Strider NES Video Walkthrough Part 2

[StreetTrooper]

I love this game, but when he runs up the pyramid is the only time his running pose doesn't look awkward haha.

[atareg]

thanks for putting these vids up...totally forgot about "strider" until i found the first vid!

[syncopated84]

I remember getting SO FRUSTRATED as a kid trying to do those wall jumps...

[ACinthemaking]

this game sucks compaired to the genesis version

[ArcadeGames]

I remember renting this game back in the 80's and I returned it very fast.

[secretident2]

Hmm, now that I'm looking at it - I should probably come back and beat this motherfucker, because when I played it I was about eight or nine years old and found it too difficult for some reason.

[KazeKoichi]

I never could do this wall jump. Scratch this, I never knew you suppose to wall jump here.

[th3lastdays]

this is the version I used to play.

I didnt even know there were so many versions!

thanks for posting

[BloodySoulSword]

Really nice game. The good ol' times.

But it was better, that the commentary are IN the video. :<

:thumbsup:

[Snapscape]

I couldn't stand this game after playing the arcade version. This reminded me of Metal Gear.

[IggyHazard]

Ever notice how the 2nd-in-command types are often the main villain -- or if the #1 guy is the main villain, the #2 guy turns against them? Cases in point: Darth Vader, Number Two (from Austin Powers), and Matic.

[UsaSatsui]

@IggyHazard I can't believe you forgot Kefka.

The "evil adviser" is a pretty established trope (I wonder of TV Tropes has a page...) and used quite a bit. Part of the "reasoning" is that the person at the top has nowhere to go, but the guy below him has a motive and ambition.

Also, an extreme tangent, but as far as Vader goes, "betraying the master" is a Sith core principle. Just usually not in the way he did it.

[IggyHazard]

@UsaSatsui Yeah, his motivation was the complete opposite. To the Sith, the apprentice becomes stronger than the master, then the master no longer deserves their position, so it isn't technically "betrayal" per se. As for not mentioning Kefka, I just picked a few examples. Oh, and let's not forget Jafar from 'Aladdin'. The villain in the ye olde 'Prince of Persia' was also named Jaffar (but with two 'f's).

[rupturefarmer]

@IggyHazard Commander Jones in Code Name: Viper!  Haha, I love the NES.

[IggyHazard]

Bionic Commando, Strider, and Low-G Man were really innovative for their era. Something I never liked about some of these games, though, is how your character's jump is too high and not far enough. This is also true for Faxanadu (another one of my faves regardless of the lame jumping). Flashback (Genesis, Sega CD, Amiga) was the opposite since it used rotoscoped animation. Jumping was realistic. I always had trouble with Strider's triangular jump when I was a kid.

[UsaSatsui]

@IggyHazard Low G Man is proof that "innovative" doesn't always mean "good".

Flashback is on my list of games to walkthrough. Somewhere near the middle.

[TheGreenPlague]

This game and Low G Man used to piss me off...but not as much as Ikari warriors II

[UsaSatsui]

@TheGreenPlague Cripes, Low G Man...Every so often, I get the idea to play through the game, then when I do, I'm suddenly reminded why it's not worth playing through.

[mmmmmarcus]

Lesson learned here-- Combat boots are VERY important!

[jihadsoup]

I always found this to be the most difficult level.

[nutherefurlong]

"Dude, I like left my boots in China. I'm busy, could you get them?"

[ireifla]

the most difficult part of this game for me is know that must jump into the walls in egypt

[ElectricBanquet]

It's now one of my goals in life to go to Egypt via phantom train. And if I get to run up the side of a pyramid while fighting people once I get there I'll just consider that a bonus.

[P00Wolfen]

if only they can make a Strider game based off from the MvC Strider Hiryu

[maziku]

they did i think. its called strider 2 on the psone. but i wish they made a new ps3 strider game. that would kick major ass as long as capcom didnt give it to some shitty rookie studio

[TheReaL7thSon]

yeah.the triangle jumping is what got me to abandon this game.poorly disigned.the rest of the game is fun though.

[Djclyve]

Someone should remix the pyramid theme. It kicks ass!

[Normal1S]

Ha ha ha! Your commentary is hilarious!

Why does Ryuzukai have to be seriously into that "Strider thing" just because he wears a mask? Apparently you don't respect their Strider heritage. . .

[UsaSatsui]

Nobody wears masks anymore.  They're so 1400s.

[davedetrick]

@Normal1S

Well, it may not count as a mask, but Hiryu covers his face too.

[UsaSatsui]

Yeah. I like that. I made a point of including them, they're awesome and people don't usually see them.

[UsaSatsui]

That'll do it.

I've heard of glitches in the game that let you pass through doors you don't have the key for...you can beat Australia very early this way, and skip most of the game.

[UsaSatsui]

How do you skip Egypt?

[HongsiquanWingDing]

god I fucking hated this piece of shit game FUCK YOU Strider!!!

[UsaSatsui]

Thanks for sharing.

[wawawis]

You also got to love the music at these scenes. Especially the Capcom rendition of Egyptain music. When I first got the game, I was stuck at this level for months as well. But the music never got boring. LOL

[KarmaXprod]

Man... When I first got this game years ago, I was stuck at that jump for months.

I didn't have any kind of manual or a guide or anything for this game, and it wasn't until a few months later while trying to get up that damn wall, I discovered that I accidentally seemed to do a triangle double jump higher off the edge.

Then I spent, literally 6 hours trying to figure out again how I did that jump, before to clear that wall.

Minutes later I was killed by a spidermech.

Ah.... good times.

[MAGIKORBIT]

@KarmaXprod man you take me back to when I was a 2nd grader all over again

[molonlave2010]

The triangle jump is so hard to do

[wawawis]

I mastered the triangle jump right away. I can do it almost 100% of the time and easily climb areas in China as well as receive the 3 energy capsules toward the top of Khazak. What got me stuck in Egypt for a while was not know how to slide and I failed to see WHERE I needed to slide. I play this (and 6 other NES games) once a year to beat them per tradition. Each year, I'll perfect something, while screwing up somewhere else for the first time. LOL

[kadu3d]

thanks man, I didnt know how to get the aqua boots... (climbing the walls hehe)

[thaneros]

I liked this strider game more than the sega gen version.This one was like metroid if samus was a ninja,lol

[Deciheximal]

Thanks!

[LongBeach2SanDiego]

what i liked about this game back then, well now too, is how they treat every time you get a new password like an upcoming episode in a comic or a tv show.

[oalejis]

the soundeffects kill me

[lonewolfWW28]

i cant belive ppl dont like the older games they can be just as fun as the new one ^^

[FletcherHabit]

Better in ways because they leave so much more to the imagination. Kids these days are creatively deficient I think due to everything being 'filled in' for them