEBBY!! YAAGGH-AHHH!!!!
    HOO HOO HOO-DEBBY -- YAAGGH-AHHH!!!
    Simply beautiful!

  • @ThePreciseClimber
    @ThePreciseClimber 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Should've been an unlockable in the 2014 Strider, like how Arcade Splatterhouse was unlockable in the 2010 game.

    • @DigitalHaze65536
      @DigitalHaze65536 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Splatterhouse is also available in Namco Collection for the Switch now. I haven't bothered to look for it on PS or Xbox store, not sure if there. EDIT: Added bonus, Galaga 88 is in Namco Collection as well!!

  • @thecowboy2
    @thecowboy2 8 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    2:22 The original Human Centipede.

    • @terrencelabroix5272
      @terrencelabroix5272 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Best Music track IMO

    • @vagledip5190
      @vagledip5190 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@terrencelabroix5272 human commupede

    • @jellyh6545
      @jellyh6545 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      2:39 "You really think you can win? You will never defeat the master!" "It is Strider. He will never leave Erasure alive." "I've got you."

    • @jellyh6545
      @jellyh6545 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      0:08 Grandmaster Meio's evil laugh was awesome.

    • @filipe.estima
      @filipe.estima 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jellyh6545 Eurasia

  • @Hero11170
    @Hero11170 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My favorite arcade game from 1990

  • @impofstpete727
    @impofstpete727 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As I recall, this was one of the most expensive games for the Genesis at the time. Way ahead of its time too.

  • @Einhander49
    @Einhander49 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Also, stage 2 with that silhouette effect was just beyond cool back in the day.

  • @wesker100000000
    @wesker100000000 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Guess Revengance is the closest we'll have to this for a while, but platinum would definetly be the right people for the job for this one if they had a chance to make one.

  • @danielmccormick700
    @danielmccormick700 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I wish the Sega version could've included the menacing voices saying, "Strider Hiryu, he will never leave Eurasia alive!" and "I got you!"

    • @DigiPen92
      @DigiPen92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Daniel McCormick I think that would take up too much memory for an early Sega Genesis Cartilage since it was began porting it from the late 80s.

    • @ikagura
      @ikagura 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DigiPen92 Late Genesis had decent voice sampling but not too much.

    • @DigiPen92
      @DigiPen92 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ikagura I was talking about like the earlier Sega Genesis Cartilages, Strider was on a 8 Mega Cartilage (presumably 8 MB). It might not have enough data for storing voice audio in it and plus, this was released in 1989.

  • @Hi-Five-Ghost
    @Hi-Five-Ghost 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The 80s and 90s was such an innovative time for the imagination. Futuristic worlds back then had so much thought and heart put into it.
    Nowadays games are copy and paste formats of each other, with less imagination in mind and more about selling the same product and cashing in on trends and crazes.
    Everyone seems like a robot now…
    Innovation is dying.

    • @zetagundam20x
      @zetagundam20x 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So true, but there are a few hidden gems in the modern era like Souls and the new Doom games (alongside indie games)
      But yeah, I totally agree. The AAA industry really lost its touch on creativity. It’s crazy to think with limited tech, they were able to create something magical. Now it’s all about attracting as many customers as possible.
      I hope there’s a Renaissance but I’m not sure that’s happen anytime soon unless something changes.

    • @Hi-Five-Ghost
      @Hi-Five-Ghost 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@zetagundam20x I definitely agree about the few rare hidden gems. Yea I don’t know how much more of these battle royals and GTA 5 dlc I can take.

    • @zetagundam20x
      @zetagundam20x 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Hi-Five-Ghost the current gen rn is in a really rough state. I own a PS5 and a lot of the games coming out are mainly remasters/ports. With the exception of Demon’s Souls, I kind of don’t understand why I bought one if there are so few games coming out.
      IMHO, give it a decade or so and we’ll probably see another video game crash similar to 1983

    • @Hi-Five-Ghost
      @Hi-Five-Ghost 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@zetagundam20x I honestly hope so, it’ll be good for the industry, it’ll remind the corporations not to saturate the market with garbage just like the 80s. Honestly when the market crashed back in the 80s it reminded the corporations that the people had the power, right now they’re abusing the system with all these micro transactions.
      I blame the Gen X parents for giving into their bratty little kids and buying whatever they want, they are a big part of the problem and why GTA 5 online and battle royals stays around

