Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Computer and Video Games | 95% |
| CRASH | 7/10 |
| Famitsu | 30/40 (PS1) |
| Sinclair User | 8/10 |
| Your Sinclair | 90% |
| ACE | 910 |
| Commodore User | 8/10 |
| MegaTech | 91% |
| Mega | 89% |
| Mean Machines | 92% |
Upon its release, EGM was impressed with the Genesis port, devoting portions of three separate issues to it awarding it with best video game of the year in 1990 and winner of their best graphics category. Brett Alan Weiss of All Media Guide called the Genesis port "a nice effort and a lot of fun for someone who likes to travel through a dark future Earth killing everything in his/her path with a giant sword", while also noting that "it does get a little repetitious using the same weapon over and over. Even so, this is an exciting game."
Strider is fondly remembered, having spawned numerous fansites and retrospectives. In 1992, Mega placed the game at #31 in their list of top Mega Drive games of all time. In 2010, UGO.com included Strider in their list of the 25 video games that need sequels. Also in 2010, Game Informer included it on the list of ten gaming franchises that should be revived, adding: "Imagine the sidescrolling insanity of the Metal Slug series, but replace grizzled soldiers with a badass ninja. That's Strider, and it's awesome." That same year, the game was included as one of the titles in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die. Strider was also named by ScrewAttack as the best Genesis game ever made."
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Famous quotes containing the word reception:
“To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul. A true conversion, a true Christ, is now, as always, to be made by the reception of beautiful sentiments.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“I gave a speech in Omaha. After the speech I went to a reception elsewhere in town. A sweet old lady came up to me, put her gloved hand in mine, and said, “I hear you spoke here tonight.” “Oh, it was nothing,” I replied modestly. “Yes,” the little old lady nodded, “that’s what I heard.””
—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)
“Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion.... Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.”
—Rémy De Gourmont (1858–1915)