Strider - Sega Genesis - Live with Slasher

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Published on July 11, 2025 5:45:08 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1pJ2_LpWoo

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Strider (1989)

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Although it was originally released in the arcades, Strider was one of the first games that I played on the Sega Genesis. I thought the game looked cool (you could be a ninja!), but I died repeatedly on the first level and didn’t have much fun. Years later, I had a change to play it again, and actually enjoyed it. It’s still tough as nails, but I was able to make it much further into the game and discovered how cool some of the levels are! In terms of story, the game takes place in the dystopian future of 2048. A mysterious Grand Master rules the world, and it is up to Hiryu – a top techno-ninja from the “Striders” – to assassinate him and save the world.

Sega produced their home version of Strider for the Mega Drive/Genesis, which was released in Japan on September 29, 1990, with subsequent releases in North America and the PAL region. It was advertised as one of the first 8-Megabit cartridges for the system, and went on to be a bestseller. This version was also re-released for the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on November 15, 2011 and in North America on February 16, 2012. It was re-released again on the Nintendo Classics service on October 25, 2021. The Genesis/Mega Drive version contains a different ending from the arcade game.

This ending shows the destruction of the final stage as the game's protagonist makes his escape. This is then followed by the main credit sequence that sees Hiryu flying his glider in space and reminiscing about the various encounters he had during his mission as he heads back to earth. The ending theme was an edited combination of two separate pieces of music planned for the arcade game, but replaced with a repeat of the first level music. Computer magazine ACE considered the previous Amiga conversion to be "as good as this one"
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