Strider
The controls of Strider consist of an eight-way joystick and two action buttons for attacking and jumping. The player controls Hiryu himself, whose main weapon is a tonfa-like plasma sword known as "Cypher"…
Strider is an arcade developed by Capcom, released 1 March 1989 on Wii U, Wii, PlayStation and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
What Strider is
Strider is an arcade game developed by Capcom and released in 1989. It is available on Wii U, Wii, PlayStation, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Master System/Mark III, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Sharp X68000 and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Strider is set in a dystopian future in the year 2048, where a mysterious dictator known as the "Grandmaster" rules over the world. Hiryu, the youngest ever Super A Ranked[2] member of an organization of high-tech ninja-like agents known as the "Striders", is alone tasked with the Grandmaster's assassination. Hiryu begins his mission by infiltrating the Grandmaster's capital at the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Strider series
Strider is the first of 13 entries we hold in the Strider series. The next entry was Strider in 1990.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
Strider — frequently asked questions
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