The History of Strider - Arcade console documentary 

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!

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.

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‼️🤣🤣🤣👍🏽

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 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

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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!

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

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

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.

Another beloved classic. Great work Patman

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

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

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!!

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.

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!

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.

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 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 🙏

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Strider soundtrack is and always be epic.

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 .

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

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.

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

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!

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 video! Strider is one of my all time favorites!

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.

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.

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.

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!!

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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 RU-vidR EVER!!!!

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 RU-vid. 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.

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.

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

Thank you sir, my childhood right here!

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.

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

Another fantastic video, Patman. Thanks for uploading!

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.

Very great memories here. Thanks

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

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

The megadrive/genesis conversion was mind blowing at the time

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

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!!

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 loved playing strider returns on my game gear as a kid

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.

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.

Awesome video! Very thorough and informative!

He's one of my favorite in marvel vs capcom

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

Nice! One of my VERY favorite games ever!

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

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

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

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

One of my favs too Patman awesome work.

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

The NES one has the best soundtrack. It was the first Strider game I ever played.

39:43 Haha, I had that Tiger Electronics game. It's definitely one of the better ones. It did hold me over until i played the NES version

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 channel, I'm hooked

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

Thanks Pacmanqc great work Sir

One of the first games i got for my Atati ST and i loved it back then. I never played it in the arcade so didnt have anything to compare it too.

I appreciate all your vids!

Strider is like mixing SF II and Mega Man together in one game graphically wise.

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.

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.

Thanks a lot for your next very interesting video 👍

25:40 Wow, Lord Alfred Hayes! Nice...

I think I had to pay $70 for the Genesis version when it released. I was broke that week...but happy.

This was game was stylish. I first saw it at The Continent in Columbus Ohio back when it was first released. Everything about it was cool even the design of the logo stood out