True Lies

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True Lies
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment
Sega Mega Drive
Acclaim Japan (JP)
Developer:
Distributor:
Sega Mega Drive
SF Interactive Media (SE rental)
Sega Mega Drive
Consumer Electronics (ZA)
Peripherals supported:
Sega Mega Drive
Six Button Control Pad
Sega Game Gear
Gear-to-Gear Cable
Genre: Action[1][2][3][4][5]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥7,8007,800 T-81163
Sega Rating: 18 and Up
Sega Mega Drive
US 		T-81386
ESRB: Teen
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		T81386-50
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
PT
Sega Mega Drive
UK 		T81386-50
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
SE
(Rental)
Sega Mega Drive
AU 		$109.95109.95[7] FTRU03SMC
OFLC: M15
Sega Mega Drive
ZA 		R 359.99359.99
Sega Game Gear
JP 		¥4,8004,800 T-81167
Sega Rating: 18 and Up
Sega Game Gear
US 		$44.9544.95[8] T-81318
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Sega Game Gear
EU 		T-81318-50
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Sega Game Gear
PT
Sega Game Gear
UK 		£29.9929.99[9][10] T-81318-50
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Non-Sega versions

True Lies (トゥルーライズ) is a Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear game based on the 1994 movie with the same name starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Story

Harry Tasker is a spy for a top-secret government agency, but his family thinks he is an ordinary salesman. He is assisted by his teammate Albert "Gib" Gibson. They are fighting a terrorist organization called the Crimson Jihad, led by Abu Aziz, which has stolen old Soviet nuclear warheads.

Gameplay

Mega Drive version

The game is a run-and-gun with an overhead perspective, similar to The Chaos Engine, played as the spy Harry Tasker. Each mission has a particular series of objectives, such as finding an object or defeating a certain enemy, that must be fulfilled before reaching the goal. Gib provides instructions and other assistance to guide the player through the mission.

Harry can move in eight directions using the D-Pad. Harry starts every mission armed with a semi-automatic pistol, which has unlimited ammo but must be reloaded (which is done automatically) after every 15 shots. He can acquire additional weapons (including a submachine gun, a flamethrower, and grenades) during the mission. He fires his weapon with B, which can be held for continuous fire. He faces and aims in the direction that he is moving, but the player can lock his aim by holding A or Y. Some missions have objects that can be destroyed by shooting them. Each weapon has unlimited ammunition, shown in the bottom of the screen. Using the standard control pad, Harry can roll by tapping A twice and can switch between weapons with C. Using a Six Button Control Pad, Harry can roll with C or switch between weapons with X or Y. He is temporarily invulnerable while rolling and can fire while coming out of the roll.

Harry can take multiple hits before going down; health is restored by collecting medipacks. Most stages also feature non-hostile civilians that Harry should not attack. Harry loses a life if he loses all of his health (restarting from a nearby checkpoint) or if he kills three civilians (restarting at the beginning of the mission). Progress can be continued using passwords that are given after completing a mission.

Items

All weapons aside from the pistol have limited ammunition. Weapons and extra ammo are scattered throughout stages and reset with each new stage.

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 Health Pick Up
Restores part of Harry's health gauge.
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 Extra Life Pick Up
Gives the player an extra life.
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 Shotgun
Acquires the Shotgun weapon, which fires a spreadshot that covers a wide area, or adds additional ammunition.
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 Uzi Submachine Gun
Acquires the Uzi Submachine Gun weapon, which fires bullets rapidly, or adds additional ammunition.
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 Flamethrower
Acquires the Flamethrower weapon, which fires a long stream of flames, or adds additional ammunition.
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 Grenades
Acquires Grenades, which explode in an area after a 9-second timer runs out.
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 Anti-Personnel Mine
Acquires Anti-Personnel Mines, which are planted on the ground and blow up when stepped on. Mines can be set off by both Harry and enemies.

Missions

Missions usually contain multiple interconnected areas.

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The Chateau / The Slopes

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The Mall

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The Park

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Subway

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Dock

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China: The Forbidden City

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The Refinery

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Overseas Highway: Florida Keys
This mission is played in a Harrier jet. The jet moves using the D-Pad and fires its air-to-surface missiles with A or its nose cannon with B.

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Office Party

Versions

The Sega Mega Drive game ROM is identical in all releases and is not region protected. Comparing the SNES and Sega Mega Drive release, the SNES version has more vivid graphics thanks to its color palette, although the sound is a bit muffled. It appears that the SNES version was the lead development version and was then ported to the Sega Mega Drive. This is indicated by the use of low-resolution mode (which is the standard resolution of the SNES) and color usage, with plenty of dithering used to compensate for the system's limit of 64 simultaneous colors.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

