Strider 2 PSX disc label weirdness

[ClubNinja]

I'll start by stating that Strider 2 officially rocks the Casbah. So glad I finally picked this up.

But here's the question. It's a two disc set - Strider and Strider 2. This is obvious. Now, the strange thing. The disc with the "Strider" label contains Strider 2, while the disc with the "Strider 2" label contains Strider. Is it supposed to be like this? It seems backwards to me. (Of course, that's pretty usual around here.)

[Ikari Warrior]

I'm pretty sure they're all that way. Every copy I have seen has been like that.

[ClubNinja]

Ok. Thanks!

[Captain Wrong]

Mine too. Kind of inconvient, since I tend to forget that.

[lendelin]

Yep, goes for all of them at least I can say mine is that way, too, and I read from 5 other guys who said the same.

Maybe you can find one which is correctly labeled - huh, huh, do I hear BIG expensive collectible of the future? :)

[YoshiM]

Does anyone know how big a release it had? I want to say it was fairly small.

[Half Japanese]

I think it had a relatively small print run also (despite being a Capcom title), as you don't often see it "in the wild." I was lucky enough to purchase it on eBay a while back and I second the fact that it rocks the Casbah like a hurricane.

[Dire 51]

Very true. Strider 2 is the only Capcom game I own for the PSX, and I consider to be one of the best games I've ever played, regardless of what some people say. These are the people that think just because you've been given unlimited continues means you have to use them. x_x "It's too easy," my ass. That's why they make adjustable difficulty settings, morons.

All that aside, as far as I know every single US copy was mislabeled. The Japanese one, on the other hand, is not.

[Kid Fenris]

These are the people that think just because you've been given unlimited continues means you have to use them. x_x "It's too easy," my ass. That's why they make adjustable difficulty settings, morons.

True, but it galls me that Capcom ignored the excellent continue system from the first Strider (which pushed you back to an earlier point in the stage upon dying) in favor of Strider 2's on-the-spot continues. In the original, you were required to come up with a strategy for each challenge, but in Strider 2, you're pushing past the challenges with continues, even if you're limiting yourself. And trying to beat the game on one credit is a huge killjoy.

Other than that, Strider 2 is awesome, even if it doesn't have any amazon chicks screaming vaguely Germanic war cries.

[Atari7800]

How bizarre! Just LAST NIGHT I pulled out this game and popped in the original Strider by mistake because it was mislabled. I was wondering this very same question myself. Seriously, it was last night... :o

What are the odds that out of a library of over 1000 PSX games (I have about 300) I would choose this to play and see a post about a question I had the very next day?

Bizarre, I say. @_@

[Dire 51]

True, but it galls me that Capcom ignored the excellent continue system from the first Strider (which pushed you back to an earlier point in the stage upon dying) in favor of Strider 2's on-the-spot continues. In the original, you were required to come up with a strategy for each challenge, but in Strider 2, you're pushing past the challenges with continues, even if you're limiting yourself. And trying to beat the game on one credit is a huge killjoy.

Other than that, Strider 2 is awesome, even if it doesn't have any amazon chicks screaming vaguely Germanic war cries.

I agree with you on the whole continue thing. It just bothered me tohear people bitching about the difficulty because you had unlimited continues. If Capcom had stuck to the continue scheme from the original, it might have increased the difficulty a notch - but hell, it's Strider. I'll just take it as is. :)