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	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
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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.

The player controls Gabe Walker, who must fight a group of terrorists trying to stop him from saving his partner Hal, who they kidnapped after the two of them went to answer a distress call from a crashed plane.

Gameplay

16-bit versions of the game are all 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.

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

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)^[5]
GamePro (US) #54: "January 1994" (199x-xx-xx)^[6]

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

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

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 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 ^3.2 Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 44
↑ GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 213
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1994" (US; 1993-12-21), page 85
↑ GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 221
↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 126/127 (126)
↑ GamePro, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 84 (85)
↑ 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

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[: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 ^3.2 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:ElectronicGames2_US_16.pdf_p85-5] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1994" (US; 1993-12-21), page 85

[:File:GamePro_US_054.pdf_p221-6] GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 221

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_031.pdf_p126_.28126.2F127.29-7] Consoles +, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 126/127 (126)

[:File:GamePro_US_053.pdf_p85_.2884.29-8] GamePro, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 84 (85)

[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)

Cliffhanger

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Television advertisements

Print advertisements

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Mega-CD version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References