- For the Sega Game Gear game, see Cliffhanger (Game Gear).
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Cliffhanger is a Sega Mega Drive and Sega Mega-CD beat-'em-up game released in 1993. It was developed by Malibu and published by Sony Imagesoft as a tie-in to the 1993 Sylvester Stallone film Cliffhanger. A version for the Sega Game Gear was also released, but is a very different game.
You play as Gabe Walker, who must fight a group of terrorists trying to stop you from saving your partner Hal, who they kidnapped after the two of you went to answer a distress call from a crashed plane.
16-bit versions of the game are all the beat-em-ups along the same lines as Streets of Rage. On Sega platforms, either punches, picks up a weapon, or uses it, kicks, and jumps, with combination moves possible. This version of the game was developed using the source code from the game Ex-Mutants (also developed by Malibu). The Mega CD version also has a 3D avalanche-escape level and low-quality FMVs of various scenes from the motion picture.
Physical Scans
Mega Drive Version
Sega Retro Average
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Consoles + (FR)
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62
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№31, p126/127
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Mega (UK)
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29
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№20, p44
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Sega Retro Average
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1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
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Consoles + (FR)
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Cool Gamer (RU)
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Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
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GamePro (US)
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NTSC-U
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Hyper (AU)
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MAN!AC (DE)
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PAL
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Mega (UK)
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PAL
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Score (CZ)
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Tricks 16 bit (RU)
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Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
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Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
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Mega CD Version
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GamePro (US)
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NTSC-U
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Joypad (FR)
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PAL
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Mega (UK)
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NTSC-U
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Mega Action (UK)
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PAL
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Mega Force (FR)
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MegaTech (UK)
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NTSC-U
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Sega Power (UK)
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NTSC-U
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Sega Pro (UK)
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NTSC-U
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Sega Zone (UK)
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NTSC-U
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Video Games (DE)
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NTSC-U
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Mega-CD, US
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Cover
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Disc Manual
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- ↑ 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
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 85
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 69
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 41
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 44
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 58
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 10
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), 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 Action, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), 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