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Cliff Hanger


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Cliff Hanger - Japanese Title

Manufacturer: Stern
Year: 1983
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Scrolling Fighter
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

  • Orientation: Horizontal
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
  • 19-inch monitor
Conversion Class: unique
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls:
  • Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
  • Buttons: 2

Sound: Amplified Stereo (two channel)

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Description

The player uses a joystick along with hand and foot buttons to control Cliff Hanger whose mission is to save Clarissa from the evil Count Draco. Japanese laser gameplay from the movie "Lupin III" progresses through eight sections of action.

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Cabinet Information

The sides show Cliff climbing a mountain.

Game Play

Action packed laser game. You must guide Cliff Hanger through Ninjas, car chases, helicopter chases, underground scuba-diving, castle climbing and a clock tower, fighting to save a lovely woman named Clarissa from the evil plans of Count Draco.

This game is very fast paced in some places, which makes it even more exciting. The game gives optional hints at the bottom of the screen regarding whether you are to make a joystick move or push a button.

Scarcity in collections (VAPS.org)

Common - There are 22 known instances of this game owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 20 of them are original dedicated machines, 0 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards have been placed in another game cabinet, and 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 42,694 video games (3,154 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 12 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

Wanted - There are 4 VAPS members currently looking for this game.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operatos might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

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http://www.atarihq.com/museum/coinops/games/clifhang.jpg

Trivia

This was Stern's first laser game; Goal To Go was their other one. To see the entire story of Lupin (the game's main character) from begining to end, check out the Japanese anime feature entitled "The Castle of Cagliostro."

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1. '83 STERN CLIFF HANGER ORIG VIDEO LASER DISC GAME FLYER

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