Cliffhanger

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

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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	Code
US	1993-11^[2]	T-93036
EU	1993	T-93036-50
AU	199x
US	1993-11^[3]	T-93075
BR	199x	063130

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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 Interactive 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.

Gameplay

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 Interactive). The Mega-CD version also has a 3D avalanche-escape level and low-quality FMVs of various scenes from the motion picture.

Magazine articles

Main article: Cliffhanger/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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)^[4]
GamePro (US) #54: "January 1994" (199x-xx-xx)^[5]

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

^[7]

Consoles + (FR)

62

^[6]

Cool Gamer (RU)

40

^[8]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

50

^[9]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

63

^[2]

Hyper (AU)

64

^[10]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

48

^[11]

Mega (UK)

PAL

29

^[1]

Score (CZ)

30

^[12]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

49

^[13]

	47
Based on 10 reviews

Cliffhanger

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, FR

Manual

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[14]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

85

^[15]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

52

^[16]

Mega Action (UK)

PAL

72

^[17]

Mega Force (FR)

79

^[18]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

49

^[19]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

29

^[20]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

77

^[21]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-U

21

^[22]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

58

^[23]

	59
Based on 10 reviews

Cliffhanger

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual Reg Card

Mega-CD, BR
Cover

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 (US)

T-93075

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 44
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:GamePro US 053.pdf, page 85 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 053.pdf_p85" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:GamePro US 052.pdf, page 213
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1994" (US; 1993-12-21), page 85
↑ GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 221
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 031.pdf, page 126 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 031.pdf_p126" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 48
↑ 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

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	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:Mega_UK_20.pdf_p44-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 44

[:File:GamePro_US_053.pdf_p85-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:GamePro US 053.pdf, page 85 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 053.pdf_p85" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:GamePro_US_052.pdf_p213-3] File:GamePro US 052.pdf, page 213

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_16.pdf_p85-4] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1994" (US; 1993-12-21), page 85

[:File:GamePro_US_054.pdf_p221-5] GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 221

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_031.pdf_p126-6] 6.0 ^6.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 031.pdf, page 126 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 031.pdf_p126" defined multiple times with different content

[7] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 48

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

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

[:File:Hyper_AU_003.pdf_p69-10] Hyper, "February 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 69

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-04.pdf_p41-11] MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 41

[:File:Score_CZ_07.pdf_p58-12] Score, "Cervenec 1994" (CZ; 1994-07-01), page 58

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

[:File:GamePro_US_059.pdf_p54-14] GamePro, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:Joypad_FR_028.pdf_p100-15] Joypad, "Février 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 100

[:File:Mega_UK_18.pdf_p44-16] Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 44

[:File:MegaAction_UK_11.pdf_p58-17] Mega Action, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 58

[:File:MegaForce_FR_25.pdf_p124-18] Mega Force, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 124

[:File:MegaTech_UK_27.pdf_p48-19] MegaTech, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-20), page 48

[:File:SegaPower_UK_52.pdf_p44-20] Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 44

[:File:SegaPro_UK_30.pdf_p78-21] Sega Pro, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 78

[:File:SegaZone_UK_17.pdf_p49-22] Sega Zone, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 49

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-04.pdf_p38-23] 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)

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Contents

Gameplay

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Mega-CD version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References