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Arcade Archives ELEVATOR ACTION Switch NSP Free Download Romslab Originally released in the (very) early 80’s, this spy action title was a real eye-opener for gamers of that generation. The premise is simple, yet instantly appealing; the player is dropped onto a series of buildings and has to make their way to the bottom, taking on evil agents and entering certain rooms along the way. As the title suggests, elevators play a big part in the game, providing transport from one floor to the next as well as doubling as leathal weapons. ROMSLAB.COM Best Switch Games

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Navigating each tower block is a task in itself, but it isn’t made any easier by the numerous black-suited baddies which appear from behind closed doors and attack you. You can dodge their gunfire by ducking under or jumping over it, then dispatch them with a shot of your own, or a swift kick to the face. Or by crushing them with one of the aforementioned elevators, should they be stupid enough to stand underneath. In the game, you play the part of a secret agent named Otto. Otto’s job is to infiltrate a tall building from the roof and descend its 30 floors looking for documents located behind randomly placed red doors.

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The game gets its name from the many elevators you have to ride on as you make your way down to the ground floor. As you move from floor to floor, mobsters in black suits will appear out of ordinary doors and try to shoot you. You can duck under or jump over their shots, but the best way to deal with the bad guys is to shoot back or hit them in the face with Otto’s feet as you jump toward them. You’ll also quickly discover that you can crush the bad guys by luring them underneath elevators or shooting the light fixtures above their heads. Treasure Temples Switch NSP

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From its description, Elevator Action seems like a varied action romp with a James Bond flavor. In reality, there’s not much to it. Riding elevators isn’t very interesting, shooting the same bad guys gets old fast, and the puzzle aspect of having to navigate multiple elevators at the bottom of the building doesn’t liven things up much. Each level is also basically the same. The background colors change and another red door is added to each subsequent level, but the building layout never changes. Furthermore, since the game was originally produced in 1983, the graphics and audio reflect that era. Everything is crisp and well defined, but the 2D characters are blocky and the animation is choppy.

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The sound effects, meanwhile, are rudimentary pings and crunching noises, and the music is an insidious ditty that loops every 10 seconds or so. Some people argue, however, that the game’s shortcomings are really its strengths. The blocky visuals do have a certain charm, and dodging bullets and escaping the building in each level can be mesmerizing, in much the same way that Pac-Man is, if you’re into racking up high scores. As far as the emulation quality is concerned, the Wii emulates the NES version of Elevator Action perfectly. The graphics are clean, the audio seems right, and the Wii Remote is a good substitute for the rectangular NES controller. Treehouse Riddle Switch NSP

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At first glance, the colors may appear to be drab or washed out, but that’s actually how the NES version looks compared to the original arcade game. Most people prefer the NES port anyway, because the characters and bullets don’t move at a snail’s pace as they do in the arcade cabinet. 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 (), but even that seems like a hefty price to pay for such an archaic game.

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You start each stage by infiltrating a skyscraper roof-first, and entering a central elevator that deposits you on the highest floor. You quickly observe that the building is filled with doors — most of them blue, but some of them red. The red ones are your goal, and you’ll hop into and out of lots of the titular up-and-down lifts to get to them. You need to make it to each one of the crimson portals and pass into it briefly, emerging from the room on the other side with a secret document in hand. If you collect every piece of classified paper, you can escape in the getaway car and move to the next stage… but the federal agents won’t make it easy.

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The black-suited baddies appear from behind closed doors and attack you. You can dodge their gunfire by ducking under or jumping over it, then dispatch them with a shot of your own, or a kick to the face, or by crushing them with one of the elevators should they be stupid enough to stand underneath. But on the lower floors, they might not have a choice — there’s only one elevator to deal with at the very top of the building, but by the time you hit the single-digit floor numbers you’ll find each floor swarming with more multi-directional elevators than there are normal doors. Trials Rising Gold Edition Switch

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