Cliff Hanger

• Title — Cliff Hanger • Developer — * Stern Electronics • Tokyo Movie Shinsha • Publisher — Stern Electronics • Series — Lupin III • Designer — * Paul M. Rubenstein • Bob Kowalski • Jon Michael Hogan • Edward J. March Jr. • Programmer — * Paul M. Rubenstein • Bob Kowalski • Jon Michael Hogan • Edward J. March Jr. • Artist — * Hayao Miyazaki • (The Castle of Cagliostro) • Sōji Yoshikawa • (The Mystery of Mamo) • Release — September 1983 • Genre — Interactive movie • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — Arcade

The game's plot is based loosely on The Castle of Cagliostro and follows the eponymous Cliff as he attempts to rescue Clarissa from the evil Count Draco (in some materials called "Dreyco" and in the instruction manual "Dragoe"), who wants to marry her. Cliff is aided in his quest by Jeff (Dan Dunn) and Samurai.

The game was originally edited at Associated Audio Visual, Inc., in Evanston, Illinois. Jack Bornoff, was the editor, Paul Rubenstein, was editorial supervisor. The segments from The Mystery of Mamo use the original Toho / Frontier Enterprises English dub, while the segments from The Castle of Cagliostro use an English dub that was created for the game by an unknown voice cast. Cliff Hanger uses a feedback loop to read frame details from the game laserdisc. This prevents the laserdisc and gameplay from ever going out of sync. The original version of Cliff Hanger shows footage from The Mystery of Mamo of Cliff being hanged if the player fails a quick time event. According to the instruction manual, a setting on the game cabinet's logic board would allow the individual owners/operators the option of not playing the sequence if they so chose.