Strider (NES)
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| Strider | |
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 Title screen of the game |
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| Developer(s) | Capcom |
| Publisher(s) | Capcom |
| Platform(s) | NES |
| Release date | 1989 |
| Genre(s) | Platform game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Media | 2-megabit cartridge |
| Input methods | NES controller |
Strider is a Nintendo Entertainment System video game released by Capcom in 1989, in North America and Europe. It was scheduled for release in Japan, but was cancelled. Strider was later re-released in a compilation known as Capcom Classics Mini Mix for the Game Boy Advance along with the NES version of Bionic Commando and Mighty Final Fight.
It is set five years after the original arcade game of the same name, though unlike other Strider games, this version has loose connections with the original manga by Moto Kikaku and doesn't have any kind of ties with Grandmaster Meio.
[edit] Story
The story involves Strider Hiryu, who is called by his superior, the Strider vice-director Matic, and assigns him to locate and assassinate Strider Kain, who was captured in Kazakh by the Kafazu forces. Being good friends with Kain, Hiryu secretly refuses to accomplish such mission, but is willing to find him and investigate the reasons for being ordered to kill his comrade.
[edit] Gameplay
This iteration of Strider is different from other games in the franchise in the sense that Hiryu actually must finds clues and items that allows him to continue his investigation, which makes the game non-linear. At first, the game starts on the Striders' operations base, the Blue Dragon, which transports Striders across different areas of the world. At the beginning of the game, only Kazakh is available, but eventually, Hiryu must also travel to places such as Egypt, China and Africa, among others. In order to access these levels, Hiryu must collect disks that contain information provided by several characters, as well as items that grants him different abilities. Because of this, the stages, at some point, must be revisited in order to obtain items and disks that weren't possible to get on first visit. Also, in order to return to the Blue Dragon, the player must return to the beginning of the stage.
On the other hand, Hiryu himself can also obtain experience by making ceratin feats (such as capturing enemy officers), which at a level up upgrades his health and energy meters, the latter of which allows him to use special skills that can be learned as well. Some of these skills include attacks, recovering health or returning instantly to the Blue Dragon.
The game's progress can be saved in the way of passwords.
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