A port of Strider
NEC Avenue's Strider Hiryuu is a port of the coin-op for the PC Engine. This port is infamous for its protracted development, as it was originally announced as a HuCard for the PC Engine SuperGrafx in 1990 before undergoing various format changes, ultimately being released as a CD-ROM game for the Arcade Card add-on in late 1994. Its most noticeable changes are new animated cutscenes, arranged Red Book-quality soundtrack, and an optional bonus mission between the first and second stages, set in a desert. Otherwise, the game plays similar to the coin-op. The new cutscenes appear to have inspired the later Strider 2, as both games use similar wireframe maps for their stage introductions.
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Stuck in development hell for 5 years this release is often criminally overlooked. What we eventually got was an excellent port of Capcom's arcade hit, redone from the ground up with redrawn sprites and redbook quality arranged music, the added benefit of CD allows some superlative tunes. As well as an optional extra stage, there are now animated interludes with full voice acting. It's perhaps not as difficult as some might want, even on the hardest setting, and die-hard Strider fans will cite the Sharp X68000 as the definitive home version, but you'd be a fool to ignore this one.
Status: 63,850 points. Beaten on Hard
Status: 63,850 points. Beaten on Hard