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 …

Choose one of three different planes to save New York in this vertical shooter with weapon power-ups. A great shooter in all respects because of the driving rock soundtrack, multiple scroll speeds and good use of parallax scrolling. There is also a genuine feeling of being challenged but never overwhelmed. The game scrolls at various speeds forwards and even backwards …