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Strider (Sega Master System)

A very awful port of the arcade classic, because Sega (for reasons we can't fathom) let Tiertex, who handled the already-bad western home computer ports by U.S. Gold, take a crack at a Master System version. As a result, the game has a very sluggish feel, lacks or waters down a ton from the arcade original, and has just one ear-grating level theme throughout the while thing, all while an amazoness constantly reminds you that NOBODY GOES AGAINST THE MASTER!

Oh, to add insult to injury, the whole game is a simulation in this version. Your efforts means nothing.

Level Select#

Hold Up + 1 + 2 and power on the system. When the title screen appears, press one of the following button combinations to go to the corresponding level:

Level

Code

Level 2

Up + 1

Level 3

Down + 1

Level 4

Right + 1

Level 5

Left + 1

Developer Credit#

At offset 0x247 of the cartridge data is the following string:

CODING BY PAUL MARSHALL

(Source: idrougge)

References#


  1. Sega Master Pro Review: Strider - GamePro, Volume 3, Number 6, June 1991↩︎
  2. The Release Schedule - Computer Trade Weekly, Issue 354, September 16, 1991↩︎
  3. Chuva de lançamentos "Release shower" - Ação Games, Issue 1, May 1991↩︎