Strider blew my mind when it first came to the arcade. The character and sword movement was so awesome. And when you have things like the gravity reversal stuff it was just crazy. It felt like one part ninja, one part light saber wielding Jedi.

First played Strider in 88 on the Boardwalk in Maryland. To me at the time I thought it was the pinnacle of what a video game could be. Thanks for bringing back good times. As usual.

Long-time fan/sub. So glad you enjoyed my Strider (2014). It really was a labor of love. Back when the original Strider arcade came out, I fell in love and wrote into my "Videogame Developer Bucket List - Make a Strider-like game." Fast-forward to 2014 and I got to mark that off my bucket list! So glad you had fun with it!

This was my GAME‼️I could beat it with one quarter. I also had both the NES and Genesis versions. I liked the NES even if it wasn’t the same as the arcade. Great video! HAPPY LITTLE GAMES‼️🤣🤣🤣👍🏽

The arcade version of Strider is one of my absolute favorite games ever; and I could finish it in one credit. Absolutely stunning concept, visuals, sfx and music. Wasn't too impressed with Strider 2 though. I guess for me it's the change to 3D style, although the gameplay is decent enough. Oh, another Capcom classic that I absolutely love is "Willow". Maybe in the future you could find some time to cover this :p

Those are some amazing graphics for 1989! Don't know why I never encountered this one in my old arcade days. I only know Strider from the Marvel vs Capcom games.

Strider, another one of my favorites in arcade universe..and the character Strider Hiryu is among my list of favorite Capcom Characters of all time..along with Captain Commando, Ryu (Street Fighter), Megaman and others..he is most notable for his appearance in Marvel vs. Capcom Series, Thank You so much for another Retrotastic videos, Mr. Patman..I'm Sure more videos will coming right up soon..it's Arcade History time for me..so prepared for my snacks and my Coca-Cola..and ready to relax 😊👍...wished to see a history of more SNK 80's arcade games besides Ikari Warriors

I loved Strider in the arcades and the Sega Genesis port...was simply jaw dropping. It was damn near arcade perfect with very little loss in quality. Strider coupled with Ghouls n' Ghosts and Forgotten Worlds showed the gaming world what a powerhouse the Sega Genesis truly was. When they said the Genesis was for arcade hits they weren't messing around.

I had a Japanese import of strider for my megadrive when it was first released and I still rate it in my top 10 games of all time

Zeku, which is the first Strider, is in SFV. He would later be responsible for Strider Hiryu. You can tell Zeku is a strider by choosing his alternate costume. It's quite amazing to see that the Strider universe is canon with the Street Fighter universe.

The absence of strider hiryu in marvel vs capcom 3 caused an uproar amongst the fighting game community. This was later fixed in ultimate marvel vs capcom 3. It added 6 more characters to each side, strider hiryu was 1 of them

My brother and I purchased this for Genesis when it came out. We were blown away by the arcade quality of the port and loved the game.

One of my favorite games to 1CC in the arcade and on MAME years ago. Great music, graphics, and levels. A classic.

I was quite surprised to learn Tiertex developed the Master System version of the game. In fact Sega hired them a few times, they did MERCS for them too.

the Strider reboot was a really great looking action metroidvania, good stuff!! Got strider 1+2 on sale years ago digital on the PS3 too. Great games!

A friend of mine was a massive fan of Strider. I just shared this video with him. I actually witnessed him beat the Sega Genesis version live and in person! The NES version makes me think of a cousin of mine when we were kids and that was the game he picked for my aunt to buy him for his birthday. Great memories, great music, and another great PatmanQC video! Be safe out there, BROTHER!

God bless you for covering this game. I remember first playing this after school in the late 80s. This was one of the games that pulled me back into console gaming back then. I didn't hesitate getting Strider 2 for my Playstation One and the rebooted PS4 masterpiece. My all-time favorite video game character.

The Genesis version was great. One of my favorite games on the system.

