Strider - All Versions Gameplay (HD)

[@jaggedj2510]

Genesis version is a masterpiece

[@retrosutra]

Yes, It is an awesome port!

[@Atariatari-ky9te]

I agree and its my favorite game of all time! Well the Japanese Mega Drive version.... I like the "HA" sound when Hiryu slashes his sword and the Japanese version has the famous line, "All sons of old gods, die!". Most of the time I play the Japanese Mega Drive Version of Mega Drive/Genesis games.. unless im playing a RPG or something or a game where I might need the english translations.

[@axelgear666]

My fav were genesis and x68000

[@setsers1]

@@retrosutra Hell Yeah!

[@setsers1]

@@Atariatari-ky9te nice!

[@Klynch111]

The megadrive version is as close to a faithful arcade conversion as I've seen on any of the consoles. Truly impressive

[@setsers1]

Agreed

[@thetru-drushow8412]

Not as good as the next version with extra stages

[@jasonlee7816]

Sega Genesis/Mega-Drive could’ve had a more accurate port (version)

[@jasonlee7816]

@@thetru-drushow8412 Do you prefer the Sega Master System, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx CD port?

[@OfficialTruDru]

@@jasonlee7816 now the best version Arcade (1989) original version! But never heard of the Turbo Grafx version until recently. Genesis was so close but I heard it missing something.

[@AnaheimRob]

Still impressed by the Genesis version! Talk about a system seller!

[@mrpolite3257]

Speccy version looks quite good despite only being 2 colours. Nice and fast with decent animation.

[@TheWingless]

The ZX Spectrum: The only way to get your kids to play outside

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

The MD port was a huge deal back in 1990. Strider was a very technically impressive and fast arcade game, released only a year earlier and pairing an 8 Mbit ROM with a top dev team at Sega (they coded the home version themselves), the MD was able to bring the experience home, mostly intact. ROM was still very expensive back then and thus, the game retailed for $80. I believe that the second 8 Mbit game was the equally excellent Gaiares. MD really hit its stride when 8 Mbit (and larger) ROM carts became practical. Most early gamed were held back by 4 Mbit cards.

[@Atariatari-ky9te]

The Mega Drive Japanese Version is my favorite game of all time! The Mega Drive / Genesis port to me looks actually better than the X68000 and PC Engine versions..... One.... The Mega Drive sprite for Hiryu just looks better to me and the soundtrack is just amazing on the Mega Drive.... When Hiryu glides in and is on the first level it has more of a close up type vew compared to the X68000 and PC Engine ports and sprites look larger in my opinion in the Mega Drive version. X68000 and PC Engine versions looks more saturated and the Mega Drive Version has a more cleaner look to me. I know a lot of people complain about the Mega Drive / Genesis color pallete but when looking at the Mega Drive in RGB and comparing it to other systems at the time it has the nicest, cleanest, sharpest looking RGB picture and the colors look good to me. Like its just right but looking at other systems like PC Engine and SNES in RGB it looks a little blurry compared to the Mega Drive. To be honest im glad that the Genesis could only display 64 colors on the screen out of 512... for some reason in my opinion the colors look better on the Mega Drive when compared to the SNES and PC Engine.... This could be though because the Mega Drive is showcasing the game at higher resolution. The Mega Drive just gives me a more Arcade feel when compared to the PC Engine and SNES..... When looking into detail.... we can see that the Mega Drive was truely the best 16 bit home console.

[@MySamurai77]

X68000 is better. The game was developed using an X68000 for the arcades, the X68000 is much more powerful than SNES/ Genesis PC Engine. By Genesis standards it's a good port though. Genesis is a good workhorse console.

[@Atariatari-ky9te]

@@MySamurai77 Its just something about how the Strider soundtrack sounds on the Mega Drive is what I like about it over the X68000 version and the Arcade version. I also like how Hiryu sprite looks on the Mega Drive version compared to the X68000 version and Arcade version.

[@lazarushernandez5827]

@@MySamurai77 Yep. No shame here though, the X68000 was literally a home computer with some specialized add ons. It's cost was in the $1000s while the Genesis was in the $100s. The Genesis did share some ports with the X68000 , ThunderForce 2, Granada, Thunder Blade, After Burner, Ghouls N Ghosts, among others... usually there isn't much between the versions, with X68000 port benefitting from a faster processor, better color palette, more ram, etc...

[@javaykirk2688]

Snes was better imo. Better games and more games. Oh, and the controller was much better. Not every game had the 6 button controller on the genesis.

[@jasonlee7816]

@@javaykirk2688 721 SNES games in America, 522 SNES in Europe vs Sega Genesis/Mega-Drive 900+ games

[@youuuuuuuuuuutube]

US Gold was well known for producing sub par ports, and that's another one of them, it's really shameful ... I mean look at how they made the screen so small. The Genesis version is quite incredible though!

