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Game entry

Elevator Action

1983 · Platformer, Shoot 'em up, Arcade · Atari 2600, Commodore 64, PC-8800 Series, Arcade, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC, FM-7, Sharp X1 · Nidecom Soft

Elevator Action is ranked no. 3,194 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,443 and 38% of duels won.

World rank

no. 3,194

ELO score

1,443

Wins

38%

Duels played

45

About Elevator Action

Elevator Action is a 1983 arcade game by Taito. It debuted during the "Golden Age of Arcade Games". Innovative in gameplay, the game was very popular for many years.

In the game, the player assumes the role of a spy who infiltrates a building filled with elevators. He must collect secret documents from the building and traverse the 30 floors of the building using an increasingly complex series of elevators. The player is pursued by enemy agents who appear from behind closed doors. These agents must be dealt with via force or evasion. Successful completion of a level involves collecting all the secret documents and traversing the building from top to bottom. In the lower floors of the building, the elevator systems are so complex that some puzzle-solving skills are needed.

The game was available as a standard upright cabinet The controls consist of a 4-way joystick and two buttons, one for "shoot" and the other for jumping and kicking. The maximum number of players is two, alternating turns. The graphics are extremely simple, 2D color graphics and in-game music was composed by musician Yoshio Imamura. The game was followed by a sequel, Elevator Action II (also known as Elevator Action Returns).

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,443 ELO points over the last 123 days.

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