Elimination (arcade game)

Infobox VG
title= Elimination


caption=
publisher= Kee Games
developer= Kee Games
designer= Steve Bristow
series= "Pong"
released= ^{North America} 1974
genre= sports simulation
platforms= Arcade
input= 4 analog paddles
cabinet= cocktail
cpu= discrete
sound= Amplified Mono (one channel)
display= orizontal orientation, Black-and-white raster display, Standard Resolution

"Elimination" is a four-player version of "Pong" by Atari Inc. subsidiary Kee Games, and designed by Steve Bristow. It was simultaneously released as "Quadrapong" under the Atari labelcite web
last = Vendel
first = Curt
title = ATARI Coin-Op/Arcade Systems 1970 - 1974
url=http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/arcade/arcade70.html
accessdate = 2007-07-16 ] .

Technology

"Elimination" and its "Quadrapong" counterpart were the first cocktail cabinet arcade video gamescite web
title = Quadrapong Killer List of Video Games Entry
url=http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9187
accessdate = 2007-07-16 ] . The cabinet consists of a woodgrain 35" x 37" cocktail cabinet. 2 control paddles are mounted on each side of the cabinet, with a horizontally mounted Zenith televisioncite web
title = Elimination! Flyer
url=http://www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=1975&

accessdate = 2007-07-16 ] diagonally setcite web
title = Elimination Killer List of Video Games Entry
url=http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7703
accessdate = 2007-07-16 ] in the cabinet.

Gameplay

2, 3, or 4 players move their paddles to defend their goal area, consisting of openings in the players' walls. Each player starts with 4 points, and loses one point each time the ball penetrates their goal. If all 4 points are lost the player's paddle is removed and the goal "closes", creating a solid wall and removing the player from the game. The game continues until only one player is left.

Clones

The simultaneously released Atari version, "Quadrapong", has a white cocktail cabinet that measured 35" x 24.25"cite web
title = Quadrapong Killer List of Video Games Entry
url=http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9187
accessdate = 2007-07-16 ] .

Legacy

* The game was ported to the Atari 2600 as part of the "Video Olympics" game program.
* In 1980, the gameplay format was expanded into the Atari arcade game "Warlords", which was also ported to Atari's home consoles and computers.

References

External links

* " [http://everything2.net/index.pl?node_id=1344343 Quadrapong] " on Everything2
* [http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=756&page=1#440 Pong variants page] on System 16, The Arcade Museum