Space Ninja Strider is one the most beautiful arcade games in the late 80's the soundtrack was amazing and outstanding ♥️

I remember being impressed with appearance and game play of Strider, which seemed like a quantum leap in technology at the time to me.

Strider 2 (the Capcom one) is awesome and sooo underrated!

At 25:42 you could hear the legendary wrestler, Lord Alfred Hayes advertising Nintendo games on those Saturday morning wrestling shows! Pat, I think you can recognize that voice too being a fan of wrestling back in those days as I am!

Good video! Strider is a game icon! I wish you had mentionned Cannon Dancer, a 1996 spiritual sequel to Strider and also designed by Kouichi Yotsui. Any fan of Strider should give Connon Dancer a try!

Soon as I sober up I'll be ready to watch another great video from the Pac dude😎

Another beloved classic. Great work Patman

Galloping Ghost Arcade was the first place I have seen a Strider cabinet, and also its spiritual successor, which is called Cannon Dancer in Japan and Osman outside Japan. The story goes that Kouichi Yotsui had wanted to make another Strider game, but Capcom was not interested at the time, so during Yotsui’s time at Mitchell Corporation, he and some other former Capcom staff made Osman/Cannon Dancer as sort of an unofficial sequel to Strider. Most of the play mechanics from the original game are there, except that Kirin, the main character, has no weapon, and instead uses kicking as his main form of offense. I got to play Osman when Galloping Ghost unveiled it as their Monday mystery game on June 11, 2018, and nowadays anyone can play it, since it got ported to the PS4, PS5 and Switch in 2022. Strictly Limited Games has physical copies for all 3 platforms. Great video as always!

I LOVED this game and went broke many times at the arcade because of this one. I also had the NES version and beat it. Never beat the arcade, but was excited when someone else did. A really Happy Little Game!!

Strider and the Sequel (The 2000 PS1 game) are my favorite action arcade games and I still adore them to this day. I'm glad that you would do a documentary on one of my favorite games period.

Strider is one of the coolest video game protagonists. A badass ninja with a badass name.

I remember my sister bought me this game from Babagges for Christmas… joint was $75 on Genesis lol

Ahh Strider, a MAGNIFICENT game I first saw in a Pizza shop in NYC. It looked and played like something from the future compared to the cabinets next to it. I also remember it being super expensive as a Genesis cartridge as well. I was always renting it because of that lol.

My memory of Strider was the NES game where I remember my mom rented just at the tail end of my summer vacation. I remember being so nervous of going back to school that I remember never wanting to stop playing that game because it meant I had to go back to school. I even played it the morning I had to finally leave. Good times.

Once again, another definite review on a franchise! 👏🏻

I knew Strider until 1991, some friends from across the block had it, I borrowed for the weekend and oh man, loved it, one of my favorite games at that time, then I got the Genesis version and can't stop playing it. What a great days, childhood at its best, thank you for this 🙏

Another great video, Pat. Strider is one of my favourite games on the Sega Mega Drive. The music and gameplay are just so good. 👍

My introduction to this game was the NES version and instantly got hooked on, the when I got my hands on the Genesis version I fell in love with all related to Strider, thank you for uploading this, good job as always.

I remember being blown away by how good the graphics were on the Genesis / Mega Drive version. It’s almost arcade perfect, which was rare at the time. I enjoyed your video my friend. 👍

Great work as usual! Worth mentioning additionally, perhaps, is the amazing spiritual successor "Osman", produced by ex-Capcom employees. Also of note is the Street Fighter V character "Zeku" who is definitely an homage to Strider Hiryu.

Yes, yes and more yes ! Awesome video Patmanqc! Strider was one of my favorites. I’m glad I grew up with arcades in the 80s and 90s .

Thanks. Strider is a very unique game, with that overpowering sword slash trademark, and the unique grappling abilities of the hero, as well as the often intentionally very bizarre enemies, like the seated Members turning into a Centipede. Strange but good game. Thanks.

