The following is the storyline from the booklet from the Genesis version of Strider Returns:
This guy is like a bad habit, he just won't go away. Now this Evil Master dude and his legions of
nimrods are poised above the planet in a space station, ready to make the planet one big black
hole. Not only that, those blasted automadions (space slang for funky robot type guys) have
captured Lexia (Not the car, the babe!) and are holding her prisoner aboard their space station.
Don't it just make your blood boil? Doesn't it make your skin crawl? Does it make your face turn
red with anger? Is there steam coming out of your ears? Hold on, get a grip! We've been in this
kind of fix before. Okay, okay, you're right, probably not this bad. But hey, this is a video
game. There's always a good guy around somewhere. Get with the program!
It just so happens, that on the island of Moralos (you remember the secret base of the famous
Striders) there is just the guy you're looking for. The most pumped up Strider of them all,
Hinjo, is just waiting to punch these guy's lights out. Go ahead, grab that control pad and
give it a shot, sound like a piece of cake... Wrong! This baby's not your every day space walk
in the park! Strider's back and the fun is about to begin. Rumble on, Strider Dude!
(This storyline has been reproduced word for word from the booklet. Pathetic, isn't it?)
Strider Returns graced the Sega platforms, developed by Capcom and published by U.S. Gold: