These hacks restore all the content that got cut in the American versions of both games back to them.
Here’s what they do to them:
Strider:
Restores Hiryu’s missing “Hah!” voice track that he uses when he attacks enemies & bosses with his Cypher.
Restores the original uncensored sprites of the Amazon enemy.
Strider 2:
Restores the missing Japanese audio back to the cutscenes.
Fixes spelling errors in the text that are used in the Stage 00 cutscene.
Removes the anti-modchip protection.
I created an Help Wanted Ad for this hack in the forums, because there were stuff I couldn’t do, you can check it out here to see what I need help on: https://romhackplaza.org/community/viewtopic.php?t=9
CRC-32: DC6B772B
MD-5: 7A7E8DC8C2FF35B7B7FC6149154E1AE7
SHA-1: 1F51AE7313FEF35A72C4A13AB51B2FA3D6511306
SHA-256: D009CD19B54E21E1BAF631B03E7D436232653B00EFC7C4255524315FD4CC00D5
Strider 2 (USA).bin - Redump
CRC-32: 606BDC0B
MD-5: CB6A8708EE83221BF93A8F9F1D911ADE
SHA-1: C7D1D38260927DA21FAA55A8B5B4AF8BA2026579
SHA-256: 36D436C19DE8DE9517A916D5BC12CCFC0CE2607585CC0BA02C802F3EDA8A4836
DarkSamus993 - Hacking
Most of the files you're about to download need to be applied to your game. Here is a list of utilities that allow you to do this:
- Online Patcher: Marc Roblero's online patcher. Works with many different file types.
- Floating IPS: NWell-known patcher for applying IPS and BPS files.
- Delta Patcher: Used to apply xDelta files.
- More Patchers
On most files, you can also press “Patch It”, to apply the patch without downloading the file.
