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