Elevator Action

This design is one of Taito's best from the early days, and it's a gameplay style that has lived on and inspired many other titles over the years – the recent PSP sleeper Exit owes a lot to the old-school EA. You won't find a ton of depth and complexity in this arcade conversion, and 500 Points could buy you a variety of other titles offering more play potential, but there's no denying that Elevator Action is still home to some good old, addictive, drop-another-quarter fun. And hey, it takes a special kind of arcade classic to live on immortalized as the name of a rock band.

Um destemido agente da lei percorre um edifício infestado por bandidos, pelo elevador ou pela escada. Cada facínora eliminado vale pontos.

Elevator Action is a very basic arcade high score challenge. The key is that it's a fairly unique idea, and a fairly unique game. There's not much here for longevity, but it's a good contender for "this week's Solitaire replacement." Just don't let the boss, or the agents, catch you.

Considering how polarizing a piece of software Elevator Action was in its heyday, it stands to reason that the effect would be magnified by significant levels some 20-odd years later. It's only 500 Wii points ($5), but even that seems like a hefty price to pay for such an archaic game.

If you liked the arcade game, by all means run out and get this game. If you never played it and find it for a couple of bucks you'll be briefly entertained. If you don't have the great NES games yet, like Zelda, Castlevania, etc, get those first.

Heute mutet das einfache Spielprinzip (Leute abknallen und hinter Türen Extras suchen) ziemlich antiquiert an - zumal die Umsetzung weder technisch noch spielerisch gefällt. Darüber hinaus schrecken mieser Sound und mäßige Grafik zusätzlich ab. Für Actionfans gibt's Dutzende bessere Spiele - nur absolute Nostalgie-Freaks sollten mit dem Modulkauf liebäugeln.

In my books, Quicksilva are remembered for only one thing, the continual low quality of their software. Furthermore, it seems that Quicksilva are having financial trouble keeping up with the current trend of big licencing deals, so they've dug deep into the arcade archives and came up with this little gem.