Cliffhanger

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Cliffhanger
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega CD, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Sony Imagesoft
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Cliffhanger is a game released for several platforms in 1993 and 1994, developed by Sony Imagesoft as a tie-in to the 1993 Sylvester Stallone film Cliffhanger; ports for Sega's Mega Drive, Mega CD, and Game Gear were released in 1993. 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. The 8-bit and 16-bit versions are different:

8-bit Gameplay

8-bit versions of the game are all side-scrolling platformers. On the Game Gear, 1 jumps and 2 punches.

16-bit 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). 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 
Publication Score Source
Sega Mega Drive
 Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
40
[1]
Consoles + (FR)
62
[2]
Cool Gamer (RU)
40
[3]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
50
[4]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
63
[5]
Hyper (AU)
64
[6]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
48
[7]
Mega (UK) PAL
29
[8]
Score (CZ)
30
[9]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
49
[10]
Sega Mega Drive
 47
Based on
10 reviews

Cliffhanger

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover

Mega CD Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
79
79
Sega Mega-CD
 79
Based on
2 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
73
[11]
Joypad (FR) PAL
85
[12]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
52
[13]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
72
[14]
Mega Force (FR)
79
[15]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
49
[16]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
29
[17]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
77
[18]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-U
21
[19]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
58
[20]
Sega Mega-CD
 59
Based on
10 reviews

Cliffhanger

Mega CD, US
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Cover
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Disc

Game Gear Version

Game Gear, US
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Cover
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Cart
  1. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 48
  2. ↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 126
  3. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 52
  4. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 301
  5. ↑ GamePro, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 85
  6. ↑ Hyper, "February 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 69
  7. ↑ MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 41
  8. ↑ Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 44
  9. ↑ Score, "Cervenec 1994" (CZ; 1994-07-01), page 58
  10. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 10
  11. ↑ GamePro, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 54
  12. ↑ Joypad, "Février 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 100
  13. ↑ Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 44
  14. ↑ Mega Action, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 58
  15. ↑ Mega Force, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 124
  16. ↑ MegaTech, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-20), page 48
  17. ↑ Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 44
  18. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 78
  19. ↑ Sega Zone, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 49
  20. ↑ Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 38
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