    • @zetagundam20x
      @zetagundam20x 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Hi-Five-Ghost It will. To me, the corporations will try to throw in every resource to make their games good (but not good for the gamers). In fact, we’re seeing this with several games where the budget is spent primarily on graphics and less on gameplay mechanics (refer to Cyberpunk 2077). Eventually, this strategy will fail and you’ll likely to start seeing a crash once the money has run out. Many governments and corpos try to do this and it only makes the problem worse. You’re also slowly seeing it with the movie industry.
      We got it too good man, sometimes I wonder if we really deserved to get games as good as Strider. Gen X and beyond lack so much accountability cause of the Boomers and what I mean by that is that you simply can’t slap several dollars into something to solve a problem. Solving a problem requires creativity, passion, and a common goal. Not a bunch of dollary-doos.

  • @luismedina4826
    @luismedina4826 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favorite arcade. Miss the 90's

  • @enemykilla1440
    @enemykilla1440 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    stage 2 music is nostalgic n classic imo.

  • @TheDarkAcePrime
    @TheDarkAcePrime 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That evil laugh is still iconic till this day lol 0:08

  • @Samsgarden
    @Samsgarden 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Fucking good graphics for 89

    • @DominikSobolewski
      @DominikSobolewski 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah, arcades are thousand dollar investments. Of course it'll look better than any console around that time.

  • @MisterFitShace
    @MisterFitShace 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I have quite a few versions of Strider, but the arcade/Genesis one will always be my favorite. The old NES one wasn't the best. I just got the newest one that came out last year (2015) I think. It's really good.

  • @remylov661
    @remylov661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I beat this game so many times as a kid. The stages were just too damn fun🤩🤩🤩🤩

  • @Jayce_Alexander
    @Jayce_Alexander 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Playing the arcade version of this always makes me realize what a fantastic job they did on the Genesis port. Great game. I wish the 2014 Strider game had been as straightforward and arcadey, instead of taking the Metroidvania route.

    • @echelon2k8
      @echelon2k8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The 2014 game can also be played more arcadey, if you like. Here's a video that you might like that shows this off. watch?v=N7qA0Y5fd-8&t=2704s

    • @axelgear666
      @axelgear666 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can't go wrong with metroidvanias

  • @crunchsixfoe
    @crunchsixfoe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The sound design and OST is magical!

  • @vidgames4ever
    @vidgames4ever 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To beat this game without losing health deserves some kind of recognition. AMAZING!!
    Good job!!

  • @nintendoentertainmentsyste5705
    @nintendoentertainmentsyste5705 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    17:35 All sons of old gods, DIE!

    • @remylov661
      @remylov661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fcvking epic

  • @midinerd
    @midinerd 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of the coolest IP's on the planet!

  • @worsethanhitlerpt.2539
    @worsethanhitlerpt.2539 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I saw this at the arcade at the same time as RTYPE total game changers I knew video games were taking a huge leap forward

    • @echelon2k8
      @echelon2k8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      R-TYPE was actually one of the inspirations for Strider...

  • @yaywhewclips242
    @yaywhewclips242 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    my friend had the excellent adaption for GENESIS. Love the game.

  • @ggalexhutchings
    @ggalexhutchings 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    still one of my all time favorites. they had this at shakey's pizza in my hometown. pizza was so good, game was so great.

  • @ryzmaker11
    @ryzmaker11 13 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    this game is a legend

  • @Hiryu666
    @Hiryu666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Argh. This is the ROM from the board with the music bug, that's why the level 1 music repeats on levels 3 and 5. Some people claim that the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive version simply added music to those levels... Not so! You'll see the music restarts in the same places the music changes on the Sega Genesis version.
    The original revision of Strider in the arcades had the bug where the music repeated... Later revisions fixed this bug (all the arcade versions of this game that I played were the later revision). There is a mame romset that gives you the fixed revision.
    I've argued in the past with people claiming I just had false memories about the arcade having different music for levels 3 and 5. However, my long term memory is pretty excellent and I was able to beat this game on a single credit well before it was released to the Sega Genesis. The home version didn't add extra music tracks... Sega Visions had a whole article about how they managed to fit a 32 mbit game into an 8 mbit cartridge... Sega wasn't trying to add a bunch of music tracks to a game they were trying to fit into 1/4th the original size.
    In every Capcom collection I've played, they've used this crappy version of the game which makes it unplayable to me. I played this game so much in the arcade and a lot (but not as much) at on the Genesis... It just drives me nuts!
    The Strider 1 disc that came with Strider 2 on PS1 didn't have this problem and is the best version of the game that's exactly like the arcade (except for some minor loading). I didn't really like Strider 2. :(
    Capcom, step yah game up! Give us a proper version of Strider in one of your game collection releases (or, even better, make it so both revisions are available)!

