Night Striker
Night Striker (ナイトストライカー) is an arcade game developed by Taito. It is a futuristic on-the-rails shooter which plays similarly to Sega's Space Harrier, though has you pilot a hover vehicle instead. The game was…
Night Striker is an arcade developed by Taito, released 1 October 1989 on Arcade.
What Night Striker is
Night Striker is an arcade game developed by Taito and released in 1989. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Night Striker (ナイトストライカー) is an arcade game developed by Taito. It is a futuristic on-the-rails shooter which plays similarly to Sega's Space Harrier, though has you pilot a hover vehicle instead. The game was brought to the Sega Mega-CD in 1993, where graphically it was downscaled for the weaker hardware. It was also brought to the Sega Saturn as Night Striker S (ナイトストライカーＳ) in 1996 - essentially the same game, but with an extra "Saturn Mode" and a few small enhancements. No versions have ever left Japan.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Night Striker launched on 1 October 1989, within three weeks of Disney's DuckTales, SimCity and Shadow of the Beast.
Released around the same time: Disney's DuckTales, SimCity, Shadow of the Beast.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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