Osman (video game)

Osman
Developer(s)Mitchell Corporation
Publisher(s)Mitchell Corporation
Designer(s)Kouichi Yotsui (Isuke)
Platform(s)Arcade
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X and Series S
ReleaseArcade
1996
Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series
April 13, 2023
Genre(s)Platform, beat 'em up
Mode(s)Single-player

Osman (also known as Cannon-Dancer[a]) is a side-scrolling action platforming game produced by Mitchell Corp. that was released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1996.[3] Many ex-Capcom staff including Kouichi Yotsui (credited as Isuke),[4] worked on the original arcade version of Strider and designed Osman as an unofficial sequel to Strider.[5] Yotsui directed both titles.

In contrast to Strider's futuristic Kazakh-Soviet setting, Osman is set in a neon-lit cyberpunk Arabian setting, while Strider Hiryu is replaced by a Middle-Eastern protagonist named Kirin who fights without any weapons.[6] 1UP.com included the game in its "Games to Play Before You Die" list.[7] The game's bizarre plot supposedly mocks director Kouichi Yotsui's experience at Capcom after Strider.

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). news.denfaminicogamer.jp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Kulata & Plasket 2015, p. 98.
  3. ^ "L'arcade dépasse les bornes! - Cannon Dancer (Mitchell)". Player One (in French). No. 60. Média Système Édition. January 1996. p. 27. Archived from the original on 2021-10-16. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  4. ^ "Osman – Hardcore Gaming 101". Archived from the original on 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  5. ^ Tane, Kiyofume; Gaijin Punch (translation) (February 2009). "The Father of Strider Who Made the Game World Explode: Kouichi Yotsui Discography". Gameside (16). Archived from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 30 Dec 2009.
  6. ^ Fahs, Travis (August 31, 2006). "Osman (Arcade): Strider of Arabia". The Next Level. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  7. ^ Parish, Jeremy (November 2010). "Games to Play Before You Die: 1UP's staff names the games that define the medium". 1UP.com. p. 3. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2011.


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