Strider NES Video Walkthrough Part 7

The Strider NES Video Walkthrough continues with part 7. Into the deep dark jungles of Africa, and the even deeper, darker jungles of Los Angeles.

My commentary below:

0:17 - Ground is a mindnumbingly stupid ability that I never use, it does damage to everything on screen (it's way too expensive).
0:29 - Is that water? I guess it's water. You can kill the gators with Spark or something similar, but it's not worth the effort.
1:05 - That, right there, is why the plasma shot sucks. Oh, and Matic's elite Strider unit is guys hanging from trees? Ooo, scary.
2:52 - Falling here just means you try again (that ziptube takes you from the bottom of the pit to the top)
3:17 - Curious about that tube? See the next video.
3:21 - Fall and it's an irritating climb back up.
4:15 - Same as before, except it's a VERY irritating climb.
4:28 - I completely screw this Zain up. They're still going faster.
5:19 - Another level and the final floppy...
5:52 - Hmmm. I don't think Matic is making his appointment. And Sheena is gone too. Can she do anything right besides handle a machinegun?
6:07 - "Sheena's Sorrow". No, I don't see this ending well for her.
6:33 - We have another Medical trick, which heals 50 at the cost of 25. Less useful, but still helpful.
6:44 - Ah, we know this trick. They get sneaky at the end, though. If you try ducking in one of those pits at the end, it catches you in the ziptube and brings you back to the start. Take the third one to advance.
7:08 - This guy again, but less manuever room. Kill 'em the same way.
7:29 - Here's Sheena. I don't feel bad one bit. She should have stayed home. If she were good enough for this mission, she'd be doing it instead of me. Still, revenge it is.
7:50 - Fools? There's just me here. This calls for some turbo-button power...
8:08 - Apparently all I do with this guy is break his window and take his key. Oh well. I can head to Austrailia now.

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[davedetrick]

A lousy jumping area that jungle... What a nuisance. I've earned a few game overs here early on.

Also... anime cliche... Sheeva dies and you have to avenge her...

So have at it... as you break this guy's "bulletproof glass of doom" with a Cypher and a lot of stress.

[UsaSatsui]

@davedetrick Sheena's only role in this is to die. And it's too bad that glass shield wasn't sword-proof.

[nutherefurlong]

The countries of Japan, Egypt, China, Australia, and...  Africa? Egypt is in Africa... heh.

[UsaSatsui]

And Africa is in Australia. This game fails geography forever.

[robertdt1000]

With all those flying spikes, ya wonder how they walk in to the officers club?

[UsaSatsui]

They walk up the magnetic wall with their Magnet-Boots.

[hyp3rj0s3ph]

@UsaSatsui

Perhaps the Africa level could've been called something like "African Jungle" & the passage that takes you to Africa could've been rather long, given the distance between Africa & Australia in real life.

[andy5421b]

@davedetrick the coding sucks as far as jumps go, not just in Africa but all areas you may have to keep trying

[IggyHazard]

@UsaSatsui *insert "in Soviet Kazakh" joke*

[IggyHazard]

That unicycle reminds me of...what anime is that from? Akira? No, those had two wheels. Eh, I don't remember the title. Not sure how it was stabilized, but it was designed for maximum manueverability.

[Airjet2582]

@nutherefurlong Australia shouldve been it's own level instead of sharing with the second visit to Africa. Wouldve been fun slicing at Mechanical jumping Kangaroos or cyborg Aussies.

[nutherefurlong]

@Airjet2582 Or they could have talked regions or something. I know what they were getting at, at least. The Congo can be considered a region as well as a country.

[Airjet2582]

@nutherefurlong They should of specified which African country instead of calling it Africa. Congo, Cameroon, Zaire (now Rep. Congo).

[nutherefurlong]

@nutherefurlong Well, I assumed that was just a very long tunnel :)