STRIDER (Sega Master System)

Description

STRIDER for SEGA Master System. This preowned game is in good condition and includes pictured case + cover + game cartridge. Paper cover has a gentle paper crease, but this is purely cosmetic.

Strider is a port of the original coin-op for the 8-bit Sega Master System. The game was published by Sega, much like the Mega Drive port that preceded it (even carrying the same “Reprogrammed Game” label in the title screen) and developed by British company Tiertex[1]. Tiertex converted it from their previous home computer ports, in the process keeping some of their unique elements such as the second title screen (which uses the same Solo/Hiryu artwork and stylized “Strider” logo) and the ending, which states the whole game is a simulation Hiryu took before facing the “real invasion”. As a result this port lacks the same quality of its Mega Drive counterpart, suffering from spotty programming, awkward physics and subpar graphics.

Outside the altered ending, in terms of story, the game’s manual includes the same prologue used in the Mega Drive port, albeit shortened. In-game cutscenes, however, have been completely and nonsensically rearranged from the original game, mixing dialogues and image portraits with no rhyme or reason. The most notable example of this is the appearance of the Amazoness saying “Nobody goes against the Master!” in each cutscene.