   strider, released in japan as  is a 1989 side-scrolling platform game released for the cp system arcade hardware by capcom. it became one of capcom's early hits before street fighter ii, revered for its innovative gameplay, diverse and unique music, and multilingual voice clips during cutscenes (presented in english, japanese, mandarin and russian). ==plot== strider is set in a dystopian future in the year 2048, where a mysterious dictator known as the "grandmaster" rules over the world. hiryu, the youngest ever super a ranked| member of an organization of high-tech ninja-like agents known as the "striders", is alone tasked with the grandmaster's assassination. hiryu begins his mission by infiltrating the grandmaster's capital at the kazakh soviet socialist republic. ==gameplay== thumb|left|arcade gameplay screenshot of strider the controls of strider consist of an eight-way joystick and two action buttons for attacking and jumping. the player controls hiryu himself, whose main weapon is a tonfa-like plasma sword known as "cypher". he can perform numerous acrobatic feats depending on the joystick/button combination used. pressing the jump button while hiryu is standing still will cause him to do a regular vertical jump, while pressing the jump button while pushing the joystick left or right will enable him to do a cartwheel jump. hiryu can also slide under or through certain obstacles and enemies by first crouching down and then 
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