Strider, released in Japan as Strider Hiryū, is a 1989 side-scrolling platform game developed and released for the CP System arcade hardware by Capcom. Strider is a hack and slash platformer set in a dystopian future in the year 2048 A.D. and features a wide range of settings that dramatically affect gameplay. Strider marked the video game debut of Hiryu, a member of a secret group of ninjas known as the “Striders” shortly after the character’s 1988 debut as the main character in a manga titled Strider Hiryu.