Elevator Action

Elevator Action
Japanese sales flyer
DeveloperTaito
PublisherTaito
DesignerToshio Kono
ComposerYoshio Imamura
PlatformsArcade, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Famicom, Game Boy, MSX, NES, SG-1000, ZX Spectrum, Mobile
Release
  • JP: June 1983
  • NA: July 1983
  • EU: January 1984
GenresPlatform, shooter
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemTaito SJ System

Elevator Action is a 1983 shooter platform video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. The player assumes the role of a secret agent infiltrating a 30-story building from the roof, then descending to ground level via elevators and stairways. Enemy agents emerge from closed doors and shoot at the player. The goal is to collect secret documents from specially marked rooms, then exit to a waiting getaway car. It runs on the Taito SJ System arcade system.

The game was a critical success and was the top-grossing game on the Japanese arcade charts for three months in late 1983. It has been ported to a variety of home systems and appeared on Taito compilations. An arcade sequel, Elevator Action Returns, was released in 1994.