1989 · Arcade · Sharp X68000 · Commodore C64/128/MAX

Strider

Strider Hiryuu

67% · 52 ratingsMain game

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Overview

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". He can perform numerous acrobatic feats depending on the joystick/button combination used. Pressing the jump button while Hiryu is standing still will cause him to do a regular vertical jump, while pressing the jump button while pushing the joystick left or right will enable him to do a cartwheel jump. Hiryu ca…

Storyline

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.

Media

Release constellation

Mar 01, 1989
Arcade
1989
ZX Spectrum
1989
DOS
1989
Commodore C64/128/MAX
1989
Amiga
1989
Atari ST/STE
1989
Amstrad CPC
Sep 29, 1990
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
1991
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
1991
Sega Master System/Mark III
Nov 27, 1992
Sharp X68000
Jan 01, 2000
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Jul 26, 2000
PlayStation
Feb 16, 2012
Wii
Nov 18, 2012
Wii U

All releases

Date

Dec 31, 1989

Platform

ZX Spectrum

Region

Unspecified

Precision

YYYY

Status

Published

Date

Nov 18, 2012

Platform

Wii U

Region

Unspecified

Precision

YYYYMMDD

Status

Published

Date

Feb 16, 2012

Platform

Wii

Region

Unspecified

Precision

YYYYMMDD

Status

Published

Date

Mar 1, 1989

Platform

Arcade

Region

Unspecified

Precision

YYYYMMDD

Status

Published

Date

Dec 31, 1989

Platform

DOS

Region

Unspecified

Precision

YYYY

Status

Published

Date

Dec 31, 1989

Platform

Commodore C64/128/MAX

Region

Unspecified

Precision

YYYY

Status

Published

Date

Dec 31, 1991

Platform

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Region

Unspecified

Precision

YYYY

Status

Published

Date

Jul 26, 2000

Platform

PlayStation

Region

Unspecified

Precision

YYYYMMDD

Status

Published

Date

Jan 1, 2000

Platform

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Region

Unspecified

Precision

YYYYMMDD

Status

Published

Date

Dec 31, 1989

Platform

Amiga

Region

Unspecified

Precision

YYYY

Status

Published

Date

Dec 31, 1991

Platform

Sega Master System/Mark III

Region

Unspecified

Precision

YYYY

Status

Published

Date

Sep 29, 1990

Platform

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Region

Unspecified

Precision

YYYYMMDD

Status

Published

Date

Dec 31, 1989

Platform

Atari ST/STE

Region

Unspecified

Precision

YYYY

Status

Published

Date

Dec 31, 1989

Platform

Amstrad CPC

Region

Unspecified

Precision

YYYY

Status

Published

Date

Nov 27, 1992

Platform

Sharp X68000

Region

Unspecified

Precision

YYYYMMDD

Status

Published

Date	Platform	Region	Precision	Status
Dec 31, 1989	ZX Spectrum	Unspecified	YYYY	Published
Nov 18, 2012	Wii U	Unspecified	YYYYMMDD	Published
Feb 16, 2012	Wii	Unspecified	YYYYMMDD	Published
Mar 1, 1989	Arcade	Unspecified	YYYYMMDD	Published
Dec 31, 1989	DOS	Unspecified	YYYY	Published
Dec 31, 1989	Commodore C64/128/MAX	Unspecified	YYYY	Published
Dec 31, 1991	Sega Mega Drive/Genesis	Unspecified	YYYY	Published
Jul 26, 2000	PlayStation	Unspecified	YYYYMMDD	Published
Jan 1, 2000	Sega Mega Drive/Genesis	Unspecified	YYYYMMDD	Published
Dec 31, 1989	Amiga	Unspecified	YYYY	Published
Dec 31, 1991	Sega Master System/Mark III	Unspecified	YYYY	Published
Sep 29, 1990	Sega Mega Drive/Genesis	Unspecified	YYYYMMDD	Published
Dec 31, 1989	Atari ST/STE	Unspecified	YYYY	Published
Dec 31, 1989	Amstrad CPC	Unspecified	YYYY	Published
Nov 27, 1992	Sharp X68000	Unspecified	YYYYMMDD	Published