Cliffhanger is based off the 1993 film of the same name.
Game objectives
- Emulator used: Bizhawk 2.2.1
- takes damage to save time
Comments
the game is fairly straight forward. you simply reach the end of each stage while avoiding enemies, jumping over gaps, the usual stuff.
Controls
- A: Jumping. every time you land, you freeze for about 2 frames, so it's best to jump the lease amount as you need.
- B: attack, you can either punch, kick, or use a weapon.
- Directional pad: used to move back and forth.
items
- gun: used to shoot projectiles at enemies and is needed to defeat the helicopter
- knife: a projectile like the gun but can only be used once.
- fists: simple punch
- spiked shoes: once picked up, pressing a direction and up makes the char run.
- dynamite: seems to work just like the knife, it's also out of the way so it's not worth getting.
Stage by stage comments
first screen
walking past enemies sometimes gives you knockback, but I only ever encountered such a thing once, so to avoid it I jump before getting near a wolf so I can walk past it. even though I lose a few frames from jumping, it's still faster than taking the knockback.
This stage is where we go and grab shoes to make us run faster.
second screen
simply falling down from a cliff rather than jumping removes the running speed, so I avoid walking off any sort of cliff. at the end of this screen I jump past the stairs as I dont want to have to keep jumping so much there.
third screen
first of 3 vertical stages. to climb ladders you have to get them from the bottom, you cant jump to them then climb them. as soon as I'm high enough I can jump off the ladders and reach the ledge faster.
some places you may see me walking before I jump, that's so I can get to running speed and make some larger jumps. the rocks falling are RNG.
forth screen
we now encounter bosses. you cant continue past them without defeating them.
fifth screen
I'm able to despawn the first boss on this screen by jumping twoards the wolf. I'm not sure why this is, but I assume the wolf being on the screen somehow despawns the boss.
for the boss at the end of this stage, I want to get to the right of him so I can continuously punch him until he's dead
sixth screen
just leave the cabin
seventh screen
just moving forward nothing special
eighth screen
I dont want to use the weapon I just picked up, I want to save it for the end, so I switch items by pressing down and a to fists. I then punch the enemy to the slope where I then snowboard down on him.
ninth screen
just enter the cave
tenth stage
just grab the gun to use in next screen
eleventh stage
another boss where I just keep shooting until I run out of ammo, then just go in and punch to death
twelfth stage
nothing special here, I take as little jumps as I can
thirteenth stage
another vertical stage, I cannot jump off the wall to get to platforms so I just have to keep climbing.
fourteenth stage
I hit the helecopter 2 times normally, then start shooting at the left side of the screen. you have to get the last hit as the helecopter is going right to beat it correctly
last stage
basically want to get to the cliff as soon as possible and wait for the boss to get up there, then I use the sword to hit the boss off the cliff. the sword is used to end inputs earlier than simply punching him.
that's all I have to say, I hope you enjoyed.
Memory: Claiming for judging
EZGames69: after talking to klmz about his run, we determined that his run is indeed faster than mine. So I'll be canceling thi submission.