[@jasonlee7816]

blame Tiertex they developed the Strider computer ports Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum not US Gold they only published it or they were publisher

[@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE]

@@jasonlee7816 Tiertex also developed the underwhelming Master System port.

[@jasonlee7816]

@@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE i checked it was reprogrammed by Sega thus Tiertex aren’t in the credits it makes me believe Tiertex didn’t port the Master System version

[@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE]

@Benjamin Jagun At least this game in the MD version had some of the most impressive voice samples, but that's about it. Good thing Capcom retconned it.

[@LateNightPerson]

​@@jasonlee7816tiertex developed, sega published. The master system version is a port of the spectrum version with graphics likely taken from the amiga version. Sega wouldnt develop such a pile of trash in-house

[@aazart8886]

Sega Genesis version very close to the Arcade + excellent Ports best version X68000 is Arcade Perfect ports + great experience Turbo grafix CD great cutscene and great music sound remixes look fantastic very good graphics Arcade Original is #1 PS1 is Arcade version good voice attack sound effects + music sound remixes look very good

[@retrobeastgames]

love this game, some great ports , the st and Amiga looked a lot like the Master System, i would have expected it to be like the Mega Drive. i think the Amiga was a lazy ST port, the Amiga can do a lot better, the Mega Drive will always be my favourite. Great video mate, nice to see all them ports :o)

[@MEGAMIGA]

Many Amiga versions were, in fact, ST ports which did not take into account the Amiga's capabilities. As usual, blame the editors that wanted quick money... :/

[@laurapetrezzulli5802]

MegaDrive is better

[@jasonlee7816]

@@MEGAMIGA i blame either the developer or the publisher they were about cutting corners/costs, laziness, rushing the game out because of a deadline or a number of deadlines

[@steuph1976]

That's because it's the other way around. The Master System was made by the same terrible Tiertex studio as the Amiga and ST versions a few years after. What's so weird is that, at least in France, the Amiga version got RAVE reviews when it came out, 90%, 18/20, end of year awards, the whole lot. Reviewers were totally amazed by how great it looked. I have to admit I pirated the ST version and I couldn't believe how bad it was, even then, and that was two years before the Megadrive version arrived, and I hadn't even played the arcade, I had only seen screenshots. But everything was awful in itself, even without comparing it with the original.

[@JamesMartin-bc8xq]

Yep story of the Amiga lazy porting, Games that we’re made for it a different sorry.

[@superjuca55]

I'm actually surprised by the ZX version. It's not that bad considering the machine. Big sprites, reasonably fast and smooth action, multi-directional scrolling are things not easily achieved on the Speccy.

[@jaitheminecraftgamer5046]

Let’s Compare Strider 1: Arcade 2: Amiga 3: Atari St 4: Ms-Dos 5: Commodore 64 6: Amstrad Cpc 7: Zx Spectrum 8: Genesis 9: Master System 10: Sharp X68000 11: Turbografx-CD 12: Playstation

[@JudgmentStorm]

Leaving aside PlayStation and X68000's arcade perfect versions, Mega Drive wins. None of the US Gold computer ports get it right (Tiertex blew it again. I don't see how Capcom saw fit to bother giving them rights to do Journey From Darkness.). PC Engine should have been better considering it requires the Arcade card. Missing parallax is a let down.

[@thetru-drushow8412]

NEC better and extra stages

[@jasonlee7816]

@@thetru-drushow8412 why is NEC TurboGrafx better?

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

@@thetru-drushow8412 A tacked on extra stage and voiced cutscenes don't make up for 8-bit looking sprites and flat backgrounds. The MD version is better.

[@marzli]

would be good the always see what version is currently playing. thanks

[@theopoint-o5141]

Yes I agree

[@noaht2005]

They did use to I think

[@Jayce_Alexander]

Capcom made a wise decision making Strider for the NES an entirely different game that was suited to the specs of the NES. Basically every home port of the game aside from the Mega Drive/Genesis version is a complete abortion.

[@pascalvisa4911]

Not the PC-Engine version. It's an excellent one.

[@METALFACEDOOMXXXX]

@@pascalvisa4911 nope hot garbage genesis wins

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

@Benjamin Jagun Both systems had 9 bit color pallets, which was very typical for the time. The MD's Shadow and Highlight mode effectively enlarged its pallet to more than 1000 colors. But yes, PCE could have more colors on screen at the same time, with the MD's 64 colors being very modest. However, once again, shadow and highlight could bring it to a respectable ~180 colors you see in games like Sonic 2, Ranger X and Gunstar Heroes. I agree that the PCE version of Strider does not do the hardware justice, especially considering the massive amount of RAM in the Arcade Card. The main sprite colors and animation are cringe-worthy and could've been done much better. The parallax scrolling in this games would always have been impossible to fake on the PCE though. Lack of multiple background layers was that system's biggest weakness. The Supergrax fixed issue but was unfortunately DOA.

