Arcade Longplay [052] Strider

[nintendoandsega1990]

Those Amazon girls are annoying!

[zanouchiha]

i wonder what hiryu says in 6:21 because he also says it in MvC2

[blakemetal]

Oh, THERE'S that whale. I love this game, but it's as strange as much as it is awesome. I know it's based on a Manga, and I don't know if there's an English version anywhere.

But, just being given this game in America, it's like the Stanley Kubrick film of games.

So much information that you only get glimpses of that make sense by making no sense. It's strange, but I love it.

[mkwoohoo]

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

[volkscom]

fuckin weird jap game!

[USER10742]

It's not that great i got through the game without being damaged...

[HereticHwan]

Awesome!!!

[drewmaughan]

Not a single f***ing hit?! Legend!

[drewmaughan]

Not a single f***ing hit?!

[QuartrGuy]

Ah, Strider...a series in need of a reboot.

[BradTheProducer]

@QuartrGuy If only modern game companies could be trusted not to turn it into a crappy Gears of War mod.

[Einhander49]

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

[NESTVietBoy97]

what language did the pirate speak? I'm so curious

[drewmaughan]

@NESTVietBoy97 Pretty sure it's Spanish.

[RandomID222]

That giant gorilla robot seems familar, but its probably another game I´m thinking of.

[aznxknight]

Wait what, picking up an ouroboros taks away a health bar?

[QuartrGuy]

@aznxknight No...you just have to keep your health above that level, or it leaves.

[subrealms]

@cubex55 nah you skipped it by jumping over the gap at around 1:55

[cubex55]

@subrealms

Oh i see, i didnt know :)

[jesseffm]

STRIDER!!

This was such an innovative platformer back then.

Loved the Mega Drive version which Sega got really very close to the arcade.

Btw, anyone looking for a Strider-like game should check out MOON DIVER on PS3/PSN.

It's from the same creator and while not the same still has the typical Strider trademarks.

It's best enjoyed online with up to 4 players. Crazy fun! :)

[MeatMaggot]

@jesseffm While Moon Diver isn't half bad, I take Strider 2 on the good ol' PSX over that one anyday.

[MysticArksRevenge]

"HMMM..ITS STRIDER HIRYU! HE WILL NEVER LEAVE EURASIA ALIVE! I GOT YOU. " I love that line from this game!

[shaolinlueb]

is he riding a whale at the end? wtf awesome

[Sakanakao]

Great play through!

[TheAzureNightmare]

Kazakhstan...

[fistyeah21]

Did the player skip over that super soldier sub boss in stage one? Or was he just missing in this version? I like fighting that guy. (ooooahhh! ooooaahhh! OOOOAHHHH! (explode))

[cubex55]

@fistyeah21

Dont think that one is in the Arcade version

[CountLink]

@cubex55 hes actually at the bottom of the jump at 1:14

[LittleAnikia]

@cubex55 no he is i saw him.

[9letmeseeit]

So the Soviets are still around in the year 2048?

[Zerogriever]

"so i deciced to do one without ever losing health or getting hit."

Bullwhip! You get few hits in some parts but never lose health. *BOOO*

[ryzmaker11]

this game is a legend

[KungfuMuythaiguy6]

THERE IS A PANDA IS THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND SIDE IN A VAULT ^_^!!!

CHeck it out; 7:11

[geostillo78]

@KungfuMuythaiguy6 Holy shit!

How did you see that and why the hell is it there?

[T3HM4N244]

"I GOT YOU."

[diddles123wtf]

OMG! I remember this game when I was like 10 playin at the arcade Gala in Naperville,lol.

[NWNisFUN]

Capcom , what are you doing . Put this on XBLA please.

[KiethSomataw99]

Is Strider a two-player game? It says player 2 on the game screen.

[KiethSomataw99]

Is there a time limit of which longplays could be before they have to be divided into multiple parts?

[cubex55]

@KiethSomataw99

Not really, but if the video is too long / big - YT doesnt put it HD

[tirmey]

Great play!!!

But why the last bosses dies with only one or two hits??

[reztoc]

@tirmey The options kill him quickly. He is much harder and takes a bunch of sword strikes to kill without the options.

