Cliffhanger

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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:
Sound driver:
Sega Mega Drive
GEMS
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
T-93036
Sega Mega Drive
EU
T-93036-50
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega-CD
US
T-93075
Sega Mega-CD
BR
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, A either punches, picks up a weapon, or uses it, B kicks, and C 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.

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

Magazine articles

Main article: Cliffhanger/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Television advertisements

Print advertisements

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Print advert in Game Players (US) #0612: "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (1993-1x-xx)
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Mega Drive print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #145: "December 1993" (1993-11-15)
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Mega Drive print advert in Video Games (DE) #1993-12: "12/93" (1993-11-22)
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Mega Drive print advert in Todo Sega (ES) #9: "Diciembre 1993" (1993-1x-xx)
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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

ExpandSega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
62 [7]
63 [8]
29 [2]
Sega Mega Drive
51
Based on
3 reviews
ExpandSega 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
[3]
Hyper (AU)
64
[13]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
48
[14]
Mega (UK) PAL
29
[2]
Score (CZ)
30
[15]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
49
[16]
Sega Mega Drive
47
Based on
10 reviews

Cliffhanger

Mega Drive, US
Cliffhanger MD US Box.jpg
Cover
Cliffhanger MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Cliffhanger MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
Cliffhanger-Megadrive-EUR.jpg
Cover
Cliffhanger MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, FR

Cliffhanger MD FR Manual.pdf
Manual

Mega-CD version

ExpandSega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
79
52 №18, p44
72 №11, p58/59
79
49 №27, p48/49
29 №52, p44/45
77 №30, p78
Sega Mega-CD
62
Based on
7 reviews
ExpandSega 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]
Sega Mega-CD
59
Based on
10 reviews

Cliffhanger

Mega-CD, US
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Cover
Cliffhanger MCD US Disc.jpg
Disc
Cliffhanger mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
Cliffhanger MCD US RegCard.pdf
Reg Card
Mega-CD, BR
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Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
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1MB 1993-08 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
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1MB 1993-08 Cartridge (EU)
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
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1MB 1994-01 Page
Sega Mega-CD
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330,180,816 CD (US) T-93075

References

  1. MegaTech, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-20), page 26
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 44
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 GamePro, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 85
  4. GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 213
  5. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1994" (US; 1993-12-21), page 85
  6. GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 221
  7. Consoles +, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 126/127 (126)
  8. GamePro, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 84 (85)
  9. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 48
  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
  13. Hyper, "February 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 69
  14. MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 41
  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
  17. GamePro, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 54
  18. Joypad, "Février 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 100
  19. Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 44
  20. Mega Action, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 58
  21. Mega Force, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 124
  22. MegaTech, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-20), page 48
  23. Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 44
  24. Sega Pro, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 78
  25. Sega Zone, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 49
  26. Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 38


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