  • System Programming: Graeme Webb, Andrew Scott, Rod Richards
  • Player Programming: Jef Kamenek
  • Creature Programming: Stephen McNamara
  • Superstructure Programming: Shane Lontis
  • Game Programming: Tim Mackay
  • Game Design: Ian Malcolm
  • Map Design: Justin Haliday, Ian Malcolm, Wayne Simmons, Brian Uniacke
  • Background Artists: Holger Liebnitz, Justin Muir, Damien Borg, Simon Hart, Mark Maynard, Peter Commins
  • Sprite Artists: Matt Castle, Damien Borg, Mark Maynard, Grant Arthur, Ken Newman
  • Superstructure Artists: Paula Hatton, Grant Arthur, John Tsiglis
  • Music and Sound Effects: Marshall Parker, Dominic Morabito
  • Quality Assurance: Shane Collier, Steven Scott, Leigh Reynolds, Cameron Brown, Andrew C. Scott, Gary Ireland, Aaron Smith, Jason Beer
  • Producers: Justin Halliday, Arthur Kakouris
Acclaim White Team
  • Producer: Dan Feinstein
  • Associate Producer: Brett Gow, Mark Thienvanich
  • Support Team: Shawn Rosen, Nat Gunter, Elizabeth Burgress, Asif Chaudhri, Alex De Lucia, Eric Kuby, Jim Dunn
  • Special Thanks: Nancy Nyberg and Everyone at Lightstorm
Source:
In-game credits
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[11]

Game Gear version

Produced for Acclaim by the White Team
  • Dan Feinstein, Mark Thienvanich, Brett Gow, Asif Chaudhri, Seth Rosenfeld, Shawn Rosen, Nat Gunter, Elizabeth Burgess
  • Special Thanks to: Jim Dunn, Bill Dickson
Source:
In-game credits
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[12]


Magazine articles

Main article: True Lies/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #69: "April 1995" (1995-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in MAN!AC (DE) #1995-04: "04/95" (1995-03-08)
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Print advert in Sega News (CZ) #1: "Říjen 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
80
[18]
Cool Gamer (RU)
80
[19]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
69
[20]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
80
[21]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3 (RU)
80
[22]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
55
[23]
Freak (IL)
82
[24]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
70
[25]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
75
[26]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
78
[27]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
54
[28]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
54
[29]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
79
[30]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[31]
Player One (FR)
60
[32]
Play Time (DE)
56
[33]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
60
[34]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
75
[6]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
72
[35]
Svet Kompjutera (YU)
86
[36]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
80
[37]
Todo Sega (ES)
79
[38]
Top Consoles (FR)
70
[39]
Tricks (RU)
67
[40]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
76
[41]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
70
[42]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[43]
Sega Mega Drive
 71
Based on
27 reviews

True Lies

Mega Drive, JP
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Cart
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Manual
Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
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PCB
Mega Drive, PT
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, GR (Zegetron)

Mega Drive, SE (rental; SF)
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Mega Drive, AU
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Mega Drive, ZA
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Cover
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Cart

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
43
[44]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
50
[8]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
59
[9]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
72
[10]
Todo Sega (ES)
57
[45]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[46]
Sega Game Gear
 58
Based on
6 reviews

True Lies

Game Gear, JP
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Cart
Game Gear, US
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
Game Gear, EU
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
Game Gear, PT

Technical information

Main article: True Lies/Technical information.

References

  1. ↑ File:TrueLies MD JP Box.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
  3. ↑ File:TrueLies GG EU Box Back.jpg
  4. ↑ File:TrueLies GG JP Box Front.jpg
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/gg/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-01-01 20:24)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Sega Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-15), page 90
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf, page 15
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 GamePro, "July 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 86
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Mean Machines Sega, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-08-25), page 88
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Sega Magazine, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-08-13), page 92
  11. ↑ File:True Lies MD credits.pdf
  12. ↑ File:True Lies GG credits.png
  13. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 85
  14. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 5 May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 53
  15. ↑ Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 43
  16. ↑ Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 43
  17. ↑ Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 2
  18. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 251
  19. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 228
  20. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-15), page 70
  21. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 365
  22. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 317
  23. ↑ Famitsu, "1995-05-05" (JP; 1995-04-21), page 1
  24. ↑ Freak, "5/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  25. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 5: May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 16
  26. ↑ GamePro, "May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 50
  27. ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 16" (1995-01-03, 24:00) (+6:57)
  28. ↑ MAN!AC, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-10), page 63
  29. ↑ Mega Fun, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-22), page 70
  30. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-28), page 55
  31. ↑ Next Generation, "June 1995" (US; 1995-05-23), page 113
  32. ↑ Player One, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 120
  33. ↑ Play Time, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 109
  34. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 July" (JP; 1995-06-08), page 52
  35. ↑ Sega Power, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-16), page 64
  36. ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Jul-Avgust 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 88
  37. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 158
  38. ↑ Todo Sega, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 38
  39. ↑ Top Consoles, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 107
  40. ↑ Tricks, "5/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 28
  41. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 206
  42. ↑ Video Games, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-23), page 102
  43. ↑ VideoGames, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 92
  44. ↑ Famitsu, "1995-06-02" (JP; 1995-05-19), page 34
  45. ↑ Todo Sega, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 58
  46. ↑ VideoGames, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 70


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