  • @cleomagoolando
    @cleomagoolando 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    The villain's laugh makes him sound like Cleveland from Family Guy.

    • @dougggtheoof
      @dougggtheoof 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      lol

    • @GABS0000
      @GABS0000 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      cleomagoolando 😂

    • @PrematureMailbox
      @PrematureMailbox 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's nasty

    • @Seiko180
      @Seiko180 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      no, no, no, no, no, no, noo!

  • @nbglowrock12
    @nbglowrock12 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thumbs up if this game made you rampaging quit back when you were a kid

    • @nbglowrock12
      @nbglowrock12 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I actually have arcade cheats now so I can now beat arcade games like this very easily now

    • @MissKitty21
      @MissKitty21 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Every.Time -_- I always died at a certain part of the last stage

    • @remylov661
      @remylov661 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I played this with friends and learned from their mistakes. Spent at most 50 cents beating it. Strider is OP in this version.

  • @CPT85
    @CPT85 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn! You're freakin' good at this game!

  • @wds338
    @wds338 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The metal soldier at the beginning of stage 2 is voiced by Peter cullen (optimus prime).

  • @Einhander49
    @Einhander49 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, you gotta admit this game's presentation was way ahead of its time.

  • @MorganWight
    @MorganWight 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As much as I love Street Fighter and Final Fight, it would have been awesome to see what sorts of games Capcom might have done if Strider had become their most popular franchise.

  • @asilvausarmy
    @asilvausarmy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    esse jogo foi na epoca muito maravilhoso gostei demais ate me emocionei ao assisti-lo, obrigado pelo video.

  • @videogameobsession
    @videogameobsession 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    the robots make this far too easy, but if you happen to die on the last stage your difficulty level quickly goes from a 1 to about an 8.

    • @MissKitty21
      @MissKitty21 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      videogameobsession I wasn't prepared for that lol

    • @SoulSaber06
      @SoulSaber06 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It really does tho right? After (or rather mid way 17:00) during the boss rush, it's impossible to get past the grey bot with the chained spear. You either need the cypher power up or the bots. Without either, you're gonna get bodied.

  • @axelgear666
    @axelgear666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The genesis had some unique soundtrack added. Granted I prefer the arcade gameplay naturally but genny came really really close

    • @DigitalHaze65536
      @DigitalHaze65536 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I really like the Genesis soundtrack when you were approaching the Grandmaster. But yeah the arcade had it on graphics.....gameplay I never noticed much difference simply because I played it so many years after the Genesis version. (a little smoother though, right?)

    • @axelgear666
      @axelgear666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DigitalHaze65536 definetly, now I enjoy the arcade gem on my hacked Nintendo switch.
      Also, the reason why the arcade had better graphics was due to dedicated X68000 Motorola chips giving off better gradients and crisper sprites
      Use Mame to reproduce this arcade Gem.

  • @WomenoftheWorld1
    @WomenoftheWorld1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Has there ever been another game this far ahead of it's time?

    • @ShaneBales
      @ShaneBales 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How is this game ahead of its time? It's not in even the slightest.

    • @echelon2k8
      @echelon2k8 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Shane Bales Are you really denying that this game was innovative and radical by the standards of the time?
      There were a number of firsts in this game.
      How many games can you think of that featured multilingual voice clips, a main character that can cling to both walls and ceilings, accelerate while running down inclines, and do all this while being upside down?
      As far as action games went very little, if anything, came close to this back then. Most games were very flat in comparison.

    • @retrosoul8770
      @retrosoul8770 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Echelon, those things may well be true, but I strongly argue that Revenge of Shinobi is a better game overall, also a 1989 release.
      Ok sure so there's no defying gravity or anything, but there's an excellent player performance based power-up that also allows you to block while moving forward; a timed double jump with arch kunai throw that can be activated at any pt during the jump; and 4 useful and creative ninjutsu to use during gameplay. There's also nice touches like not taking damage from an enemy that's beneath if you were to fall downwards.
      Just incredibly well designed levels offering solid, fluid, challenging gameplay. Also boasting an excellent soundtrack to boot with superior sound effects. I also found elements of cheap design in Strider so that doesn't help its case for timelessness in my personal experience.

