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True Lies
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment
Sega Mega Drive
Acclaim Japan (JP)
Developer:
Peripherals supported:
Sega Mega Drive
Six Button Control Pad
Sega Game Gear
Gear-to-Gear Cable
Genre: Action[1][2][3][4][5]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥7,8007,800 T-81163
Sega Rating: 18 and Up
Sega Mega Drive
US 		T-81386
ESRB: Teen
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		T81386-50
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
UK 		T81386-50
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
SE
(Rental)
Sega Mega Drive
AU 		$109.95109.95[7] FTRU03SMC
OFLC: M15
Sega Game Gear
JP 		¥4,8004,800 T-81167
Sega Rating: 18 and Up
Sega Game Gear
US 		$44.9544.95[8] T-81318
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Sega Game Gear
EU 		T-81318-50
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Sega Game Gear
UK 		£29.9929.99[9][10] T-81318-50
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Non-Sega versions

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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. Progress is recorded through passwords which are given after completing a mission.

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.

Production credits

Game Gear version

Produced for Acclaim by the White Team
  • Dan Feinstein, Mark Thienvanich, Brett Gow, Asif Chaudhri, Seth Rosenfeld, Shawn Rosen, Nat Gunter, Elizabeth Burgess
  • Special Thanks to: Jim Dunn, Bill Dickson
Source:
In-game credits
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[11]


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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Print advert in Sega News (CZ) #1: "Říjen 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
80
[17]
Cool Gamer (RU)
80
[18]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
69
[19]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
80
[20]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3 (RU)
80
[21]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
55
[22]
Freak (IL)
82
[23]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
70
[24]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
75
[25]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
78
[26]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
54
[27]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
54
[28]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
79
[29]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[30]
Player One (FR)
60
[31]
Play Time (DE)
56
[32]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
60
[33]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
75
[6]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
72
[34]
Svet Kompjutera (YU)
86
[35]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
80
[36]
Todo Sega (ES)
79
[37]
Top Consoles (FR)
70
[38]
Tricks (RU)
67
[39]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
76
[40]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
70
[41]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[42]
Sega Mega Drive
 71
Based on
27 reviews

True Lies

Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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TrueLies MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
Truelies md jp manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, US
TrueLies MD US Box.jpg
Cover
TrueLies MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
True Lies MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
TrueLies MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
TrueLies MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
True Lies MD EU Manual.jpg
Manual
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PCB
Mega Drive, SE rental (SF)
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Cover
Mega Drive, AU
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Cover
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Cart

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
43
[43]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
50
[8]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
59
[9]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
72
[10]
Todo Sega (ES)
57
[44]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[45]
Sega Game Gear
 58
Based on
6 reviews

True Lies

Game Gear, JP
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Cover
TrueLies GG JP Cart.jpg
Cart
Game Gear, US
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Cover
TrueLies GG US Cart.jpg
Cart
True Lies GG US Manual.pdf
Manual
Game Gear, EU
TrueLies GG EU Box Back.jpgTrue Lies GG EU BoxSpine.jpgTrueLies GG EU Box Front.jpg
Cover
TrueLies GG EU Cart.jpg
Cart
True Lies GG EU Manual.jpg
Manual
Game Gear, PT

Technical information

Main article: True Lies/Technical information.

References

  1. ↑ File:TrueLies MD JP Box.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
  3. ↑ File:TrueLies GG EU Box Back.jpg
  4. ↑ File:TrueLies GG JP Box Front.jpg
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/gg/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-01-01 20:24)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Sega Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-15), page 90
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf, page 15
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 GamePro, "July 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 86
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Mean Machines Sega, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-08-25), page 88
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Sega Magazine, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-08-13), page 92
  11. ↑ File:True Lies GG credits.png
  12. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 85
  13. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 5 May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 53
  14. ↑ Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 43
  15. ↑ Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 43
  16. ↑ Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 2
  17. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 251
  18. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 228
  19. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-15), page 70
  20. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 365
  21. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 317
  22. ↑ Famitsu, "1995-05-05" (JP; 1995-04-21), page 1
  23. ↑ Freak, "5/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  24. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 5: May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 16
  25. ↑ GamePro, "May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 50
  26. ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 16" (1995-01-03, 24:00) (+6:57)
  27. ↑ MAN!AC, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-10), page 63
  28. ↑ Mega Fun, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-22), page 70
  29. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-28), page 55
  30. ↑ Next Generation, "June 1995" (US; 1995-05-23), page 113
  31. ↑ Player One, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 120
  32. ↑ Play Time, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 109
  33. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 July" (JP; 1995-06-08), page 52
  34. ↑ Sega Power, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-16), page 64
  35. ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Jul-Avgust 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 88
  36. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 158
  37. ↑ Todo Sega, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 38
  38. ↑ Top Consoles, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 107
  39. ↑ Tricks, "5/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 28
  40. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 206
  41. ↑ Video Games, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-23), page 102
  42. ↑ VideoGames, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 92
  43. ↑ Famitsu, "1995-06-02" (JP; 1995-05-19), page 34
  44. ↑ Todo Sega, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 58
  45. ↑ VideoGames, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 70


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