usual three games, the contestants played three rounds of Cliff Hanger. The winner of the show, Mark Walsh, won a Cliff Hanger cabinet. In the film The Goonies (1985), Chunk is playing Cliff Hanger when he sees the Fratelli Brothers driving past while being chased by the police. Cliff Hanger helped expose many Americans in the 1980s to Lupin III, Hayao Miyazaki, and Japanese anime in general, as it was released in the United States before any Lupin III or Miyazaki anime productions had officially been released theatrically or on home video. References External links Dragon's Lair Project The Dot Eaters entry on Cliff Hanger and the laser game craze 1983 video games Arcade video games Arcade-only video games Lupin the Third video games Interactive movie video games LaserDisc video games Stern video games Full motion video based games Video games developed in the United States