Strider 2 (1999 video game)

Strider 2
Japanese arcade flyer
Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(s)	Capcom PlayStation JP/NA: Capcom PAL: Virgin Interactive
Producer(s)	Noritaka Funamizu
Designer(s)	Harumaru Nezumi Otoko Shoei Okano
Composer(s)	Setsuo Yamamoto Etsuko Yoneda
Platform(s)	Arcade PlayStation
Release	Arcade December 13, 1999 PlayStation JP: February 24, 2000 NA: July 26, 2000[1] EU: December 15, 2000 PlayStation Network JP: August 27, 2014 NA: October 7, 2014
Genre(s)	Hack and slash, platform
Mode(s)	Single-player
Arcade system	Sony ZN-2

Strider 2, released in Japan as Strider Hiryū 2 (ストライダー飛竜２, Sutoraidā Hiryū Tsū), and then as Strider Hiryū 1&2 (ストライダー飛竜1&2, Sutoraidā Hiryū Wan & Tsū), is a 1999 hack and slash game developed and published by Capcom for arcades. The game is a direct sequel to the original Strider and the second sequel to Strider produced, following U.S. Gold's 1990 noncanonical Strider II (Journey from Darkness: Strider Returns in North America), a game with which Capcom was not directly involved. The Capcom-produced Strider 2 makes no references to the Western-only Strider Returns/Strider II. The game was released for arcades in 1999 and was ported to the PlayStation in 2000.