History YMMV / StriderArcade

* PortingDisaster: all the ports by Tiertex were greatly pared down, with crude graphics and choppy scrolling. Somewhat understandable for the 8-bit ports, but even the [[Platform/{{Amiga}} Commodore Amiga]] and Platform/AtariST ports were well below those systems' usual standards.

* ArcadePerfectPort: the UsefulNotes/SharpX68000 port, developed internally by Capcom, is almost identical to the arcade. The UsefulNotes/MegaDrive port by Sega, not so much, but it was considered a stellar port for a home console at the time.

* PortingDisaster: all the ports by Tiertex were greatly pared down, with crude graphics and choppy scrolling. Somewhat understandable for the 8-bit ports, but even the [[Platform/{{Amiga}} Commodore Amiga]] and UsefulNotes/AtariST ports were well below those systems' usual standards.

* PortingDisaster: all the ports by Tiertex were greatly pared down, with crude graphics and choppy scrolling. Somewhat understandable for the 8-bit ports, but even the UsefulNotes/CommodoreAmiga and UsefulNotes/AtariST ports were well below those systems' usual standards.

* AllJustADream: all the ports by Tiertex end by revealing that the game was just a simulation.

* ThatOneAttack: The Russian Gunner's machine gun, while manageable in Kazakh, is at its worst on the Third Moon. Impossible to dodge, forcing you to take a hit and use the invincibility frames to take him out.

* TranslationTrainWreck: A subtle example: In Hebrew, a language read from right to left, the correct spelling for "Balrog" is "באלרוג". It's written as "געלראב" at the start of Stage 3, which would be pronounced as "Gelrab" when read correctly.

* TheWoobie: The Merrow, from Strider 2, is a mermaid-like creature with mysterious psychic powers. She was captured to become the power core of the Battleship Balrog, which uses her powers in order to fly. Encased inside the ship's reactor core against her will, she's siphoned of her energy constantly in a painful process which leaves her exhausted, as the energy obtained from her is so powerful she can't control it by herself and needs assistance from nearby Control Brains to keep it stable. Her species was hunted down specifically to power battleships of the Balrog's class. When Hiryu arrives, the Merrow, unable to endure the pain anymore, begs him to kill her. Hiryu destroys the machine, putting an end to the Merrow's suffering.

* EvenBetterSequel: ''Strider 2'' is this to the original game, polishing the original concepts and eliminating the flaws present in it. It also has something for multiple challenge levels; score running for advanced players and infinite continues, respawning on the spot, and the option for inifnite time for beginning players.

** Grandmaster Meio. There is not much strategy to this fight other than hope he floats in your general direction, slash him like a mad man and hope you can deplete his health before his unavoidable attacks do you in.

* MostAnnoyingSound:
** The Amazons in the fourth stage. Not only is their "Ooga-booga" voice clip repeated endlessly as long as they are on screen, but they emit an ear splitting scream when they die.
** Hiryu's {{Kiai}} in ''Strider 2'', which he shouts every single time you press the attack button. Given the very nature of the game, you will probably be mashing it non-stop, leading to a cacophony of screams that won't even let you enjoy the soundtrack.

* MostAnnoyingSound: Hiryu's {{Kiai}} in ''Strider 2'', which he shouts every single time you press the attack button. Given the very nature of the game, you will probably be mashing it non-stop, leading to a cacophony of screams that won't even let you enjoy the soundtrack.

* ThatOneLevel: The Third Moon is a massive difficulty spike from the Amazon. It brings back the aforementioned Russian Gunner, though thankfully there is only two of him in the game. This is followed by a rematch against ThatOneBoss Gravitron Core, the first one in the BossRush. Shortly after, you acquire the extended cypher power-up and engage Solo. Failed to defeat him before the power-up runs out? Too bad, the following platform section requires you to have it in order to destroy a robot that is blocking your path. After that, there is a DualBoss fight against the mechanical gorilla and a ''T. rex'', which can end in failure if you don't realize the latter respawns endlessly unless the former is destroyed. The level culminates in a sequence where Hiryu must ride Uroboros to the Grandmaster's lair, with the game doing its best to distract the player from Uroboros' flight pattern, before finally introducing the BigBad himself in a chaotic battle that must be won to finish the game.

** One of the bosses in ''Strider 2'' is a young woman trapped in an energy core, which Hiryu destroys with her inside. In-game no context is given as to the how or why, outside the woman's pre-battle line in which she asks to be killed[[note]]''Watashi o koroshite'' or "Kill Me"[[/note]]. According to [[AllThereInTheManual official material]], she's a [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/strider/images/2/25/Reactor_core_merrow.png Merrow]], [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent a mysterious aquatic creature]] with psychic powers which is forcefully used to power the [[AirborneAircraftCarrier Balrog]], and [[AndIMustScream the process is so painful and exhausting she's practically begging to die already]]. uite a disconcerting situation.

* ThatOneAttack: The Russian Gunner's machine gun on the Third Moon. Impossible to dodge, forcing you to take a hit and use the invincibility frames to take him out.

* ThatOneLevel: The Third Moon is a massive difficulty spike from the Amazon. It introduces the aforementioned Russian Gunner, though thankfully there is only one of him in the game. This is followed by a rematch against ThatOneBoss Gravitron Core, the first one in the BossRush. Shortly after, you acquire the extended cypher power-up and engage Solo. Failed to defeat him before the power-up runs out? Too bad, the following platform section requires you to have it in order to destroy a robot that is blocking your path. After that, there is a DualBoss fight against the mechanical gorilla and a ''T. rex'', which can end in failure if you don't realize the latter respawns endlessly unless the former is destroyed. The level culminates in a sequence where Hiryu must ride Uroboros to the Grandmaster's lair, with the game doing its best to distract the player from Uroboros' flight pattern, before finally introducing the BigBad himself in a chaotic battle that must be won to finish the game.

* ThatOneLevel: The Third Moon is a massive difficulty spike from the Amazon. It introduces the aforementioned Russian Gunner, though thankfully there is only one of him in the game. This is followed by a rematch against ThatOneBoss Gravitron Core, the first one in the BossRush. Shortly after, you acquire the extended cypher power-up and engage Solo. Failed to defeat him before the power-up runs out? Too bad, the following platform section requires you to have it in order to desrroy a robot that is blocking your path. After that, there is a DualBoss fight against the mechanical gorilla and a ''T. rex'', which can end in failure if you don't realize the latter respawns endlessly unless the former is destroyed. The level culminates in a sequence where Hiryu must ride Uroboros to the Grandmaster's lair, with the game doing its best to distract the player from Uroboros' flight pattern, before finally introducing the BigBad himself in a chaotic battle that must be won to finish the game.

** Hiryu is almost like a cocky [[ShonenDemographic Shōnen]] hero in the first game, and has been depicted as TheStoic with the occasional TranquilFury in other material. In the second game? The artwork goes out of its way to give him something of a [[DeathGlare crazed stare on the cover and title screen,]] the villains legitimately are ''[[VillainousBreakdown terrified]]'' of him the further in the story you get, and his theme combined with the credits art almost plays him up as a sort of karmic GrimReaper rather than a heroic ninja. If the GainaxEnding of Meio implying him to be a reincarnation of the original Hiryu is anything to go by, ''[[AmbiguouslyHuman he may be.]]''