The Cliffhanger: Edward Randy
Arcade

The Cliffhanger: Edward Randy is a side-scrolling action-adventure arcade game only released in Japan by Data East in 1990.

The game takes place during the 1930s in an unspecified European country. Research on a secret weapon of mass destruction was being conducted in this country under the leadership of a fearsome army general, the Dark Ogre, but an elderly scientist decides to escape after learning that he was being manipulated by the general. The scientist gives the key piece of his research, a prism stone, to his granddaughter Charlotte as he escapes, and the general pursues the prism with the full force of his army. Charlotte takes refuge in the home of Edward Randy, a teenage boy who was preparing for his first date in half a year with his girlfriend, Jennifer, while Edward suddenly finds himself in the midst of a huge adventure involving a dangerous plan to destroy the world.

A fast moving platform game in which the player controls the Indiana Jones-esque and unfortunately named ‘Edward Randy’. The levels are an inventive mix of standard platform action and 3-D scrolling levels; the latter usually having the player driving a jeep and repelling the enemy attacks. The game is based on the archetypal Hollywood action blockbuster and features a filmic score to back up the on-screen action. The player’s only weapon is a whip – another nod to the Indiana Jones character – which can be used to both attack enemies and as a ‘rope’, to enable the player to reach distant platforms.

Platforms

• Arcade

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