Difference between revisions of "Cliffhanger"

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For the Sega Game Gear game, see Cliffhanger (Game Gear).

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Mega Drive
Mega-CD

Cliffhanger

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Sony Imagesoft

Developer: Malibu Interactive

Sound driver:

GEMS

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1993-11^[1]		T-93036
EU	1993-11^[2]		T-93036-50
UK	1993-11^[2]	£39.9939.99^[3]	T-93036-50
SE (Rental)	199x
AU	199x
US	1993-11^[4]		T-93075
BR	199x		063130

Non-Sega versions
Super NES

Cliffhanger is a Sega Mega Drive and Sega Mega-CD beat-'em-up game released in 1993. It was developed by Malibu Interactive and published by Sony Imagesoft as a tie-in to the 1993 Sylvester Stallone film Cliffhanger.

1 Story
2 Gameplay
- 2.1 Levels
3 History
- 3.1 Development
4 Versions
5 Production credits
- 5.1 Mega Drive version
- 5.2 Mega-CD version
6 Magazine articles
7 Promotional material
- 7.1 Television advertisements
- 7.2 Print advertisements
8 Physical scans
- 8.1 Mega Drive version
- 8.2 Mega-CD version
9 Technical information
- 9.1 ROM dump status
10 References

Story

Ex-mountain rescue ranger Gabe Walker and his friend Hal Tucker answer a distress call to rescue a few trapped hikers stranded in a plane crash. When they arrive there, they they discover the distress call was a fake and are taken prisoner by a ruthless gang of international thieves led by psychopathic former military intelligence operative Eric Qualen. They are forced at gunpoint to help Qualen find three suitcases containing $100 million, which were lost after a failed airplane heist. After Gabe escapes death, he sets to save Hal and defeat Qualen in the Colorado mountain range.

Gameplay

The game is a belt-scrolling beat-em-'up. The player controls Gabe Walker, who must fight a group of terrorists trying to stop him from saving his partner Hal. Gabe walks in any direction using the D-Pad. He runs with or . He jumps with . If he jumps while running, he can leap across a large gap. Levels have occasional platforming sections in which Gabe must carefully jump across bottomless pits or deep water or cross a chasm by climbing a rope. In some sections, he must climb a wall in the background using the D-Pad. Holding causes him to climb more quickly, but he falls if he is hit while climbing quickly.

Gabe attacks enemies by punching with or kicking with . Using the same attack successively chains into multiple moves. Gabe backhands behind him by pressing the D-Pad away from the opponent while he is punching. He rams enemies by pressing while running. He can perform a flying kick after jumping (but cannot punch in midair). He performs a spinning back kick by holding , which knocks enemies down. He performs a "super kick" (a spinning sweep kick) with +, which can be used to hit enemies all around him when he is surrounded, though this maneuver costs some health. He can block attacks with + (but cannot block weapons). He can duck by pressing while blocking. He picks up weapons (which are dropped by enemies) with when standing over them, which replace his punches. The weapons are knives, which Gabe swipes to attack multiple enemies in an area, and uzis, which provide a limited ranged attack.

His health is depicted by a red bar. He loses a life if he runs out of health. He replenishes his health by resting at a campfire. The player can choose how many lives to start the game with. The Mega Drive version has unlimited continues; the Mega-CD version has limited continues and gives the player fewer continues for starting with more lives. Extra lives are given every 100,000 points earned.

The Mega-CD version includes 3D levels where Gabe snowboards down a mountain while being chased by an avalanche. On these levels, Gabe moves with and . He speeds up with and slows down with . He jumps with . In these levels, he replenishes his health when passing through checkpoints in tunnels.

Levels

The snowboarding sections are only present in the Mega-CD version.

	The Escape from Qualen

	In Search of the Second Case

	On to Douglas Cabin — and Jessie

	Qualen Cops a Chopper — and Grabs Jessie! / Get the Third Money Case and Snowboard Your Way to Safety

	The Climb to the Top of the Bitker Ladder

	All That Money Lost!

