Strider NES Video Walkthrough Part 2

Part 2 of Strider for the NES playthrough. Hiryu takes a train ride to visit the wonders of Egypt. And eviscerates a few commies along the way.

Commentary below:

0:17 - Here we have a message from another Strider that missed roll call, Ryuzukai, a guy who is seriously into the Strider/ninja thing. This disk doesn't have any plot relevance, but it does open up Austrailia on the map. Why? No clue. You don't need to go there for a long while yet.
0:44 - Egypt via Phantom Train? I think we have our next destination...
0:56 - On the train. Notice the increase in energy up in the corner. We still have nothing to spend it on.
1:30 - An easy mini-boss, just walk over and kill it. Now you're at the level proper. Nice music.
1:48 - Tempted to slide down the pyramid? Bad idea. There are enemies along the side that do a good chunk of damage when you slide through them. Just jump over them.
2:38 - This is the first of two required "triangle jumps" in the level (and in the game). The glitchiness of the controls doesn't help you doing these either. You pretty much jump into the wall, then you press the other direction and jump at the same time. This one is the easier one, and I get it without too much difficulity.
3:05 - Aqua-boots, which I guess I just found out, let you walk on water, instead of drown in it.
3:24 - Long zipline back to the start. Note the long stretch of water, complete with shark.
3:51 - The sub-menu. Here you can see Hiryu's stats (everything is self-explanitory except S. Level, and I have no idea what that is), his moves (the Slide), the data disks collected, keys collected (you start with #1), and boots collected (just Aqua so far). There's also a menu for Tricks, which is still empty.
4:56 - Remember him? Not too tough, just wait for him to pop up, duck next to him, and slash away.
5:07 - The really hard triangle jump. Honestly, I thought I would have to cut the video here to make this fit. I've spent a half-hour trying to make this jump before. It's that much of a pain. Thankfully, it doesn't take long. Triangle jumping is hard enough in games where you have full control of your actions, it's way too tough in this glitchfest game. Fortunately, this is the last one we have to make.
5:40 - Now that's how to negotiate! And now we have the #2 key. Back to Kazakh. A level-up, too.
6:05 - A shortcut back to the start.

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[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]

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.

[lonewolfWW28]

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

[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.

[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.

[rupturefarmer]

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

[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.