    • @echelon2k8
      @echelon2k8 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@retrosoul8770 What do you consider to be cheap or poor design in Strider exactly? The trial and error nature of the gameplay? That's half the fun of learning to master the game imo. I was also a fan of Revenge of Shinobi, too, for full disclosure, but I still personally prefer Strider for a number of reasons, not least the fact that you can really race through it, when you're good. Gets the ol' adrenaline pumping when played like that and it makes you appreciate the game's design all the more. Although designed originally as a coin-munching arcade game, I think it was really intended as an
      extravaganza for the senses.

    • @retrosoul8770
      @retrosoul8770 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I admittedly need to try and play through the game again but when I tried it for the first time via the Ps1 game Strider 2 2nd disc that came with this arcade version, I found it frustrating for the wrong reasons, and believe me I've conquered alot of very tough 16-bit side scrollers like (Revenge of Shinobi, Hagane, Contra 3 on hard, Alien Soldier, MMX, CastleV Bloodlines etc) but Strider felt unrefined to me and some attacks felt unavoidable but I'm very willing to accept that I probably missed things and may just simply need to git gud. I've perfectly fine with trial and error gameplay, as the aforementioned games embody the same design ethos.
      Tbh however, any of these games can be "raced through" with enough skill, as you said that's the thrill and the overall purpose of challenging arcade side-scrollers imo. I just personally didn't find the game very enjoyable, but that's just me, I find Revenge of, Shinobi 3, Hagane etc to be better all-around. Nothing against those who enjoy the game.

  • @10gu30
    @10gu30 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1) evil world-controlling dark wizard enemy, 2) unique place and time established, 3) badass future ninja flying in - all within 10 seconds - what other classic action game does the intro so elegantly?

  • @miaouew
    @miaouew 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Schlauchi is the boss, watch so many of his longplays ❤

  • @blanchfor
    @blanchfor 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so satisfying to watch

  • @CrazySandtrooper
    @CrazySandtrooper 15 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is pretty much how I remember the Megadrive version. Guess it was a good conversion!
    Great game anyway.

  • @passiveMenis
    @passiveMenis 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    THAT FLIP

  • @KingThrillgore
    @KingThrillgore 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its good to see that Double Helix kept the art style for the 2014 version.

  • @TheExciteMike
    @TheExciteMike 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    what an anticlimactic ending!!!!
    You got mad skillz dawg!

  • @JohnnyThousand605
    @JohnnyThousand605 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great game, but I *do* prefer the MD version for completely subjective reasons obviously. The music seems to have more kick to it and while the graphics are less detailed, I swear the characters are bigger in the Mega Drive. MD version's main character has no black outline either (I think it's called self-inking, in traditional animation) and makes the visuals, IMO, clearer. I miss the speech between levels though =) Something about that "I got ya", as a kid that always got me riled up.... possibly because I always died shortly thereafter =D

    • @echelon2k8
      @echelon2k8 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, everything in the game appears bigger in the MD version due to the smaller display resolution of the console, which shows a smaller portion of arcade game's action stretched out in the same full screen space.

    • @JohnnyThousand605
      @JohnnyThousand605 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@echelon2k8 Yeah, that makes sense

  • @AstralStriderZ
    @AstralStriderZ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ah yes! this one's the namesake of part of my username. You don't see badass hardcore protagonists often nowadays.

  • @dougggtheoof
    @dougggtheoof 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    10:38 That one patch of sky.

  • @a2pha
    @a2pha 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:14 Woah ! Great move to bypass the fire-dude.

  • @leehunter1246
    @leehunter1246 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brings back some memories. Used to play this at a Circle K when they used to have arcade games in the convenience stores back in the 80's. I also figured out the glitch in the amazon level where you let the time run out with the rest of your lives in the trench and you would get 3 more. I remeber I got 280,000. Also R-Type was another bad ass one.

  • @Andrew-ze6kq
    @Andrew-ze6kq 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like that the t-rexes make robotic screeches when you slash them.

  • @xcen1
    @xcen1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    man this was one of the hardest games to play back in the days....

  • @Drawboy66
    @Drawboy66 ปีที่แล้ว

    "You must be joking!
    You're sending a toy into battle?"

  • @rfgstl
    @rfgstl 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember when this came out in the acrcade. It was light years ahead of nearly every other video game out there. I put a few quarters in that machine for sure.

  • @Sakanakao
    @Sakanakao 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great play through!