	Face to Face with Qualen

History

Development

Programmer Chris Shrigley has released the source code to the game on his web site. The game was based on the source code from the game Ex-Mutants (also developed by Malibu Interactive).

Versions

The Mega-CD includes 3D snowboarding levels, a CD audio soundtrack derived from the film score, and full-motion video clips from the movie (including a Story option on the main menu that plays an introductory sequence).

Production credits

Mega Drive version

For Sony Imagesoft

Executive Producer: Rich Robinson
Producer: Mary Ann Norris
Assistant Producers: Patrick Goodman, David Poe
Game Testing: Jose Cruz, Mike Giam, David Jaffe

For Sony Electronic Publishing Company

Olaf Olafsson, Lester Greenman, Peter Dille, Jeff Benjamin

For Malibu Interactive

Programmer: Chris Shrigley
Producer: James Maxwell
Assistant Producer: Justin Monast
Designers: James Maxwell, Dan MacArthur
Artists: Jeff Godfrey, Damon DuBois, Joan Igawa, Chris Ward, Richard Beston
Music and Sound FX by: Audiocyberworks, Eric Hammond, Keith Arem
Game Testing: Darin Johnson, Alan Fernandez, Ben Kutcher, James Guintu

Source:

In-game credits^[5]

Mega-CD version

For Sony Imagesoft

Executive Producer: Rich Robinson
Producer: Mary Ann Norris
Assistant Producers: David Poe, Patrick Goodman
Game Testing: Jose Cruz, Andre Leighton, Steve Ceragiol

For Sony Electronic Publishing Company

Olaf Olafsson, Lester Greenman, Peter Dille, Jeff Benjamin

For Malibu Interactive

Fighting Section

Programmer: Chris Shrigley
Producer: James Maxwell
Assistant Producer: Justin Monast
Designers: James Maxwell, Dan MacArther
Artists: Jeff Godfrey, Damon DuBois, Joan Igawa, Chris Ward, Richard Bestan
Sound FX: Eric Hammond
Game Testing: Darin Johnson, Alan Fernandez, Ben Kutcher, James Guintu

For Malibu Interactive

Snowboarding Section

Designers: James Maxwell, John O'Brien
Artists: Stephen Thomson, Richard Bestan
Programmer: John O'Brien
Sound FX: Eric Hammond
Video Captured by: Justin Monast

Source:

In-game credits^[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: Cliffhanger/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Television advertisements

US TV advert

Print advertisements

Print advert in Game Players (US) #0612: "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (1993-1x-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) #16: "January 1994" (1993-12-21)^[7]
GamePro (US) #54: "January 1994" (199x-xx-xx)^[8]

Mega Drive print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #145: "December 1993" (1993-11-15)

Mega Drive print advert in Video Games (DE) #1993-12: "12/93" (1993-11-22)

Mega Drive print advert in Todo Sega (ES) #9: "Diciembre 1993" (1993-1x-xx)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[9]

Consoles + (FR)

62

^[10]

Cool Gamer (RU)

40

^[11]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

50

^[12]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

63

^[1]

Hyper (AU)

64

^[13]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

48

^[14]

Mega (UK)

PAL

29

^[3]

Score (CZ)

30

^[15]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

49

^[16]

	47
Based on 10 reviews

Cliffhanger

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, FR

Manual

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)
Cover

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[17]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

85

^[18]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

52

^[19]

Mega Action (UK)

PAL

72

^[20]

Mega Force (FR)

79

^[21]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

49

^[22]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

29

^[23]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

77

^[24]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-U

21

^[25]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

58

^[26]

	59
Based on 10 reviews

Cliffhanger

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual Reg Card

Mega-CD, BR
Cover

Technical information

Main article: Cliffhanger/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	9cbf44d3
MD5	7deb4b6859c115e0c9ad816476237465
SHA-1	bed365b6b7a1ef96cbdf64b35ad42b54d7d3fb1c

1MB

1993-08

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	35bff1fd
MD5	869dd1fd5b1810ddfaef4123bfb2f3db
SHA-1	c453130b2789fa5682367f9c071206e06952b951

1MB

1993-08

Cartridge (EU)

?

