Retro Games
Lightning Swords, known in Japan as Ken-Go, is an action arcade game released in 1991. During a desperate flight through feudal Japan, a young princess is hunted down and brutally slain. The samurai Blue Dragon arrives just in time to witness it, but too late to save her, and sets out on a path of vengeance.
Charlie Ninja is a platform game released for arcades in 1994. Roy and Lon are two bounty-hunter ninjas hired to take down a string of villains. Since it’s a solid title made by former Capcom staff, it wouldn’t be complete without the classic fighting-game moves from Street Fighter.
Strider Hiryū is an action-adventure platformer released in 1989 for arcade machines. Set in a dystopian future where an evil dictator rules Earth under an oppressive regime, you are recruited as the elite member of a ninja clan. Your solo mission is to infiltrate the enemy fortress and defeat the tyrant.
Osman, also known as Cannon Dancer in some regions, is a 2D side-scrolling game heavily inspired by the classic title Strider. The player take on the role of a martial arts expert and mercenary tasked with saving humanity, facing superhuman challenges across exotic and hostile locations.
X-Kaliber 2097 (Sword Maniac in Japan), from 1994, complete gameplay.
Developer: Fupac / Winds
Publisher: Activision
Super Nintendo / Super Famicom version.
Edo no Kiba, from 1993, complete gameplay.
Developer: Riot
Publisher: Micro World
Super Nintendo / Super Famicom version.
Tänzer, from 2019, complete gameplay.
Developer: Mikael Tillander
Publisher: Mega Cat Studios
Sega Genesis / Mega Drive version.
Run Saber, from 1993, complete gameplay.
Developer: Hori Electric
Publisher: Atlus
Super Nintendo / Super Famicom version.
Journey from Darkness: Strider Returns, from 1993, complete gameplay.
Developer: Tiertex
Publisher: U.S. Gold
Sega Genesis / Mega Drive version.
Dark Eden, from 2002, prototype complete gameplay.
The project was canned when the developers for the project couldn’t find a publisher to fund the project.
Developer: Rival Dreams
Game Boy Advance prototype/demo version.
Strider 2, from 2000, complete gameplay.
Developer: Use
Publisher: Capcom
Sony PlayStation version.
🎮 Strider (Mega Drive) Complete Gameplay.
