whoops.. I wanted to send this to the group but I accidently sent it to just Sean. trying again ... On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 16:09, Matt O wrote:
Cliff Hanger was based on two movies: Castle of Cagliostro and Mystery of Mamo. The character "Cliff" is actually known as Lupin 3. There are quite a few movies of Lupin as well as at least one TV series. It's quite a franchise. And yes, it is big in Japan.
There was a Lupin 3 game in 1980 called I think "Lupin 3" haha.. by Taito I believe. There is also a new one that just came out. I haven't seen it yet.
On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 15:59, Sean McLachlan wrote:
True; saw it with my own eyes. I was down at a local op's place and he asked me if I wanted to buy a slot machine. I said no, but he said come look anyway. He had 4 of them on and we played a couple of times. Just on tokens. The more I looked at one of them, the more it seemed familiar. Finally I recognized the artwork. It was the characters from Cliff Hanger! I asked where he got them and he said that in Japan they have to sell their slots after 2 years use. (True? That sounds weird.) The writing was all Japanese, so that didn't help, but he said they are only 2 years old, and they look new. Anybody heard of any other old video games coming back in other forms? Was/is Cliff Hanger that popular in Japan?
Sean McLachlan MIS Manager LithoFlexo grafics inc. 801.484.8503 sean@lithoflexo.com
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