The music in Strider is magical. Really Iconic for me.

Great documentary. I never knew about an arcade Strider 2. Worth noting that Yotsui left Capcom and produced Osman/Cannon Dancer, a parody of Strider with stunning visuals, similar gameplay and even more insane bosses. It is well worth checking out. Will watch out for your vids in the future.

I've been binge-watching your documentaries. All excellent, Well done and many thanks for the entertainment!

Great video! Strider is one of my all time favorites!

I hope you have a awesome, stress-free weekend, Patman!

My favorite video game ninja gets the PatmanQC treatment. Excellent work as always. Thank you very much!

Strider soundtrack is and always be epic.

Another fantastic video, Patman. Thanks for uploading!

You absolutely made my day with this video as Strider is one of my all time favourite games ever, so thank you! I was also today years old when I learned about the PS4 game, which I intend to get because it looks fantastic. Capcom need to consider a MetroidVania style Strider game in the future. That would work really well with this franchise, I think. Anyway thanks again for the fantastic content and covering a personal favourite! 😊😊👍

I remember playing Strider for the first time at my local 7 Eleven back in 1990 when I was 10 yrs old! When he came off of the hang glider and started swinging his sword I knew I had an instinct classic on hands! Had it for the Sega Genesis too! One of all time favs!

The NES version is included on the GBA Capcom Mini Mix. A fantastic cart to buy, if only because, realistically, it’s the only way you’ll ever own a physical copy of Mighty Final Fight.

A very enjoyable summary of the history; thank you! Although I was already a bit of an arcade game addict when Strider came out, I didn't really have access to a lot of variety, or I just didn't know where to go to find new games where I lived (London UK), so I knew nothing about the game. It didn't appear in my circles until a friend of mine got the game for the sega Megadrive. It quickly became my favourite game, AND favourite game OST. Hats off to the composer of the tracks; for me the soundtrack is on par with the Streets of Rage soundtracks, but Strider is the winner out of the two for me. Played the thing to death back then, and still watch gameplay from time to time nowadays.

I can't believe I remember when this game came out. I was 6 and obsessed with it. I also remember there being different revisions of the game with added music...or missing music was properly placed in later versions of the arcade. I really should just look it up.

This video prompted me to look up Junko Tamiya (composer), which led me to the work called "Snow in Savanna", which can be found on KZfaq. This seems to have been one of the prototype tracks from which the majority of the arcade game's (amazing, challenging and weird) soundtrack was developed. I actually used to have this track on tape, way back in the 90s.

Still rock my Strider game for the NES and still remember my parents got it for me like it was yesterday at Electronic Boutique. The arcade game was crazy fun during the late 80's action era along with Bionic Commando and others!!

Finally you are covering one of my favorite arcade game. Thank you amigo.

Am I disappointed that I never got to play this game back in the day…NOT when you have PatmanQC to fill me in on the history of another unique game.

One of my all time favourites, completed it with 1 credit back in the days in the Westend of London as a teen in the late 80's. We had the best Music, Movies and Arcades. Love live the 80's. AAA Classic Xxxxx

I saved up for the Genesis version, but didn't know it was an arcade game at all until years later! Out of all of the home versions, the Genesis seems to be the most faithful, despite the removal of animation frames and sprite flicker. I remember actually feeling a falling sensation when making a massive jump with the beautiful mountainous backdrop!

This game can be found in the Arcade 1UP cabinet of FINAL FIGHT along with 1942 and GHOSTS AND GOBLINS! Another great video from the BEST KZfaqR EVER!!!!

I absolutely love the channel! Always funny and informative. Would you be able to do a part two of this video and talk about canon dancer? I believe it’s made by the same developer/creator of the Stryder arcade

Awesome video! Very thorough and informative!

When I first saw this in the arcade I couldn't believe what I was seeing, it was so impressive.

