Play Strider (USA, Europe) on sega Online

Hiryu moves like lightning—wall-jumping past lasers, slicing mechs mid-air, barely stopping as you race through frozen peaks and floating death traps. That cyber-ninja flow hits just right when you finally clear a stage without faceplanting into spikes.

Developer: Capcom

Genre: Action

Released: 1990

File size: 659 bytes

Game Overview

Strider on the Sega Genesis is one of those games that just feels fast—like, the second you start moving, Hiryu’s already sprinting, flipping off walls, and slicing robots in half with that glowing plasma cypher. It’s got this weird mix of cyberpunk and ninja action that somehow works perfectly, tossing you into massive levels where you’re climbing frozen waterfalls one minute and dodging death traps in a floating fortress the next.

The bosses are ridiculous in the best way (mecha gorilla, giant tank-spider hybrid, you get the idea), and the music? Absolute fire. It’s one of those games where you’ll die a lot at first—some jumps are brutal—but nailing a perfect run through a level without stopping feels incredible. Still holds up if you’re into that old-school, no-handholding action.