Strider Returns
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| Developer(s) | Tiertex |
| Publisher(s) | U.S. Gold |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Gear, Master System, Mega Drive, ZX Spectrum |
| Release date | 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994 |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single Player |
Strider Returns (also known as Journey From Darkness: Strider Returns, and released as Strider II in the PAL region) is a sequel to Capcom's arcade game Strider, released for various video game consoles and computer platforms in the Western market only.
The game was developed by Tiertex and published by U.S. Gold, the same companies that had ported the original Strider to computers. Capcom had very little or no involvement in the game outside of lending the license to U.S. Gold.
The player must once again face off against Grandmaster Meio. This time, Meio has taken the hero's fiancee Lexia hostage. The game itself does not identify the main character, although the game's manual alternates between the names Hiryu (the name of the original game's protagonist) and Hinjo. Contrary to popular belief, the main character is not meant to be a different character from the hero of the previous game.
Strider Returns is the only Sega Master System game to use sprite collision detection rather than collision boxes.
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Strider Returns was poorly received among critics and fans of the original game, and is regarded as a vastly inferior game.
- "Strider Returns was a pale shadow of the arcade game, with poor control, unimaginative design and none of the brilliance that made its inspiration so compelling. Even the biggest Strider nut won't touch this one." (Jeremy Parish, 1UP.com) [1]
Capcom later released their own sequel, Strider 2, essentially leaving Strider Returns out of the series' canon.
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