True Lies

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True Lies
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment
Developer:
Peripherals supported:
Sega Game Gear
Gear-to-Gear Cable
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥7,8007,800 T-81163
Sega Mega Drive
US 		T-81386
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		T81386-50
Sega Mega Drive
AU 		$109.95109.95[2] FTRU03SMC
Sega Game Gear
JP 		¥4,8004,800 T-81167
Sega Game Gear
US 		$44.9544.95[4] T-81318
Sega Game Gear
EU 		T-81318-50

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

Gameplay

Controls can be customized: The default layout is: A for fixing the viewing direction, B for shooting and C for rolling; this grants temporal invincibility. The top buttons X, Y and Z are used to switch weapons. On a three button controller the game has to be paused to switch weapons.

Harry can take multiple hits before going down; health is restored by collecting medipacks. Most stages also feature non-hostile NPCs that Harry should not attack. Harry will be penalized for every 3 causalities.

Still shots from the movie are shown between stages. It is identical to the SNES version in terms of content, but wasn't optimized to make use of the systems higher resolution. However, the six button controller is supported. The game is played from a top down view, very similar to e.g. Techno Clash and takes a mission based approach: players have to find certain objects, defeat a certain enemy or flee from a section.

With a playthrough taking more than two hours, it's extraordinarily long considering the genre and time it was released in. Gore, another uncommon feature, is also present in form of blood splats and death sequences. Passwords are used to record progress.

The game has no score system and doesn't keep track of play time.

Weapons

  • Handgun (default, unlimited ammo)
  • Shotgun
  • Machinegun
  • Grenades

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

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 it's color palette, although the sound is a bit muffled. It appears 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 SNES's standard resolution) and color usage, with plenty of dithering used to compensate for the systems 64 colors at once limit.

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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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
69 №161, p70-71[6]
78 №78
79 №30, p54-57[7]
60 №6, p111
60 №52, p120
75 №16, p90/91
72 №66, p64
Sega Mega Drive
 70
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
80
[8]
Cool Gamer (RU)
80
[9]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
69
[6]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
80
[10]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3 (RU)
80
[11]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
55
[12]
Freak (IL)
82
[13]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
70
[14]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
75
[15]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
78
[16]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
54
[17]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
54
[18]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
79
[7]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[19]
Player One (FR)
60
[20]
Play Time (DE)
56
[21]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
60
[22]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
75
[23]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
72
[24]
Svet Kompjutera (YU)
86
[25]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
80
[26]
Todo Sega (ES)
79
[27]
Top Consoles (FR)
70
[28]
Tricks (RU)
67
[29]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
76
[30]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
70
[31]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[32]
Sega Mega Drive
 71
Based on
27 reviews

True Lies

Mega Drive, US
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Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Mega Drive, JP
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Mega Drive, AU
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Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
59 №36, p88/89[3]
72 №21, p92/93
Sega Game Gear
 66
Based on
2 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
43
[33]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
50
[4]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
59
[3]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
72
[34]
Todo Sega (ES)
57
[35]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[36]
Sega Game Gear
 58
Based on
6 reviews

True Lies

Game Gear, US
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Game Gear, EU
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Game Gear, JP
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References

  1. ↑ File:CVG UK 160.pdf, page 44
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf, page 15
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 File:MeanMachinesSega36UK.pdf, page 88 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega36UK.pdf_p88" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:GamePro US 072.pdf, page 86 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 072.pdf_p86" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 85
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 File:CVG UK 161.pdf, page 70 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 161.pdf_p70" defined multiple times with different content
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:MeanMachinesSega30UK.pdf, page 55 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega30UK.pdf_p55" defined multiple times with different content
  8. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 251
  9. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 228
  10. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 365
  11. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 317
  12. ↑ Famitsu, "1995-05-05" (JP; 1995-04-21), page 1
  13. ↑ Freak, "5/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  14. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 5: May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 16
  15. ↑ GamePro, "May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 50
  16. ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 16" (1995-01-03, 24:00) (+6:57)
  17. ↑ MAN!AC, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-10), page 63
  18. ↑ Mega Fun, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-22), page 70
  19. ↑ Next Generation, "June 1995" (US; 1995-05-23), page 113
  20. ↑ Player One, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 120
  21. ↑ Play Time, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 109
  22. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 July" (JP; 1995-06-08), page 52
  23. ↑ Sega Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-15), page 90
  24. ↑ Sega Power, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-16), page 64
  25. ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Jul-Avgust 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 88
  26. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 158
  27. ↑ Todo Sega, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 38
  28. ↑ Top Consoles, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 107
  29. ↑ Tricks, "5/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 28
  30. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 206
  31. ↑ Video Games, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-23), page 102
  32. ↑ VideoGames, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 92
  33. ↑ Famitsu, "1995-06-02" (JP; 1995-05-19), page 34
  34. ↑ Sega Magazine, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-08-13), page 92
  35. ↑ Todo Sega, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 58
  36. ↑ VideoGames, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 70
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