Another great video has always. Always love watching these, and learning about games I've never played before. It make me want to seek out an arcade cabinet, or at least load the game up in MAME. Hoping one day you'll cover BattleZone, that was a childhood favorite of mine. I'm big fan of Vector graphic games, like BattleZone and the Vetrex, so seeing you're take on any game of the style would be nice.

This was one of my favorites, Patman. It was a weird game, but it was fun to play!

Looking forward to watching this one. I loved Strider as a kid but never made it that far in the game.

One of my favorite games. Great video as always! I was hoping you would have included Cannon Dancer/Osman an unofficial Strider like sequel made by the same developer of the original Strider.

much love Hiruy Strider you will always be my personal dearest Hero from the classic Capcom Universe aside Bionic commando and now of course Resident evil, Devil may cry etc thank you for the Strider homage for the video

One of my favs too Patman awesome work.

Great history of Strider from Arcade to Home computers. Slight edit though - Strider 2014 is on Xbox One digitally along with the others mentioned as I have it. It's a great game.

Thank you sir, my childhood right here!

Saw this game all the time at the bowling alley as a kid, but I never played it. Was always spending all my quarters on the WWF Superstars cab right next to it.

I have very fond memories of this game. I remember being mesmerized by the graphics. Galaxy force 2 was another one. It always made me think that a perfect home port could never be achieved outside of the arcades. They should re-make strider by making use of Nvidia real-time raytracing...LOL!!

Great channel, I'm hooked

Nice! One of my VERY favorite games ever!

Great video! As always, very thorough! I really love the very original character concept and the designs of the levels. Now, if you want to max out100% for pronunciation on his name (it definitely is a tricky one), the easy way is to think of it phonetically as 'Hid-E-You" Happy gaming, and keep up the great work!

I appreciate all your vids!

Capcom was ruling hard back then... Ghouls and Ghosts, Forgotten World, Strider... all these games were visually and musically stunning and showcased so much character and creativity.

Thanks a lot for your next very interesting video 👍

Very great memories here. Thanks

Thanks Pacmanqc great work Sir

thnk you for the documentary great work & appreciated

LOVED this in the arcade! Never played any of the ports or sequels.

Ahh man I remember picking up Strider for the genesis waaay back in the day. I still play this game 👍🏽 The ost is 🔥

Played this on Mega Drive/Genesis back in the day, loved it!

Great doc and a great game!

Always wondered what a Super Nintendo port would’ve been like. Super nes had a lot of great capcom games back in the day.

Great job in this video

He's one of my favorite in marvel vs capcom

My favorites of these are Strider II on the PS1 and Strider on the NES because they focus more on good gameplay. The original arcade game and its Mega Drive port had a lot of graphical pizazz but the gameplay was all over the place and I felt like I had little control over anything.

Boom. He’s back.

thank you this is from the glory days of capcom that generation was awesome

The megadrive/genesis conversion was mind blowing at the time

One of the best arcade games of all time and one of the coolest characters Capcom ever created.

Nice video 👍🏻 also of note the plot of the NES version follows the original manga much closer then the arcade game. You could also have mentioned (Cannon Dancer/Osman) Kouichi Yotsui who designed the original Strider made this game as the spiritual sequel to the original arcade Strider.

One thing that was left off of this video and everyone might want to know, is there was a an error with the original arcade board where the same music would play over and over again once you get halfway through the game. Game. Was corrected with a revision of the roms. But you would still hear the same music replay over and over again on ports as they thought when they made the ports that this was correct.

One of the first games I got for my mega drive. I especially liked the voice sample where the villain screamed 'all sons of old gods die!' This was the Japanese version. On later picked up the western release and found it was missing

Great detailed descriptions of all the ports but then at 39:40 'There was even a Tiger handheld version''. Shows only a picture of it very briefly before quickly moving on haha

I loved playing strider returns on my game gear as a kid

This and Shinobi always overshadowed by Ninja Gaiden, all are amazing games. Especially the arcade version of this