[@luke_y_444]

The Genesis after the ZX Spectrum AH AH AH XD 3 Worlds...

[@RaposaCadela]

Why would Capcom license this to US Gold and Tiertex

[@jasonlee7816]

money 💰 money 💴 money 💵

[@jasonlee7816]

Capcom only cared if they get paid a license fee

[@MrLtia1234]

Pretty sure the PC, Amiga, ST, CPC and Speccy versions were all developed as one version and then tweaked for each machine. Must have cut costs considerably, but it's not great.

[@jsdlgjgojaosdjgoj8555]

La de Mega Drive parte la pana

[@McClane47]

Yo lo tuve para la game gear, nunca le cogí cariño por culpa de quien me lo regaló. Creo que era muy parecido al que muestras de Master System. Un saludo

[@McClane47]

Rectifico, creo que el que yo tuve era el Strider Returns que era algo así como el 2, no estoy muy seguro.

[@retrosutra]

Hola McClane-47. Seguramente debió ser ese. Si no me equivoco, fue el único Strider que salió para la portátil de Sega. Un saludo y gracias por tu comentario.

[@Jay-ie9pp]

The Sega Genesis version is almost arcade perfect, definitely the best port .

[@predaking2wings]

Love the Ching sound of the sword!

[@Wolfdragon92584]

His sprite even looks better on the Genesis. Looks more photorealistic as opposed to anime. And the ending is wayyyy better on Genesis too.

[@nng1979]

I count the PSX version same as arcade as its emulation. Then the Genesis/Megadrive version is amazing. The VDP and FM Synthesis was amazing and it was 1988 technology. The X68000 looks great too but lagged behind the Genesis sprite handling wise hence the tremendous flickering in sprite heavy scenes. The rest of the platforms range from ok to mediocre to be honest.

[@METALFACEDOOMXXXX]

@@nng1979 fuck playstation

[@Atariatari-ky9te]

I like the Japanese Mega Drive version the best. Its my favorite game of all time! I like the "HA" sound when Hiryu slashes his sword and the Japanese version has the famous line, "All sons of old gods, die!" which was in the original Japanese Arcade version.

[@hisashitsuta516]

よく見ると沢山の機種に移植されているんですね。 ウロボロスの足→ウロボロス→砲台→マッチョマンの順で省略されてて草 性能を見るにメガドラ版の評価が高いのは納得 マスターシステムは頑張ってる コモドール64はもっと頑張れ 一応やる事はあってるしボイスも頑張ってるけど何か違くねってなるんだろうなpcエンジン

[@Kunio_Chile]

Otro de mis juegos favoritos por lejos... aunque me encanta mucho el voice acting de PC Engine, mi version favorita es por lejos la de Sega Megadrive. que joya!

[@agentcarbunkle]

The music on the Turbographx is insane

[@EchoFaustMusic]

Tis the wonder of wavetable synthesis. Practically sampling, if you do things right.

[@danmakuman]

@@EchoFaustMusic Strider's PC Engine soundtrack was from the CD not from the sound chip.

[@EchoFaustMusic]

@@danmakuman Ah, bummer. Was somewhat thinking it had waaaay too many channels to be soundchip, but wasn't sure about the cd option of the console. Good to know though

[@ricsim78]

@@EchoFaustMusicYou meant redbook audio from the CDROM Strider. 😁👍

[@richardcavell]

The Atari ST and Amiga ports were much worse, graphically, than they could have been.

[@wishusknight3009]

They played poorly too. The Amiga was really capable of quite a bit more.

[@raulmachuca9047]

Man, I always have been, am and will be a PC guy but most dos ports from arcade back then sucked big time. Amiga and consoles were far superior at that time. Even C64 has better music and sound effects for this one.

[@NonbinaryAutisticArtist]

Why are so many MS-DOS ports crappy?

[@intel386DX]

they did not get the scrolling right until 1991 , and the hardware was too week 8086 in 80's those ports targeted to

[@MrLtia1234]

The bus was too slow for displaying on the screen, basically. It just wasn't built for moving this around- utterly crap at it, actually. Then you have the speaker! When PCI was introduced, things changed very quickly...

[@TheTrueBro]

Turbographx version looks amazing

[@Atariatari-ky9te]

Good Port but no where near on the same level as the Mega Drive Japanese version. Ive compared both in RGB and the Mega Drive ports look and plays a lot better as well. I prefer the music and sound from the Mega Drive as well. I hated that the PC Engine Version didn't have the music from the Arcade in the second stage (not the bonus stage (the real 2nd stage from the Arcade). PC Engine port is good though just not on par with the Mega Drive Japanese version. Im a huge PC Engine fan its my second favorite video game system of all time after the Mega Drive.