CRC32	628251fd
MD5	b4623e7baddc1ede96b58e3702816ca8
SHA-1	af567a1ea2fe5ef080352f74d4b70a4e0a33f319

1MB

1994-01

Page

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

330,180,816

CD-ROM (US)

T-93075

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 GamePro, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 85
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 MegaTech, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-20), page 26
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 44
↑ GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 213
↑ File:Cliffhanger MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Cliffhanger MCD credits.pdf
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1994" (US; 1993-12-21), page 85
↑ GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 221
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 48
↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 126
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 52
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 301
↑ Hyper, "February 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 69
↑ MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 41
↑ Score, "Cervenec 1994" (CZ; 1994-07-01), page 58
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 10
↑ GamePro, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 54
↑ Joypad, "Février 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 100
↑ Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 44
↑ Mega Action, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 58
↑ Mega Force, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 124
↑ MegaTech, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-20), page 48
↑ Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 44
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 78
↑ Sega Zone, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 49
↑ Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 38

Cliffhanger
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Maps \| Hidden content \| Magazine articles \| Video coverage \| Reception \| Region coding \| Technical information \| Bootlegs Prototypes: 1994-01

Games based on movies starring Sylvester Stallone for Sega systems
	Rambo: First Blood Part II (1986) \| Rocky (1987) \| Rambo III (1988)
	Rambo III (1989) \| Cliffhanger (1993) \| Demolition Man (1995) \| Judge Dredd (1995)
	Cliffhanger (1993) \| Demolition Man (1995)
	Cliffhanger (1993) \| Judge Dredd (1995)
	Rambo (2008)

[:File:GamePro_US_053.pdf_p85-1] 1.0 ^1.1 GamePro, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 85

[:File:MegaTech_UK_23.pdf_p26-2] 2.0 ^2.1 MegaTech, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-20), page 26

[:File:Mega_UK_20.pdf_p44-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 44

[:File:GamePro_US_052.pdf_p213-4] GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 213

[:File:Cliffhanger_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] File:Cliffhanger MD credits.pdf

[:File:Cliffhanger_MCD_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Cliffhanger MCD credits.pdf

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_16.pdf_p85-7] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1994" (US; 1993-12-21), page 85

[:File:GamePro_US_054.pdf_p221-8] GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 221

[9] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 48

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_031.pdf_p126-10] Consoles +, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 126

[11] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 52

[12] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 301

[:File:Hyper_AU_003.pdf_p69-13] Hyper, "February 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 69

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-04.pdf_p41-14] MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 41

[:File:Score_CZ_07.pdf_p58-15] Score, "Cervenec 1994" (CZ; 1994-07-01), page 58

[16] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 10

[:File:GamePro_US_059.pdf_p54-17] GamePro, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:Joypad_FR_028.pdf_p100-18] Joypad, "Février 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 100

[:File:Mega_UK_18.pdf_p44-19] Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 44

[:File:MegaAction_UK_11.pdf_p58-20] Mega Action, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 58

[:File:MegaForce_FR_25.pdf_p124-21] Mega Force, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 124

[:File:MegaTech_UK_27.pdf_p48-22] MegaTech, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-20), page 48

[:File:SegaPower_UK_52.pdf_p44-23] Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 44

[:File:SegaPro_UK_30.pdf_p78-24] Sega Pro, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 78

[:File:SegaZone_UK_17.pdf_p49-25] Sega Zone, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 49

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-04.pdf_p38-26] Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 38

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Games based on movies starring Sylvester Stallone for Sega systems
	Rambo: First Blood Part II (1986) \| Rocky (1987) \| Rambo III (1988)
	Rambo III (1989) \| Cliffhanger (1993) \| Demolition Man (1995) \| Judge Dredd (1995)
	Cliffhanger (1993) \| Demolition Man (1995)
	Cliffhanger (1993) \| Judge Dredd (1995)
	Rambo (2008)

Difference between revisions of "Cliffhanger"

From Sega Retro

Revision as of 13:33, 19 April 2023

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Levels

History

Development

Versions

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Mega-CD version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Television advertisements

Print advertisements

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Mega-CD version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References