Elimination (arcade game)

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Elimination
Developer(s)	Kee Games
Publisher(s)	Kee Games
Designer(s)	Steve Bristow
Series	Pong
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release date	^{North America} 1974
Genre(s)	sports simulation
Input methods	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 label^[1].

1 Technology
2 Gameplay
3 Clones
4 Legacy
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Technology

Elimination and its Quadrapong counterpart were the first cocktail cabinet arcade video games^[2]. 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 television^[3] diagonally set^[4] in the cabinet.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Clones

The simultaneously released Atari version, Quadrapong, has a white cocktail cabinet that measured 35" x 24.25"^[2].

[edit] 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.