[@TheTrueBro]

Oh wait, what's different about the MD version compared to the Genesis one? (The version I know the most lol)

[@Atariatari-ky9te]

@@TheTrueBro The Japanese MD version has the"Ha" sound when slashing the sword and has the famous line, "All sons of old gods, die!" spoken by the final boss from the original Japanese Arcade version of Strider. It also has the better box art. I modded my top case on my Hi Def Genesis Model 1 VA6 so I could play japanese mega drive games and the ones in 93 and after I use a Game Genie.

[@TheTrueBro]

Atari7800 atari small but nice detail.

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

Really? The main sprite looks and animates pretty awful, no parallax scrolling in the backgrounds and the colors are all weird. That despite being an Arcade Card game. What's so amazing about that? Most AC games look way better and the much earlier MD port blows it away. I remember reading that it was being developed as a Supergrafx game before getting moved to the PCE. It would've been a much better match for that system, especially considering how well the other two CPS1 ports turned out.

[@sgreco2002]

As usual, commodore 64 gameplay and music is a galaxy far away from horrible amiga version... as usual.

[@BlueFalconPunch07]

Sharp X68000 se ve bien. ¿El gameplay es malo o son otras cosas?

[@oabadiaz]

Por este orden Arcade, X6800, Megadrive (impresionante)...

[@宇都宮誉洋]

メガドライブ版の飛竜が一番たくましい。

[@PopfulFrost]

Okay, how the *fuck* is the ST outdoing the Amiga? Also, why the hell did they add the "HAW!" voiceover for the attack button in the Playstation version? That's incredibly annoying, and wasn't there in the arcade.

[@comestrider]

アーケードでもあったスプライト欠けが全くないプレステはやっぱすごいな　笑 でもあのハードのスペックでここまで移植したセガとメガドラもすごい とりあえずPCエンジン版は論外　笑

[@intel386DX]

where is the NES verison?

[@noaht2005]

It’s not a port of the arcade version

[@intel386DX]

@@noaht2005 yes, but still

[@noaht2005]

@@intel386DX that was retrosutra’s reply to a similar comment

[@juan83514]

and nes version?

[@retrosutra]

The NES game has not been included because is not a direct port of the arcade version.

[@METALFACEDOOMXXXX]

Nes sucks

[@williamwright9079]

Amiga tragedy!

[@samcoupe4608KB]

But the Amiga has a blitter and can scroll the whole screen...

[@Galahadfairlight]

Would have been nice if someone told Tiertex that, Amiga version is literally the ST version, they didn't even pre-convert the graphics for Amiga, it converts the ST graphics in real-time to something the Amiga can display, giving it an overhead the ST version didnt have. If the score panel was any bigger it would be larger than the game area

[@samcoupe4608KB]

@@Galahadfairlight and all for only £24.95 bargain! mind you no one with an amiga didnt pirate!

[@オロオロZ]

メガドラ版が最高やね。 親父がプレイしてるの横でみてたなー 懐かしい

[@stanley1stt]

what's this sound on Genesis when he fall ! ? wtf pffiiiouuuuu pffiiiooouuuuu

[@user-vg5rv5xf4u]

HAW HAW HA HA HA HA HAW HAW HAW HAW!

[@andreinoooo]

OMG the Amiga version is one of the worst!

[@federicocatelli8785]

Usual US Gold quality nothing to be surprised

[@andreinoooo]

Yeah... Same as for Street Fighter II... so many disappointed expectations

[@jasonlee7816]

@@federicocatelli8785 Tiertex ported the Amiga version not US Gold it is Tiertex quality

[@1982Hiei]

TurboGrafx CD version is the BEST VERSION!!! A way better even the Arcade version.

[@METALFACEDOOMXXXX]

Lies genesis version is way superior dumbass

[@jasonlee7816]

PC Engine/TurboGrafx-CD port (version) had a long development process no wonder it looks and sounds awful, dreadful, horrible,

[@shahwiqarshahin2130]

​@@jasonlee7816??? The music on the Turbografx/PC Engine CD sounds orchestral compared to the tinny arcade soundtrack.

[@darkerfalcon3747]

The master system is the worst port and the worst game thai i played. Total nightmare!

[@ArcadeCabNBud]

What a shitter of a game, clunky as hell, but I like it anyway

[@クリーミーデブ野郎]

PlayStationは音楽少し違く聞こえるけど気のせい？x68kは違和感ない。 PC Engine版の「買ったつもりか貴様などあのお方の敵ではないわ」の人嫌い。

[@maximukhin45]

nothing beats PlayStation

[@TheCooterpuppet]

Maxim Ukhin the X6800 is almost identical, might have technically better sound too

[@METALFACEDOOMXXXX]

Playstation sucks

[@roadkill_52]

I was never a fan of this game due to the anti-communist propaganda... that said, the Genesis version is really impressive