Is the (acd) arcade card worth it? Sapphire and Strider

[Tatsujin]

badder

[turbogrfxfan]

hows Strider on the ACD compare to Strider on the Genesis?

i never played it on the genny but i hear the grafx arent as good on the pce.  Regardless, The  genny doesnt have any cutscenes.  On the pce the cut scenes are actually top notch for the system.  Also pce has cd quality music which is really really good. Which genny does not. So IMO when ya lay all the cards on the table the pce version def pulls its weight and makes up for it and is better in other ways. And dont get me wrong Im more than happy with the grafx during gameplay. 

They have comparison vids on you tube and Im actually going to do a review on on this game tomorrow so ill send you a link.

[MasonSushi]

I played the Genesis Strider and wasn't all that impressed. I am hoping the PCE version is way better. I just need to track it down.

[Jesse813]

I'll be sure to watch the video turbogrfxfan

[sheath]

Strider ACD is a touch slower than the Genesis and Arcade games and only has a single background layer.  But it plays well on its own, has a custom CD soundtrack, custom cutscenes and an exclusive sand level.  I enjoy playing it.

[Black Tiger]

The PCE version of Strider looks and feels unfinished. It has lots of extra art and detail from the arcade that is missing from the Genesis version, but it uses a horrible color palette.

It actually looks nice in stills when recolored. It also has terrible sprite optimization and has unecessary sprite break up/flicker as a result. All of that wouldn't be so bad, except that the framerate/scrolling is messed up. I don't know if it runs at 30fps or not, but either way it looks like it isn't scrolling at the kind of integers that regular games do.

I don't think that any version of of arcade Strider is very good, so the gameplay doesn't seem worse to me.

[Dyna138]

PCE Strider has a few qualities in its favor, but the graphics are a little disappointing since I expect better from the ACD. It's still a great version of the game to play for the extra level, CD soundtrack and cutscenes. Depending on what system you favor you may prefer one over the other.

Personally I love to play different versions of my favorite games to see how they compare to each other and I love when they take advantage of the CD format and add some extra goodies not in the arcade.

[blueraven]

I just beat PS1 Strider. The game is badass.

Having fun with Strider 2 as well

[Tatsujin]

I played the Genesis Strider and wasn't all that impressed. I am hoping the PCE version is way better. I just need to track it down.

As stated before, there is no hope. But if you like to spend like 60 bucks+ extra for finding it out by yourself, go ahead

If you want the definite strider conversion, buy "strider hiryu 1&2" for the PS1.

[turbogrfxfan]

Yeah I wanted strider for many years now and I finally got it a few weeks ago and wasn't disappointed at all. The games pretty easy once u figure out what to do. The last stage is a lot of fun and you gotta chip away at it.but isd more fun than tough. Is it worth 60?  Well imo this game is a hell of a lot beTter than some bitch flying around on a broomstick for 150 bucks....  Pce version

[RR1980]

Yeah I wanted strider for many years now and I finally got it a few weeks ago and wasn't disappointed at all. The games pretty easy once u figure out what to do. The last stage is a lot of fun and you gotta chip away at it.but isd more fun than tough. Is it worth 60?  Well imo this game is a hell of a lot beTter than some bitch flying around on a broomstick for 150 bucks....  Pce version

you can get that cotton bitch for alot less than $150 and she will bring her pixie fairy friend too hehe

[turbogrfxfan]

No I'm talkin about mc for pce but I hear ya:)

[RR1980]

No I'm talkin about mc for pce but I hear ya:)

haha I know tfan ;-)

[SNKNostalgia]

Also, arcade version of Strider is on Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2. It also supports 480P and has a few extras. So I guess that would be the best version next to playing the PS1 version on a PS3 with progressive scan maybe.

I never got to play Strider until 94 when I borrowed a friend's Genesis due to just owning a SNES and TG-16 (Finally got my Genesis with a SegaCD on the cheap in 96). I enjoyed the game a bit I guess. Then I finally played the arcade version for the first time with the PS1 Strider 1 and 2 release 11 years ago. Funny how the disc labels where switched with my copy. I liked it a lot more than the Genesis version, but still didn't think it was all too spectacular. I guess the game just aged poorly in some ways by that time. I was more of a fan of games like Final Fight from those days and still am. I also preferred other Capcom platform action games more, GnG series or Magic Sword. I would maybe appreciate it a bit more if I had played it in the arcades back in '89 or so.

[nat]

Funny how the disc labels where switched with my copy.

If I'm not mistaken, the labels are switched on all the copies. Mine are like that too.