Famicom Strider Hiryuu |
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Strider is responsible for a lot of internet speculation (mainly about the on-again-off-again SuperGrafx version) and the Famicom/NES version is no different, mainly because of the confusing timeline around this game. The uninitiated may think that the arcade version was the basis for all other games, but that is simply not the case. Strider debuted as a comic series in the May 1988 issue of Monthly Comptique in Japan, and then this Famicom version was announced in September of the same year. It, uh, never came out (that's why it's on this page, silly.) The arcade version of Strider was released in March the next year, and the unreleased FC version was given a quick translation and released in July for the NES, to capitalize on the success of the arcade game. Well, who cares about all that? The point is that the Famicom version remained buried. A sample cart of it popped up on Yahoo Japan auctions a few years back, but it sold for way more than my budget could handle (at the time.) Since then I found a VIDEO of the cancelled Japanese release. And then in August 2014, a kind buyer released the ROM of his Famicom Strider proto out into the world! Please look for it! And also check out a comparison between this proto and the NES version which I wrote up. |
Here's an exciting write up in an October issue of Marukatsu Famicom featuring drawings of Hiryuu, Sheena, and Kain, a page from the manga in Comptique, and screenies from the Famicom and arcade beta version. | This preview has sketches of Hiryuu and the Blue Dragon base from the comic. Oh, and they spell the game's title slightly wrong... | Not much of note here. Some game screenshots, the cart's price, and... no release date! |
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