A Tale of Two Striders - Review of the Arcade/Genesis & NES versions 

The arcade, Genesis, and NES ports are all pretty good entries. I'd just stay away from the Master System version, that is close to if not the worst SMS game in the library sadly.

@@retrogamingknight But what if I'm a fool that owns it already? Oh no!

@@hungrygoriya I also sadly own that game, and paid paid quite a large amount it since it's a rare title. I guess that makes me a fool too. I was considering including it in this review, but I'm not that interested in doing the bad review/AVGN kind of thing. Basically, Sega outsourced it to Tiertex and the game is full of empty levels missing most enemies, power ups, backgrounds, and sections of levels. It feel incomplete. There's 3 songs including the title screen music. Your character is missing attack animation, the sword just appears next to him, no swinging animation. Also, it runs really slow and choppy. FPS is usually around 20, and in boss fights it can drop to single digits.

Yeah, the Capcom developed sequel looks really good. Around where I lived, Strider and Final Fight were really popular arcade machines for a few years appearing in most arcades, at least until Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat took over the scene.

I'm glad that you enjoy that version, I've tried it but didn't have the patience to play it all the way through. I was considering mentioning it, but I'm in the majority of people that don't really like that game.

@@retrogamingknight I can see why. It's just a different game. Slower and not so many enemies, but still it's challenging and cool to explore the different locations. I played this version first, propably that's why it holds a special place in my heart 😊

Thanks for stopping by. That triangle jump in NES Strider isn't just timing, but the collision detection on walls is kind of broken as well and you'll sometimes make contact with the wall when there's a gap between your character sprite, and sometimes it right up against the wall. There were even times where the game thought I was making contact when standing next to it, and not allowing me to fully jump vertically.

I did not know about that one, but it was on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. It's apparently a remake of the original arcade version. It looks interesting, I'll have to check it out sometime.

@@retrogamingknight I hear It's actually good.