Strider (Arcade)

Strider Hiryuu is here to overthrow an evil dictatorship. Mostly by swinging his sword very fast at anything that moves.

Vw-vw-vw-vw-vw-vw-vw-vw-vw-vw-vwee! Vw-vw-vw-vw-vw-vwee!

Tile Viewer


Set to  and press Button 1 to access a hidden Tile Viewer sub-menu.



This can be used to view all of the game's graphics.

Controls:
 * Up: Scroll down.
 * Down: Scroll up.
 * Left / Right: Scroll through available palettes.
 * Button 1: Toggle vertical flipping.
 * Button 2: Toggle horizontal flipping.
 * 1P Start: Toggle between a simple and complex tile display.
 * 2P Start: Loads the next level's palette group.

Track
Track Name: 3ST ST3

Seems to be an alternate version of the intro tune for Stage 4.

Unfinished Music
The following tracks do not exist in the ROM, but have unique IDs and track names in the Output Test. They all point to Track, the Stage 1-1 music.

Amazon
The Amazon enemies have their left breasts exposed in the stored graphics. This is covered with a separate green leaf sprite in the final game.

Test Tiles




What appear to be graphics for a test tileset. Includes every possible surface type and hexadecimal 16x16 blocks.

Unused Sounds
Various utterances and grunts from Hiryuu that aren't used in any version of the game.

Unused Developer Text
Two pieces of text giving the full names of the game's programmers can be found in the game memory.

The first is at : The second starts at : In the credits, Tae Komatsu is "TAE 250R".

Toshihiro Yamauchi is "T+MARUCHI".

Toshihiko Miki is "MIKKUN".

Miscellaneous Debug Text
Text exists for a Scroll Test (like the one found in Ghouls 'n Ghosts) though there's no known way to access it.

Text starts at in memory.

Version Differences
In the Japanese versions of the game, Hiryuu makes a "Hah!" sound every time he swings his sword. This was removed from the North American game.

Revision Differences
The earliest versions of the Japanese and North American game are missing many pieces of music. The stage 1-1 music is used in their place. This mostly affects the 3rd and 5th stages.