Cliffhanger
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| Cliffhanger | |||||
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega CD, Sega Game Gear | |||||
| Publisher: Sony Imagesoft | |||||
| Developer: Malibu | |||||
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| Genre: Action | |||||
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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:
Contents
8-bit Gameplay
8-bit versions of the game are all side-scrolling platformers. On the Game Gear, 
jumps and 
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, 
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). 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
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Game Gear Version
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- ↑ 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
- ↑ GamePro, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 85
- ↑ Hyper, "February 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 69
- ↑ MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 41
- ↑ Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 44
- ↑ 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