[ionowattoput]

sure looks like u got hit >.<

[bigepi]

This is such a better version then the Amiga port which was horrible. (But don't get me wrong, i love the Amiga :)

[saj8]

I noticed that Level 3 has the same music as Level 1.

[VirtualSnes007]

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

[livendapast]

Fun game just too short.

[1dosucol1]

You really should have kept this in 4:3 ,widescreen squishing ,is ruining an otherwise great replay you have .

[cubex55]

Thats the original resolution and aspect-ratio of the game, so i kept it 1:1 :)

[1dosucol1]

Video resolution : 384 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz (4:3)

Palette colors : 4096

The screen is square 4:3 aspect ratio,check your mame settings,something is not ticked.

If it was a 1:1 of the aspect ratio,your youtube video would not give us the option of 480p or 360p.

Look at the strider on my account,that is the correct shape the screen aspect should be!

18 second point in yours ,compared with 12 second point in mine,and look at your score 0's ,look like letter o's instead of 0

[1dosucol1]

General tab in mame gives strider detail as 4:3

Even though 384/224 =1.71 which is closer to widescreen at (16/9 = 1.777) than 4:3=1.33 ) strider is a square frame (AR) game,don't think widescreen monitors were used or available in 1989 ;)

And now it's in 640x480 for youtube (480p)640/480=1.333 =4:3

Talk about confusing oneself ,i'm off for a cuppa until my brain unscrambles itself. Later buddy.

4:3 16:9 1.333 1.777

[1dosucol1]

Compare our two vids,my video response is above.

[Zolg08]

@cubex55 the game graphics were designed to be squished into a crt monitor with aspect ratio of 4:3

[danisageeza]

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

[myboobtoob]

at 7:40 strider became a super sayian! lol

[myboobtoob]

they're releasing this game on virtual console when they do I am so buying it! :D

[xxpandamidknightxx]

The Wing Fortress Zone on Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is inspired by Stage 3 on Strider. Noticed the similarities?

[TheChoujinVirus]

loved the game, particularly the sound of Strider's bladed weapon

[ponypo20]

Excellent video but I have to point out,Strider is clearly hit twice by bullets between 5:40-5:47.Did the game just cut some slack there?

[boing123a]

Very impressive, 5 stars

[gilgamesh255]

Huh. Didn't know Strider's "riding off on a whale" ending in Marvel Versus Capcom originated from this game.

[TheExciteMike]

what an anticlimactic ending!!!!

You got mad skillz dawg!

[OpticalFascism]

Could have been played slightly better. At the start ScHlAuChi seems to ignore any powerups (thought this is going to be a no-powerups longplay), yet shortly afterwards decides to get one just to ignore them again later on, sometimes he keeps staying at one place killing enemies for minutes instead of going forward.

[cubex55]

Yeah i originally wanted to do that, but it was too ahrd ;)

The reason why i stay at the big metalballs so long is that when you attack them right away they hurl you around, smash you into walls and you lose health.

But i wanted to do a run without getting hit once!

[OpticalFascism]

No, the metal ball boss is obvious, I rather mean moments like right at the start for example (00:28 to 00:41?!).

[cubex55]

so staying 10 secs in one place is bad? ;)

[OpticalFascism]

Yes! Considering there's nothing you get out of it.

[spideymayne]

@OpticalFascism No beef, but you're nitpicking. This is a pretty hard game, and he flies through it. 

[bqqqaez]

Another great game from my childhood :) I also remember Osman - made by the same team and with similar gameplay, but Strider got second part and PSX 3d squel.

[KazuyaPrower]

I remember playing the Genesis version alot. It was the best port of the game.

[Nhoshishi]

man, u dont get ur health refilled in this game, that kinda sucks

[cozzy120]

lol 2048 is in the near future

[DoomedSonoftheWalrus]

Man, that final boss was a letdown :(

[CrazySandtrooper]

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

Great game anyway.

[DavidTRichard]

Does the Genesis/Megadrive version have the guys get cut in half?! Pretty brutal.

[CrazySandtrooper]

Yea it had that! Not quite as bloody though I don't think.