  • @jamaicasgodson2125
    @jamaicasgodson2125 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best game of my childhood

  • @cg_justin_5327
    @cg_justin_5327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I played this on the stand up arcade version in 1990 at the local pizza place all the time. I got so good I could beat it on one quarter without dying. Loved this fucking game!!!

  • @AH-hz5xc
    @AH-hz5xc 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Awesome dude. A little anti climactic with the ending, bit more content in the conclusion would have been nice. 😅

  • @XTRABIG
    @XTRABIG 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    when I first played this I couldnt believe it. My friends at school came in one day talking about a game called Strider that had just hit the local arcade. I went to check it out... blew my mind.

  • @darrenclements6028
    @darrenclements6028 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Strider is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME and STUNNINGLY AMAZING
    Way much better than the master system version

  • @loading2463
    @loading2463 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude this game was hella advanced for it age, it's still mind blowing.

  • @waymanblocker
    @waymanblocker 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Classic, good walk through.

  • @SegFaultMatt
    @SegFaultMatt 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The music and sfx goes really hard in this game

  • @lastcall170
    @lastcall170 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm impressed that I beat this game more than 30 years ago.

  • @proges
    @proges 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    1989, there was a bar near the school, it was one of the first video games of my life, every morning I spent a few tokens on it before the bell rang to enter elementary school.

  • @Jackattack359
    @Jackattack359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:48 I GOTCHOO (I just find that funny for some reason)

  • @greenbroccolistudios1275
    @greenbroccolistudios1275 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Why do i hear Cleveland Laugh tho 0:08
    😂😂😂

  • @RetroDanuart
    @RetroDanuart 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You should do another longplay of this wonderful game, but this time using the US set 2 striderua. In this set, every stage has its own music, just like the Genesis/Megadrive port. I assume for this video you used the US set 1, which repeats the first stage music at stages 3 and 5....

    • @trip2themoon
      @trip2themoon 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Strider 2 on the PS1 has the original Strider arcade game on a bonus disc and that version has all the proper music. I was disappointed recently when I discovered that the version of Strider on my Capcom Classics PS2 disc has the version with the messed up music. The constant repeating of the stage 1 music really kills the game's atmosphere.

    • @WizardOfWor
      @WizardOfWor 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@trip2themoon Yeah. I'm lucky to still have my copy of that bonus disc on PS1 still.

  • @legsandwich5246
    @legsandwich5246 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great stuff I used to play this game in the arcade on Brighton pier when I was a young'n

  • @jonathanbranhamsdrawingand5075
    @jonathanbranhamsdrawingand5075 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    best game based of a manga ive ever palyed

  • @OptimusPrimeribs
    @OptimusPrimeribs ปีที่แล้ว

    Love that psycho laugh!!! 0:08

  • @torreywilson1978
    @torreywilson1978 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I completed this game... Those were the days!!!

  • @Avrelivs_Gold
    @Avrelivs_Gold 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    overall design inspired by star wars, music - john williams. man, this is crazy and i love it.

  • @VirtualSnes007
    @VirtualSnes007 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this is the 1st version on the arcade because on the 2nd version there is a different music

  • @T3HM4N244
    @T3HM4N244 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "I GOT YOU."

  • @danisageeza
    @danisageeza 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Real nice! Used to cane this back in the day. Big skills, but a bit more flare with play would be nice....

  • @MrPottsTeaching
    @MrPottsTeaching 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always felt like this was better for the genesis. It was just right. Never be better ;D

  • @shekiba.646
    @shekiba.646 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I missed my games long time when I was 16 years.

  • @NintendoFan7141
    @NintendoFan7141 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    me and my friend were playing this on capcom classic 2, he rage quitted on level 5 and i started to use, and abuse the save feature halfway through level 5, and i'm glad i did, because i soon found out that there is a limit to how many continues you have in this game, even when the setting is on infinite... i have no regrets of using the save feature to beat this game, i would've been pissed the hell off if i spent 3 or 4 hours on this game just to go back to the title screen.

  • @curtisashby768
    @curtisashby768 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is a old video game from back in the day!!!

  • @Game-The-System
    @Game-The-System 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Literally a classic.

  • @hdjksa52
    @hdjksa52 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can someone please confirm if I am correct. This rom is modified, the music is different on this one. There is the original rom that is only on the arcade cabinet that there is different music on the last stage. Am I remembering incorrectly?

  • @THEsyntheticFresh
    @THEsyntheticFresh 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i finished this game with only 1 credit, was my favorite. The famous 25 pesetas LOL what a great times

  • @904PinballZine
    @904PinballZine 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just might have to get one of these!