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**Melf** · 07-29-2007, 11:28 PM

Ugh, whenever someone tells me of the great games coming out of Sony's first party stables, I have to remind them just how far the company has come in terms of game development. Their puzzled responses are met with a short history of Sony as a publisher, and once my sad tale reaches such gems as Last Action Hero and Bram Stoker's Dracula, the young gamer listening is all the more impressed with God of War 2. Yeah, there were some gems, like Skyblazer on the SNES, but you could count those on one hand and still have fingers left over to grab a doughnut. Want proof? How about Cliffhanger? Based on the suprisingly successful Stallone movie of the same name, it's your run-of-the-mill cash run that lacks all the creativity and fun we've come to expect from most licensed titles. We've a full review for you, so take a deep breath, clutch your copy of Gran Turismo 3 close to your breast, and read on gentle gamer.

j_factor · 07-30-2007, 02:42 AM

The snowboarding was kind of neat.

Aarzak · 08-01-2007, 06:03 AM

My first of only 2 Sega CD titles I owned during my extremely short time with the system back in 1998. I found this turd at the clearance bin of a K-B Toys for $4 new. There were lots of copies. I recall thinking that the platforming scenes were decent at best yet inherently crippled and CHEAP. The snowboarding sequences however, were the highlight of this game and me and my cousin logged in a lot of time into those. They were great (and appeared to use the Batman Returns scaling/rotation engine). Aside from the snowboarding sequences (which were NEVER even in the movie) and the redbook audio from the movie, the game and it's grainy, small FMV. Yet one of many slightly enhanced cart titles.

The only other SCD title I got to purchase was "Silpheed" ($20 used) and it was..........decent at best. The game was difficult as hell to boot so like Cliffhanger I stage selected my ass through it.

By '98 Sega CD/32X stuff was SCARCE as hell and a no-mans land here in NYC (or at least I didn't look far enough) and it was a drag visiting retailers and finding jack. I wanted Sonic CD so badly and never got it.

McTom · 12-29-2007, 10:44 AM

this review seems to be gone on the list of Sega CD games reviews...

07-29-2007, 11:28 PM	#1
Melf Blast processor Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cabo Rojo, PR Posts: 6,124 Rep Power: 34	Cliffhanger (Sega CD) Ugh, whenever someone tells me of the great games coming out of Sony's first party stables, I have to remind them just how far the company has come in terms of game development. Their puzzled responses are met with a short history of Sony as a publisher, and once my sad tale reaches such gems as Last Action Hero and Bram Stoker's Dracula, the young gamer listening is all the more impressed with God of War 2. Yeah, there were some gems, like Skyblazer on the SNES, but you could count those on one hand and still have fingers left over to grab a doughnut. Want proof? How about Cliffhanger? Based on the suprisingly successful Stallone movie of the same name, it's your run-of-the-mill cash run that lacks all the creativity and fun we've come to expect from most licensed titles. We've a full review for you, so take a deep breath, clutch your copy of Gran Turismo 3 close to your breast, and read on gentle gamer. __________________ Buy my stuff! \| Games I Need \| My Blog Last edited by Melf; 01-17-2008 at 08:37 PM.

07-30-2007, 02:42 AM	#2
j_factor Oppower of the oppossum Mega Bomber Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The land of hippies, pinkos, and queers Age: 10 Posts: 4,656 Rep Power: 27	The snowboarding was kind of neat. __________________ You just can't handle my jawusumness responces.

08-01-2007, 06:03 AM	#3
Aarzak Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NYC Age: 23 Posts: 1,897 Rep Power: 13	My first of only 2 Sega CD titles I owned during my extremely short time with the system back in 1998. I found this turd at the clearance bin of a K-B Toys for $4 new. There were lots of copies. I recall thinking that the platforming scenes were decent at best yet inherently crippled and CHEAP. The snowboarding sequences however, were the highlight of this game and me and my cousin logged in a lot of time into those. They were great (and appeared to use the Batman Returns scaling/rotation engine). Aside from the snowboarding sequences (which were NEVER even in the movie) and the redbook audio from the movie, the game and it's grainy, small FMV. Yet one of many slightly enhanced cart titles. The only other SCD title I got to purchase was "Silpheed" ($20 used) and it was..........decent at best. The game was difficult as hell to boot so like Cliffhanger I stage selected my ass through it. By '98 Sega CD/32X stuff was SCARCE as hell and a no-mans land here in NYC (or at least I didn't look far enough) and it was a drag visiting retailers and finding jack. I wanted Sonic CD so badly and never got it.

12-29-2007, 10:44 AM	#4
McTom Crude Dude Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 85 Rep Power: 4	this review seems to be gone on the list of Sega CD games reviews...

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